AWS
vs
Exoscale
What's good about each
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
- Wide range of managed services at competitive prices
- Offers Nvidia GPUs like the RTX PRO 6000, 3080 Ti and A40
- European cloud provider, may ease compliance requirements
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AWS | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $7.49 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | 29% cheaper on AWS |
| Medium VM | $119.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | 44% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Large VM | $248.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | 32% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Block storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | 21% cheaper on AWS |
| Object storage | $24.63 /mo 1 TB | $19.80 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 20% cheaper on Exoscale |
| PostgreSQL | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | 42% cheaper on AWS |
| Redis | $24.82 /mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | 42% cheaper on AWS |
| Load balancer | $22.57 /mo Network Load Balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | 10% cheaper on AWS |
| Serverless | $36.26 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | |
| Egress | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | 4.5x more expensive on AWS |
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
AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Exoscale offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AWS | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
$17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- On request | |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on Exoscale |
|
V100
6 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.06 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.7x more expensive on AWS |
|
H100
6 configs
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
A100
6 configs
|
$1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS 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 |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months); Exoscale bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | AWS | Exoscale |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | Switzerland |
| Locations | 31 | 8 |
| Example customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | -- |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | www.exoscale.com |
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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Exoscale on Sept. 11, 2026.