Crusoe Cloud vs Massed Compute
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 3 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.
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 35%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 9 18 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 72 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 3 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Crusoe Cloud | Massed Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.90/hr | $2.73/hr | 30% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $2.30/hr | $1.38/hr | 40% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.50/hr | $0.97/hr | 35% cheaper on Massed Compute |
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.
| Crusoe Cloud | Massed Compute | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 for instances; per cluster-hour for Kubernetes | Per minute |
| Minimum commitment | None on hourly instances | None; prepaid balance with $5 minimum threshold |
| Payment model | Fees per the Admin Console or a separate agreement | Prepaid balance with automatic recharge |
| Free credits | not stated | Referral credit 3% of referred spend; coupon codes |
| Egress | Free | Free |
| Uptime SLA | 99.5% per GPU VM, monthly | 99.999% claimed on product page; no SLA document found |
| Regions | not stated | US regions (e.g. us-central-3); locations not named |
Neither site tells you whether a commitment auto-renews, how long you have to dispute a bill 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 A100 PCIe 80GB$2.00/hr
- AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB$3.45/hr
- NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB$4.29/hr
- NVIDIA A30 24GB$0.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.55/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.86/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.92/hr
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$1.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.19/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$2.92/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.62/hr
- NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB$5.43/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$6.60/hr
Is Crusoe Cloud cheaper than Massed Compute?
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 35%.
Which GPUs do Crusoe Cloud and Massed Compute both rent?
NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB — 3 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Crusoe Cloud and at Massed Compute?
Of the cards both rent, Crusoe Cloud starts at $1.50 per GPU-hour and Massed Compute at $0.97.