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

Salad logo Salad

  • Wide range of affordable GPUs
  • Deploy to thousands of instances worldwide
  • Built-in object storage and managed databases

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against Salad?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Exoscale Exoscale
$10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny)
Salad Salad
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Exoscale Exoscale
$67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large)
Salad Salad
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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)
Salad Salad
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Exoscale Exoscale
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Salad Salad
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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
Salad Salad
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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
Salad Salad
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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)
Salad Salad
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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)
Salad Salad
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Free egress allowance

Exoscale Exoscale
1 TB / mo per instance
Salad Salad
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

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

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Exoscale Exoscale
$0.74/hr
Salad Salad
$0.03/hr

Billing Options

Exoscale Exoscale
On-Demand
Salad Salad
On-Demand

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

Company details

Website
Exoscale Exoscale
www.exoscale.com
Salad Salad
salad.com
Headquarters
Exoscale Exoscale
Switzerland
Salad Salad
United States of America
Founded
Exoscale Exoscale
2011
Salad Salad
2018
Data Center Locations
Exoscale Exoscale
8
Salad Salad
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Example Customers
Exoscale Exoscale
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Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai

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