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Leafcloud vs Nova Cloud

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What's good about...

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

Nova Cloud logo Nova Cloud

  • 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

How do Leafcloud's prices compare against Nova Cloud?

VM Small

Leafcloud Leafcloud
$8.91 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall)
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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VM Medium

Leafcloud Leafcloud
$71.26 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large)
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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VM Large

Leafcloud Leafcloud
$142.53 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge)
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Block Storage

Leafcloud Leafcloud
$11.62 / mo 100 GB
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Object Storage

Leafcloud Leafcloud
$6.97 / mo 1 TB
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Load Balancer

Leafcloud Leafcloud
$16.75 / mo Load Balancer
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Free egress allowance

Leafcloud Leafcloud
100 GB / mo
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Leafcloud Leafcloud
Fair use, no published rate
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Leafcloud Leafcloud
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 $3.21 $1.26

Billing Options

Leafcloud Leafcloud
On-Demand
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (1mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (6mo)

Available Models

Leafcloud offers 4 GPU models, while Nova Cloud offers 2.

Leafcloud Leafcloud
H100(1) A100(4) RTX PRO 6000(3) A30(4)
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
RTX PRO 6000(20) RTX 5090(20)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Leafcloud and Nova Cloud offer:

Service Leafcloud Nova Cloud
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Databases
Managed Kubernetes
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Leafcloud Leafcloud
leaf.cloud
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
nova-cloud.ai
Headquarters
Leafcloud Leafcloud
Netherlands NL flag
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
Canada CA flag
Founded
Leafcloud Leafcloud
2020
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
2018
Data Center Locations
Leafcloud Leafcloud
1
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
1
Example Customers
Leafcloud Leafcloud
Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Alternatives to consider

Compare Leafcloud and Nova Cloud against other cloud providers.

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Our data for Leafcloud was last updated on Sept. 10, 2026, and for Nova Cloud on Sept. 11, 2026.