Canopy Wave
vs
OVH
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
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Canopy Wave | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | 26% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | 80% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney |
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 OVH offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Canopy Wave | OVH | Difference |
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$3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on OVH |
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$4.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 35% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
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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 |
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-- | $3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
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-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
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-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
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-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
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-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
Canopy Wave bills on-demand; OVH 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 | Canopy Wave | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | US data centers only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud 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 | Canopy Wave | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 2 | 19 |
| Example customers | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police |
| Website | canopywave.com | www.ovhcloud.com |
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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for OVH on Sept. 23, 2026.