Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, Exoscale sells 8 VPS plans from $5.32/month (Standard Micro: 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic) in 7 locations. It ranks #72 of 160 providers overall and #3 of 8 for VPS in Bulgaria. Trustpilot rates it 3.5 from 2 reviews.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest plan: Standard Micro at $5.32/month (1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic).
- Windows Server from $10.64/month (Standard Tiny, licence fee extra (not published)).
- 7 data-center locations in 5 countries: Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich, Sofia, Vienna, Zagreb and 1 more.
- Ranks #72 of 160 overall; best placing #3 of 8 for VPS in Bulgaria.
Key facts
| Website | exoscale.com |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Cheapest plan | Standard Micro, $5.32/month (€0.00729/h) |
| Price per GB RAM (median) | $9.58 |
| Data centers | 7 locations in 5 countries (Europe) |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Billing | Hourly, monthly |
| Windows Server | Yes Windows Server templates available on all Standard/CPU/Memory sizes with a licence of 0.01111/h (about $8.11/mo) for up to 7 vCPUs or 0.02222/h (about $16.22/mo) for 8+ vCPUs, charged even while the instance is stopped |
| Operating systems | Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rocky Linux, OpenBSD, Windows Server |
| Storage | Yes NVMe (NVMe) |
| DDoS protection | — |
| Backups / snapshots | Paid backups; snapshots: Yes |
| IPv4 / IPv6 | IPv4 included: Yes; IPv6: Yes |
| API | Yes |
| Dedicated CPU plans | Yes |
| Payment methods | Card, paypal, wire, sepa |
| Money-back | Not published |
| Support | Free basic support via portal tickets; paid support plans available; FAQ states unsatisfied customers are refunded their outstanding balance |
| Email / port 25 | Opt-in email only (spam banned) |
| Uptime SLA | 99.95% |
| Trustpilot | 3.5 / 5 from 2 reviews (profile) |
Exoscale instances exclude root storage, which is billed per GB-month; the prices here are compute only.
Plans and prices
8 plans recorded across 2 lines. Monthly list prices in US dollars; the highlighted row is the cheapest.
| Plan | Line | CPU | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Micro | Standard | Shared | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $5.32 (€0.00729/h) | $10.64 | 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 |
| Standard Tiny | Standard | Shared | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $10.64 (€0.01458/h) | $10.64 | 0.01458/h x 730 h; storage extra (10-400 GB selectable) |
| Standard Small | Standard | Shared | 2 | 2 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $17.03 (€0.02333/h) | $8.52 | 0.02333/h x 730 h; storage extra (10-400 GB selectable) |
| Standard Medium | Standard | Shared | 2 | 4 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $34.06 (€0.04666/h) | $8.52 | 0.04666/h x 730 h; storage extra (10-400 GB selectable) |
| Standard Large | Standard | Shared | 4 | 8 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $68.13 (€0.09333/h) | $8.52 | 0.09333/h x 730 h; storage extra (10-400 GB selectable) |
| Standard Extra-Large | Standard | Shared | 4 | 16 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $136.27 (€0.18667/h) | $8.52 | 0.18667/h x 730 h; storage extra (10-800 GB selectable) |
| CPU-Optimized Extra-Large | CPU-Optimized | Dedicated | 8 | 16 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $170.33 (€0.23333/h) | $10.65 | Compute-optimised line with a 2:1 core-to-GB ratio; 0.23333/h x 730 h; Exoscale does not publish whether cores are pinned |
| CPU-Optimized Huge | CPU-Optimized | Dedicated | 16 | 32 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $340.66 (€0.46666/h) | $10.65 | 0.46666/h x 730 h; storage extra |
Exoscale lists identical numeric prices in EUR, CHF and USD, so the USD column was used directly; no conversion applied (2026-10-14)
Exoscale Windows VPS prices
Plans that can run Windows Server, with the monthly licence fee added where Exoscale charges one.
| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | $/month | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Tiny | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB | $10.64 | licence fee extra (not published) |
| Standard Small | 2 | 2 GB | 10 GB | $17.03 | licence fee extra (not published) |
| Standard Medium | 2 | 4 GB | 10 GB | $34.06 | licence fee extra (not published) |
| Standard Large | 4 | 8 GB | 10 GB | $68.13 | licence fee extra (not published) |
| Standard Extra-Large | 4 | 16 GB | 10 GB | $136.27 | licence fee extra (not published) |
| CPU-Optimized Extra-Large | 8 | 16 GB | 10 GB | $170.33 | licence fee extra (not published) |
Data-center locations
Exoscale lets you deploy in 7 locations: 7 in Europe. Countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland.
Map of Exoscale locations
Click a marker to see which providers sell servers there. Marker size reflects the number of providers in that city.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Zagreb
- Frankfurt (Germany)
- Munich (Germany)
- Geneva (Switzerland)
- Zurich (Switzerland)
Pros and cons
Strengths
- Swiss/EU-only zones (Zurich, Geneva, Vienna, Frankfurt, Munich, Sofia, Zagreb) with per-second billing and the same price in every zone
- Public IPv4 and IPv6 included and about 1 TiB/month of outbound traffic free per instance
- Full API, CLI, Terraform and Ansible support plus GPU, CPU-, memory- and storage-optimised families
Limitations
- Root storage is billed separately at about $0.10/GB-month, so a 50 GB Micro costs about $10.4/mo, not $5.3
- No regions outside Europe and no hourly-capped monthly price
- Windows licence is charged even while an instance is stopped and Trustpilot has only 2 reviews
Acceptable use
The terms prohibit spam, malware, unauthorised access, resale of the service and unlawful content, and allow immediate suspension if an IP threatens the infrastructure; VPN, proxies, crypto mining, torrents and IPTV are not mentioned explicitly.
Where Exoscale ranks
Positions in the rankings on this site, based on the data above.
- Best VPS in Bulgaria #3 of 8
- Best VPS in Sofia #3 of 8
- Best VPS for Developers #59 of 157
- NVMe VPS Hosting #44 of 107
- SSD VPS Hosting #66 of 151
- Best VPS in Austria #4 of 9
- Best VPS in Vienna #4 of 9
- All VPS providers #72 of 160
- Best VPS in Europe #62 of 129
- Best VPS for Discord and Telegram Bots #76 of 157
- Linux VPS Hosting #69 of 139
- Best VPS for Proxies #80 of 157
- VPS with Backups and Snapshots #65 of 127
- Best MySQL and Database VPS #82 of 157
- Best VPS for a VPN Server (WireGuard, OpenVPN) #82 of 157
- VPS Hosting That Accepts PayPal #49 of 90
- Hourly Billed VPS #24 of 44
- Ubuntu VPS Hosting #64 of 115
- Windows VPS Hosting #43 of 77
- KVM VPS Hosting #66 of 118
- Best VPS in Zurich #9 of 16
- Cloud VPS Hosting #18 of 32
- Best VPS for GitLab #86 of 152
- Debian VPS Hosting #60 of 106
Alternatives to Exoscale
Providers closest to Exoscale by region, price and features. LikeVPS, Scaleway and STRATO are the nearest matches.
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | RAM | $/GB RAM | Locations | Windows | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lite 2.0 | $10.00 | 2 GB | $5.00 | 26 | Yes | — | |
| 2 | STARDUST1-S | $0.48 | 1 GB | $0.48 | 4 | Yes | 1.5 (358) | |
| 3 | VPS Linux S | $4.50 | 2 GB | $2.25 | 2 | Yes | 4.2 (10,754) | |
| 4 | VPS Lite 1 | $3.25 | 2 GB | $1.62 | 1 | Yes | 4.0 (2,060) | |
| 5 | KVM VPS Essential | $4.97 | 512 MB | $9.94 | 6 | Yes | 2.3 (13) | |
| 6 | Value 2GB | $2.24 | 2 GB | $1.12 | 2 | Yes | 3.1 (49) |
Frequently asked questions
How much does Exoscale VPS cost?
Plans start at $5.32 per month for Standard Micro (1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic); 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. Across its published plans the median price is $9.58 per GB of RAM.
Where are Exoscale's data centers?
Exoscale lets you deploy in 7 locations: 7 in Europe. Countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland.
Does Exoscale offer Windows VPS?
Windows Server templates available on all Standard/CPU/Memory sizes with a licence of 0.01111/h (about $8.11/mo) for up to 7 vCPUs or 0.02222/h (about $16.22/mo) for 8+ vCPUs, charged even while the instance is stopped Cheapest Windows-capable plan: Standard Tiny at $10.64/month.
Does Exoscale have hourly billing?
Yes, servers are billed by the hour with a monthly cap.
Is Exoscale good?
As of October 23, 2026, Exoscale sells 8 VPS plans from $5.32/month (Standard Micro: 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic) in 7 locations. It ranks #72 of 160 providers overall and #3 of 8 for VPS in Bulgaria. Trustpilot rates it 3.5 from 2 reviews. Strengths: swiss/eu-only zones (zurich, geneva, vienna, frankfurt, munich, sofia, zagreb) with per-second billing and the same price in every zone and public ipv4 and ipv6 included and about 1 tib/month of outbound traffic free per instance. Limitations: root storage is billed separately at about $0.10/gb-month, so a 50 gb micro costs about $10.4/mo, not $5.3 and no regions outside europe and no hourly-capped monthly price.
Sources
Data was read from these pages (provider data checked October 14, 2026; rankings updated October 23, 2026). Prices change; check the provider's site before buying.
- https://www.exoscale.com/pricing/
- https://portal.exoscale.com/api/pricing/opencompute
- https://portal.exoscale.com/api/pricing/licenses
- https://portal.exoscale.com/api/pricing/network
- https://community.exoscale.com/documentation/platform/exoscale-datacenter-zones/
- https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/instances/overview
- https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/instances/how-to/custom-templates
- https://community.exoscale.com/platform/billing/
- https://www.exoscale.com/compute/
- https://www.exoscale.com/sla/
- https://www.exoscale.com/terms/
- https://www.exoscale.com/faq/general/
- https://www.exoscale.com/about-us/
- https://www.exoscale.com/
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/exoscale.com