Maxko Hosting vs Oracle Cloud (GPU)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Maxko Hosting and Oracle Cloud (GPU).
Quick Verdict
3.1/5
Maxko Hosting
0 reviews
3.8/5
Oracle Cloud (GPU)
0 reviews
Oracle Cloud (GPU) is rated higher (3.8 vs 3.1). Maxko Hosting (MAXKO d.o.o., Sisak, Croatia, trading since 2008) is a web, VPS, and dedicated server provider with datacenter locations in Croatia (two Zagreb sites), the Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, and South Africa. ISO/IEC 27001 certified, native IPv6, DDoS filtering included. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure includes an always-free A1 Arm allocation (2 OCPUs + 12 GB RAM since July 2026, halved from 4 OCPUs + 24 GB) and GPU shapes from ~$2/GPU-hour (A10 VM) to $10/GPU-hour (H100/H200) and $14-15 (B200/B300).
Maxko Hosting Croatian VPS with EU focus | Oracle Cloud (GPU) Free A1 Arm instances with optional GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.1 (0 reviews) | 3.8 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | freemium |
| Starting price | From $14/mo | Free tier available✓ |
| Best for | Croatian, Balkan, and South African workloads needing local VPS/dedicated capacity with EU tax treatment, plus resellers wanting per-item pricing and IP flexibility | Enterprise and serious training/inference workloads that want bare-metal NVIDIA or AMD GPU clusters at hyperscaler-reliable terms, especially MI300X and A100 value seekers and existing Oracle/database customers |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 4 GB | — |
| Storage | 50 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.999%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 6 | 50✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €3.50 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €3.50 | — |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Zagreb (x2), Meppel, Nyiregyhaza, Sofia, Belgrade, Johannesburg | 50+ regions across 28 countries (NA, SA, EU, MEA, APAC) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6eu datacentergdpr compliant | free tiergpu availableeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi accessarm processors |
| Visit Maxko Hosting → | Visit Oracle Cloud (GPU) → | |
Maxko Hosting
Pros
- + Transparent à-la-carte configurator with tax-inclusive pricing (base VPS 4 vCPU/4 GB/50 GB NVMe at €14.00/mo, €0 setup)
- + Unusual location mix: Croatia (two Zagreb sites), Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, South Africa
- + Native dual-stack IPv6 (/64 included), subnet options to /26 and /40, DDoS filtering on all VPS (3 Tbps advertised in NL)
- + ISO/IEC 27001 certified, Tier III Zagreb facility, published looking glass, status page, and API
Cons
- - "99.999% infrastructure uptime" is a marketing claim with no published credit-backed SLA
- - Small company (~5 employees per Tracxn) — limited third-party track record in English
- - Included support response is 48 hours; 24-hour response costs €5/month more
- - No benchmark data available; backups are paid add-ons (€5–€15/month)
Oracle Cloud (GPU)
Pros
- + Broadest accelerator lineup of any hyperscaler: NVIDIA Blackwell/Hopper/Ampere plus AMD MI300X/MI355X, VMs and bare metal
- + Below-AWS/Azure on-demand GPU list pricing (H100 $10/GPU-hr, A100 80GB $4, MI300X $6) with published, checkable rates
- + Supercluster-class networking (up to 3,200 Gb/sec RDMA) and large local NVMe per node for training checkpoints
- + Credit-backed compute SLA and a full cloud stack (storage, K8s, databases, S3-compatible object) in 50+ regions
Cons
- - GPU quota and capacity processes can require sales engagement; 8-GPU node minimums on the best shapes
- - OCI console/IAM complexity and thinner community documentation than AWS/GCP
- - The 'up to 220% cheaper' claim is a dated vendor comparison; neoclouds undercut on some shapes
- - Egress, storage, image licensing and commitment terms add to headline GPU rates; free tier is CPU-only
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