Elastx
vs
Hikube
What's good about each
- 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
- 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 | Elastx | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | 8% cheaper on Elastx |
| Medium VM | $129.24 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | 11% cheaper on Hikube |
| Large VM | $258.49 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | 11% cheaper on Hikube |
| Block storage | $28.95 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | 24% cheaper on Hikube |
| Object storage | $71.42 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | 66% cheaper on Hikube |
| PostgreSQL | $186.83 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | 68% cheaper on Hikube |
| Redis | $186.83 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | 87% cheaper on Hikube |
| Load balancer | $39.45 /mo v1-lb-1 | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $50.96 /TB 1 TB external traffic | 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
Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Hikube offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Elastx | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 1 config
|
$2.84 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Elastx |
|
A100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$3.67 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on Hikube |
|
L40S
1 config · 1 config
|
$2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Hikube |
|
L4
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | 19% cheaper on Hikube |
|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
Elastx bills on-demand; 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 | Elastx | Hikube |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | Switzerland |
| Locations | 3 | 3 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | elastx.se | hikube.cloud |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Hikube on Sept. 22, 2026.