What's good about...

CoreWeave logo 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 logo 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 logo Vast.ai Pricing

Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:

  1. Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.

  2. Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).

  3. Bandwidth costs for data transfer.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

CoreWeave CoreWeave
$0.78/hr
Vast.ai Vast.ai
$0.02/hr

Billing Options

CoreWeave CoreWeave
On-DemandSpot
Vast.ai Vast.ai
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that CoreWeave and Vast.ai offer:

Company details

Website
CoreWeave CoreWeave
coreweave.com
Vast.ai Vast.ai
vast.ai
Headquarters
CoreWeave CoreWeave
United States of America
Vast.ai Vast.ai
United States of America
Founded
CoreWeave CoreWeave
2017
Vast.ai Vast.ai
2018
Data Center Locations
CoreWeave CoreWeave
13
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Example Customers
CoreWeave CoreWeave
Jane Street, OpenAI, MistralAI, NovelAI
Vast.ai Vast.ai
IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch

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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on June 11, 2026, and for Vast.ai on June 11, 2026.