Exoscale
Switzerland· Cloud Computing
Exoscale vs Leaseweb
Compare Exoscale y Leaseweb en capacidades, jurisdicción, garantías y encaje para compradores europeos.
Ambos figuran como alternativas a: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure
Leaseweb
Netherlands· Cloud Computing
Needs review
Shortlist when you want a Dutch (or other local Leaseweb) B2B contract for dedicated servers, CloudStack public cloud, colo, or regional object storage, and you will pick the DC yourself. Skip when you need EU-only halls with no US affiliate in the group, a hyperscaler-width managed-platform catalog, or self-serve hobby VPS without KYC. Consider Hetzner or OVHcloud for simpler EU-centric IaaS, or AWS if you need the global managed-service surface.
Dutch sales entityDedicated / bare metalCloudStack KVM public cloudS3-compatible object storageColo + global DCsISO 27001 (claimed)
Las filas resaltadas diferencian a los dos productos.
| Característica | Exoscale | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| País de origen | Switzerland | Netherlands |
| Categoría | Cloud Computing | Cloud Computing |
| Código abierto | No | No |
| Autoalojado | No | No |
| Sede | No indicado | Netherlands |
| Entidad legal | No indicado | Leaseweb Netherlands B.V. (KvK 30141839, Amsterdam). Website: Leaseweb Global B.V. (KvK 60593652). Other local sales entities exist. |
| Matriz / control EE.UU. | No indicado | Sin matriz estadounidense conocida |
| Exposición CLOUD Act (indicativa) | No indicado | Medio |
| Alojamiento / residencia | No indicado | Customer-chosen Leaseweb halls (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, plus US, CA, SG, HK, AU). Object storage: nl-01, de-01, uk-01, us-01, ca-01, sg-01. Optional Cloud Connect via Megaport to AWS, Google Cloud, Azure. Public Cloud backup row lists Acronis. NL Feb 2026 terms keep that entity on Dutch DCs unless law, written authorisation, or customer action. Sub-processor list on request. |
| Resumen | European public cloud (IaaS) from Swiss operator Akenes SA (A1 Digital): multi-zone compute, managed Kubernetes (SKS), DBaaS, object and block storage, and GPUs across CH, DE, AT, BG, and HR. | Dutch B2B IaaS: dedicated servers, CloudStack public cloud, colocation, and S3-compatible object storage on a global hall list under local sales entities. |
| Etiquetas |
| De un vistazo | Exoscale | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| HQ | No indicado | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Typical NL contract | No indicado | Leaseweb Netherlands B.V. (KvK 30141839) |
| Website operator | No indicado | Leaseweb Global B.V. (KvK 60593652) |
| Founded | No indicado | 1997 (vendor 2022 press) |
| Product type | No indicado | B2B IaaS (dedicated, cloud, colo, object storage); not self-hosted, not open source |
| Published dedicated DCs | No indicado | AMS-01/02, FRA-10, LON-01/11, MTL-02, SIN-01, HKG-10, SYD-10, plus nine US halls |
| Object storage regions | No indicado | nl-01, de-01, uk-01, us-01, ca-01, sg-01 |
| Commercial model | No indicado | B2B contract, monthly or hourly cloud, KYC on first order |
Exoscale
Instancias de compute de alto rendimiento
Las instancias de compute de Exoscale usan almacenamiento local SSD con opciones estándar, optimizadas para CPU, memoria o almacenamiento. Los tamaños van de Micro (512 MB RAM, 1 núcleo) a Jumbo (225 GB RAM, 24 núcleos). Las instancias GPU con tarjetas NVIDIA (A30, V100, A40, A5000, RTX 6000 Pro) encajan para tareas de IA. La anti-afinidad garantiza que las instancias se distribuyan entre hosts para resiliencia. Snapshots y plantillas personalizadas ayudan en copias de seguridad y despliegues. La facturación prorratea al segundo, con instancias apagadas cobradas solo por almacenamiento.
Servicio Kubernetes escalable (SKS)
Kubernetes gestionado despliega clústeres en 120 segundos. Los clústeres Starter son gratuitos (sin SLA), Pro ofrece 99,95 % de disponibilidad. Los usuarios escalan nodos worker, gestionan planos de control vía portal, CLI, API o Terraform. Se integra con balanceadores de carga de red. Soporta apps cloud-native en todas las zonas.
DBaaS y almacenamiento gestionados
DBaaS cubre PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, OpenSearch, Valkey y Grafana, con planes desde Hobbyist (2 GB RAM) hasta Premium (225 GB RAM, múltiples réplicas). Object Storage es compatible con S3 con multi-redundancia y replicación. NVMe Block Storage adjunta múltiples volúmenes por instancia para necesidades de baja latencia. Tráfico: entrada gratuita, intra-zona gratuita, 1 TB saliente gratuito por instancia mensual.
Leaseweb
Dedicated servers with portal, API, and Instant Delivery
Bare metal for databases, analytics, gaming, and e-commerce. The knowledge base lists Windows or Linux images, Volume or Premium transit, interconnects, and Layer 2 private networking. First orders are phone-verified. Instant Delivery SKUs can provision within an hour; custom builds take longer. CPU cannot be upgraded in place.
CloudStack Public Cloud on KVM
Instances run on Leaseweb-owned CloudStack KVM with general-purpose, compute, memory, and GPU-oriented families. Billing is hourly on-demand or monthly. Local NVMe is faster but slower to recover if a hypervisor fails. Central NFS storage is the higher-availability path. Each instance gets one public IPv4. Extra IPv4 is not offered yet.
S3-compatible object storage with named regions
HTTPS/S3 API buckets at nl.object-storage.io, de.object-storage.io, uk.object-storage.io, us.object-storage.io, ca.object-storage.io, and sg.object-storage.io. Leaseweb says objects are stored in three availability zones. The default S3 region name us-east-1 is a compatibility alias, not a geography. Keys are created in the Customer Portal.
Colocation with remote hands
Bring your own servers into Leaseweb halls. Shared 1U to 5U is only in AMS-01 and FR-01. Private racks and cages are for larger or more isolated deployments. Remote hands are 24/7 and included by default, with higher packages available. Colo knowledge base counts six European halls (Netherlands, Germany, UK), seven in Asia-Pacific and Oceania, and twelve in the US and Canada.
Private network and Cloud Connect to hyperscalers
Layer 2 private networking can join dedicated servers, Public Cloud, VMware products, and colo in the same DC (and some metro pairs). Cloud Connect uses Megaport SDN plus a Leaseweb router to reach AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure from selected halls (including AMS-01/02, FRA, London, WDC-02, Singapore, Montreal, Sydney). Redundant paths are Active-Standby. Delivery is quoted in business days via sales.
Customer Portal, REST API, and Terraform
Operators power-cycle, reinstall, rescue, manage IPs, attach private networks, and watch traffic graphs without a ticket for routine work. developer.leaseweb.com documents the REST API, GitHub integrations, a Terraform provider for Leaseweb Cloud, and S3 compatibility. This is not a self-hosted control plane you run yourself.
| Assurance & compliance | Exoscale | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Independent security / no-logs audit | No indicado | Not found IaaS provider, not a no-logs VPN. No public independent audit of logging practices found beyond the named ISO/SOC/PCI reports. |
| ISO 27001 | No indicado | Vendor claimed Vendor: ISO 27001:2022 via EY CertifyPoint for Leaseweb Global B.V., Netherlands B.V., USA, Deutschland, UK, Singapore, Canada, Network B.V. Services listed: corporate infrastructure, bare metal, VPS, private/hybrid cloud, colo, web hosting, domains. Certificate download promised on the marketing security page (SPA). Independent register entry not retrieved in this pass. |
| SOC 2 / SOC 3 | No indicado | Partial SOC 2 published for Leaseweb Canada, Inc. colocation (Security and Availability, UHY Forbes Andersen). Several entities have SOC 1 Type II (EY / ISAE 3402) covering cloud, dedicated, colo, and web hosting. |
| GDPR / EU data protection | No indicado | Vendor claimed NL entity; Clause 8 cites GDPR and the Dutch UAVG. Transfers outside the EEA only with safeguards. Global catalog still includes non-EU regions. |
| US CLOUD Act exposure (indicative) | No indicado | Partial Dutch group, no known US parent, but the catalog includes US halls, Leaseweb USA, Inc., us-01 object storage, and optional Cloud Connect to AWS/GCP/Azure. NL Clause 8.3 can keep a Netherlands contract on Dutch DCs if you do not choose otherwise. Assessment row, not a vendor claim. Not legal advice. |
| Data processing agreement (B2B) | No indicado | Vendor claimed Privacy page (search snippet) and NL/DE sales terms: processor language in Clause 8; standalone DPA on request in older DE terms. Sub-processor list on request (NL 8.4). |
| EU AI Act | No indicado | Not applicable IaaS compute, storage, colo, and network. Public Cloud lists small-scale GPU/inference instance types, but the offering is not an AI system product. |
| PCI DSS | No indicado | Partial Vendor: PCI DSS 4.0 scoped to physical security at named DCs (AMS-01, FRA-01, LON-01, SIN-01, WDC-02, MTL-01/02/03). Services are not meant to process card data by default. |
| NEN 7510 | No indicado | Vendor claimed Vendor: EY statement for Leaseweb Netherlands B.V. at AMS-01 (physical security, IS policy, risk, resilience, incidents, service deployment). Not inherited by the customer. |
| CISPE IaaS Code of Conduct | No indicado | Vendor claimed Historical CISPE member listing and lobbyfacts affiliation. Current CISPE public register was not confirmed to contain a live Leaseweb service declaration in this pass. |
| Considerations & known limitations | Exoscale | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Global catalog includes US halls and a US affiliate | No indicado | Medium Even with a Dutch contractor and NL Clause 8.3, the product menu includes US dedicated halls, us-01 object storage, and Leaseweb USA, Inc. Buyers with a residency ban must lock region and entity in the order, not rely on the brand name. |
| No public IaaS subprocessor register | No indicado | Medium NL terms authorise EEA affiliates and other third parties as sub-processors, with the actual list on request. Known optional paths: Megaport plus AWS/GCP/Azure (Cloud Connect) and Acronis (Public Cloud backup row). Website marketing also uses US SaaS (outside the IaaS path). |
| Certification scope is entity- and service-specific | No indicado | Low ISO is claimed for listed IaaS services, not automatically for every SKU. SOC 2 is Canada colo. PCI is physical security only. Customers are not certified by association. |
| Public Cloud / VPS IPv4 and Elastic Compute end of sale | No indicado | Low Docs: one public IPv4 on Public Cloud and VPS, extras not yet available. Elastic Compute is end of sale. Dedicated CPU cannot be upgraded without a new server. |
Encaje
Exoscale
Best fit when
No indicado
Poor fit when
No indicado
Leaseweb
Best fit when
- Teams that want a KvK-identifiable Dutch contractor (Leaseweb Netherlands B.V.) for IaaS, not a US parent
- Operators placing dedicated servers or colo in named halls (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, plus optional non-EU cities)
- Workloads that need CloudStack KVM or S3-compatible buckets with an explicit nl-01 / de-01 / uk-01 endpoint
- Hybrid designs that keep origin on Leaseweb metal and optionally Cloud-Connect to AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
- Buyers who will use the Customer Portal, REST API, or Terraform rather than a fully managed PaaS
Poor fit when
- Organisations that forbid any US group company, US datacentre option, or US-region object storage in the same vendor catalog
- Teams that need extra public IPv4 on Public Cloud or VPS (docs: one IPv4, extras not yet available)
- Buyers looking for a self-hosted control plane or an open-source product they operate themselves
- People who actually wanted Leaseweb Multi-CDN rather than compute and colo
- Hobby or consumer hosting: NL terms state B2B only, with KYC on first order
Consider instead when
When: You want a larger managed-cloud catalog (IAM, managed databases, serverless) and accept a US parent
Consider: Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform
Different jurisdiction and product surface. Leaseweb stays IaaS-classic.
When: You want European IaaS with a simpler EU-centric hall list and strong self-serve dedicated servers
Consider: Hetzner or OVHcloud
Still diligence their own non-EU options. Neither is a Leaseweb contract.
When: You want French public cloud with object storage and more developer-cloud SKUs
Consider: Scaleway
Different product mix. Confirm current regions on Scaleway's site.
When: You mainly need a German-group host with a broad SMB catalog
Consider: IONOS
Different ownership and SKU mix than Leaseweb's local-entity IaaS model.
When: You actually needed global content delivery, not origin compute
Consider: Leaseweb CDN
Same group, different data path (partner CDNs and a Washington D.C. shield).
Open questions for due diligence
Exoscale
No indicado
Leaseweb
- For the SKUs we will buy, what is the current ISO 27001 statement of applicability (and is object storage in scope)?
- Will Leaseweb issue the current sub-processor list for this order, including Acronis and Megaport if used?
- Can the contract freeze region to named EU halls and forbid US-affiliate access except as Clause 8.3 allows?
- What is the current Instant Delivery dedicated inventory in AMS/FRA versus US halls?
- Is there a live CISPE public-register declaration for these IaaS services?