Crusoe logo Crusoe vs TheAI Cloud logo TheAI Cloud

Crusoe rents A100 to H200 and AMD MI300X self-serve with spot pricing and managed Kubernetes, while TheAI Cloud rents whole 8-GPU B200 and B300 nodes on reserved terms.

What's good about each

  • Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
  • Reserved terms from 1 to 24 months
  • 400G InfiniBand per GPU on B300 nodes
  • 3TB DDR5 per node, up to 32TB local NVMe

GPUs

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

GPU Crusoe TheAI Cloud Difference
Nvidia logo B200 1 config · 5 configs -- On request $4.50 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo)
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
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 B300 5 configs -- $5.30 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) TheAI Cloud only

Crusoe bills on-demand; TheAI Cloud bills reserved (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 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 TheAI 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 TheAI Cloud
Founded 2018 --
Headquarters USA UAE
Locations 5 1
Example customers Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace --
Website crusoe.ai cloud.theai.com

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