ClusterMAX 3.0 Benchmarks 77 Neoclouds, Tracking 323 Providers Overall
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-26
ClusterMAX 3.0 provides a full evaluation of 77 Neoclouds (AI compute clouds), expanding its industry coverage to 323 providers and incorporating interviews with 200+ real users — likely the most complete map of the Neocloud market.
The evaluation covers 10 categories and updated requirements for Slurm, Kubernetes, bare-metal servers, monitoring dashboards, and health checks, derived from user interviews reflecting actual customer expectations. On ratings, Nebius joins CoreWeave in the Platinum tier — the report sees CoreWeave as the technical benchmark, while Nebius's stable premium positioning and commercial strategy let it serve a whole class of Neolab customers at vendor prices. Coverage has grown from 124 providers initially to 169 (1.0), 209 (2.0), and 323 (3.0).
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