Exoscale vs Replicate

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

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

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against Replicate?

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

Exoscale offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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

Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.

Replicate offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia T4	1x T4	16GB	4	16GB	$0.81	Source
Nvidia A40 (Small)	1x A40	48GB	4	16GB	$2.07	Source
Nvidia A40 (Large)	1x A40	48GB	10	72GB	$2.61	Source
Nvidia A100 (40GB)	1x A100	40GB	10	72GB	$4.14	Source
Nvidia A100 (80GB)	1x A100	80GB	10	144GB	$5.04	Source
2x Nvidia A40 (Large)	2x A40	96GB	20	144GB	$5.22	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	2x A100	80GB	20	144GB	$8.28	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	2x A100	160GB	20	288GB	$10.08	Source
4x Nvidia A40 (Large)	4x A40	192GB	40	288GB	$10.44	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	4x A100	160GB	40	288GB	$16.56	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	4x A100	320GB	40	576GB	$20.16	Source
8x Nvidia A40 (Large)	8x A40	384GB	48	680GB	$20.88	Source
8x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	8x A100	640GB	80	960GB	$40.32	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 Replicate offer:

Service	Exoscale	Replicate
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	Replicate
Website	www.exoscale.com	replicate.com
Headquarters	Switzerland 🇨🇭	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2011	2019
Data Center Locations	7	--
Example Customers	--	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro

	Exoscale
Website	www.exoscale.com
Headquarters	Switzerland 🇨🇭
Founded	2011
Data Center Locations	7
Example Customers	--

	Replicate
Website	replicate.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2019
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro