Leafcloud
vs
Vast.ai
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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Leafcloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $8.71 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $69.66 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $6.81 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $16.37 /mo Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | -- Fair use, no published rate | -- Not 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 offers 3 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 65. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Leafcloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 90 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | 65% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
A100
4 configs · 89 configs
|
$1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | 80% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
A30
4 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
|
H100
39 configs
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
10 configs
|
-- | $4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $7.13 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
36 configs
|
-- | $0.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
177 configs
|
-- | $0.19 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
186 configs
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
34 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Leafcloud bills on-demand; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 10 |
| Example customers | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | leaf.cloud | vast.ai |
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Our data for Leafcloud was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 1, 2026.