CUDO vs Thunder Compute

Both sell H100 GPUs. CUDO Compute builds single-tenant B200 to GB200 clusters on custom contracts, while Thunder Compute rents virtualized A100, H100 and L40 instances from Canada billed per minute with no egress fees.

What's good about each

CUDO

NVIDIA Cloud Partner operating dedicated H100, H200 and Blackwell clusters
Full-stack delivery: power, GPU compute, storage and networking, with 24/7 SRE operations
High-performance storage via VAST, Weka and DDN, with InfiniBand or Ethernet networking
Regional deployments across North America, Europe, the UK and MENA

Thunder Compute

RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100, 1 to 8 GPUs
Per-minute billing, charged only while an instance runs
One-click VS Code and Cursor connections
MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	CUDO	Thunder Compute	Difference
Block storage	-- Not listed	$21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included
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

CUDO offers 5 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	CUDO	Thunder Compute	Difference
H100 2 configs · 4 configs	-- On request	$3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out
B300 1 config	-- On request	--	CUDO only
B200 1 config	-- On request	--	CUDO only
H200 1 config	-- On request	--	CUDO only
GB200 1 config	-- On request	--	CUDO only
A100 4 configs	--	$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand	Thunder Compute only
RTX A6000 1 config	--	$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand	Thunder Compute only
L40 4 configs	--	$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand	Thunder Compute only

All 5 GPUs on CUDO All 4 GPUs on Thunder Compute

Thunder Compute bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	CUDO	Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework	CUDO	Thunder Compute
SOC 2	Type II	--
ISO 27001	Data centers only	--
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	CUDO	Thunder Compute
Founded	2017	2024
Headquarters	UK	USA
Locations	--	1
Example customers	--	Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health
Website	www.cudocompute.com	www.thundercompute.com

Alternatives to consider

Compare CUDO and Thunder Compute against other cloud providers.

View all comparisons

Our data for CUDO was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Oct. 2, 2026.