Exoscale
vs
Hikube
Both run managed Kubernetes, databases and GPUs in Switzerland. Exoscale charges less for VMs, while Hikube includes free egress and rents H100 GPUs.
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
- 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 | Exoscale | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | 64% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | 42% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | 27% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | 54% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | Within 5% |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | 40% cheaper on Hikube |
| Redis | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | 43% cheaper on Hikube |
| Load balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | 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
Exoscale offers 7 GPU models, while Hikube offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Hikube | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 1 config
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | 36% cheaper on Exoscale |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | 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 |
|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
|
A100
1 config
|
-- | $3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
-- | $1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hikube only |
Exoscale 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 | Exoscale | Hikube |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Locations | 8 | 3 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | hikube.cloud |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Hikube on Sept. 22, 2026.