What's good about...

Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle

  • Simple, competitive pricing at $1.99/GPU/h
  • Self-serve platform with bare metal access
  • SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant
  • Hosted in a Tier 5 facility 100% powered by renewable energy

Leafcloud logo Leafcloud

  • 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

How do Hot Aisle's prices compare against Leafcloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$8.80 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$70.35 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$140.70 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$11.47 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$6.88 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
$16.54 / mo Load Balancer

Free egress allowance

Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
Fair use, no published rate

Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle Pricing Details

Hot Aisle offers three tiers: Small (1x MI300X), Medium (2-4x MI300X), and Large (8x MI300X bare metal). All plans are priced at $1.99/GPU/hr, billed by the minute with no contracts.

CPU cores scale with GPU count:

  • Small (1x): 8 or 13 cores
  • Medium (2x): 26 cores
  • Medium (4x): 52 cores
  • Large (8x): 64 or 102 cores

The full specs are available here.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
$1.99/hr
Leafcloud Leafcloud
$0.69/hr

Billing Options

Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
On-DemandCustomReserved (1mo)
Leafcloud Leafcloud
On-Demand

Available Models

Hot Aisle offers 2 GPU models, while Leafcloud offers 4.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
hotaisle.xyz
Leafcloud Leafcloud
leaf.cloud
Headquarters
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
United States of America
Leafcloud Leafcloud
Netherlands
Founded
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
2023
Leafcloud Leafcloud
2020
Data Center Locations
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
1
Leafcloud Leafcloud
1
Example Customers
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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Leafcloud Leafcloud
Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team

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Our data for Hot Aisle was last updated on March 26, 2026, and for Leafcloud on June 22, 2026.