What's good about...

Exoscale logo 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

Exoscale logo Shadeform

  • Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
  • Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
  • You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
  • Free to use, zero mark-up fees

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against Shadeform?

Example configuration Exoscale Shadeform
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

Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.

Here are some example configurations:

GPU VRAM Price range (per hour)
Nvidia A4000 16 GB $0.30-0.80
Nvidia A6000 48 GB $0.57-1.93
Nvidia V100 16 GB $0.69-3.06
Nvidia L40S 48 GB $0.99-1.15
Nvidia A100 40 GB $1.29-3.19
Nvidia H100 80 GB $2.48-5.99

You can view the full list here.

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 Shadeform offer:

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

Company details

Exoscale
Website www.exoscale.com
Headquarters Switzerland 🇨🇭
Founded 2011
Data Center Locations 7
Example Customers --
Shadeform
Website shadeform.ai
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2023
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1

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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Nov. 18, 2024, and for Shadeform on Aug. 16, 2024.