CoreWeave vs Vast.ai
As of , CoreWeave and Vast.ai share 4 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. Not compared today: 2 more shared GPUs, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: CoreWeave $8.60 vs Vast.ai $10.00 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CoreWeave |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $7.50 · 34 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $8.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $10.00 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $2.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.07 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.21 · 38 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $2.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.31 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.40 · 38 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $2.25 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.83 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Shared, not compared today
Both providers quoted these GPUs on-demand within the last 7 days, but at least one quote is not confirmed within 48 hours of the newest read (or is a marketplace floor withheld as too thin), and an unconfirmed price never decides which is cheaper. They return to the table above at the next read that confirms them.
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA H200: Vast.ai: thin market
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | CoreWeave | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $4.26 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.19 captured | — |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.20 captured | — |
| NVIDIA L40S | $0.98 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CoreWeave and Vast.ai, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B200: CoreWeave $8.60 vs Vast.ai $10.00 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: CoreWeave $2.70 vs Vast.ai $1.07 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: CoreWeave $2.50 vs Vast.ai $1.31 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: CoreWeave $2.25 vs Vast.ai $0.83 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: