What's good about...
CoreWeave
- Access to latest NVIDIA GPU generations
- Kubernetes-native cloud platform for easy orchestration
- Transparent pricing with up to 60% savings on reserved capacity
- Purpose-built for AI and ML workloads
Vast.ai
- Large pool of over 20,000 GPUs
- Over 68 GPU types across 40+ data centers
- Enterprise-grade security with SOC2 certification
- Pre-built templates including PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorFlow
Price comparison
Vast.ai Pricing
Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:
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Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.
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Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).
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Bandwidth costs for data transfer.
GPU Fleet Overview
Same GPU, Both Providers
On-demand price per GPU-hour.
Billing Options
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Available Models
CoreWeave offers 9 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 59.
Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that CoreWeave and Vast.ai offer:
Company details
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| Website | coreweave.com | vast.ai |
| Headquarters |
United States of America 
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United States of America
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| Founded | 2017 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 | 10 |
| Example Customers | Jane Street, OpenAI, MistralAI, NovelAI | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Aug. 31, 2026.