Crusoe
vs
Google Cloud
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
- 40+ regions across 26 countries
- BigQuery, GKE and Gemini models on Vertex AI
- TPUs, plus Nvidia T4 up to 8x B200 nodes
- Automatic sustained use discounts on N1 and N2 VMs
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Crusoe | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) |
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 Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Crusoe | Google Cloud | Difference |
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$3.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 65% cheaper on Crusoe |
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-- On request | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | |
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$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
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$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Crusoe |
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-- On request | -- | Crusoe only |
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-- On request | -- | Crusoe only |
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$3.45 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Crusoe only |
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-- | $1.98 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
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-- | $0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
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-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
Crusoe bills on-demand; Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 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 | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
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 | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 40 |
| Example customers | Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | crusoe.ai | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Crusoe was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.