Crusoe vs DigitalOcean
- GPUs
- 6 9
- Cheapest GPU
- $1.50/hr $0.76/hr
- Price wins
- 3/4 1/4
Crusoe is cheaper on 3 of the 4 GPUs both rent, DigitalOcean on 1. DigitalOcean carries 3 more GPUs.
GPU cloud with on-demand and reserved clusters plus managed inference, run from datacenters powered by low-cost energy.
Best for: Reserved training and inference clusters
Developer cloud that rents GPU Droplets and managed AI services, billed by usage alongside its standard virtual machines.
Best for: Simple GPU VMs for small teams
Price by GPU
The 4 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Crusoe | DigitalOcean | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | $3.45/hr | $2.59/hr | 33% |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.90/hr | $4.41/hr | 13% |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB | $4.29/hr | $4.47/hr | 4% |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.50/hr | $1.57/hr | 5% |
Prices last checked: Crusoe 4 Oct 2026, DigitalOcean 4 Oct 2026.
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Company facts
| Fact | Crusoe | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Denver, CO | Broomfield, CO |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| GPUs priced | 6 | 9 |
| Fastest GPU | AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | AMD Instinct MI350X OAM |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states it holds, linked to its own statement. Not published means we found no statement, not that the provider fails it. Check the scope with the provider.
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Questions
- What is the difference between Crusoe and DigitalOcean?
- Crusoe: GPU cloud with on-demand and reserved clusters plus managed inference, run from datacenters powered by low-cost energy. DigitalOcean: Developer cloud that rents GPU Droplets and managed AI services, billed by usage alongside its standard virtual machines.
- Is Crusoe cheaper than DigitalOcean?
- Crusoe is cheaper on 3 of the 4 GPUs both rent, DigitalOcean on 1. DigitalOcean carries 3 more GPUs.
- How much does a AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB cost on Crusoe and DigitalOcean?
- Crusoe charges $3.45 per GPU-hour and DigitalOcean charges $2.59 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Crusoe and DigitalOcean?
- 4 GPUs, including AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB, 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.
