Hikube
vs
Leafcloud
What's good about each
- Storage replicated across datacenters in Geneva, Gland and Lucerne
- H100, H200 and A100 GPUs on VMs or Kubernetes
- Managed Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- ISO 27001 certified company and datacenters
- Netherlands data residency, GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II certified
- OpenStack-based, reduced vendor lock-in
- Free ingress and a monthly egress allowance
- Server heat reused to warm homes and care facilities
- NVIDIA A30, A100, H100, and RTX 6000 Blackwell GPUs, VM included
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hikube | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | $8.79 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | 70% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Medium VM | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | $70.33 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | 39% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Large VM | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | $140.65 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | 39% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Block storage | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | $11.46 /mo 100 GB | 48% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Object storage | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $6.88 /mo 1 TB | 72% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| PostgreSQL | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $16.53 /mo Load Balancer | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Fair use, no published rate |
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
Hikube offers 6 GPU models, while Leafcloud offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hikube | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 3 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
A100
1 config · 4 configs
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Leafcloud |
|
H100
1 config
|
$3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
L4
1 config
|
$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Leafcloud only |
Hikube bills on-demand; Leafcloud bills on-demand. 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.
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 | Hikube | Leafcloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Netherlands |
| Locations | 3 | 1 |
| Example customers | -- | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team |
| Website | hikube.cloud | leaf.cloud |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Leafcloud on Sept. 22, 2026.