Canopy Wave
vs
Civo
What's good about each
- 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
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Canopy Wave | Civo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | 36% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | 73% cheaper on Civo |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
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
Canopy Wave offers 5 GPU models, while Civo offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Canopy Wave | Civo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 10 configs
|
$3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Civo |
|
B300
1 config · 4 configs
|
-- On request | $5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | |
|
B200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
-- On request | $3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | |
|
H200
3 configs · 10 configs
|
$4.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 13% cheaper on Civo |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave only |
|
A100
40 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
Canopy Wave bills on-demand; Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Canopy Wave | Civo |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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 | Canopy Wave | Civo |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | UK |
| Locations | 2 | 6 |
| Example customers | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine |
| Website | canopywave.com | civo.com |
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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Civo on Sept. 23, 2026.