Crusoe review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Crusoe suits teams training on current NVIDIA and AMD accelerators who want a clear hourly rate and no egress bill. Its $1.50 GPU hour sits above the ranked median €0.61, so the hardware list, not the entry price, is the draw.
Key facts
- Best for
- Current-generation GPU training and inference with no egress bill.
- GPU models
- NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, NVIDIA B200 (HGX), NVIDIA H200 (HGX), NVIDIA H100 (HGX), NVIDIA A100 (SXM), NVIDIA A100 (PCIe), NVIDIA L40S, AMD MI355X, AMD MI300X↗
- GPU hour from
- $1.50↗
- Billing granularity
- Hourly↗
- Egress fee
- No charge for network ingress or egress↗
- Free credits
- $5 in free credits↗
- Interconnect
- optimized RDMA networking↗
- Compliance certifications
- ISO 27001, ISO 42001↗
- Legal entity
- Crusoe, Inc↗
- Headquarters
- United States↗
- Founded
- 2018↗
- Support channels
- Email, Help-centre, Community↗
- Pricing model
- Hourly billing
- Official website
- crusoe.ai
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 5 sources
Apps and profiles
- Elsewhere
- WikidataLinkedInXgithub.com
Pros and cons
Pros
- Moving checkpoints and results costs nothing either way: No charge for network ingress or egress
- Entry GPU hour of $1.50, with $5 in free credits to try the platform
- Catalogue covers NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, NVIDIA B200 (HGX) and NVIDIA H200 (HGX)
- Certified against ISO 27001 and ISO 42001
Cons
- Billing granularity is hourly, so a job that stops mid hour still pays the whole hour
- Support runs on email, help centre and community, with no live channel in the published list
- The $1.50 entry sits above the ranked median €0.61
Who it suits
- Teams training or fine-tuning on current NVIDIA and AMD parts
- Pipelines that move large volumes in and out, since No charge for network ingress or egress
- Organisations that need certified controls, with ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 on file
Who should look elsewhere
- Buyers after the longest single catalogue, since ComputePrices.com indexes H100 SXM, A100 SXM and H200
- Small inference jobs that fit consumer cards, which Salad lists as NVIDIA RTX 3060, NVIDIA RTX 3070 and NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti
- Teams needing parts outside the Crusoe line, such as the older entries in B300, H100 and A100
Pricing
Crusoe lists a $1.50 entry GPU hour on its cloud pricing. Data movement stays out of the bill: No charge for network ingress or egress, which matters for pipelines that push checkpoints in and pull outputs out. New accounts can size a short job with $5 in free credits before committing to a longer run. The entry rate is the floor; bigger accelerators cost more per hour.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a GPU hour cost on Crusoe?+
The entry rate is $1.50 per GPU hour on cloud pricing, and billing granularity is hourly, so short jobs still commit to a full hour. New accounts receive $5 in free credits to run a first workload. Larger accelerators in the catalogue sit above the entry rate.
Is there an egress or data transfer charge?+
No charge for network ingress or egress. That covers both directions, which is the part that usually inflates a bill once training runs start pushing checkpoints and returning results. Combined with the $1.50 entry hour, the compute line is the main thing to forecast.
Can I pay by the second or the minute instead of by the hour?+
Billing granularity is hourly, so a job that starts and stops inside the hour still bills to the hour. Per-second billing is offered by 26.4% of compared providers, so finer granularity is available elsewhere if short bursts dominate your workload.
Which GPUs can I rent?+
The published catalogue runs from NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, NVIDIA B200 (HGX) and NVIDIA H200 (HGX). That range means a team can start on a current part and keep an older accelerator for legacy work without moving providers. The $1.50 rate attaches to the entry accelerator, not to the fastest one listed.
Does Crusoe carry security and AI governance certifications?+
Crusoe holds ISO 27001 and ISO 42001, covering information security management and AI management system requirements. Buyers with vendor assurance questionnaires can match those certificates against their own review before committing the $1.50 entry rate to a budget line.
How do I reach support?+
Support runs on email, help centre and community. That means documentation and community answers resolve most questions, with email for anything account specific. There is no live chat or phone route in the published list, which matters if you expect help during an incident.
Who runs Crusoe and where is it based?+
The provider is Crusoe, Inc, headquartered in the United States and founded in 2018. US incorporation and domicile matter for contracts, tax handling and data rules when a team buys capacity across borders.
How does the entry GPU hour compare with other providers?+
The $1.50 entry rate places Crusoe at position 62 of 95 brands compared on this measure, against a ranked median of €0.61. The cost score is 3.3, matching the overall 3.3, so the hardware list does more work than the price.
Sources
- docs.crusoecloud.com checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Free credits
“Use $5 in free credits to explore Serverless Inference and Serverless Fine-Tuning”
- legal.crusoe.ai checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters
“ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES WILL BE GOVERNED BY NEW YORK LAW ... LITIGATED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS OF DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO, USA”
- crusoe.ai checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Compliance certifications, Interconnect
“Crusoe Achieves ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 Certifications, Strengthening Commitment to Information Security and Responsible AI Governance”
- crusoe.ai/about/company checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Founded
“Crusoe is founded with an energy-first approach, pioneering technology to convert wasted natural gas into energy for high-performance computing.”
- crusoe.ai/cloud/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Billing granularity, Egress fee, GPU hour from, GPU models, Legal entity, Pricing model, Support channels
“Pay by the hour for maximum agility and unthrottled compute”
Compiled from 5 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.