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Cloud VPS · by Exoscale

Exoscale Compute

Swiss cloud with compute instances in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Bulgaria, billed per second at the same flat rate in every zone.

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Exoscale Compute homepage
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Overview

Exoscale is a European cloud provider that started in Switzerland and now runs zones in Geneva, Zurich, Vienna, Frankfurt, Munich and Sofia. Its compute instances come in Standard, CPU Optimized, Memory Optimized and Storage Optimized families, plus NVIDIA GPU instances in Geneva.

Billing is per second with no commitments, and each instance price is the same in every zone. Local SSD storage is sold separately per GiB, so a Standard Small with 2 cores and 2 GB RAM costs €16.80 a month before its disk. That is more than budget VPS hosts, but Exoscale is aimed at businesses that need a sovereign European cloud with SLAs.

Around compute, Exoscale offers managed Kubernetes (SKS), managed databases, S3-compatible object storage, load balancers, private networks and IAM, with Terraform support. Before choosing, add the disk size you need to each instance price, and compare the total with Savings or longer-term offers from other European clouds. For hobby budgets, a VPS host will cost far less, but Exoscale targets teams that need contracts, SLAs and Swiss or Austrian data residency.

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Pricing and plans

Plan Price What you get
Standard Micro €5.25/mo 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 10 to 200 GB local disk (disk extra); €0.00729/hour
Standard Tiny €10.50/mo 1 core, 1 GB RAM; €0.01458/hour
Standard Small €16.80/mo 2 cores, 2 GB RAM; €0.02333/hour
Standard Medium €33.60/mo 2 cores, 4 GB RAM; €0.04666/hour
Standard Large €67.20/mo 4 cores, 8 GB RAM; €0.09333/hour
GPU A30 Calculator 1 to 4 NVIDIA A30 GPUs; requires account validation

Exoscale's pricing page fills prices in the browser; the figures come from Exoscale's own calculator (calculator.exoscale.com, updated 2026-07-22), in EUR excluding VAT, with monthly figures based on 720 hours. The same amounts are charged in CHF or USD. Local disk is billed separately per GiB per hour. The egress price and zone list were not readable on Exoscale's pages; the zone list comes from Cloud Mercato's catalog.

Source: calculator.exoscale.com/ · prices as published, excluding tax.

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What it does

Per-second billing
Resources bill by the second with no up-front costs or long-term commitments.
Flat rate across zones
Instance prices are identical in every Exoscale zone.
Separate disk pricing
Choose local SSD from 10 GB up to 1.6 TB per instance, billed per GiB-hour.
Optimized families
CPU-optimized, memory-optimized (up to 25% cheaper per GB RAM) and storage-optimized instances.
GPU instances
NVIDIA A30 GPU instances in Geneva after account validation.
CHF, EUR or USD billing
Pay in Swiss francs, euros or dollars.
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Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Swiss and EU zones for strict data residency needs.
  • Transparent per-second billing with the same price in every zone.
  • Managed Kubernetes, databases and object storage from the same European provider.
  • Flexible disk sizing independent of instance size.

Limitations

  • More expensive per GB of RAM than budget VPS hosts.
  • Disk is billed on top of the instance price.
  • Zones are only in Europe.
  • GPU access requires manual account screening.
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Who it suits

Good for

  • Swiss and Austrian companies with data residency rules
  • European SaaS teams wanting Kubernetes and managed DBs
  • Regulated workloads that avoid US clouds

Look elsewhere if

  • Hobby projects on a tight budget
  • Apps needing servers outside Europe
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Alternatives to Exoscale Compute

Tool From Free option Stages
Google Compute Engine Hyperscaler compute
$6.11/mo Free tier
Azure Virtual Machines Hyperscaler compute
$0.0104/hr Trial
Amazon EC2 Hyperscaler compute
$0.0168/hr Trial
— Free tier
$5/mo Paid
€6.55/mo Paid

All VPS and cloud servers →

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Questions

How much does the smallest Exoscale instance cost?

Standard Micro (1 core, 512 MB) is €0.00729/hour, about €5.25 per 720-hour month, plus local disk.

Where are Exoscale's data centers?

Zones are in Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich), Austria (Vienna), Germany (Frankfurt, Munich) and Bulgaria (Sofia).

Is disk included in Exoscale instance prices?

No, local storage is billed separately per GiB per hour.

Does Exoscale charge different prices per zone?

No, Exoscale uses one flat rate across all zones.

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