Exoscale
vs
Nebius
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
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 71% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 6% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 15% cheaper on Nebius |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | 30% cheaper on Nebius |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 23% cheaper on Nebius |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | 6% cheaper on Exoscale |
| 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) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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 Nebius offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | $9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 1 config
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Nebius |
|
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
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Nebius bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Netherlands |
| Locations | 8 | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | nebius.com |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 1, 2026.