CoreWeave vs Shadeform
- GPUs
- 9 10
- Cheapest GPU
- $1.25/hr $0.49/hr
- Price wins
- 0/3 3/3
Shadeform is cheaper on all 3 GPUs both rent. Shadeform carries 1 more GPU.
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
Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
Best for: Comparing and launching across GPU clouds
Price by GPU
The 3 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Shadeform | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $6.16/hr | $5.99/hr | 3% |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $2.70/hr | $1.40/hr | 93% |
| NVIDIA L40 48GB | $1.25/hr | $0.88/hr | 42% |
Prices last checked: CoreWeave 11 Nov 2026, Shadeform 11 Nov 2026.
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Company facts
| Fact | CoreWeave | Shadeform |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  United States | San Francisco, CA |
| Type | GPU cloud | Marketplace |
| Founded | 2017 | n/a |
| GPUs priced | 9 | 10 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 GPU 186GB | NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB |
Compliance
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Questions
- What is the difference between CoreWeave and Shadeform?
- CoreWeave: GPU cloud built for large AI workloads, with InfiniBand-connected clusters sold on demand and on reserved contracts. Shadeform: Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
- Is CoreWeave cheaper than Shadeform?
- Shadeform is cheaper on all 3 GPUs both rent. Shadeform carries 1 more GPU.
- How much does a NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB cost on CoreWeave and Shadeform?
- CoreWeave charges $6.16 per GPU-hour and Shadeform charges $5.99 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both CoreWeave and Shadeform?
- 3 GPUs, including NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA L40 48GB.
- 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.
