Crusoe pricing: GPU rental rates

Updated August 2026 · day 49 of the ledger · verified 2026-08-22

The cheapest GPU on Crusoe right now is the L40S at $1.50/hr (on-demand, verified 2026-08-22). Crusoe Cloud is an AI infrastructure platform for GPU instances, CPU instances, storage, managed Kubernetes and managed inference. It fits teams that want NVIDIA and AMD datacenter GPUs, RDMA-backed networking, S3-compatible storage and the option to use on-demand, spot or reserved capacity. Public pricing is unusually explicit about storage, managed Kubernetes, ingress and egress treatment.

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Live Crusoe prices (2026-08-22)

Cheapest listed per-GPU-hour rates verified at the source. Before storage, egress and networking.

Strengths and trade-offs

Computed from the verified fees and platform matrix (cells verified 2026-07-07 at Crusoe's own documentation; verified items link to their source). Full matrices: fees · enterprise.

Pricing model

Crusoe's pricing page lists reserved, on-demand and spot pricing for GPU instances, plus pay-as-you-go and provisioned-throughput options for managed inference. The page says GPU and CPU instances are billed by the minute, and reserved capacity is a custom agreement for committed resource volume and guaranteed availability. Newer or high-end GPU SKUs may require contacting sales.

Capacity tiers

Crusoe exposes GPU instances, CPU instances, storage, managed Kubernetes and managed inference. The Cloud overview describes on-demand, spot and reserved capacity options, from single-node experiments to multi-thousand GPU clusters. Crusoe Managed Kubernetes and AutoClusters are positioned for fault-tolerant orchestration across large GPU and CPU resource pools.

GPU lineup

Crusoe's current public pricing and product navigation list NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, B200 HGX, H200 HGX, H100 HGX, A100 SXM and PCIe, L40S, AMD MI355X and AMD MI300X. The overview page says the platform provides the latest NVIDIA and AMD GPUs optimized for AI training at multiple scales. Some SKUs are contact-sales rather than fully self-serve.

Storage, egress and hidden costs

Crusoe lists persistent disks, shared disks, container registry usage and object storage separately from compute. The pricing FAQ says Crusoe does not currently charge for network ingress or egress within a VPC or to and from the public internet. Managed Kubernetes has its own cluster pricing, and managed inference has separate token or throughput pricing, so total cost should include more than the GPU line item.

Reliability and support posture

Crusoe positions the platform for production AI, with enterprise support, proactive monitoring, isolated environments, high-performance networking and scalable storage. Its Cloud page gives public support-response and customer-satisfaction claims, but buyers should validate contractual support terms, covered services and any service-credit remedies in their own agreement. Public docs also expose API, Terraform, quota, audit-log and monitoring surfaces useful for production operations.

Free credits and referral programs

A current public free-credit, startup-credit or referral program for Crusoe Cloud was not found in the official public pages reviewed. Not publicly documented.

Who should pick Crusoe

Pick Crusoe if you need AI-optimized infrastructure with NVIDIA and AMD datacenter GPUs, RDMA networking, managed Kubernetes and a clear zero-ingress and zero-egress posture. It is strongest for teams planning production training or inference that can choose between on-demand, spot and reserved capacity. Confirm sales-led SKU availability and contract terms if you need guaranteed access to newer GPU families.

Similar providers

Ranked by overlap in the GPU models both providers list today; not an endorsement and never affected by commercial relationships.

FAQ

Profile verified 2026-07-06. Sources: www.crusoe.ai · www.crusoe.ai · docs.crusoecloud.com · docs.crusoecloud.com · docs.crusoecloud.com