Leafcloud
vs
Verda
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
- Nvidia GPU range from A100 to GB300 NVL72
- On-demand, spot, and reserved pricing on the same hardware
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and C5 certified
- EU owned, with datacenters in Finland and Iceland
- Powered by 100% renewable energy
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Leafcloud | Verda | 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) | $21.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 69% cheaper on Verda |
| Large VM | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | $36.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | 74% cheaper on Verda |
| Block storage | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | $20.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 43% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| 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 | 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 Verda offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Leafcloud | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 36% cheaper on Verda |
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$1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 29% cheaper on Verda |
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$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
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-- | $1.81 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
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-- | $4.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
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-- | $3.53 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
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-- | $2.37 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
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-- | $4.96 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
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-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
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-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
Leafcloud bills on-demand; Verda bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 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 | Verda |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | Finland |
| Locations | 1 | 3 |
| Example customers | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team | Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University |
| Website | leaf.cloud | verda.com |
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Our data for Leafcloud was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for Verda on Oct. 1, 2026.