Exoscale
vs
Impossible Cloud
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
- Flat per-TB storage pricing with no egress fees
- European jurisdiction and data sovereignty, GDPR compliant
- ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS certified data centers
- Bare metal NVIDIA DGX GPU servers
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | Impossible Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $7.99 /mo 1 TB stored | 68% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
| 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) | No egress fees | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | Free No egress or API request charges | Free on Impossible Cloud |
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 Impossible Cloud offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Impossible Cloud | Difference |
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-- On request | $4.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (60 mo) | |
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$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
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$0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
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$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
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$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
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$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
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$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
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-- | $2.95 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Impossible Cloud only |
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-- | $8.42 /GPU/hr Reserved (7 mo) | Impossible Cloud only |
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-- | $3.11 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Impossible Cloud only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Impossible Cloud bills reserved (3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60 months). 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 | Exoscale | Impossible Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Data centers only |
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 | Impossible Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Germany |
| Locations | 8 | 3 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | www.impossiblecloud.com |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Impossible Cloud on Oct. 2, 2026.