CoreWeave vs Spheron
GPU specialist against peer marketplace, priced against each other on the 4 GPUs both of them rent. Published per-GPU on-demand rates as each provider last stated them, with what their own pages say about billing, commitment and egress beside the numbers.
Spheron is cheaper on 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 51%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 10 40 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- How they sell
- Peer marketplace A stranger whose machine the platform vets to some degree. Reliability, bandwidth and how long the machine stays online vary by host, not just by price.
- GPU models
- 11 17 offers
- Registered in
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
These are not the same product. A GPU specialist and a peer marketplace differ in who your counterparty is, which is why the rates below can be far apart without either being wrong. The prices are comparable; what stands behind them is not.
The 4 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Spheron | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $6.31/hr | $5.65/hr | 10% cheaper on Spheron |
| NVIDIA GH200 96GB | $6.50/hr | $3.02/hr | 54% cheaper on Spheron |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $2.70/hr | $1.43/hr | 47% cheaper on Spheron |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $2.25/hr | $0.96/hr | 57% cheaper on Spheron |
Per GPU per hour, on-demand list prices as each provider last published them. Rates exclude tax and vary by region; a cheaper rate is not the same machine, the same network or the same support.
| CoreWeave | Spheron | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing granularityOn short jobs this outweighs the rate: an hour minimum on a 90-second run costs more than a 30% dearer per-second rate. | Hourly usage, invoiced monthly in arrears | Per minute |
| Minimum commitment | not stated | None on dedicated or spot |
| Payment model | Invoice on receipt; reserved and bulk credits per order form | Prepaid credits, USD; enterprise invoicing on request |
| Egress | not stated | Network bandwidth included in the hourly rate |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% across regions, 99% single region | 99.9% |
| Regions | US and European data centres; General and Dedicated Access regions | North America, Europe, Asia Pacific |
Neither site tells you whether a commitment auto-renews, how long you have to dispute a bill, whether private networking exists or how much warning you get before maintenance. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$1.25/hr
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB$6.16/hr
- NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB$8.60/hr
- NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 192GB$10.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.48/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.68/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.78/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.35/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$10.37/hr
Is CoreWeave cheaper than Spheron?
Spheron is cheaper on 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 51%.
Which GPUs do CoreWeave and Spheron both rent?
NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA GH200 96GB, NVIDIA A100 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB — 4 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at CoreWeave and at Spheron?
Of the cards both rent, CoreWeave starts at $2.25 per GPU-hour and Spheron at $0.96.
Are CoreWeave and Spheron the same kind of provider?
No. CoreWeave is a GPU specialist — an operator whose whole business is renting these cards. Spheron is a peer marketplace — a stranger whose machine the platform vets to some degree. Reliability, bandwidth and how long the machine stays online vary by host, not just by price. The rates are comparable; what stands behind them is not.