Atlas Cloud
vs
Exoscale
Both sell VMs and object storage inside Europe. Atlas Cloud hosts everything in Iceland with free egress, while Exoscale charges less for VMs and adds managed databases, Kubernetes and GPUs.
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, ISO 27001 certified
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- Locations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia
- 1 TiB of monthly egress included per instance
- Managed databases from PostgreSQL to Kafka and ClickHouse
- Nvidia GPUs from RTX 3080 Ti to RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $78.13 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | 87% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Medium VM | $150.26 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | 55% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Large VM | $300.52 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | 44% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Block storage | $11.69 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | 14% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Object storage | $102.58 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | 75% cheaper on Exoscale |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | Free on Atlas Cloud |
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
Exoscale offers 7 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Atlas Cloud. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Atlas Cloud | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Exoscale only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
|
V100
4 configs
|
-- | $0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
|
A40
4 configs
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
|
A5000
3 configs
|
-- | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
|
RTX 3080 Ti
3 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | Exoscale only |
Exoscale 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.
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 | Atlas Cloud | Exoscale |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | Switzerland |
| Locations | 1 | 8 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | www.exoscale.com |
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Exoscale on Sept. 27, 2026.