DataCrunch vs Shadeform
- GPUs
- 11 9
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.67/hr $0.80/hr
- Price wins
- 2/5 3/5
Shadeform is cheaper on 3 of the 5 GPUs both rent, DataCrunch on 2. DataCrunch carries 2 more GPUs.
GPU cloud renting on-demand instances and dedicated clusters by the hour from datacenters in Europe.
Best for: On-demand instances and dedicated clusters
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 5 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | DataCrunch | Shadeform | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.70/hr | $5.99/hr | 62% |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $1.18/hr | $0.97/hr | 22% |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.56/hr | $0.88/hr | 77% |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $1.80/hr | $1.40/hr | 28% |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $0.67/hr | $1.93/hr | 190% |
Prices last checked: DataCrunch 4 Oct 2026, Shadeform 4 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on DataCrunch 6
Company facts
| Fact | DataCrunch | Shadeform |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Helsinki, Finland |  San Francisco, CA |
| Type | GPU cloud | Marketplace |
| GPUs priced | 11 | 9 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 GPU 288GB | NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB |
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Questions
- What is the difference between DataCrunch and Shadeform?
- DataCrunch: GPU cloud renting on-demand instances and dedicated clusters by the hour from datacenters in Europe. Shadeform: Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
- Is DataCrunch cheaper than Shadeform?
- Shadeform is cheaper on 3 of the 5 GPUs both rent, DataCrunch on 2. DataCrunch carries 2 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB cost on DataCrunch and Shadeform?
- DataCrunch charges $3.70 per GPU-hour and Shadeform charges $5.99 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both DataCrunch and Shadeform?
- 5 GPUs, including NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 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.
