# Crusoe Cloud vs DataCrunch

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** DataCrunch

| Attribute | Crusoe Cloud | DataCrunch |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 42 (74% (medium)) | 77.2 (63% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud infrastructure provider offering GPU compute, managed Kubernetes, and serverless services for large-scale AI workloads. Users can run open-source models, fine-tune proprietary models, or serve inference endpoints with published pricing and flexible commitment options. It is indexed under GPU Cloud.","source":"https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/blog/crusoe-cloud-now-offers-spot-pricing-access-powerful-gpus-on-crusoe-cloud-up-to-90-off","question":"What is Crusoe Cloud?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Crusoe Cloud is a paid product; published pricing starts at $0.04 per vCPU general-purpose per hour. It is sold across 9 plans (GPU Instances — On-Demand, CPU Instances, Storage and Serverless Fine-Tuning). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.crusoe.ai/cloud/pricing","question":"How much does Crusoe Cloud cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Crusoe Cloud supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/blog/crusoe-cloud-now-offers-spot-pricing-access-powerful-gpus-on-crusoe-cloud-up-to-90-off","question":"What platforms does Crusoe Cloud support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Crusoe Cloud, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/blog/crusoe-cloud-now-offers-spot-pricing-access-powerful-gpus-on-crusoe-cloud-up-to-90-off","question":"Can Crusoe Cloud be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 for Crusoe Cloud. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Crusoe Cloud not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://crusoe.ai","question":"What security certifications does Crusoe Cloud have?","confidence":0.48}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud platform providing GPU compute instances, multi-node clusters, and serverless containers with transparent hourly pricing, spot discounts, and reserved capacity options. It is indexed under GPU Cloud.","source":"https://datacrunch.io/pricing","question":"What is DataCrunch?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"DataCrunch is a paid product; published pricing starts at $1.63. It is sold across 3 plans (On-Demand, Spot and Reserved Capacity). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://datacrunch.io/pricing","question":"How much does DataCrunch cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"DataCrunch supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://datacrunch.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does DataCrunch support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for DataCrunch, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://datacrunch.io/pricing","question":"Can DataCrunch be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for DataCrunch. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as DataCrunch not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://datacrunch.io/pricing","question":"What security certifications does DataCrunch have?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud infrastructure provider offering GPU compute, managed Kubernetes, and serverless services for large-scale AI workloads. Users can run open-source models, fine-tune proprietary models, or serve inference endpoints with published pricing and flexible commitment options. | A cloud infrastructure provider offering GPU and CPU instances, containerized deployments, and storage for AI workloads with pay-as-you-go pricing, spot discounts, and multi-node clustering via InfiniBand |
| features.capabilities | `{"interconnect":"ethernet-roce","multi_region":true,"pricing_model":"on-demand-published","slurm_support":true,"amd_gpu_support":true,"max_cluster_scale":"multi-node-cluster","kubernetes_support":true,"per_second_billing":false,"spot_preemptible_pricing":true,"reserved_capacity_contracts":true}` | `{"soc2":true,"interconnect":"infiniband","multi_region":false,"pricing_model":"on-demand-published","slurm_support":false,"amd_gpu_support":false,"deployment_model":"bare-metal","max_cluster_scale":"multi-node-cluster","kubernetes_support":false,"per_second_billing":false,"spot_preemptible_pricing":true,"reserved_capacity_contracts":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true},{"name":"SLURM","native":true},{"name":"Terraform","native":true},{"name":"PyTorch","native":true}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"GPU Compute On-Demand","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"NVIDIA GB200 GPU","amount":4.29,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"NVIDIA H100 GPU","amount":3.9,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"NVIDIA A100 SXM GPU","amount":2.3,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"NVIDIA A100 PCIe GPU","amount":2,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"NVIDIA L40S GPU","amount":1.5,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"AMD MI300X GPU","amount":3.45,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Hourly GPU instance pricing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"GPU Compute Spot","description":"Discounted hourly GPU with preemption risk","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"GPU Compute Reserved","description":"Committed capacity at lowest rates","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"CPU Instances","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"general-purpose vCPU","amount":0.04,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"storage-optimized vCPU","amount":0.09,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Serverless Inference","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1M input tokens"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.14,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1M output tokens"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.28,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Token-based API pricing for model inference","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Serverless Fine-Tuning","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1M tokens"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.4,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Token-based model fine-tuning","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Self-Serve Deployments","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","amount":5.5,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Dedicated model endpoints","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Tailored Deployments","description":"Custom dedicated endpoints with optimization","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Managed Kubernetes","description":"Fully managed Kubernetes cluster for GPU/CPU workloads","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Provisioned Throughput","description":"Guaranteed throughput with commitment-based discounts","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $0.04/vCPU-hour to $4.29/GPU-hour on-demand. Spot, reserved capacity, and token-based inference options available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.crusoe.ai/cloud/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-12T16:11:12.199Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"general-purpose vCPU","amount":0.04,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"On-demand Hourly","summary":"GPU $0.206/h–$10.74/h; CPU $0.048/h–$4.32/h; Spot pricing 50% off","features":["GPU: Tesla V100 to GB300 SXM6","CPU: 4 to 360 vCPUs","Auto-scaling containers","Multi-node clusters up to 144x GPUs","InfiniBand interconnect"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"h"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.206,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"h"},"kind":"metered","amount":10.74,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"GPU, CPU, and container instances with hourly billing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Reserved Capacity","summary":"25% off with 1-month minimum","features":["25% discount vs on-demand rates"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"of":"on-demand","kind":"percentage","rate":25}],"description":"Committed monthly capacity","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"NVMe Storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"NVMe Shared Filesystem","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $0.206/h on-demand; 50% spot discount; 25% reserved discount","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://datacrunch.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-12T16:08:58.932Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"h","amount":0.206,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.04,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":0.206,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.5 | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27017","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27018","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27701","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (GPU Cloud)

| Capability | Crusoe Cloud | DataCrunch |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | Bare metal |
| Interconnect | Ethernet roce | Infiniband |
| Max cluster scale | Multi node cluster | Multi node cluster |
| Kubernetes support | ✓ | ✗ |
| Slurm support | ✓ | ✗ |
| Spot preemptible pricing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per second billing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Reserved capacity contracts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Amd GPU support | ✓ | ✗ |
| SOC2 | - | ✓ |
| Multi region | ✓ | ✗ |
| Pricing model | On demand published | On demand published |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:31:25.742Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*