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Comparison

Crusoe Cloud vs Vast.ai

No leader: the top candidate Vast.ai has only 0.33 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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Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Crusoe Cloud55
Vast.ai74
Score
Vioscale score
Crusoe Cloud55 / 100medium · 65%updating
Vast.ai74 / 100low · 33%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Crusoe Cloud✗
Vast.ai✗
Model
Crusoe Cloudcommercial
Vast.aicommercial
Price level
Crusoe Cloudlow
Vast.aiunknown
Starting price
Crusoe Cloud$0.06
Vast.ai–
Transparent
Crusoe Cloud✓
Vast.ai✓
Security
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✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Crusoe Cloud99.5
Vast.ai–
Market
Availability

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 Cloud-
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 marketplace connecting users with distributed GPU providers worldwide, enabling hourly GPU rentals at variable prices determined by supply and demand across thousands of independent hosts.

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 $0.06/GiB object storage/moHybrid

Hybrid usage-based model: on-demand GPU compute ($1.50–$4.29/GPU-hr), spot and reserved options, serverless inference and fine-tuning (per-token pricing), storage ($0.06–$0.10/GiB/month). No stated free tier.

  • GPU Instances — On-DemandFrom $1.50/GPU-hr to $4.29/GPU-hr on-demand; spot and reserved options available
    • Latest high-performance GPUs
    • Unthrottled compute
    • NVIDIA GB200 NVL72
    • AMD MI355X support
  • CPU Instances$0.04–$0.09/vCPU-hr
    • Data processing
    • Model checkpointing
    • Cluster orchestration
  • Storage$0.06–$0.10/GiB/month
    • Persistent disks
    • Shared disks
    • Container registry
    • Object storage
  • Serverless Fine-Tuning$0.40–$10.00 per 1M input tokens
    • One-click deployment
    • No cluster provisioning
    • No surprise bills
    • Full model portability
  • Serverless InferenceInput/output token pricing varies by model; from $0.05 to $5.00+ per 1M tokens
    • DeepSeek V3, V4 Pro, V4 Flash
    • Gemma, GLM, GPT-OSS, Kimi K2.6
    • Llama 3.3, Nemotron 3 family
    • Qwen 3
    • Up to 9.9x faster time to first token
    • +1 more
  • Self-Serve Deployments$5.50/GPU-hr; volume and monthly rates available
    • Deploy in minutes
    • Open or fine-tuned models
    • No infrastructure overhead
  • Tailored DeploymentsContact sales
    • Direct team support
    • Highest optimization
    • Benchmarked endpoints
    • Bring your own model
  • Provisioned ThroughputContact sales
    • Guaranteed throughput
    • Discounts for longer commitments
  • Managed KubernetesPer-cluster-hour pricing (specific rates not listed)
    • Full cluster management
    • GPU and CPU orchestration
    • Autoscaling
    • Fault tolerance via AutoClusters
as of verify ↗

Vast.ai

Usage-based

Market-based hourly pricing ($2.99 to $8.60+ per GPU/hr for major models). Per-second billing. Minimum $5 to get started.

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✓

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