Crusoe logo Crusoe vs Elastx logo Elastx

What's good about each

  • All infrastructure in Sweden with three availability zones for local disaster recovery
  • ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 14001 certified
  • 24/7 support, DDoS protection, and threat intelligence included in base pricing
  • OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
  • Hourly billing with optional 1-year and 3-year commitment discounts

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service Crusoe Elastx Difference
Small VM -- Not listed $27.03 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk
Medium VM -- Not listed $130.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk
Large VM -- Not listed $261.60 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk
Block storage -- Not listed $29.30 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)
Object storage -- Not listed $56.74 /mo 1 TB stored
PostgreSQL -- Not listed $189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk
Redis -- Not listed $189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)
Load balancer -- Not listed $39.92 /mo v1-lb-1
Egress -- Not listed $51.58 /TB 1 TB external traffic

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 5 GPU models, while Elastx offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU Crusoe Elastx Difference
Nvidia logo A100 7 configs · 2 configs $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand $3.78 /GPU/hr On-demand 47% cheaper on Crusoe
Nvidia logo L40S 7 configs · 1 config $1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand $2.31 /GPU/hr On-demand 35% cheaper on Crusoe
Nvidia logo H100 3 configs $3.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo H200 3 configs $4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Crusoe only
AMD logo MI300X 3 configs $3.45 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo RTX PRO 6000 1 config -- $2.91 /GPU/hr On-demand Elastx only
Nvidia logo L4 1 config -- $1.02 /GPU/hr On-demand Elastx only

Crusoe bills on-demand; Elastx bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Company details

Fact Crusoe Elastx
Founded 2018 2012
Headquarters USA Sweden
Locations 5 3
Example customers Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace --
Website crusoe.ai elastx.se

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Our data for Crusoe was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Elastx on Aug. 31, 2026.