CoreWeave
vs
Hikube
What's good about each
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
- Storage replicated across datacenters in Geneva, Gland and Lucerne
- H100, H200 and A100 GPUs on VMs or Kubernetes
- Managed Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- ISO 27001 certified company and datacenters
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | CoreWeave | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | 68% cheaper on CoreWeave |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | 60% cheaper on Hikube |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | Free and unlimited |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
CoreWeave offers 11 GPU models, while Hikube offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | 37% cheaper on Hikube |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 1 config
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
H200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on Hikube |
|
A100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
L40S
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Hikube |
|
B300
1 config
|
$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.26 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
$10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
L4
1 config
|
-- | $0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; Hikube bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | CoreWeave | Hikube |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | Switzerland |
| Locations | 55 | 3 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | -- |
| Website | coreweave.com | hikube.cloud |
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Hikube on Sept. 22, 2026.