CoreWeave vs Vultr
- GPUs
- 9 2
- Cheapest GPU
- $1.25/hr $1.67/hr
- Price wins
- 0/1 1/1
Vultr is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. CoreWeave carries 7 more GPUs.
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
Cloud provider that rents GPU instances and bare metal by the hour, with reserved capacity, from many global regions.
Best for: Hourly GPU instances across many regions
Price by GPU
The 1 GPU both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Vultr | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $2.25/hr | $1.67/hr | 35% |
Prices last checked: CoreWeave 4 Oct 2026, Vultr 4 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on CoreWeave 8
Only on Vultr 1
Company facts
| Fact | CoreWeave | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  United States | West Palm Beach, FL |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| Founded | 2017 | n/a |
| GPUs priced | 9 | 2 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 GPU 186GB | NVIDIA L40S 48GB |
Compliance
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Questions
- What is the difference between CoreWeave and Vultr?
- CoreWeave: GPU cloud built for large AI workloads, with InfiniBand-connected clusters sold on demand and on reserved contracts. Vultr: Cloud provider that rents GPU instances and bare metal by the hour, with reserved capacity, from many global regions.
- Is CoreWeave cheaper than Vultr?
- Vultr is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. CoreWeave carries 7 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA L40S 48GB cost on CoreWeave and Vultr?
- CoreWeave charges $2.25 per GPU-hour and Vultr charges $1.67 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both CoreWeave and Vultr?
- 1 GPU, including NVIDIA L40S 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.
