Exoscale
vs
Leafcloud
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, object storage and GPUs inside the EU. Exoscale adds managed databases, a CDN and B300 GPUs, while Leafcloud charges less for storage and reuses server heat in the Netherlands.
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
- Netherlands data residency, GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II certified
- OpenStack-based, reduced vendor lock-in
- Free ingress and a monthly egress allowance
- Server heat reused to warm homes and care facilities
- NVIDIA A30, A100, H100, and RTX 6000 Blackwell GPUs, VM included
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $8.67 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | 17% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $69.31 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | Within 5% |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $138.63 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | 17% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | $11.30 /mo 100 GB | 11% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $6.78 /mo 1 TB | 73% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| 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 | $16.29 /mo Load Balancer | 35% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | -- Fair use, no published rate |
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 Leafcloud offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on Exoscale |
|
A30
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.68 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Leafcloud |
|
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 |
|
A100
4 configs
|
-- | $1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | Leafcloud only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Leafcloud 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 | Leafcloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Netherlands |
| Locations | 8 | 1 |
| Example customers | -- | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | leaf.cloud |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Leafcloud on Oct. 1, 2026.