Crusoe logo Crusoe vs Nova Cloud logo Nova Cloud

What's good about each

  • Per-second billing with no contracts or minimum spend
  • Owned-and-operated datacenters in Western Canada
  • Reserved 1, 3, and 6 month terms for additional discounts
  • 5 Gb/s network bandwidth with all ports available

GPUs

Crusoe offers 8 GPU models, while Nova Cloud offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU Crusoe Nova Cloud Difference
Nvidia logo H100 3 configs $3.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo B200 1 config -- On request -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo H200 3 configs $4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo A100 7 configs $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo GB200 1 config -- On request -- Crusoe only
AMD logo MI355X 1 config -- On request -- Crusoe only
AMD logo MI300X 3 configs $3.45 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo L40S 7 configs $1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Crusoe only
Nvidia logo RTX PRO 6000 20 configs -- $0.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out Nova Cloud only
Nvidia logo RTX 5090 20 configs -- $0.53 /GPU/hr Reserved (6 mo) Nova Cloud only

Crusoe bills on-demand; Nova Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3 or 6 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 Nova Cloud
SOC 2 Type II --
ISO 27001 Yes --
GDPR Yes --

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 Nova Cloud
Founded 2018 2018
Headquarters USA Canada
Locations 5 1
Example customers Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace --
Website crusoe.ai nova-cloud.ai

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Our data for Crusoe was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Nova Cloud on Oct. 2, 2026.