Crusoe
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- Offers both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs including H200, H100, and MI300X
- Focus on reliable infrastructure for enterprise workloads
- 450,000+ GPU datacenter with sustainable energy sourcing
- Monthly price caps on bundled Droplet plans
- Nvidia and AMD GPU Droplets, plus bare metal
- Outbound traffic allowance shared across the whole account
- Large tutorial library and 1-click app marketplace
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Crusoe | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $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
Crusoe offers 8 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Crusoe | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 12% cheaper on Crusoe |
|
H200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
MI355X
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | $2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
MI300X
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.45 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
L40S
7 configs · 1 config
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Crusoe only |
|
A100
7 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Crusoe only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Crusoe only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | DigitalOcean only |
Crusoe bills on-demand; DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months). 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 | Crusoe | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | SAQ-A |
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 | Crusoe | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 16 |
| Example customers | Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | crusoe.ai | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for Crusoe was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Oct. 1, 2026.