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Exoscale vs Runpod

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What's good about...

Exoscale logo Exoscale

  • Wide range of managed services at competitive prices
  • Offers Nvidia GPUs like the RTX Pro 6000, 3080 Ti and A40
  • European cloud provider, may ease compliance requirements

Runpod logo Runpod

  • Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
  • Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
  • Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
  • Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against Runpod?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Exoscale Exoscale
$10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny)
Runpod Runpod
$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Exoscale Exoscale
$67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large)
Runpod Runpod
$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Exoscale Exoscale
$168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL)
Runpod Runpod
$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Exoscale Exoscale
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Runpod Runpod
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Exoscale Exoscale
$19.80 / mo 1 TB
Runpod Runpod
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Exoscale Exoscale
$25.00 / mo Network Load Balancer
Runpod Runpod
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Exoscale Exoscale
$98.49 / mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4)
Runpod Runpod
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Exoscale Exoscale
$42.44 / mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey)
Runpod Runpod
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Free egress allowance

Exoscale Exoscale
1 TB / mo per instance
Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Exoscale Exoscale
$20.00 $0.02 / GB
Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Exoscale Exoscale
$0.74/hr
Runpod Runpod
$0.13/hr

Billing Options

Exoscale Exoscale
On-Demand
Runpod Runpod
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (12mo)

Available Models

Exoscale offers 6 GPU models, while Runpod offers 22.

Exoscale Exoscale
RTX Pro 6000(4) V100(4) A5000(3) A40(4) RTX 3080 Ti(3) A30(4)
Runpod Runpod
H100(54) A100(13) H200(24) L40S(18) B200(18) RTX Pro 6000(24) RTX A6000(15) RTX 4090(1) RTX 6000 Ada(2) RTX 5090(15)
View all 22 GPUs

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Exoscale and Runpod offer:

Service Exoscale Runpod
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Python Notebooks
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Exoscale Exoscale
www.exoscale.com
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Headquarters
Exoscale Exoscale
Switzerland
Runpod Runpod
United States of America
Founded
Exoscale Exoscale
2011
Runpod Runpod
2022
Data Center Locations
Exoscale Exoscale
8
Runpod Runpod
24
Example Customers
Exoscale Exoscale
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Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor

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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Runpod on June 23, 2026.