Hugging Face
vs
Thalassa Cloud
What's good about each
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
- European cloud with data residency in the Netherlands
- Full Terraform support and API-first platform
- Billed by the minute, with monthly invoicing in Euro
- Direct engineer support in Dutch and English
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hugging Face | Thalassa Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $9.25 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $123.58 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $251.42 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $20.13 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| Object storage | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $24.96 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (db-pgp.medium) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $16.86 /mo HA Network Load Balancer | |
| Egress allowance | 8x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Included within the allowance | -- Not listed |
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
Hugging Face offers 7 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Thalassa Cloud. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hugging Face | Thalassa Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
L4
2 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
A10G
4 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
Hugging Face bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Hugging Face | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Container Registry | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Hugging Face | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| GDPR | Enterprise plan only | -- |
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 | Hugging Face | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 | ContainerInfra, RepliKate, Balean, BrainHive, BaseTide |
| Website | huggingface.co | thalassa.cloud |
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Our data for Hugging Face was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for Thalassa Cloud on Sept. 18, 2026.