Baseten vs CoreWeave
- GPUs
- 6 9
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.63/hr $1.25/hr
- Price wins
- 0/3 3/3
CoreWeave is cheaper on all 3 GPUs both rent. CoreWeave carries 3 more GPUs.
Runs dedicated model inference billed per minute of GPU time, plus pre-optimised model APIs billed per token.
Best for: Production inference for custom models
GPU cloud built for large AI workloads, with InfiniBand-connected clusters sold on demand and on reserved contracts.
Best for: Large training clusters on fast networking
Price by GPU
The 3 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Baseten | CoreWeave | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | $9.98/hr | $8.60/hr | 16% |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $6.50/hr | $6.16/hr | 6% |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $4.00/hr | $2.70/hr | 48% |
Prices last checked: Baseten 4 Oct 2026, CoreWeave 4 Oct 2026.
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Company facts
| Fact | Baseten | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  San Francisco, CA | United States |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| Founded | n/a | 2017 |
| GPUs priced | 6 | 9 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 GPU 186GB |
| Services | Dedicated model inference, pre-optimised model APIs, training (Loops SDK), self-hosted deployment | n/a |
| Pricing models | Per-minute GPU compute, per-token for model APIs | n/a |
Compliance
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Questions
- What is the difference between Baseten and CoreWeave?
- Baseten: Runs dedicated model inference billed per minute of GPU time, plus pre-optimised model APIs billed per token. CoreWeave: GPU cloud built for large AI workloads, with InfiniBand-connected clusters sold on demand and on reserved contracts.
- Is Baseten cheaper than CoreWeave?
- CoreWeave is cheaper on all 3 GPUs both rent. CoreWeave carries 3 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB cost on Baseten and CoreWeave?
- Baseten charges $9.98 per GPU-hour and CoreWeave charges $8.60 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Baseten and CoreWeave?
- 3 GPUs, including NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
