Acvile Cloud vs NETWAYS Cloud

Acvile Cloud9.0Visit NETWAYS Cloud8.8Visit

Higher score Acvile Cloud #4 in OpenStack Hosting 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Acvile Cloud

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NETWAYS Cloud #6 in OpenStack Hosting 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit NETWAYS Cloud

• Acvile Cloud fits best

  Low-cost users wanting a free plan

• NETWAYS Cloud fits best

  Teams needing a managed OpenStack control plane

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Side by side

Feature	Acvile Cloud 9.0/10 Visit ↗	NETWAYS Cloud 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.8
Ranking	#4 in OpenStack Hosting	#6 in OpenStack Hosting
Best for	Low-cost users wanting a free plan	Teams needing a managed OpenStack control plane
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$4/unit/mo	€14.38/unit/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat	Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR	ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, 2FA
Integrations	4 integrations	11 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Acvile Cloud 0/3 · NETWAYS Cloud 2/3
Managed control plane	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Bare-metal instances	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
GPU instances	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment model	Public	Not checked yet
Regions available	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Storage types	object storage, block storage, NVMe SSD, HDD	local NVMe, Ceph-RBD volumes, S3/Swift object storage, snapshots, backups, air-gapped backups
Identity options	Not checked yet	NWS-ID with two-factor authentication, OpenStack project user, application credentials, tokens
Our review
Pros	Free plan plus compute instances from $4 per month OpenStack APIs, Terraform, Kubernetes, and S3-compatible integrations Networking includes private networks, load balancers, and VPN gateways	Managed OpenStack control plane with installation, patching, and monitoring GPU, Ceph, NVMe, object storage, backups, and load balancing Native OpenStack access plus Terraform, Ansible, and Pulumi support
Cons	Plans are resource-based rather than conventional subscription tiers The platform requires infrastructure-oriented cloud management Listed compute options are limited to the published instance sizes	Pricing is shown in euros and excludes sales tax The entry plan provides 2 vCPUs, 2.048 GB RAM, and 25 GB disk The service is broader than teams needing compute-only hosting
Our verdict	Acvile Cloud is a public cloud infrastructure platform built on OpenStack and Kubernetes. It is aimed at developers and teams that need low-cost compute alongside storage, networking, and infrastructure-as-code capabilities. The platform… Read the review →	NETWAYS Cloud is a managed OpenStack cloud service for businesses that need compute, networking, storage, backups, GPUs, and OpenStack API access. NETWAYS manages the OpenStack control plane, including installation, configuration,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Acvile Cloud — where it wins

  • Free plan plus compute instances from $4 per month
  • OpenStack APIs, Terraform, Kubernetes, and S3-compatible integrations
  • Networking includes private networks, load balancers, and VPN gateways

  Where it doesn't

  • Plans are resource-based rather than conventional subscription tiers
  • The platform requires infrastructure-oriented cloud management
  • Listed compute options are limited to the published instance sizes

• NETWAYS Cloud — where it wins

  • Managed OpenStack control plane with installation, patching, and monitoring
  • GPU, Ceph, NVMe, object storage, backups, and load balancing
  • Native OpenStack access plus Terraform, Ansible, and Pulumi support

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is shown in euros and excludes sales tax
  • The entry plan provides 2 vCPUs, 2.048 GB RAM, and 25 GB disk
  • The service is broader than teams needing compute-only hosting

• Acvile Cloud9.0/10 · Free plan

  A low-cost OpenStack cloud with a free plan, flexible instances, and infrastructure tooling.

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• NETWAYS Cloud8.8/10 · Paid

  A managed OpenStack cloud with flexible compute, storage, GPU, and automation options.

  Visit NETWAYS CloudFull verdict →