Civo
vs
Hikube
Both run managed Kubernetes and H100 GPUs with free egress. Civo also rents B200 and B300, while Hikube runs managed Redis and MariaDB in Switzerland.
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
- Storage replicated across datacenters in Geneva, Gland and Lucerne
- H100, H200 and A100 GPUs on VMs or Kubernetes
- Managed Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- ISO 27001 certified company and datacenters
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | 81% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | 62% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | 40% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | 50% cheaper on Civo |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | 56% cheaper on Civo |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | 27% cheaper on Civo |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | 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
Civo and Hikube each offer 6 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 1 config
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Civo |
|
H200
10 configs · 1 config
|
$3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on Civo |
|
A100
40 configs · 1 config
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on Civo |
|
L40S
20 configs · 1 config
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on Civo |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
|
L4
1 config
|
-- | $0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Hikube 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 | Civo | Hikube |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | UK | Switzerland |
| Locations | 6 | 3 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | -- |
| Website | civo.com | hikube.cloud |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Hikube on Sept. 22, 2026.