Exoscale
Short answer
Exoscale sells VPS servers in 7 locations across 5 countries, starting at $5.32 a month for Standard Micro (1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM). It is number 34 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 3.5/5 by 2 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- Windows workloads such as MetaTrader or RDP desktops
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
Look elsewhere if
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Micro | Standard | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $5.32€0.00729/h | $10.64 |
| Standard Tiny | Standard | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $10.64€0.01458/h | $10.64 |
| Standard Small | Standard | 2 | 2 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $17.03€0.02333/h | $8.52 |
| Standard Medium | Standard | 2 | 4 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $34.06€0.04666/h | $8.52 |
| Standard Large | Standard | 4 | 8 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $68.13€0.09333/h | $8.52 |
| Standard Extra-Large | Standard | 4 | 16 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $136.27€0.18667/h | $8.52 |
| CPU-Optimized Extra-Large | CPU-Optimized (dedicated) | 8 | 16 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $170.33€0.23333/h | $10.65 |
| CPU-Optimized Huge | CPU-Optimized (dedicated) | 16 | 32 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $340.66€0.46666/h | $10.65 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
Europe
- Zurich Switzerland
- Geneva Switzerland
- Vienna Austria
- Frankfurt Germany
- Munich Germany
- Sofia Bulgaria
- Zagreb Croatia
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rocky Linux, OpenBSD, Windows Server. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: Exoscale Portal.
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, spam, VPN, proxies, torrents, IPTV. Read them before running anything in those categories.
Support. Free basic support via portal tickets; paid support plans available; FAQ states unsatisfied customers are refunded their outstanding balance
Uptime SLA. 99.95%. Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 46% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 5% of them.
- Its 7 locations put it #26 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 11 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
Where Exoscale appears on this site
- VPS in Bulgaria#2 of 2
- VPS in Austria#3 of 3
- VPS in Vienna#3 of 3
- VPS in Zurich#5 of 5
- VPS in Switzerland#6 of 6
- VPS with GPU instances#11 of 11
- VPS with hourly billing#14 of 15
- VPS with custom ISO support#14 of 15
- 32 GB RAM plans#15 of 15
- VPS with dedicated CPU cores#16 of 17
- VPS for PostgreSQL and MySQL#18 of 39
- 1 GB RAM plans#21 of 23
- VPS in Frankfurt#21 of 22
- VPS for Docker and self-hosted apps#22 of 40
- VPS with NVMe storage#24 of 29
- VPS in Germany#25 of 26
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- Liquid Web VPS$5.00/mo, 3 locations
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Questions
Where are Exoscale's servers?
Europe: Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich, Sofia, Vienna, Zagreb, Zurich.
What is Exoscale's cheapest plan?
Standard Micro at $5.32 a month (0.00729/h x 730 h = $5.32 for compute only; root storage billed separately (10 GB minimum adds about $1.02/mo, 50 GB about $5.11/mo); public IPv4 + IPv6 included; 1.42 GiB/h (~1 TiB/month) outbound traffic free per instance, then $0.02/GiB; same figure in EUR, CHF and USD).
Can I pay Exoscale with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal, wire, sepa.
Profile built from 15 pages on exoscale.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.