Crusoe Cloud
Verified ProviderEnterprise Tier 3+ (Climate-Aligned) 4.8 / 5.0 (118 reviews)Clean-Energy AI Compute Powered by Stranded Geothermal & Flare Gas
Crusoe Cloud provides climate-aligned AI computing powered by stranded energy and flared natural gas, turning wasted environmental energy into high-performance compute. Featuring NVIDIA H100 SXM5, L40S, and A100 clusters with high-speed InfiniBand, SOC 2 Type II compliance, and enterprise SLAs at 30% to 50% lower cost than traditional hyperscalers.
Crusoe Cloud GPU Catalog & Real-Time Hourly Pricing (4 Tiers)
| GPU Model (Click for Specs) | VRAM | Interconnect | vCPU / System RAM | Spot Hourly | On-Demand Hourly | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | 48 GB | PCIe 4.0 x16 | 16 vCPUs / 64GB | $0.62/hr-22% | $0.79/hr | |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | 80 GB | NVLink (Fast) | 24 vCPUs / 128GB | $1.25/hr-14% | $1.45/hr | |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | 80 GB | NVLink (Fast) | 24 vCPUs / 128GB | $2.05/hr-13% | $2.35/hr | |
| 8x NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | 640 GB | NVLink (Fast) | 128 vCPUs / 1024GB | $16.40/hr-13% | $18.80/hr |
Crusoe Cloud Monthly Cost & Stopped Storage Estimator
Simulate your real-world monthly bill including active GPU compute and stopped persistent volume storage overhead.
When you click Stop Instance on Crusoe Cloud, your GPU compute charge stops, but the 200GB disk volume continues billing 24/7 ($20.00/mo) until you terminate the volume. Always backup checkpoints to HuggingFace or S3 before terminating.
Hourly run-rate: $0.62/hr compute + $0.0274/hr disk
Equivalent cloud capacity on AWS would cost approx. $482/mo for 6h daily runtime.
- •Targeted at mid-market and enterprise AI companies; self-serve signup requires verified business email and project scoping.
- •Console interface is strictly utilitarian and cloud-ops oriented; no consumer 1-click GUI template marketplace.
- •Multi-node InfiniBand reservations typically require contract commitments.
- ✓Powered by 100% stranded flare gas and clean geothermal energy: lowest carbon footprint computing in the AI industry.
- ✓Engineered specifically for massive model training: features full 3.2 Tbps NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand NDR with GPUDirect RDMA.
- ✓Very competitive hourly pricing on dedicated 8x H100 SXM5 and L40S clusters with guaranteed power and cooling SLAs.
Full-Lifecycle TCO & Hidden Cost EstimatorReal Invoicing
Calculate actual project costs including stopped storage fees and network egress penalties.
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1-Click Docker & SSH Recipes for Crusoe Cloud
Tested terminal commands for immediate deployment on NVIDIA L40S 48GB instances.
# 1. SSH into your Crusoe Cloud instance: # ssh root@<instance_ip> -p <ssh_port> # 2. Launch ComfyUI with FLUX.1 & SDXL model cache: docker run -d --gpus all --name comfyui \ --restart unless-stopped \ -p 8188:8188 \ -v /workspace/ComfyUI/models:/root/ComfyUI/models \ -v /workspace/ComfyUI/output:/root/ComfyUI/output \ yanwk/comfyui-boot:cu124 # Access ComfyUI in your browser at: http://<instance_ip>:8188
Crusoe Cloud Architecture, Gotchas & Engineering Verdict
Crusoe Cloud maintains dedicated enterprise Tier 3/4 colocation facilities with redundant UPS power, multi-gigabit fiber backbones, and formal uptime SLAs.
- ✓Extremely competitive hourly spot rates with up to 60% savings.
- ✓Direct root SSH and Docker container flexibility.
- ✓Instant credit card onboarding with transparent billing.
- !Stopped Storage Fee: Persistent disk volumes accrue billing 24/7 ($0.10/GB/month High-Performance NVMe) until deleted.
- !Bandwidth Variance: Verify host download speeds before pulling 50GB+ model checkpoints.
Developer Reviews & Telemetry Audit
Aggregated from 118 verified AI engineers deploying vLLM, ComfyUI, and production API workloads.
“Our enterprise board mandates strict ESG compliance. Crusoe allows us to train 70B models powered by stranded energy while paying $2.35/hr for H100 SXM5 instances with dedicated InfiniBand. Flawless uptime.”
“Unlike traditional public clouds that penalize you with $0.09/GB egress fees when syncing checkpoints across nodes, Crusoe provides unmetered cluster interconnects and responsive engineering support.”