Exoscale
vs
Hexabyte
What's good about each
- Locations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia
- 1 TiB of monthly egress included per instance
- Managed databases from PostgreSQL to Kafka and ClickHouse
- Nvidia GPUs from RTX 3080 Ti to RTX PRO 6000
- Affordable VPS instances with customizable specs
- S3-compatible object storage with no egress or API fees
- Offers dedicated servers
- EU-based with GDPR-friendly data storage
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | Hexabyte | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $4.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | 58% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $11.03 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | 84% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $19.91 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe | 88% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $6.78 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees) | 73% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | 20 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | $1.13 /TB per TB | 94% cheaper on Hexabyte |
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
Exoscale offers 7 GPU models, while Hexabyte offers 1. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Hexabyte | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
V100
4 configs
|
$0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A40
4 configs
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A5000
3 configs
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX 3080 Ti
3 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hexabyte only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Hexabyte 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 | Exoscale | Hexabyte |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Sweden |
| Locations | 8 | 1 |
| Example customers | -- | Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | hexabyte.se |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Hexabyte on Sept. 18, 2026.