Civo
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 8% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 8% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 13% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 8% cheaper on Vultr |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 40% cheaper on Civo |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 28% cheaper on Civo |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | $10.00 /mo | 8% cheaper on Vultr |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 1 config
|
$2.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
B200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
40 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 55% cheaper on Civo |
|
L40S
20 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 23% cheaper on Civo |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
H200
10 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Vultr 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.
| Framework | Civo | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 33 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | civo.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 1, 2026.