What is the difference between CoreWeave and Vultr?

CoreWeave and Vultr 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: CoreWeave or Vultr?

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 CoreWeave and Vultr?

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 11 different GPU models across both CoreWeave and Vultr, with 0 models available from both providers.

CoreWeave vs Vultr

Compare GPU pricing between CoreWeave and Vultr. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

CoreWeave

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

CoreWeave GPUs

Vultr GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $2.10/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 11Both available: 3CoreWeave: 9Vultr: 5

Showing 11 of 11 GPUs

Last updated: 10/27/2026, 7:21:23 AM

GPU Model ↑	CoreWeave Price	Vultr Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeaveVultr	$1.19/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.40/hr	↓$1.21(50.4%)	CoreWeave Vultr
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeave $1.19/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/19/2026 ★Best Price Vultr $2.40/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.21(50.4%) CoreWeave Vultr
A40 48GB VRAM • Vultr	Not Available	$1.71/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vultr
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vultr $1.71/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Vultr
B200 180GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$4.26/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
B200 180GB VRAM • CoreWeave $4.26/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
GH200 96GB VRAM • CoreWeaveVultr	$6.50/hr	$1.99/hr★ Best	↑+$4.51(+226.6%)	CoreWeave Vultr
GH200 96GB VRAM • CoreWeave $6.50/hour Updated: 10/25/2026 Vultr $1.99/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$4.51(+226.6%) CoreWeave Vultr
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$2.44/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeave $2.44/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
H200 141GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$2.58/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
H200 141GB VRAM • CoreWeave $2.58/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/19/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$4.48/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • CoreWeave $4.48/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
L40 40GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$0.78/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
L40 40GB VRAM • CoreWeave $0.78/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
L40S 48GB VRAM • CoreWeaveVultr	$0.98/hr 8x GPU	$0.42/hr★ Best 4x GPU	↑+$0.57(+135.8%)	CoreWeave Vultr
L40S 48GB VRAM • CoreWeave $0.98/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 Vultr $0.42/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.57(+135.8%) CoreWeave Vultr
MI325X 256GB VRAM • Vultr	Not Available	$2.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Vultr
MI325X 256GB VRAM • Not Available Vultr $2.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Vultr
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$1.20/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • CoreWeave $1.20/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeaveVultr	$1.19/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.40/hr	↓$1.21(50.4%)	CoreWeave Vultr
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeave $1.19/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/19/2026 ★Best Price Vultr $2.40/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.21(50.4%) CoreWeave Vultr
A40 48GB VRAM • Vultr	Not Available	$1.71/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vultr
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vultr $1.71/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Vultr
B200 180GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$4.26/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
B200 180GB VRAM • CoreWeave $4.26/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
GH200 96GB VRAM • CoreWeaveVultr	$6.50/hr	$1.99/hr★ Best	↑+$4.51(+226.6%)	CoreWeave Vultr
GH200 96GB VRAM • CoreWeave $6.50/hour Updated: 10/25/2026 Vultr $1.99/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$4.51(+226.6%) CoreWeave Vultr
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$2.44/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CoreWeave $2.44/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
H200 141GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$2.58/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
H200 141GB VRAM • CoreWeave $2.58/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/19/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$4.48/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • CoreWeave $4.48/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
L40 40GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$0.78/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
L40 40GB VRAM • CoreWeave $0.78/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave
L40S 48GB VRAM • CoreWeaveVultr	$0.98/hr 8x GPU	$0.42/hr★ Best 4x GPU	↑+$0.57(+135.8%)	CoreWeave Vultr
L40S 48GB VRAM • CoreWeave $0.98/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 Vultr $0.42/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.57(+135.8%) CoreWeave Vultr
MI325X 256GB VRAM • Vultr	Not Available	$2.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Vultr
MI325X 256GB VRAM • Not Available Vultr $2.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Vultr
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • CoreWeave	$1.20/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	CoreWeave
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • CoreWeave $1.20/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/25/2026 ★Best Price Not Available CoreWeave

Features Comparison

CoreWeave

Kubernetes-Native Platform
Purpose-built AI-native platform with Kubernetes-native developer experience
Latest NVIDIA GPUs
First-to-market access to the latest NVIDIA GPUs including Hopper (H100, H200, GH200) and Blackwell/Blackwell Ultra (GB200 NVL72, GB300 NVL72, HGX B200, HGX B300)
Mission Control
Unified security, talent services, and observability platform for large-scale AI operations, including fleet and node lifecycle controllers
High Performance Networking
HPC Interconnect with GPUDirect RDMA over InfiniBand for GPU-to-GPU communication, plus VPCs and Direct Connect private links via Equinix and Megaport
SUNK (Slurm on Kubernetes)
Managed Slurm running on Kubernetes for batch and burst training workloads
Purpose-Built AI Storage
S3-compatible AI Object Storage, POSIX distributed file storage, single-tenant VAST clusters, and local ephemeral storage on GPU nodes

Vultr

AMD and NVIDIA GPU Options
Access to diverse GPU options including AMD Instinct and NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs
Global Availability
Deploy GPU resources across 32 cloud data center regions worldwide
Kubernetes Support
Vultr Kubernetes Engine for GPU-accelerated containerized workloads
Serverless Inference
Deploy and scale GenAI models quickly with Vultr Serverless Inference
Virtual Machines and Bare Metal
Choose between GPU-accelerated VMs or dedicated bare metal servers
Global Content Delivery
Accelerate content delivery across six continents with Vultr CDN

Pros & Cons

CoreWeave

Advantages

Extensive selection of NVIDIA GPUs, including latest Blackwell architecture
Kubernetes-native infrastructure for easy scaling and deployment
Fast deployment with 10x faster inference spin-up times
High cluster reliability with 96% goodput and 50% fewer interruptions

Considerations

Data center footprint concentrated in North America and Europe
Some configurations, including GB300 NVL72 and HGX B300, require contacting sales rather than self-service on-demand
Specialized nature may not suit all general computing needs

Vultr

Advantages

Wide range of AMD and NVIDIA GPU options
Extensive global network (32 data center regions)
Both VM and bare metal deployment options
Kubernetes and containerization support

Considerations

Medium GPU availability compared to some specialized providers
Less established in the GPU market compared to major hyperscalers
Limited documentation specific to GPU workloads

Compute Services

CoreWeave

GPU Instances

On-demand and reserved GPU instances with latest NVIDIA hardware

CPU Instances

High-performance CPU instances to complement GPU workloads

Managed Software Services

Managed orchestration and platform services layered on CoreWeave infrastructure

Vultr

NVIDIA GPU Instances

Virtual machines and bare metal servers with NVIDIA GPUs

AMD GPU Instances

Computing infrastructure powered by AMD Instinct accelerators

Vultr Kubernetes Engine

Managed Kubernetes service for GPU-accelerated containerized applications

GPU-accelerated Kubernetes clusters
Global deployment options

Pricing Options

CoreWeave

On-Demand Instances

Pay-per-hour GPU and CPU instances with flexible scaling and no long-term capacity commitment

Spot Instances

Burst capacity at a discount to on-demand rates, published for most GPU and CPU instance types

Reserved Capacity

Committed usage discounts up to 60% over on-demand pricing

Transparent Storage

No ingress, egress, or transfer fees for data movement on CoreWeave storage

Inference Per-GPU Pricing

Separate per-GPU hourly rates available to CoreWeave inference platform customers

Vultr

Getting Started

CoreWeave

Get Started

1
Create Account
Sign up for CoreWeave Cloud platform access
2
Choose GPU Instance
Select from latest NVIDIA GPUs including H100, H200, and Blackwell architecture
3
Deploy via Kubernetes
Use Kubernetes-native tools for workload deployment and scaling

Vultr

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up for a free Vultr account
2
Select GPU instance
Choose from AMD or NVIDIA GPU options based on your workload
3
Choose deployment type
Select between virtual machine or bare metal deployment
4
Configure and launch
Set up networking, storage, and security options before launching

Support & Global Availability

CoreWeave

Global Regions

On-demand and spot GPU and CPU instances published for North America and Europe, with ongoing global AI data center expansion

Support

24/7 support from dedicated engineering teams, comprehensive documentation, and Kubernetes expertise

Vultr

Global Regions

32 global cloud data center regions across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia

Support

Documentation, community forums, support tickets, and dedicated customer support