Exoscale
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Exoscale | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 52% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 40% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 5% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | Within 5% |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 29% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 39% cheaper on Vultr |
| Redis | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 65% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | $10.00 /mo | 60% cheaper on Vultr |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 50% cheaper on Vultr |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
|
A5000
3 configs
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Vultr 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 8 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.