Exoscale
vs
Koyeb
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
- Scale-to-zero on GPU and CPU instances
- GPUs from RTX 4000 SFF Ada to 8x H200 and B200
- Serverless Postgres that sleeps when idle
- Free web service and Postgres database for testing
- EU-based, with Paris and Frankfurt regions
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | Koyeb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $10.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD (small) | Within 5% |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $41.47 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD (eco-xlarge) | 38% cheaper on Koyeb |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $82.94 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD (eco-2xlarge) | 51% cheaper on Koyeb |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | $140.20 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Large) | 30% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Redis | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | 1 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB · US and EU regions, Asia is $0.04 / GB | Identical |
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 Koyeb offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Koyeb | Difference |
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$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Exoscale |
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-- On request | -- | 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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-- | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
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-- | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
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-- | $3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
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-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | Koyeb only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Koyeb 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.
| Framework | Exoscale | Koyeb |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Enterprise plan only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
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 | Koyeb |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | France |
| Locations | 8 | 6 |
| Example customers | -- | Kong, eToro, Scenario, Strapi, Neon |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | koyeb.com |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Koyeb on Oct. 1, 2026.