Leafcloud
vs
Runpod
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Leafcloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $8.71 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 80% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Medium VM | $69.66 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 19% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Large VM | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 19% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Block storage | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 12% cheaper on Runpod |
| Object storage | $6.81 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $16.37 /mo Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | -- Fair use, no published rate | Free and unlimited |
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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Leafcloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 6 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
4 configs · 14 configs
|
$1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 45% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A30
4 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
|
H100
15 configs
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B300
5 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
H200
7 configs
|
-- | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
Leafcloud bills on-demand; Runpod 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.
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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 33 |
| Example customers | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | leaf.cloud | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Leafcloud was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 1, 2026.