RunPod vs CoreWeave

Round by round

1. Round 1The cheapest H100RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $1.99

   H100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($2.89 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   CoreWeave5/10

   $6.16

   per GPU, worked out from $49.24 an hour for an HGX H100 with eight GPUs

   • $6.16, against $1.99

   Source: coreweave.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

2. Round 2The cheapest A100RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $1.19

   A100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($1.59 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   CoreWeave5/10

   $2.70

   per GPU, worked out from $21.60 an hour for an eight-A100 instance

   • $2.70, against $1.19

   Source: coreweave.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

3. Round 3The cheapest H200RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $3.59

   H200 on Community Cloud ($4.59 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   CoreWeave5/10

   $6.31

   per GPU, worked out from $50.44 an hour for an HGX H200 with eight GPUs

   • $6.31, against $3.59

   Source: coreweave.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

4. Round 4The cheapest B200RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $5.98

   B200 on Community Cloud ($6.79 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   CoreWeave5/10

   $8.60

   per GPU, worked out from $68.80 an hour for an HGX B200 with eight GPUs

   • $8.60, against $5.98

   Source: coreweave.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

5. Round 5How cheap you can startRunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $0.34

   RTX 4090 on Community Cloud, the cheapest listed ($0.74 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   CoreWeave5/10

   $1.25

   the L40, worked out from $10.00 an hour for eight

   • $1.25, against $0.34

   Source: coreweave.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

6. Round 6How many places it runsCoreWeave wins
   RunPod5/10

   31 regions

   regions it runs in

   • 31 regions, against 51 data centers

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   CoreWeave8/10

   51 data centers

   operated across North America and Europe, counted as data centers rather than regions

   Source: coreweave.com ↗

   CoreWeave wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

Side by side

Top ratedRunPod

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Best for what it costs to get your data outCoreWeave

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Overall score

7.4

Best

6.4

Price

See price

See price

The cheapest H100

7.6

6.0

The cheapest A100

7.6

6.3

What it costs to get your data out

7.8

7.8

How many places it runs

6.0

7.0

How cheap you can start

6.8

5.0

Head-to-head findings

The cheapest H100

$1.99

$6.16

The cheapest A100

$1.19

$2.70

What it costs to get your data out

No egress fees

Free

How many places it runs

31 regions

51 data centers

How cheap you can start

$0.34/hr

$1.25

What customers say on Trustpilot

3.8 out of 5

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How precisely you are billed

Billed by the second

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What storage costs per month

$0.07/GB-mo (network volume)

$0.07/GB-mo (file storage)

Record

Head-to-head record

7–1

2–4

Head-to-heads won

88 %

33 %

Rounds won

77 %

42 %

Pros

• H100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($2.89 on Secure Cloud)
• A100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($1.59 on Secure Cloud)

• per GPU, worked out from $21.60 an hour for an eight-A100 instance
• on-demand GPU instances, North America

Cons

• $1.99, against $0.90
• $1.19, against $0.35
• $0.34, against $0.13
• 31 regions, against 500+ locations

• $6.16, against $1.99
• $2.70, against $1.19
• $6.31, against $3.59
• $8.60, against $5.98

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