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 UpCloud

  • Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
  • Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
  • Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
  • Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against UpCloud?

Example configuration Exoscale UpCloud
VM Small $10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) $3.25 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium $67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) $56.32 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)
VM Large $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) $173.28 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU)
Block Storage $10.00 / mo 100 GB $23.83 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $19.80 / mo 1 TB $21.66 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $25.00 / mo Network Load Balancer $10.83 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $98.49 / mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) $64.98 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $42.44 / mo 2 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2) $54.15 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 1 TB / mo per instance --
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $0.02 / GB Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth

Exoscale offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
3080ti Small 1x 3080ti 12GB 12 56GB $1.00 Source
P100 Small 1x P100 16GB 12 56GB $1.17 Source
V100 Small 1x V100 16GB 12 56GB $1.38 Source
A5000 Small 1x A5000 24GB 12 56GB $1.45 Source
P100 Medium 2x P100 32GB 16 90GB $1.71 Source
3080ti Medium 2x 3080ti 24GB 24 112GB $1.84 Source
V100 Medium 2x V100 32GB 16 90GB $2.01 Source
A40 Small 1x A40 48GB 12 56GB $2.14 Source
P100 Large 3x P100 48GB 24 120GB $2.25 Source
V100 Large 3x V100 48GB 24 120GB $2.65 Source
A5000 Medium 2x A5000 48GB 24 112GB $2.69 Source
P100 Huge 4x P100 64GB 48 225GB $2.82 Source
V100 Huge 4x V100 64GB 48 225GB $3.32 Source
3080ti Large 4x 3080ti 48GB 48 224GB $3.40 Source
A40 Medium 2x A40 96GB 24 120GB $4.27 Source
A5000 Large 4x A5000 96GB 48 224GB $4.94 Source
A40 Large 4x A40 192GB 48 224GB $8.54 Source
A40 Huge 8x A40 384GB 96 448GB $17.06 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 UpCloud offer:

Service Exoscale UpCloud
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
Website www.exoscale.com
Headquarters Switzerland 🇨🇭
Founded 2011
Data Center Locations 7
Example Customers --
UpCloud
Website upcloud.com
Headquarters Finland 🇫🇮
Founded 2012
Data Center Locations 13
Example Customers Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Nov. 18, 2024, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.