CoreWeave
vs
Runpod
Both rent A100 to B300 GPUs with spot pricing and block storage. Runpod runs serverless endpoints and community hosts, while CoreWeave rents whole nodes under managed Kubernetes with GB200 racks.
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | CoreWeave | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 30% cheaper on CoreWeave |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| 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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 13 configs
|
$6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 53% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B300
1 config · 5 configs
|
$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
B200
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.98 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 30% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 7 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H200
2 configs · 7 configs
|
$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 43% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
2 configs · 10 configs
|
$2.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 63% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
2 configs · 7 configs
|
$2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 65% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 45% cheaper on Runpod |
|
GB200
1 config
|
$10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; Runpod 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 55 | 33 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | coreweave.com | www.runpod.io |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.