Leafcloud
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Leafcloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $8.71 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 43% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $69.66 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 43% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 13% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Block storage | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 12% cheaper on Vultr |
| Object storage | $6.81 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 62% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $16.37 /mo Load Balancer | $10.00 /mo | 39% cheaper on Vultr |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | -- Fair use, no published rate | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Leafcloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
A100
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 24% cheaper on Leafcloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Leafcloud only |
|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Leafcloud bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 33 |
| Example customers | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | leaf.cloud | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Leafcloud was last updated on Sept. 30, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 1, 2026.