Crusoe
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Crusoe | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Crusoe | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$3.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
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-- On request | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | |
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$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 17% cheaper on Crusoe |
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-- On request | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | |
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$3.45 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
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$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 10% cheaper on Crusoe |
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$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Crusoe only |
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-- On request | -- | Crusoe only |
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-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Crusoe bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 33 |
| Example customers | Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | crusoe.ai | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Crusoe was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.