CoreWeave
CoreWeave scores 62/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published.
CoreWeave pricing
5 SKUs priced per hour
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
NVIDIA GH200 On‑demand price, North America region | $6.5 / hour | — |
NVIDIA L40 Spot Spot price, North America region | $6.27 / hour | — |
NVIDIA A100 On‑demand price, North America region | $21.6 / hour | — |
NVIDIA HGX B200 On‑demand price, North America region | $68.8 / hour | — |
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 On‑demand price, North America region | $20 / hour | — |
How CoreWeave scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
0 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
0 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
62 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 GH200 GPU on‑demand, full month (720 h)
$4680/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Unknown
Purchase orders supported
Unknown
MSA required
Unknown
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Positioning & ecosystem
“CoreWeave Cloud Pricing”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from CoreWeave?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- No clear agent-favorable signals were extracted on this scoring run.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How CoreWeave could lift its score
Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | CoreWeave Cloud Pricing — CoreWeave and Meta Announce $21 Billion Expanded AI Infrastructure Agreement |
| tier_count | 0 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | null |
| free_tier | false |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | $35.84 / Hour Inference |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 1 |
| sales_only_tiers | 0 |
| public_api_docs_url | null |
| api_docs_auth_walled | null |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | {"unit_class":"compute_time","confidence":"high","agent_task_price_forecastable":"partial","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$35.84 / Hour Inference"} |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | false |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Infrastructure As A Service IaaS
CoreWeave Cloud Pricing — CoreWeave and Meta Announce $21 Billion Expanded AI Infrastructure Agreement
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No
Sales-led
$35.84 / Hour Inference
1 / 0
Auth-walled
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Per-model / per-SKU pricing
CoreWeave pricing is based on per‑hour rates for GPU instances, e.g., $6.50 / hour for a GH200 on‑demand instance; spot pricing is lower, e.g., $6.27 / hour for an L40 spot instance. Billed hourly.
On‑demand GPU instance ($6.5)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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