AceCloud
vs
Canopy Wave
What's good about each
- Good range of high-performance NVIDIA GPUs
- On-demand billing with instance hibernation to optimize savings
- Operates 10+ data centers globally including locations in India and USA
- Offers 24/7 support with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Free credits for new users (₹20,000/$200 for 30 days)
- Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
- 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
- GPU rental and open-model inference on one account
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AceCloud | Canopy Wave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM (C3a.medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $60.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (C3a.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $119.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (C3a.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | 22% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| Object storage | $10.24 /mo 1 TB | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | 74% cheaper on AceCloud |
| PostgreSQL | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $16.00 /mo | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AceCloud offers 9 GPU models, while Canopy Wave offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AceCloud | Canopy Wave | Difference |
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$3.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
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$5.02 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
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$2.00 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
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$1.65 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
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$1.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
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$1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
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$0.60 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
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-- | -- On request | Canopy Wave only |
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-- | -- On request | Canopy Wave only |
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-- | -- On request | Canopy Wave only |
AceCloud bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); Canopy Wave bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | AceCloud | Canopy Wave |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | AceCloud | Canopy Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 2 |
| Example customers | Spherum, IIT Madras, Inflolabs, VjJTechnologies | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences |
| Website | acecloud.ai | canopywave.com |
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Our data for AceCloud was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Canopy Wave on Sept. 23, 2026.