Exoscale
vs
OVH
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
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | 49% cheaper on OVH |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | 85% cheaper on OVH |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | 84% cheaper on OVH |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | 6% cheaper on OVH |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | 68% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | 36% cheaper on OVH |
| Redis | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | 23% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Load balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | 73% cheaper on OVH |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney |
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 OVH offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
V100
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | 7% cheaper on OVH |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A40
4 configs
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
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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
3 configs
|
-- | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; OVH 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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | US data centers only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud 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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | France |
| Locations | 8 | 19 |
| Example customers | -- | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | www.ovhcloud.com |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for OVH on Sept. 30, 2026.