Crusoe
US · gpu cloud
GPU cloud powered by otherwise-stranded and low-carbon energy.
- Category
- gpu cloud
- Free tier
- No
- OpenAI API
- Compatible
- Adds on top
- None - sets its own prices
Margin over the underlying model price
What Crusoe charges
Live prices for widely-hosted open-weight models, sampled from the shared catalogue. Compare the same row against other hosts on each model page.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.150 | $0.500 | 1.0M | - |
| GLM 5.3 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1.0M | - |
Crusoe alternatives
Other services in the same category. These are genuine substitutes - services in a different category solve a different problem.
CoreWeave
Large-scale GPU cloud used to host frontier training and inference.
Hyperbolic
Pivoted from serverless inference to GPU rental during 2026; the dedicated inference pricing page is gone.
Lambda
GPU cloud. Its serverless Inference API is being wound down, so treat it as GPU rental rather than a token-billed endpoint.
Modal
Serverless GPU platform where you deploy your own inference code.
RunPod
Rentable GPUs and serverless workers for self-managed model serving.
Frequently asked
Is Crusoe OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. Crusoe accepts the OpenAI chat-completions request shape, so most SDKs work by changing the base URL and API key.
Does Crusoe have a free tier?
Not currently. Crusoe bills from the first request.
How does Crusoe charge?
Per token or per GPU-hour Margin over the underlying model price: none - sets its own prices.