What is the difference between Crusoe and Daytona?

Crusoe and Daytona 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: Crusoe or Daytona?

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 Crusoe and Daytona?

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 Crusoe and Daytona, with 0 models available from both providers.

Crusoe vs Daytona

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

Crusoe

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Crusoe GPUs

Daytona GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $2.73/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 11Both available: 3Crusoe: 7Daytona: 7

Showing 11 of 11 GPUs

Last updated: 11/4/2026, 2:45:13 AM

GPU Model ↑	Crusoe Price	Daytona Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	$2.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Crusoe $2.00/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	$2.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe $2.30/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CrusoeDaytona	$3.90/hr	$2.27/hr★ Best	↑+$1.63(+71.8%)	Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe $3.90/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 Daytona $2.27/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.63(+71.8%) Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
H200 141GB VRAM • CrusoeDaytona	$4.29/hr	$2.61/hr★ Best	↑+$1.68(+64.4%)	Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
H200 141GB VRAM • Crusoe $4.29/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 Daytona $2.61/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.68(+64.4%) Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • CrusoeDaytona	$8.96/hr	$4.08/hr★ Best	↑+$4.88(+119.6%)	Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Crusoe $8.96/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 Daytona $4.08/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$4.88(+119.6%) Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
L40S 48GB VRAM • Crusoe	$1.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
L40S 48GB VRAM • Crusoe $1.50/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Crusoe	$3.45/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Crusoe $3.45/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
MI355X 288GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$3.44/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
MI355X 288GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $3.44/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$0.57/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $0.57/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$0.74/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $0.74/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$1.74/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $1.74/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card

A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	$2.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Crusoe $2.00/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe	$2.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe $2.30/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • CrusoeDaytona	$3.90/hr	$2.27/hr★ Best	↑+$1.63(+71.8%)	Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Crusoe $3.90/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 Daytona $2.27/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.63(+71.8%) Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
H200 141GB VRAM • CrusoeDaytona	$4.29/hr	$2.61/hr★ Best	↑+$1.68(+64.4%)	Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
H200 141GB VRAM • Crusoe $4.29/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 Daytona $2.61/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.68(+64.4%) Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • CrusoeDaytona	$8.96/hr	$4.08/hr★ Best	↑+$4.88(+119.6%)	Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Crusoe $8.96/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 Daytona $4.08/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$4.88(+119.6%) Crusoe Daytona GPU rate card
L40S 48GB VRAM • Crusoe	$1.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
L40S 48GB VRAM • Crusoe $1.50/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Crusoe	$3.45/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Crusoe
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Crusoe $3.45/hour Updated: 11/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Crusoe
MI355X 288GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$3.44/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
MI355X 288GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $3.44/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$0.57/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $0.57/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$0.74/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $0.74/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Daytona	Not Available	$1.74/hr★ Best	—	Daytona GPU rate card
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available Daytona $1.74/hour Updated: 11/3/2026 ★Best Price Daytona GPU rate card

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 9Both available: 0Crusoe: 9Daytona: 0

Showing 9 of 9 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 11/4/2026, 2:45:13 AM

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

Features Comparison

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

Daytona

Isolated Runtime Protection
Execution of AI-generated code with zero risk to underlying infrastructure.
Fast Sandbox Creation
Sandboxes can be created in under 90 milliseconds.
Full CRUD Operations
Manage sandboxes with comprehensive permission control.
Built-in Git Integration
Native Git operations with secure credential handling.
Multi-Language Support
Features language server support for real-time code analysis.

Pros & Cons

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

Daytona

Advantages

Fast sandbox provisioning times
Secure environment for untrusted code
Good support for parallel workflows
Rich API for programmatic control

Considerations

vCPU, memory and disk are billed separately per second on top of the GPU rate
Less focus on traditional compute services
Requires specific developer knowledge to leverage effectively

Compute Services

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

Daytona

Pricing Options

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

Daytona

On-demand

Per-GPU rate metered per second with no minimum billed duration. Sandbox vCPU, memory and disk are billed separately per second at published resource rates.

Spot

Discounted per-GPU rate on preemptible capacity that can be terminated without notice. vCPU, memory and disk are billed separately per second at discounted spot resource rates.

Reserved

Available through custom enterprise agreements; not on the public rate card.

Getting Started

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

Daytona

Get Started

1
Sign Up for an Account
Visit the Daytona website to register for a new account.
2
Create a Sandbox
Use the API or dashboard to create a new sandbox.
3
Run Your Code
Execute your commands and monitor the output.
4
Manage Sandboxes
Utilize the management console for CRUD operations on your sandboxes.
5
Integrate with Development Tools
Set up integrations with Git or IDEs for enhanced productivity.

Support & Global Availability

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

Daytona

Global Regions

Available in regions like US East, US West, EU Central, EU West, Asia-South.

Support

Access to documentation, email support, and a community Slack channel.