Civo review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Civo suits small teams and developers who want a free Kubernetes control plane, low node pricing and free data transfer in one bill. Nodes start at $5.43 and the control plane costs nothing, which is easier on a small budget than most rivals.
Key facts
- Best for
- Small teams wanting a free Kubernetes control plane and free data transfer
- Free control plane
- Yes↗
- Node price from
- $5.43↗
- Locations
- 4↗
- Compliance certifications
- ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, CE and CE+, Cyber Essentials Plus, Crown Commercial Service, G-Cloud↗
- SLA uptime
- 99.95%↗
- Legal entity
- Civo Limited↗
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom↗
- Support channels
- Email, Chat, Help-centre↗
- Official website
- civo.com
VPS
GPU cloud
- GPU models
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA A100 40GB, NVIDIA A100 80GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM, NVIDIA H100 PCIe, NVIDIA H200 SXM, NVIDIA B200, NVIDIA B300↗
- GPU hour from
- $0.69↗
- Billing granularity
- Hourly↗
- Egress fee
- Free and unlimited↗
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 9 sources
Apps and profiles
- Elsewhere
- LinkedInXgithub.com
Pros and cons
Pros
- Free Kubernetes control plane, so cluster management adds no line item
- Node price from $5.43 compares favourably with the €9.15 site median
- Data transfer is Unlimited, free data transfer, and the egress fee is Free and unlimited
- GPU work starts at $0.69 with models from NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA A100 40GB and NVIDIA A100 80GB
Cons
- Support runs on email, chat and help centre only, with no phone line listed
- Only 4 regions across GB, DE and IN, fewer than the 7 category median
- Billing offers hourly and monthly only, with no reserved term listed
Who it suits
- Small teams running Kubernetes on a tight budget
- Developers who want free data transfer and unlimited bandwidth
- Teams needing GPUs for short jobs billed by the hour
Who should look elsewhere
- Buyers who need phone support, since Civo lists email, chat and help centre
- Workloads that must sit in many regions, given Civo runs 4 locations
- Teams wanting reserved or committed pricing, absent from hourly and monthly
How Civo compares
Civo vs ScalaHosting9.3 vs 8.3
Civo vs Contabo9.3 vs 9.2
Civo vs Kamatera9.3 vs 9.5- Civo vs Novada9.3 vs 8.9
Civo vs Cloudways9.3 vs 9.2
Civo vs PlanetHoster9.3 vs 8.7
Civo vs Acronis9.3 vs 9.9
Civo vs Aruba9.3 vs 9.3
Civo vs Hostinger9.3 vs 9.1
Civo vs Decodo9.3 vs 9.1- Civo vs MarsProxies9.3 vs 9.0
Civo vs hide.me9.3 vs 8.7
Civo vs Proton Drive9.3 vs 8.3
Civo vs AIS Cloud9.3 vs 8.1
Frequently asked questions
Does Civo charge for the Kubernetes control plane?+
No. Civo offers a free control plane, so there is no control plane line on the bill. You pay for the nodes themselves, which start at $5.43. Cluster management itself adds nothing to the monthly spend.
What does the smallest Civo VPS cost?+
The entry plan is 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe at $5.43. That is the same figure as the entry price across Civo's public cloud, and it sits below the €5.83 site median for this category.
How is Civo compute billed?+
Civo supports hourly and monthly billing, with hourly granularity on GPU work. There is no reserved or committed term in the listed billing models, so long jobs are paid at the same published rate.
Does Civo charge for data transfer?+
No. Data transfer is Unlimited, free data transfer, and the egress fee is listed as Free and unlimited. Workloads that move a lot of data between Civo and the public internet do not pick up a transfer charge.
Which regions does Civo run in?+
Civo lists 4 regions across GB, DE and IN. That is a smaller footprint than the 7 category median, so data placement has less choice here than at larger providers.
What GPU hardware can I rent from Civo?+
GPU work starts at $0.69 and the catalogue includes NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA A100 40GB and NVIDIA A100 80GB. Billing granularity is hourly, which suits training runs and short inference jobs that do not need a month.
Which certifications does Civo hold?+
Civo lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and CE and CE+. Public cloud compute also includes DDoS protection, and the service runs from GB under Civo Limited.
How is Civo's uptime commitment set?+
The service level agreement sets uptime at 99.95%. Support is handled through email, chat and help centre, and a help centre sits alongside $250 free credit (31-day free trial) for new accounts.
Sources
- civo.com/about checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Locations
“Regions London Frankfurt Mumbai New York”
- civo.com/legal/terms checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Legal entity, Support channels
“registered office, First Floor, 32-37 Cowper Street, London, England, EC2A 4AW”
- civo.com/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Billing granularity, Egress fee, Free credits, Pricing model, Node price from
“We charge by the hour, so spinning up clusters and databases has never been easier”
- civo.com/public-cloud/kubernetes checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Free control plane
“No. Civo provides the control plane free of charge. You only pay for worker nodes, persistent volumes, and any optional add-ons such as managed databases.”
- civo.com/about checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Regions
“Regions London Frankfurt Mumbai New York”
- civo.com/ai/cloud-gpu checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Compliance certifications, GPU hour from, GPU models
“all from just $0.69 per GPU/hour”
- civo.com/legal/sla checked September 26, 2026
Backs: SLA uptime
“All services available from the CIVO public and private cloud 99.95%”
- civo.com/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Bandwidth allowance, Billing models, Entry plan, Entry price
“Free & unlimited data transfer”
- civo.com/public-cloud/compute checked September 26, 2026
Backs: DDoS protection, Server types
“Every instance includes standard DDoS protection powered by machine-learning, backed by more than a terabit of mitigation capacity.”
Compiled from 9 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Control plane price.
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