Exoscale
vs
Salad
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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | -- Not listed | |
| 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 | -- Not listed |
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 Salad offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
A5000
3 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 78% cheaper on Salad |
|
RTX 3080 Ti
3 configs · 2 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | 80% cheaper on Salad |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
V100
4 configs
|
$0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A40
4 configs
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.25 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 4090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.09 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 5060 Ti
2 configs
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Salad 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.
| Framework | Exoscale | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type I, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
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 | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 8 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | salad.com |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Salad on Oct. 1, 2026.