Private LLM hosting vs Genesis Cloud
We rent DGX Sparks, so weigh that against everything below. Genesis Cloud is a European GPU cloud provider offering on-demand and reserved GPU instances, sized by GPU count, for training and inference workloads. A GPUwerk Spark is a different shape of product: one dedicated machine, not a slice of a shared cluster, billed at a flat hourly rate regardless of which model you run on it.
Side by side
| Genesis Cloud | Dedicated DGX Spark (GPUwerk) | |
|---|---|---|
| What you rent | GPU cloud instances sized by GPU count and type, provisioned on demand or reserved for a term. | One whole DGX Spark node, root access, nothing shared with another tenant. |
| Where the hardware sits | Genesis Cloud operates data centre capacity in multiple locations, including sites in Iceland and Germany. Confirm the specific region for your deployment on their site, since Iceland sits in the EEA but outside the EU. | EU-Central (Prague), Czech Republic, one region, no region picker needed because there's only the one machine. |
| Hardware generation | Data-centre GPU classes (their current lineup is listed on their own site; check it directly rather than relying on a figure quoted here). | NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell, the DGX Spark's own chip, 128 GB unified memory per node. |
| Pricing model | Per-GPU-hour, on-demand and reserved tiers; exact figures are best checked on their current pricing page since cloud GPU rates move often. | Flat $0.79/hour on-demand, $0.59/hour held rate for a customer-requested stop, per pricing. One rate regardless of model. |
| Multi-tenancy | Standard cloud model: instances are provisioned from a shared pool of physical hosts, isolated by hypervisor. | No hypervisor layer between you and the hardware you're billed for; the node is yours for as long as you hold it. |
| Contracts and DPA | Genesis Cloud publishes its own terms and data processing agreement; read them directly for their specific commitments. | A standard GDPR Article 28 DPA published free at /legal/dpa, no negotiation required. |
| What you operate yourself | The model server, application layer, and monitoring; Genesis Cloud manages the instance provisioning layer beneath it. | The same, plus you own backups entirely; GPUwerk keeps no copy of your data. |
Cost, worked from GPUwerk's own numbers
A Spark held continuously for a month, 730 hours, at the $0.79/hour on-demand rate comes to $576.70 before tax. At the $0.59/hour held rate, the same 730 hours costs $430.70. Those are GPUwerk's own numbers, straight from pricing. Genesis Cloud's per-GPU-hour rate for a comparable amount of compute depends on which GPU class you pick and whether you take on-demand or reserved pricing, so check their current page for a number specific to your workload before comparing it against the figures above; a stale quote from a secondhand source is worse than no number at all.
The structural difference that matters more than either rate: a Spark is billed by the node, so cost is flat whether you run one small model or saturate it with concurrent requests. A per-GPU-hour cloud instance scales cost with how many GPUs you provision, which can be cheaper for a workload that genuinely needs multiple GPUs working together and more expensive for a workload that only needs one GPU's worth of memory but has to rent a larger instance to get it.
When Genesis Cloud is the right choice
- Your workload needs a data-centre GPU class, H100 or similar, with more raw compute or memory bandwidth than a Spark's GB10 chip offers.
- You want the flexibility to scale GPU count up or down as a training run's shape changes.
- You're comfortable evaluating a multi-tenant cloud instance model with hypervisor isolation rather than a single dedicated machine.
When a dedicated Spark is the right choice
- You want a flat hourly rate that doesn't change with GPU count, model, or request volume.
- You want the shortest possible answer to who can access your data: one machine, your root keys, an operator that states in writing it doesn't read your instance's content.
- Your inference workload fits comfortably in 128 GB unified memory and doesn't need multi-GPU scaling.
FAQ
Is Genesis Cloud based in the EU?
Genesis Cloud is a European company with data centre capacity including sites in Iceland and Germany. Iceland is in the European Economic Area but outside the EU itself, which matters if your compliance requirement is strictly EU-territory data residency rather than EEA. Check the specific region you'd deploy into on their own site before assuming EU status.
Does Genesis Cloud rent by the GPU or the whole machine?
Genesis Cloud sells GPU cloud instances, sized by GPU count and type, similar to AWS or Lambda Labs. A GPUwerk Spark is a single dedicated node rented whole; there is no fractional-GPU or multi-tenant instance option, because the product is the machine, not a slice of one.
Is a DGX Spark faster or cheaper than a Genesis Cloud instance?
It depends which GPU class you compare. A Spark's GB10 chip is a different tier of hardware from a data-centre H100 or H200 that Genesis Cloud rents, so a straight tok/s comparison needs the same model and quantisation on both sides. Check Genesis Cloud's current instance pricing on their own site and weigh it against GPUwerk's published rate at /pricing/ for your specific model and volume.
Who can access my data on a GPUwerk Spark versus Genesis Cloud?
GPUwerk's DPA states GPUwerk hosts the machine but does not access, read, copy, index, or analyse the content of your instance. Genesis Cloud publishes its own data processing terms; read them directly for their access and retention commitments rather than relying on a secondhand summary here.
Can I move a model between a GPUwerk Spark and a Genesis Cloud instance?
Yes, for open-weight models. A model file in GGUF, AWQ, or safetensors format runs on either provider's hardware as long as the target GPU has enough memory and supports the quantisation format. What doesn't move automatically is any tuning done against one GPU's specific memory bandwidth or batch-size sweet spot.
GPUwerk's own rates and the 730-hour monthly figures on this page come directly from gpuwerk.com/pricing. GPUwerk has not independently verified Genesis Cloud's current instance pricing, region list, or GPU lineup; check their own site for figures specific to your deployment.