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Comparison

CoreWeave vs IONOS Cloud

No clear leader: CoreWeave (56.6) and IONOS Cloud (56.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

CoreWeave full profile →IONOS Cloud full profile →
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CoreWeave57
IONOS Cloud56
Score
vioscaleAI score
CoreWeave57 / 100low · 49%
IONOS Cloud56 / 100low · 48%updating
Pricing
Free tier
CoreWeave✗
IONOS Cloud–
Model
CoreWeavecommercial
IONOS Cloudcommercial
Price level
CoreWeavelow
IONOS Cloudlow
Starting price
CoreWeave$0.03
IONOS Cloud–
Transparent
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Integrations
Count
CoreWeave1
IONOS Cloud2
Security
Disclosure policy
CoreWeave–
IONOS Cloud✓
Gdpr
CoreWeave–
IONOS Cloud✓
Reliability
Status page
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
CoreWeave4 items
IONOS Cloud6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Provider tier
CoreWeaveHyperscaler
IONOS CloudRegional / sovereign
Reach
Regions / global footprint
CoreWeaveMultiple regions across US and Europe
IONOS Cloud8+ (Las Vegas, Newark, Lenexa, UK, FR, DE, ES)
Compute
Bare-metal servers
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
GPU / accelerated compute
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud-
Spot / preemptible pricing
CoreWeave-
IONOS Cloud-
Storage
Object storage
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Block storage
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Managed databases
CoreWeave-
IONOS Cloud✓
Serverless / FaaS
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud-
Network
VPC / private networking
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
CoreWeave-
IONOS Cloud-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CoreWeave

A cloud platform optimized for AI and machine learning workloads. Offers flexible, consumption-based GPU and CPU compute, block and object storage, and networking services with transparent pricing and no data transfer surcharges.

Independently observed

IONOS Cloud

Enterprise cloud computing platform offering compute, storage, and managed services across multiple data centers. Known for cost-effectiveness compared to US hyperscalers and strong GDPR compliance.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

CoreWeave

from $0.03/GB/moUsage-based

Usage-based pricing with transparent rates: GPU instances from $0.005/hour (RAM component), CPUs from $0.02/vCPU/hour, storage from $0.03/GB/month. No hidden egress or data transfer fees.

  • GPU InstanceFrom $0.005/hour per GB RAM
    • Multiple GPU options (H100, A100, V100, RTX series)
    • À la carte vCPU and RAM allocation
    • Minimum 1 GPU, 1 vCPU, 2GB RAM required
  • CPU InstanceFrom $0.02-0.035/vCPU/hour
    • Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC processors
    • RAM included per vCPU
    • Linear scaling by vCPU count
  • Block Storage$0.07/GB/month (NVMe)
    • NVMe tier
    • No bandwidth overages
  • Object Storage$0.03/GB/month
    • Unlimited scale and throughput
    • No data transfer charges
    • Transparent pricing
as of verify ↗

IONOS Cloud

from $4.99/moUsage-based

Usage-based billing. Object Storage: $4.99/TB/month

  • Object Storage$4.99/TB/month
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
CLI
CoreWeave✗
IONOS Cloud✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CoreWeave✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Hybrid
CoreWeave✗
IONOS Cloud✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

CoreWeave

1 total
  • Datadog
Independently observed

IONOS Cloud

2 total
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Google Workspace
Independently observed
Still deciding?

CoreWeave or IONOS Cloud: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.