Hikube
vs
Vultr
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
- 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 | Hikube | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 83% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 65% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 31% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 54% cheaper on Vultr |
| Object storage | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 26% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | Within 5% |
| Redis | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 38% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hikube | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 1 config
|
$3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
1 config · 3 configs
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 21% cheaper on Vultr |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 8% cheaper on Vultr |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
L4
1 config
|
$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Hikube 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 | Hikube | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | 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 | Hikube | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | hikube.cloud | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 23, 2026.