Nova Cloud
vs
Verda
What's good about each
- Per-second billing with no contracts or minimum spend
- Owned-and-operated datacenters in Western Canada
- Reserved 1, 3, and 6 month terms for additional discounts
- 5 Gb/s network bandwidth with all ports available
- 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 | Nova Cloud | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $21.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $36.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | 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
Nova Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while Verda offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nova Cloud | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
20 configs · 35 configs
|
$1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 22% cheaper on Nova Cloud |
|
RTX 5090
20 configs
|
$0.53 /GPU/hr Reserved (6 mo) | -- | Nova Cloud only |
|
H100
35 configs
|
-- | $1.81 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
|
B300
42 configs
|
-- | $4.31 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
|
B200
49 configs
|
-- | $3.46 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
|
H200
28 configs
|
-- | $2.37 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
|
A100
42 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
GB300
21 configs
|
-- | $4.96 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
|
L40S
28 configs
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
28 configs
|
-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
Nova Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months); 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.
| Service | Nova Cloud | Verda |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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 | Nova Cloud | Verda |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Canada | Finland |
| Locations | 1 | 3 |
| Example customers | -- | Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University |
| Website | nova-cloud.ai | verda.com |
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Our data for Nova Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Verda on Oct. 1, 2026.