OVH
vs
Salad
What's good about each
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | OVH | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney | -- 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
OVH offers 9 GPU models, while Salad offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OVH | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
$3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
L4
3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.25 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 4090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.09 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 5060 Ti
2 configs
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3060
4 configs
|
-- | $0.03 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
OVH bills on-demand; Salad 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 | OVH | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type I, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only | -- |
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 | OVH | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | France | USA |
| Locations | 19 | -- |
| Example customers | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
| Website | www.ovhcloud.com | salad.com |
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Our data for OVH was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Salad on Oct. 2, 2026.