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Comparison

Crusoe Cloud vs Vast.ai

No leader: the top candidate Vast.ai has only 0.25 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Crusoe Cloud42
Vast.ai65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Crusoe Cloud42 / 100medium · 74%
Vast.ai65 / 100low · 25%
Pricing
Free tier
Crusoe Cloud✗
Vast.ai✗
Model
Crusoe Cloudcommercial
Vast.aicommercial
Price level
Crusoe Cloudlow
Vast.aiunknown
Starting price
Crusoe Cloud$0.04
Vast.ai–
Transparent
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
Integrations
Count
Crusoe Cloud4
Vast.ai–
Security
Certifications
Crusoe Cloud–
Vast.aiSOC 2 Type II
Gdpr
Crusoe Cloud–
Vast.ai✓
Hipaa
Crusoe Cloud–
Vast.ai✓
Iso27001
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
Pci
Crusoe Cloud–
Vast.ai✓
Soc2
Crusoe Cloud–
Vast.ai✓
Trust center
Crusoe Cloud–
Vast.aihttps://vast.ai/compliance
Reliability
Sla pct
Crusoe Cloud99.5
Vast.ai–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Crusoe Cloud5 items
Vast.ai5 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
Crusoe Cloud-
Vast.aiMarketplace
Interconnect
Crusoe CloudEthernet roce
Vast.aiInfiniband
Max cluster scale
Crusoe CloudMulti node cluster
Vast.aiMulti node cluster
Kubernetes support
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai-
Slurm support
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai-
Spot preemptible pricing
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
Per second billing
Crusoe Cloud✗
Vast.ai✓
Reserved capacity contracts
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
Amd GPU support
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
SOC2
Crusoe Cloud-
Vast.ai✓
Multi region
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
Pricing model
Crusoe CloudOn demand published
Vast.aiMarketplace bid

What each one is

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

Crusoe Cloud

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.

Independently observed

Vast.ai

A platform connecting users with distributed GPU providers across 40+ data centers. Offers on-demand, interruptible, and reserved compute with per-second billing and no long-term contracts.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Crusoe Cloud

from $0.04/general-purpose vCPU/hrHybrid

From $0.04/vCPU-hour to $4.29/GPU-hour on-demand. Spot, reserved capacity, and token-based inference options available.

  • GPU Compute On-Demand$4.29/NVIDIA GB200 GPU/hr + $3.90/NVIDIA H100 GPU/hr + $2.30/NVIDIA A100 SXM GPU/hr + $2/NVIDIA A100 PCIe GPU/hr + $1.50/NVIDIA L40S GPU/hr + $3.45/AMD MI300X GPU/hr
  • GPU Compute Spot-
  • GPU Compute ReservedContact sales
  • CPU Instances$0.04/general-purpose vCPU/hr + $0.09/storage-optimized vCPU/hr
  • Serverless Inference$0.14 per 1M input tokens + $0.28 per 1M output tokens
  • Serverless Fine-Tuning$0.40 per 1M tokens
  • Self-Serve Deployments$5.50/hr
  • Tailored DeploymentsContact sales
  • Managed Kubernetes-
  • Provisioned ThroughputContact sales
as of verify ↗

Vast.ai

Hybrid

Market-based pricing starting from $5. Three tiers: on-demand (per-second billing), interruptible (50%+ discount), and reserved (up to 50% discount).

  • On-DemandMarket-based pricing with per-second billing
    • Guaranteed uptime
    • Per-second billing
    • No interruptions
    • Spin up/down anytime
  • Interruptible50%+ discount for preemptible instances
    • 50%+ cheaper than on-demand
    • Preemptible — may be reclaimed
    • Ideal for fault-tolerant workloads
    • Checkpoint and resume easily
  • ReservedContact sales
    • Up to 50% discount
    • 1, 3, or 6 month terms
    • Guaranteed capacity
    • Volume discounts available
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
CLI
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓

Integrations

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

Crusoe Cloud

4 total
  • Kubernetes
  • SLURM
  • Terraform
  • PyTorch
Independently observed

Vast.ai

Not documented yet.

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