What is the difference between Akamai Cloud and Crusoe?

Akamai Cloud and Crusoe are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Akamai Cloud or Crusoe?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Akamai Cloud and Crusoe?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 8 different GPU models across both Akamai Cloud and Crusoe, with 0 models available from both providers.

Akamai Cloud vs Crusoe

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Akamai Cloud and Crusoe. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Akamai Cloud

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Crusoe

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Akamai Cloud GPUs

Crusoe GPUs

Direct Comparisons

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 8Both available: 0Akamai Cloud: 1Crusoe: 7

Showing 8 of 8 GPUs

Last updated: 11/4/2026, 2:45:47 AM

GPU Model ↑	Akamai Cloud Price	Crusoe Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$2.00/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $2.00/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$2.30/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $2.30/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$3.90/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $3.90/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
H200 141GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$4.29/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $4.29/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$8.96/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $8.96/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
L40S 48GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$1.50/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $1.50/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$3.45/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $3.45/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akamai Cloud	$3.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akamai Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akamai Cloud $3.00/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akamai Cloud

A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$2.00/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $2.00/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$2.30/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $2.30/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$3.90/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $3.90/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
H200 141GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$4.29/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $4.29/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$8.96/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $8.96/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
L40S 48GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$1.50/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $1.50/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Crusoe	Not Available	$3.45/hr★ Best	—	Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Crusoe $3.45/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Crusoe
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akamai Cloud	$3.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akamai Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akamai Cloud $3.00/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akamai Cloud

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 9Both available: 0Akamai Cloud: 0Crusoe: 9

Showing 9 of 9 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 11/4/2026, 2:45:47 AM

Model ↑	Akamai Cloud	Crusoe	Input Diff ↕
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.140 in $0.280 out	—
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	Not available	$1.74 in $3.48 out	—
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.290 in $1.20 out	—
Gemma 4 31B Google	Not available	$0.140 in $0.400 out	—
GLM-5.3 Z.ai	Not available	$1.40 in $4.40 out	—
GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai	Not available	$0.150 in $0.500 out	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	Not available	$0.050 in $0.250 out	—
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B NVIDIA	Not available	$0.050 in $0.200 out	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	Not available	$0.250 in $2.00 out	—

Features Comparison

Akamai Cloud

RTX-Class GPU Plans
Blackwell Server Edition, Ada and Quadro RTX cards offered as GPU Linodes with dedicated vCPU cores
Multi-GPU Plans
Plans carry 1 to 8 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell cards, with vNUMA exposed on the 8-card plans, and 1 to 4 cards on RTX 4000 Ada and Quadro RTX 6000 plans
Multiple Regions
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell plans are listed in 20 Akamai Cloud regions across Europe, Asia and North America; RTX 4000 Ada and Quadro RTX 6000 plans are listed in fewer

Crusoe

Energy-First Infrastructure
Vertically integrated power sourcing across wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, natural gas, and carbon capture
Fast Spin Up
Machines are deployed quickly when they are launched
Persistent Storage
Persistent and shared disks, object storage, and a container registry for AI datasets
SXM Support
Provides instances with NVIDIA SXM GPU interconnects
SLA Guarantee
99.5% uptime commitment backed by 24/7 enterprise-grade support
Managed Inference
LLM inference with up to 9.9x faster time-to-first-token and 5x higher throughput versus vLLM

Pros & Cons

Akamai Cloud

Advantages

Predictable flat-rate pricing model
Global region coverage inherited from the Akamai network
Blackwell-generation RTX PRO 6000 available alongside older RTX SKUs

Considerations

Catalog focused on RTX cards; H100/H200/B200 are not part of the public lineup
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell and Quadro RTX 6000 plans are listed as limited deployment availability
A deposit may be required to deploy GPU Linodes on new or low-spend accounts

Crusoe

Advantages

Great GPU availability for on-demand use
Published hourly on-demand rates for most GPU types
Renewable and low-carbon energy sourcing with vertical integration from power to cloud
99.5% uptime commitment with 24/7 enterprise support

Considerations

Contact sales required for newest GPU models (GB200, B200, MI355X)
Spot capacity is quoted by sales rather than published as a self-service rate
Data center footprint concentrated in the United States with limited European capacity

Compute Services

Akamai Cloud

Crusoe

GPU Instances

High-performance GPU instances powered by NVIDIA GPUs

CPU Instances

General-purpose and storage-optimized CPU instances for data processing

Managed Inference

Fully managed LLM inference spanning serverless, self-serve dedicated, and tailored deployments

Open models including DeepSeek V4, GLM 5.2, Kimi K2.6, Llama 3.3, Gemma 4, Qwen3, GPT-OSS, and Nemotron 3
Serverless Inference billed per million input, output, and cached tokens

Pricing Options

Akamai Cloud

Hourly Billing

GPU Linode plans are listed with hourly rates; review the pricing page for the full plan list

Crusoe

On-Demand Instances

Pay by the hour for maximum agility and unthrottled compute

Spot Instances

Use spare capacity at significant discounts compared to on-demand pricing

Reserved Instances

Lock in guaranteed resources at lowest rates with custom commitments

Pay-as-you-go Inference

Flexible pricing for LLM inference based on token usage

Provisioned Throughput

Guaranteed inference capacity with AI Model Units, priced lower for longer commitments

Dedicated Inference Deployments

Hourly per-GPU pricing for self-serve dedicated endpoints, with monthly and volume rates via sales

Serverless Fine-Tuning

Per-token pricing tiered by the parameter count of the base model being tuned

Getting Started

Akamai Cloud

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up at the Akamai Cloud / Linode console
2
Choose a GPU Linode plan
Select RTX 4000 Ada, Quadro RTX 6000 or RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell with the desired GPU count
3
Deploy and connect
Provision the instance via Cloud Manager, CLI or API and connect over SSH

Crusoe

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up for Crusoe Cloud services through their website
2
Select GPU instance
Choose from available GPU types including L40S, A100, H100, H200, B200, GB200, and AMD options
3
Configure storage
Set up persistent storage options for your workloads
4
Launch instance
Deploy via the console, or provision programmatically with the Crusoe CLI or Terraform

Support & Global Availability

Akamai Cloud

Global Regions

GPU plans are listed in selected Akamai Cloud regions in North America, Europe and Asia, varying by GPU; RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell has the widest list

Support

Documentation, a community forum, and Akamai compute support

Crusoe

Global Regions

Data centers sited near low-cost energy in the United States, including a large-scale campus in Abilene, Texas, plus European capacity in Iceland and Norway

Support

Documentation, learning hub, and 24/7 enterprise-grade support with a 99.5% uptime commitment; SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 certifications