# Crusoe Cloud vs Paperspace

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Paperspace

| Attribute | Crusoe Cloud | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 42 (74% (medium)) | 63.2 (60% (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 managed cloud platform for machine learning engineers that combines subscription-based plans with usage-based GPU compute charges. Offers a range of GPU instances, collaborative tools, notebooks, and workflow management capabilities. It is indexed under GPU Cloud.","source":"https://www.paperspace.com/gradient/pricing","question":"What is Paperspace?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Paperspace offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $8 per month. 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.paperspace.com/gradient/pricing","question":"Is Paperspace free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Paperspace supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.paperspace.com","question":"What platforms does Paperspace support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Paperspace can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.paperspace.com/gradient/pricing","question":"Can Paperspace be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Paperspace, including GitHub, AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.paperspace.com/gradient/pricing","question":"What does Paperspace integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Paperspace. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Paperspace not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.paperspace.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Paperspace have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Paperspace is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.paperspace.com/gradient/pricing","question":"Where is Paperspace available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":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 managed cloud platform for machine learning engineers that combines subscription-based plans with usage-based GPU compute charges. Offers a range of GPU instances, collaborative tools, notebooks, and workflow management capabilities. |
| 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}` | - |
| integrations.count | 4 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true},{"name":"SLURM","native":true},{"name":"Terraform","native":true},{"name":"PyTorch","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","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":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month plus utilization costs for paid machines","features":["Basic instances","Faster free GPUs & IPUs access","Free machine types"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For beginners, explorers, and adventurous learners","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"members":"1","storage":"5GB","projects":"5","concurrent_jobs":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$8/month plus hourly utilization charges","features":["Mid-range and high-end machines","Collaboration tools","Expert support","Notebook versioning","Private container registry","GitHub integration"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For ML engineers, data scientists, and researchers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"50GB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing - contact sales","features":["Unlimited storage","Solutions engineering","Premium support","SSO (Single Sign-On)","Self-hosted cloud deployment (AWS, GCP, Azure)","On-premise deployment","Custom SLAs"],"description":"Custom solution for organizations requiring advanced features","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"storage":"Unlimited"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Storage overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.29,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From free to $8/month subscription plus pay-per-hour GPU utilization costs. No long-term commitments required.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.paperspace.com/gradient/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T13:10:19.259Z","startingPrice":{"amount":8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.04,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":8,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.5 | 99.99 |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (GPU Cloud)

| Capability | Crusoe Cloud | Paperspace |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Interconnect | Ethernet roce | - |
| Max cluster scale | 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 | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:08:27.000Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*