Civo
vs
Elastx
What's good about each
- 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
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Elastx | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $26.12 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | 79% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $126.43 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | 66% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $252.86 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | 45% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $28.32 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | 62% cheaper on Civo |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $69.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | 84% cheaper on Civo |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | 76% cheaper on Civo |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | $38.59 /mo v1-lb-1 | 72% cheaper on Civo |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $49.85 /TB 1 TB external traffic |
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
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Elastx offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Elastx | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
A100
40 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 70% cheaper on Civo |
|
L40S
20 configs · 1 config
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on Civo |
|
H100
10 configs
|
$2.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
H200
10 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $2.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | Elastx only |
|
L4
1 config
|
-- | $0.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | Elastx only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Elastx 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
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Elastx on Sept. 22, 2026.