Crusoe
vs
Runpod
Both rent Nvidia and AMD GPUs. Crusoe sells spot capacity and managed Kubernetes, while Runpod rents Blackwell GPUs per second.
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Crusoe | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
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 11 GPU models, while Runpod offers 34. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Crusoe | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$8.96 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
H100
3 configs · 11 configs
|
$3.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B200
1 config · 5 configs
|
-- On request | $7.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
H200
3 configs · 7 configs
|
$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 16% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
7 configs · 8 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on Runpod |
MI300X
3 configs · 2 configs
|
$3.45 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 31% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
7 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Runpod |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Crusoe only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Crusoe only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
-- | $2.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Crusoe bills on-demand; Runpod bills on-demand. 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.
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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 33 |
| Example customers | Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | crusoe.ai | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Crusoe was last updated on Nov. 11, 2026, and for Runpod on Nov. 11, 2026.