Low-carbon / region-aware GPU inference

Scores as of 2026-09-14 (43 days old; Depot marks scores stale after 30 days). The pick is still Depot's current editorial pick; it has not been re-reviewed since. Prices below carry their own dates.

Depot Pick

Crusoe · 7.77/10 for this job (curated estimate, medium confidence)

Privacy/region + maturity of sustainability claims. Confidence: medium — verify Crusoe region energy disclosures for your ESG report.

Runner-up

SaladCloud · 6.10/10

Scores higher than the pick on: Price / performance, Lock-in risk (higher = worse).

When not to use the pick

EU sovereign residency dominates (Scaleway/Gcore), or absolute cheapest spot (Salad) matters more than carbon claims.

Lock-in / migration

Runner-up SaladCloud has lower stored lock-in risk (3.5 vs 5.5, 0–10, higher = more lock-in).

Sourced price (usd_per_gpu_hour)

Pick's lowest sourced SKU: NVIDIA L40S 48GB $1.5 (usd_per_gpu_hour) — source, as of 2026-10-19, re-checked 2026-10-27

Cheapest matching SKU: SaladCloud RTX 3090 24GB (Lowest priority, batch) $0.09 — source, as of 2026-10-19. Not the pick; not quality-adjusted.

Price history: first seen 2026-10-19 · last changed no change recorded · history JSON

Free option

No free resource lists this job. A cheap paid SKU is not a free option.

Failure modes to watch

• Runaway spend: Set a budget and a tool-call cap per task. Alert when spend jumps. Stop the run at the cap instead of summarizing a partial trace as success.

Reported outcomes (submitted reports only)

This job: loading… JSON · reports never change scores · seed/test records excluded

Depot Pick (Crusoe) on this job: loading… JSON · reports never change scores · seed/test records excluded

Same-job, same-unit comparisons: Crusoe vs SaladCloud · Crusoe vs Verda

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