Civo
vs
Leafcloud
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
- Netherlands data residency, GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II certified
- OpenStack-based, reduced vendor lock-in
- Free ingress and a monthly egress allowance
- Server heat reused to warm homes and care facilities
- NVIDIA A30, A100, H100, and RTX 6000 Blackwell GPUs, VM included
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $8.71 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | 38% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $69.66 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | 38% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | Within 5% |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $6.81 /mo 1 TB | 37% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | $16.37 /mo Load Balancer | 34% cheaper on Civo |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Fair use, no published rate |
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 Leafcloud offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
A100
40 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% 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 |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
-- | $3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | Leafcloud only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Leafcloud only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Leafcloud 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 | Leafcloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | UK | Netherlands |
| Locations | 6 | 1 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team |
| Website | civo.com | leaf.cloud |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for Leafcloud on Sept. 30, 2026.