Comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Exoscale

On the evidence we track, Exoscale leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)55
★Exoscale83
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Web Services (AWS)55 / 100medium · 74%
Exoscale83 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✗
Model
Amazon Web Services (AWS)freemium
Exoscalecommercial
Price level
Amazon Web Services (AWS)low
Exoscalelow
Transparent
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon Web Services (AWS)11
Exoscale2
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Fedramp
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Gdpr
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Hipaa
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Iso27001
Amazon Web Services (AWS)–
Exoscale✓
Pci
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Soc2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)–
Exoscale✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Web Services (AWS)–
Exoscale99.95
Status page
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Content
Faq
Amazon Web Services (AWS)6 items
Exoscale7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Provider tier
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Hyperscaler
ExoscaleVPS / developer
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Amazon Web Services (AWS)39 regions, 123 availability zones
Exoscale5 European regions (Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia)
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Exoscale-
GPU / accelerated compute
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Exoscale✓
Spot / preemptible pricing
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Exoscale-
Storage
Object storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Block storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Exoscale✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Managed databases
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Exoscale✓
Serverless / FaaS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale-
Network
VPC / private networking
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale-
Pricing
Free / low egress
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale-
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS provides on-demand cloud infrastructure and integrated services enabling organizations to build, migrate, and scale applications globally. The platform uses consumption-based pricing and includes a marketplace of third-party integrations.

Independently observed

Exoscale

Leader

European cloud provider offering compute instances, managed Kubernetes, database services, object and block storage, and GPU servers across multiple European regions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Usage-basedFree tier
as of verify ↗

Exoscale

Leader
from €0.01/moUsage-based

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing billed by the second, no upfront costs or commitments. Starting from €0.00729/hour.

  • Standard Micro€0.00729/hour
  • GPU A30 Small€1.226/hour
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✗
CLI
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
Exoscale✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

21 total
  • Brave
  • Upstage
  • Asana
  • Pokee AI
  • Tailscale
  • 1Password
  • Trend Micro
  • Orca Security
  • Okta
  • Suger
  • Arctic Wolf
  • Cast AI
  • LucidLink
  • Vanta
  • Trend Micro Vision One
  • Brave Search API
  • Orca Security CNAPP
  • Epsagon
  • Databricks
  • CrowdStrike
  • MongoDB
Independently observed

Exoscale

Leader
4 total
  • Rancher
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • Karpenter
Independently observed
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