Leafcloud
vs
Utho
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
- Four Indian locations plus Frankfurt and Los Angeles
- 1 to 6 TB of monthly transfer included per instance, by plan
- Shared, dedicated and memory-optimised instance families
- Tier III and Tier IV facilities operated by Yotta and NTT
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Leafcloud | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $8.75 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | $18.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Basic 1) | 53% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Medium VM | $69.96 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | $37.51 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Basic 2) | 46% cheaper on Utho |
| Large VM | $139.91 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | $57.55 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe (Basic 3) | 59% cheaper on Utho |
| Block storage | $11.40 /mo 100 GB | $5.22 /mo 100 GB | 54% cheaper on Utho |
| Object storage | $6.84 /mo 1 TB | $29.22 /mo 1 TB | 77% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Load balancer | $16.44 /mo Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 1-6 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | -- Fair use, no published rate | Not publicly listed |
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 and Utho each offer 3 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Leafcloud | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 9 configs
|
$3.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
A100
4 configs
|
$1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
|
H200
5 configs
|
-- | $2.57 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
|
L4
5 configs
|
-- | $0.36 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
Leafcloud bills on-demand; Utho bills reserved (36 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.
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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | India |
| Locations | 1 | 6 |
| Example customers | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team | Exotel, Ameyo, MyOperator, CallHippo, FIITJEE, Jindal Steel & Power, Cosmos Bank, Park+ |
| Website | leaf.cloud | utho.com |
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Our data for Leafcloud was last updated on Sept. 27, 2026, and for Utho on Sept. 27, 2026.