Hardware costs are moving across the industry. RAM, SSDs, AI infrastructure demand - it's affecting everyone. If you're evaluating your infrastructure options right now, here's an honest look at what matters and where we fit in.
Disclaimer: I'm on the infrastructure team at Leaseweb. EU-native, Netherlands-owned.
What actually matters when choosing a provider
Price per spec is the obvious starting point but it's rarely the whole story. A few things worth thinking through:
Where is your data? If you're in a regulated industry or just care about GDPR, EU-native infrastructure matters. Not EU region of a US company. Actually EU-owned and operated.
How predictable is your bill? Hourly cloud pricing looks cheap until you're running sustained workloads. At high utilisation, dedicated or longer-term contracts almost always win on cost. The maths changes fast above 60-70% utilisation.
What happens when something breaks? Support SLAs vary wildly in this space. Worth checking what you're actually getting before you need it.
What we offer
VPS from €3.59/month (2 vCPU, 4GB RAM, 80GB NVMe). Good for staging environments, isolated workloads, smaller production setups.
AMD EPYC dedicated servers from €112/month. Full root access, unmanaged, API-ready for IaC. EU sovereign data centres, DDoS protection standard.
Contract terms from 1 month up to 3 years. The longer the commitment, the better the rate - up to 25% off. You lock in your pricing upfront, no surprises for the duration of your term.
We're not the cheapest option in every category.
On price-performance for sustained EU workloads, we're worth a spot on your shortlist. One thing worth checking: if inter-node throughput is critical to your workload, compare our network specs against your requirements before committing
Is it worth switching if you're happy where you are?
Honestly, maybe not. Switching has friction and if your current setup is working, the disruption cost is real.
But if you're evaluating options, spinning up a test environment costs nothing.
Drop a comment with your current setup: vCPU count, RAM, storage, region. Happy to spec match or answer any questions you have!
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