CoreWeave vs Vultr
A detailed comparison to help you choose between CoreWeave and Vultr.
Quick Verdict
3.6/5
CoreWeave
0 reviews
4.0/5
Vultr
0 reviews
Vultr is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.6). CoreWeave is a purpose-built GPU cloud for AI — 40,000+ NVIDIA GPUs including H100, A100, and RTX. Used by OpenAI, Mistral, and Cohere. Kubernetes-native and connected to NVIDIA. Vultr is a cloud platform offering VPS, bare metal servers, and Kubernetes hosting across 32 data centers worldwide. Built for developers and businesses needing scalable, reliable compute resources with transparent billing.
CoreWeave Purpose-built cloud for AI and GPU workloads | Vultr High-performance cloud infrastructure with global data centers and competitive pricing | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.6 (0 reviews) | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | usage-based | paid |
| Starting price | Free tier available | From $2.5/mo |
| Best for | AI labs and ML teams running sustained training or high-throughput inference where dedicated GPUs, NVLink/InfiniBand and a real uptime SLA justify premium pricing | Teams needing low-latency compute across multiple continents, API-first fleets, and self-serve GPU or bare metal with predictable billing |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | — | 1 GB |
| Storage | — | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | 1 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 100%✓ |
| Data-center count | 50✓ | 34 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €2.50 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | — | €2.50 |
| Performance | ||
| CPU score (sysbench) | — | 4,100 |
| Disk read (fio) | — | 1,800 MB/s |
| Disk IOPS (4K random) | — | 38,000 |
| Network out | — | 1 Gbps |
| Latency (TTFB) | — | 24 ms |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | 50+ data centers across the United States and Europe | 34 regions across North/South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa (see locations page) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billinggpu availableus datacenterapi accesskubernetes support | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotsbare metalgpu availables3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterterraform providerapi accesswindows available |
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CoreWeave
Pros
- + Published public pricing for the main GPU lines — H100 node $49.24/hr on-demand, $19.71/hr spot — which is more transparency than most GPU clouds offer
- + Broad NVIDIA catalog (L40 to GB300 NVL72) with managed Kubernetes and Slurm control planes included and InfiniBand at up to 3,200 Gbps
- + Contractual reliability: 99.9% cross-region SLA (99% single region) with service credits, plus SOC 2 and ISO posture
- + 50+ data centers across the US and Europe, and S3-compatible object storage for training data and checkpoints
Cons
- - Premium per-GPU rates versus spot resellers — often 2-3x higher per GPU-hour for comparable silicon
- - Whole 8-GPU nodes are the default unit of sale; some configurations still route through sales and component pricing (classic line) complicates the bill
- - No cheap entry tier and no general-purpose cloud story — the fit is poor for anything that is not GPU-bound
- - Counterparty concentration: heavy NVIDIA dependence plus the debt-financed build-out of a young public company
Vultr
Pros
- + Truly global: 34 regions on six continents from one console, one API, one price list - with per-region test IPs published
- + Fully published hourly and monthly pricing from $2.50/mo, mature REST API and Terraform provider
- + 100% network and host-node uptime SLA with credits; standardized platform behavior across every region
- + Broad self-serve catalog: NVMe optimized VMs, NVIDIA/AMD GPUs, bare metal, managed databases/Kafka, S3-compatible object storage, VKE
Cons
- - Price-performance trails European leaders: our measured HF 2GB (Amsterdam) had the slowest NVMe storage of six tested providers at a mid-range price
- - Backups cost 20% of instance price, snapshots bill per GB, Windows and extra egress are add-ons
- - No refunds in the terms of service; support is ticket-only for self-serve customers
- - Overlapping instance families (Cloud Compute, VX1, Optimized) make it easy to pick a stale SKU; region count differs across Vultr's own pages (32/33/34)
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