# Salad Cloud (Underperforming) — ClusterMAX GPU Cloud Review

> Salad Cloud earns a ClusterMAX 2.0 Underperforming rating from SemiAnalysis. Salad Cloud is another decentralized marketplace that focuses primarily on consumer-grade gaming GPUs at reduced prices in their “Community Cloud” offering. In their “Secure Cloud” offering, there is no option for high-end…

- **Provider**: Salad Cloud
- **ClusterMAX Tier**: Underperforming
- **Tier definition**: Can rise to Bronze or Silver quickly if critical issues are fixed (security attestation, modern GPUs, etc.).
- **Authors**: Jordan Nanos, Daniel Nishball, Dylan Patel (SemiAnalysis)
- **Published**: 2025-11-06 (Nov 06, 2025)
- **Last updated**: 2025-11-06 (Nov 06, 2025)
- **Source**: ClusterMAX 2.0
- **Canonical URL**: https://www.clustermax.ai/cloudreview/saladcloud
- **Source article**: https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/clustermax-20-the-industry-standard
- **Topics**: Salad Cloud review, Salad Cloud GPU cloud, Salad Cloud ClusterMAX rating, Salad Cloud Underperforming, Underperforming tier GPU cloud, GPU cloud review, neocloud review, Salad Cloud B200, Salad Cloud H200, Salad Cloud H100, B200 cloud, H200 cloud, H100 cloud, SOC 2, ClusterMAX 2.0, SemiAnalysis

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Salad Cloud is another decentralized marketplace that focuses primarily on consumer-grade gaming GPUs at reduced prices in their “Community Cloud” offering. In their “Secure Cloud” offering, there is no option for high-end GPUs such as the SXM H100, H200, or B200. Since ClusterMAX 1.0, we do appreciate that Salad Cloud is now SOC 2 Type 1 certified, and does not charge their customers for cold-boot startup times.

[](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cz-N!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F733157c5-77e5-456f-aa9d-de55b0d04bc6_937x554.png)Source: security disclaimers on the Salad Cloud website

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