What's good about...

Exoscale logo Exoscale

  • Wide range of managed services at competitive prices
  • Offers GPUs such as the Nvidia A40, P100, and V100
  • Based in Switzerland, may ease compliance requirements

Exoscale logo Linode

  • Many VPS configurations available (high memory, dedicated CPU, GPU)
  • Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes and Object Storage available
  • Good performance/price for most of its services
  • Multiple data center locations

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against Linode?

Example configuration Exoscale Linode
VM Small $10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium $67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Large $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) $114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated)
Block Storage $10.00 / mo 100 GB $16.00 / mo 160 GB
Object Storage $19.80 / mo 1 TB $20.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $25.00 / mo Network Load Balancer $10.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $98.49 / mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) $65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $42.44 / mo 2 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2) --
Free egress allowance 1 TB / mo per instance 1-20 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $0.02 / GB $5.00 $0.005 / GB

Exoscale GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
3080ti Small 1x 3080ti 12GB 12 56GB $1.04 Source
P100 Small 1x P100 16GB 12 56GB $1.17 Source
V100 Small 1x V100 16GB 12 56GB $1.38 Source
A5000 Small 1x A5000 24GB 12 56GB $1.52 Source
P100 Medium 2x P100 32GB 16 90GB $1.71 Source
3080ti Medium 2x 3080ti 24GB 24 112GB $1.93 Source
V100 Medium 2x V100 32GB 16 90GB $2.01 Source
A40 Small 1x A40 48GB 12 56GB $2.14 Source
P100 Large 3x P100 48GB 24 120GB $2.25 Source
V100 Large 3x V100 48GB 24 120GB $2.65 Source
A5000 Medium 2x A5000 48GB 24 112GB $2.81 Source
P100 Huge 4x P100 64GB 48 225GB $2.82 Source
V100 Huge 4x V100 64GB 48 225GB $3.32 Source
3080ti Large 4x 3080ti 48GB 48 224GB $3.56 Source
A40 Medium 2x A40 96GB 24 120GB $4.27 Source
A5000 Large 4x A5000 96GB 48 224GB $5.16 Source
A40 Large 4x A40 192GB 48 224GB $8.54 Source
A40 Huge 8x A40 384GB 96 448GB $17.06 Source

Linode GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
GPU1 1x RTX 6000 24GB 8 32GB $1.50 Source
GPU2 2x RTX 6000 48GB 16 64GB $3.00 Source
GPU3 3x RTX 6000 72GB 20 96GB $4.50 Source
GPU4 4x RTX 6000 96GB 24 128GB $6.00 Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Exoscale and Linode offer:

Service Exoscale Linode
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Exoscale
Website www.exoscale.com
Headquarters Switzerland 🇨🇭
Founded 2011
Data Center Locations 7
Example Customers --
Linode
Website www.linode.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2003
Data Center Locations 24
Example Customers Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy

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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Nov. 18, 2024, and for Linode on Nov. 12, 2024.