Civo
UK sovereign cloud and managed Kubernetes provider that also rents NVIDIA GPUs (L40S to B300) as compute instances or Kubernetes nodes, billed hourly on card with 6-36 month commitment discounts; GPUs are offered only in the London region.
Trust Score v0.1- Company & track record47
- Infrastructure control100
- Pricing & billing transparency85
- Reliability signals75
- Security & compliance100
- Customer signal—
Scored Sep 29, 2026 from the provider's own pages. Dimensions not yet measured are excluded from the denominator. Criteria ↓
Trust Score · 5 of 6 dimensions measuredThe score, criterion by criterion
Each point comes from something the provider publishes, with the page it was read on and the date. Anything not disclosed earns zero.
| Founding year published | not disclosedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 4 |
| Headquarters published | Civo Limitedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
| Legal entity named | Civo Limitedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Funding or ownership disclosed | not disclosedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 4 |
| Capacity model published | operates or rents dedicated capacitycivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 10 / 10 |
| Regions published | 4 regions or countriescivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 5 / 5 |
| Public prices without an account | yes (read on the pricing page)civo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 5 / 5 |
| Billing granularity published | per started hourcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Egress policy published | includedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Stopped-instance billing published | Billed exactly as running: stopped instances and clusters keep being charged the hourly price while they exist in the accountcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Public IPv4 policy published | not disclosedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 3 |
| Status page | https://status.civo.comcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 6 / 6 |
| SLA published | 99.95% for all public and private cloud services; credits 10% (99.0-99.95%), 40% (95-99%), 100% (below 95%)civo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 6 / 6 |
| SLA with a numeric uptime commitment | 99.95% for all public and private cloud services; credits 10% (99.0-99.95%), 40% (95-99%), 100% (below 95%)civo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
| Uptime history published | not disclosedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 5 |
| Observed availability (30 days) | not measured yet | — |
| SOC 2 | Type IIcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 8 / 8 |
| ISO 27001 | Certified (stated on Cloud GPU page)civo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| HIPAA or GDPR DPA | Data Processing Agreement publishedcivo.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
| Aggregated public reviews | not collected yet | — |
Prices by GPU · 3 GPU types with a current offerWhat Civo charges, against the market
Cheapest current on-demand true cost here, next to the market median for the same GPU. Negative means cheaper than the market.
| GPU | Cheapest here | Market median | vs market | Current offers | Modes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H100 | $2.99 | $3.17 | −6% | 1 | on-demand | H100 prices |
| A100 80GB | $1.09 | $1.92 | −43% | 1 | on-demand | A100 80GB prices |
| L40S | $1.29 | $1.24 | +4% | 1 | on-demand | L40S prices |
All offers · 110 readings on fileEvery Civo offer, with its receipt
Current offers (last 45 days) ranked by true cost, all rental modes, each with its read date. Older readings stay listed below, in grey.
| GPU | Configuration | Mode | Region | Stock | List | True cost | Read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A100 80GB | 1× A100 80GB | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $1.09 | $1.09 | 00:32 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| L40S | 1× L40S | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $1.29 | $1.29 | 00:32 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| H100SXM | 1× H100 SXM | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $2.99 | $2.99 | 00:32 UTCfresh | Receipt |
True cost & billing · read Sep 29, 2026What the hourly price does not say
Billing granularity, minimums, what a stopped machine costs, traffic, addresses, deposits and identity checks, as published by the provider.
Billing
- Billing granularity
- per started hour
- Minimum charge
- One hour (usage rounded up to the nearest full hour)
- Stopped instance
- Billed exactly as running: stopped instances and clusters keep being charged the hourly price while they exist in the account
- Egress
- included
- Public IPv4
- not published
- Billing model
- postpaid invoice
- Minimum deposit
- not published
- Free credits
- 250 USD free credits at sign-up (card must be unique per account; credits expire)
Account
- Payment
- card
- Sign-up
- email, password, phone, card, billing address
- Identity check
- card verification
- Support
- email, support form
- Enterprise support
- not published
- SLA
- 99.95% for all public and private cloud services; credits 10% (99.0-99.95%), 40% (95-99%), 100% (below 95%)
- Status page
- status.civo.com ↗
- Published uptime
- not published
Infrastructure
- Regions
4 named regions in 1 countries
LON1 (United Kingdom) · FRA1 (Germany) · NYC1 (United States) · MUM1 (India)- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Platform
- API, CLI, SSH, custom Docker images, persistent volumesTerraform: officialKubernetes: managedClusters: GPU nodes in managed Kubernetes clusters (LON1 only)
- Storage
- volume · 0.000149 USD/GB-hour (about 0.107 USD/GB-month at 720 h; Civo itself uses 730 h) · Persistent volumes with two additional mirrorsobject · 0.000015 USD/GB-hour (about 0.0108 USD/GB-month at 720 h) · S3-compatible; allocated in blocks of 500 GBephemeral · included · Instance NVMe (200 GB to 7000 GB depending on GPU size) included in the GPU price
- Migration out
- Workloads are standard VMs and Kubernetes clusters, so manifests, Helm charts and Terraform move to any Kubernetes provider. Data can be copied out of volumes and the S3-compatible object store without egress fees. After suspension for non-payment, services are deleted within two weeks.
Security & compliance
- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
- Certified (stated on Cloud GPU page)
- HIPAA
- not published
- GDPR / DPA
- Data Processing Agreement published
- Other
- CE and CE+ marks stated; UK sovereign cloud subject only to UK law
- Legal entity
- Civo Limited
- Funding
- not published
Assessment · documents read Sep 29, 2026Civo, in short
What stood out when we read the documents: strengths, weaknesses, who it suits, and what we could not find.
Strengths
- Full GPU price list per instance size with 6, 12, 24 and 36-month commitment rates visible without an account
- NVIDIA range from L40S (1.29 USD/h) to B300, with 1, 2, 4 and 8-GPU sizes for L40S and A100
- Egress and ingress free and unlimited
- GPUs usable as compute instances or managed Kubernetes nodes; Kubernetes control plane free
- 99.95% SLA with credits up to 100%
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II stated; UK sovereign positioning under English law
- Official CLI and Terraform provider
- 250 USD sign-up credit
Weaknesses
- GPU instances available only in LON1 (London) per the regions page updated 24 Sep 2026
- Hourly billing rounded up to the full hour
- Stopped instances billed at the full hourly price
- On-demand H100 SXM at 2.99 USD per GPU-hour; B200 has no on-demand price on the pricing page
- Conflicting statements: B200 page says 'on demand from $3.79', which is the 36-month rate; B300 page 'from $5.45' matches no row on the pricing page
- Cards only; prepaid and virtual cards refused; no crypto
- Phone verification required and some countries cannot verify; new accounts start on a basic quota
- No spot or interruptible tier
Ideal for
- UK organisations that need GPUs in a UK sovereign cloud under English law
- Teams already on Kubernetes that want GPU node pools with free egress
- Buyers willing to commit 6-36 months for L40S or A100 capacity at 0.69-0.89 USD per GPU-hour
Not published
- Public IPv4 pricing for GPU instances (not stated on the pricing page)
- GPU interconnect (NVLink/InfiniBand) of 8-GPU rental instances
- Whether A100 80GB instances are SXM or PCIe
- H100 PCIe commitment prices for 6, 12 and 24 months (only 36 months shown)
- Basis of the B300 'from $5.45' figure
- Bare-metal availability for GPUs
- Support tiers and response times
- Founding year and funding (not on pages read)
Observations
Pricing page shows hourly and monthly (730 h) prices and a commitment-term selector defaulting to 36 months
Banners advertise NVIDIA B200/B300 availability and a data-centre rollout for NVIDIA Vera Rubin
Cloud GPU page claims 'from just $0.69 per GPU/hour', which is the 36-month A100 40GB rate
'Sign up and get $250 free credits' shown on the pricing page
Pages read
- civo.com/pricing — All GPU on-demand and commitment prices, storage, egress, free credits
- civo.com/ai/cloud-gpu — H100 PCIe price, stock status, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II statement
- civo.com/ai/b200-blackwell-gpu — B200 'from $3.79', UK sovereign location
- civo.com/ai/b300-blackwell-ultra-gpu — B300 'from $5.45'
- civo.com/ai/gpu-compute — Sovereignty statement
- civo.com/ai/kubernetes-gpu — GPU Kubernetes, no hidden fees
- civo.com/docs/account/billing — Hourly rounding, stopped instances billed, monthly invoice, card types, credits
- civo.com/docs/account/signing-up — Email, phone and card verification, manual review
- civo.com/docs/account/quota — Starting quota
- civo.com/docs/overview/regions — Regions and GPU availability (LON1 only
- civo.com/docs/overview/civo-cli — CLI
- civo.com/docs/overview/terraform — Official Terraform provider
- civo.com/api — Public API
- civo.com/legal/sla — 99.95% uptime, credits
- civo.com/legal/terms — Legal entity, English law
- civo.com/about — Offices and regions
- civo.com/uk-sovereign-cloud — UK law, GDPR positioning
- civo.com/contact — Support channels
- civo.com/ — B300 availability, positioning
Questions about Civo
What GPUs does Civo offer?
Civo has 7 GPU types with a fresh offer today, for example H100 from $2.99, A100 80GB from $1.09, L40S from $1.29 per GPU-hour on-demand. The full list with prices and market medians is on this page.
How does Civo bill?
Billing granularity: per started hour. Minimum charge: One hour (usage rounded up to the nearest full hour) Stopped instance: Billed exactly as running: stopped instances and clusters keep being charged the hourly price while they exist in the account
How trustworthy is Civo?
Its Trust Score is 81/100 (v0.1), read from its own documents. Strong on infrastructure control, security & compliance. Weaker on company & track record. The score measures transparency and published guarantees, not customer satisfaction; every criterion and its source is listed above.
Where are Civo's data centres?
4 named regions in 1 countries: United Kingdom.
How do you pay Civo, and are there credits?
Payment by card. Free credits: 250 USD free credits at sign-up (card must be unique per account; credits expire). Identity check: card verification.