Leafcloud
vs
Leaseweb
What's good about each
- 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
- 20+ data centers across four continents
- 30 TB outgoing traffic included on every VPS
- DDoS protection and 10 Gbps uplink standard on VPS
- S3-compatible object storage in 6 regions
- 99.99% SLA on GPU cloud, high durability on object storage
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Leafcloud | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $8.71 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | $4.08 /mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (VPS 1) | 53% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Medium VM | $69.66 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | $9.19 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe (VPS 2) | 87% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Large VM | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | $14.30 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM, 300 GB NVMe (VPS 3) | 90% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Block storage | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | $8.81 /mo 100 GB Network SSD, up to 5K IOPS | 22% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Object storage | $6.81 /mo 1 TB | $19.68 /mo 1 TB stored | 65% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Load balancer | $16.37 /mo Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | VPS includes 30 TB per instance. Incoming is free. 1 TB free pooled traffic per month | |
| Egress | -- Fair use, no published rate | $2.50 /TB 1 TB outgoing beyond free allowance · Drops to €1.00/TB at 100 TB. |
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
Leafcloud offers 3 GPU models, while Leaseweb offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Leafcloud | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
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$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.45 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
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$1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
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-- | $1.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
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-- | $2.23 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
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-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
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-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
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-- | $0.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
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-- | $0.84 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
Leafcloud bills on-demand; Leaseweb bills on-demand and reserved (1 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.
| Framework | Leafcloud | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Leaseweb Canada colocation only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Leaseweb USA only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Physical security 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 | Leafcloud | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | Netherlands |
| Locations | 1 | 10 |
| Example customers | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team | Adjust, Crytek, Rijksmuseum, XDA Developers, Remerge, Jodel, International Paralympic Committee |
| Website | leaf.cloud | www.leaseweb.com |
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Our data for Leafcloud was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for Leaseweb on Sept. 30, 2026.