CoreWeave
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | CoreWeave | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 30% cheaper on CoreWeave |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 71% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.46 /GPU/hr Spot | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 7% cheaper on Vultr |
|
B200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$4.26 /GPU/hr Spot | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 25% cheaper on Vultr |
|
A100
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 11% cheaper on Vultr |
|
L40S
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 26% cheaper on Vultr |
|
GH200
1 config · 1 config
|
$6.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
B300
1 config
|
$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.62 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
$1.20 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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.
| Framework | CoreWeave | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 55 | 33 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | coreweave.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Oct. 3, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 3, 2026.