Hugging Face
vs
OVH
What's good about each
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hugging Face | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | |
| Object storage | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | 55% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | |
| Egress allowance | 8x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Included within the allowance | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney |
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
Hugging Face offers 7 GPU models, while OVH offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hugging Face | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 19% cheaper on Hugging Face |
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A100
3 configs · 3 configs
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$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 19% cheaper on Hugging Face |
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L40S
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Identical |
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L4
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Hugging Face |
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RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
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T4
2 configs
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
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A10G
4 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
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H100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
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V100
3 configs
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
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A10
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
Hugging Face bills on-demand; OVH 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.
| Framework | Hugging Face | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | US data centers only |
| GDPR | Enterprise plan only | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only |
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 | Hugging Face | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | -- | 19 |
| Example customers | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police |
| Website | huggingface.co | www.ovhcloud.com |
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Our data for Hugging Face was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for OVH on Sept. 24, 2026.