Hikube
vs
Nova Cloud
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
- Per-second billing with no contracts or minimum spend
- Owned-and-operated datacenters in Western Canada
- Reserved 1, 3, and 6 month terms for additional discounts
- 5 Gb/s network bandwidth with all ports available
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hikube | Nova Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| 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 | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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 Nova Cloud offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hikube | Nova Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 20 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 50% cheaper on Nova Cloud |
|
H100
1 config
|
$3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
A100
1 config
|
$3.03 /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 |
|
RTX 5090
20 configs
|
-- | $0.53 /GPU/hr Reserved (6 mo) | Nova Cloud only |
Hikube bills on-demand; Nova Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months). 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 | Nova Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Canada |
| Locations | 3 | 1 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | hikube.cloud | nova-cloud.ai |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Nova Cloud on Sept. 23, 2026.