Shadeform logo Shadeform vs Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

What's good about each

  • Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
  • Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
  • You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
  • Free to use, zero mark-up fees
  • 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 Shadeform 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

Thunder Compute offers 4 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Shadeform. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU Shadeform Thunder Compute Difference
Nvidia logo H100 4 configs -- $3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand Thunder Compute only
Nvidia logo A100 4 configs -- $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand Thunder Compute only
Nvidia logo RTX A6000 1 config -- $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand Thunder Compute only
Nvidia logo L40 4 configs -- $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand Thunder Compute only

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

Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Company details

Fact Shadeform Thunder Compute
Founded 2023 2024
Headquarters USA USA
Locations -- 1
Example customers University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health
Website shadeform.com www.thundercompute.com

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Our data for Shadeform was last updated on July 9, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Sept. 12, 2026.