ROI Calculator · Updated Day 12 v3

DCS Network vs Darkbloom

Side-by-side total-cost comparison at your real scale. Darkbloom sells confidential compute. DCS ships a four-product unified stack — compute, storage, pilot, sovereign — with signed receipts across all four. Drag the sliders and see your number.

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DCS Network total
  · Compute (inference rate)
  · Storage permanence (SLA tier)
  · Receipts + audit chain
  · Sovereign engagement (if selected)
Darkbloom total
  · Confidential compute
  · External storage (S3/IPFS)
  · Audit tooling (Vanta/Drata layer)
  · Custom sovereign deploy
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Feature parity — what you get

DCS Network ships four products as a unified stack with cross-product signed receipts. Darkbloom focuses on confidential compute alone — strong on privacy primitives, gaps everywhere else.

FeatureDCS NetworkDarkbloom
AI inference at scale● Native — 9 of 10 HYBRIDs live, predictive engine, scale-to-zero● Native — TEE-backed confidential compute
Permanent storage layer● Built in — Filecoin pinning, Bronze/Silver/Gold SLA tiers○ External — bring your own S3/IPFS
Ed25519 signed receipt chain● Every action signed + chained, public verifier at verify.dcsai.ai◐ Attestation reports, no public chain
Cross-product permanence● Build logs + agent outputs + image bank auto-pinned to Filecoin○ Not applicable — single product
Sovereign deployment option● Pod-to-pod federation + HMAC invites + PII vault, ready today◐ Custom engagement, multi-month delivery
Worker revenue share● Demand-backed, tier-multiplier, auto-recorded per job○ Centralized fleet, no worker share
Edge inference (CDN-attached)● trd-edge-mesh on Cloudflare Workers, live○ Single-region TEE clusters
Vertical OS templates (SMB)● Restaurant / Clinic / Retail × 6 themes○ Not in scope
x402 payment protocol● USDC / USDFC / FIL dual-rail, live○ Stripe-only billing
Cryptographic erasure (GDPR)● AES-256-GCM per-tenant DEK + KEK wrapping◐ Manual deletion, no proof artifact
Predictive engine● 10 rules — long-job re-queue, scale-to-zero, smart onboarding○ Not a feature
Public network stats● Live counters, JSON export, CC BY 4.0○ Private dashboards
Pricing transparency● Posted ($29 / $79 / $199 Pilot, public rates Compute)○ "Contact sales" enterprise pricing