Civo
vs
Lyceum
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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Lyceum | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 8% cheaper on Lyceum |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | -- Not listed | |
| 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 offers 6 GPU models, while Lyceum offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Lyceum | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 9 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.79 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 7% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
B300
4 configs · 9 configs
|
$7.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $7.99 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 6% cheaper on Civo |
|
B200
3 configs · 9 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $2.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
|
H200
10 configs · 9 configs
|
$3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | 19% cheaper on Civo |
|
A100
40 configs · 9 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.59 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 31% cheaper on Civo |
|
L40S
20 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
-- | $0.99 /GPU/hr Spot | Lyceum only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Lyceum bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Lyceum |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2025 |
| Headquarters | UK | Germany |
| Locations | 6 | 3 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | -- |
| Website | civo.com | lyceum.technology |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Lyceum on Oct. 2, 2026.