UpCloud Review
UpCloud in its own words
Fast, flexible and reliable cloud
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UpCloud was founded as a VPS provider in 2013.
It is headquartered in Finland.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Australia
- Finland
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Singapore
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States
Quick Links
| UpCloud plans specs and prices | Plans |
| UpCloud instance types | Instance Types |
| How fast are UpCloud servers? Check them out in the Screener | Screener |
| List of UpCloud trials | Trials |
| Review CPU models found in UpCloud trials | CPUs |
| Performance variations of UpCloud VPS over the long term | Consistency |
| List of UpCloud yabs.sh results | Yabs |
UpCloud VPS Features
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | No |
No DDoS protection option available. Fine tuning of the firewall is possible. |
| Backups | Yes |
Backups can be automated with the "Simple Backup" feature. 1 daily backup is free but weekly or monthly backups are priced between 20% and 60% of the instance cost: https://upcloud.com/products/backup/. |
| Control Panel | Custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 13 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 4 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes |
Network and IO only. |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | No | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards, Paypal | |
| Hidden CPU Model | No | |
| Affiliate Program | Yes | |
| IPv6 support | Yes | |
| Firewall | Yes | |
| Shelving | No |
Pros and Cons
Strengths
- Fast expanding set of features.
- Reliable performance across numerous trials.
- Large choice of datacenters in the entire world.
- Fast and modern management UI.
UpCloud Extra Services
In addition to features included in VPS plans, UpCloud also sells the services marked green in the following table:
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer |
| Floating IP addresses | Team Management | Managed databases | Serverless |
| DDoS protection | Kubernetes | GPU instances | Private network |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each UpCloud VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server from the moment it was ordered to the moment it accepted SSH connections.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67s | 50s | 90s | 12 |
Control Panel Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage Prices page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Description | Restriction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backups | 0.050€ |
UpCloud Simple Backups are automatically scheduled with 3 options: 7 daily backups, 4 weekly backups, 12 monthly backups. Prices respectively 20%, 40% or 60% of VPS price in addition to $0.05/GB/month.
UpCloud backups storage |
1 daily backup is free. |
| Block | 0.220€ |
MaxIOPS storage.
Read 100k IOPS
Write 30k IOPS.
UpCloud block storage |
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| Block | $0.056 |
Archive block storage: high capacity data storage.
Up to 600 IOPS performance.
UpCloud block storage |
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| Block | 0.085€ |
Standard storage: general purpose data storage.
Up to 10k IOPS performance, read and write.
UpCloud block storage |
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| Object | 0.020€ |
Transfer cost included up to twice the size of paid storage.
UpCloud object storage |
250GB minimum. |
Network Bandwidth Prices
These are the network bandwidth prices charged by UpCloud for outbound transfers from VPS to the internet.
For a comparison of bandwidth prices from all providers, go to the Network Bandwitdh Prices page.
| Description | Price / GB |
|---|---|
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Pricing model: Allowance Then Throttled
(the provider gives a free bandwidth allowance with each server. Bandwidth above the free allowance is throttled.)
Transfer pool: yes
Allowances per plan can be found at https://upcloud.com/fair-transfer-policy. The throttled speed is a generous 100Mbps. Additional high-speed bandwidth can be bought for €0.01/GB.
UpCloud networking |
This provider does not charge for bandwidth. |
UpCloud Coupons
This provider offers the following coupon:
Link: https://upcloud.com/signup/?promo=S2P58R
Value: $25
Sign up with the following link and receive a $25 credit into your UpCloud account.
UpCloud Instance Types and Plans
Note: All VPS prices reported at VPSBenchmarks are for one month without any further commitment and before promotions unless noted otherwise. The IPv4 charge is added to the VPS monthly price in case the provider doesn't include it by default.
| Plan | Number of CPU cores | RAM | Storage | Monthly Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family: Cloud Servers Instance Type: High CPU |
High CPU plans offer sets of resources ideal for higher computational needs while being price competitive.
Provider page for instance type:
https://upcloud.com/pricing?promo=S2P58R
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| High CPU 12GB | 8 | 12.0GB | 100GB | 130.00€ / month ($143.00 / month) |
| Family: Cloud Servers Instance Type: High Memory |
High Memory plans provide an increased amount of system memory for memory intensive workloads.
Provider page for instance type:
https://upcloud.com/pricing?promo=S2P58R
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| High Memory 8GB | 2 | 8.0GB | 100GB | 40.00€ / month ($44.00 / month) |
| Family: Cloud Servers Instance Type: General Purpose |
Cloud Servers offer on-demand available computer system resources without needing to directly manage the server hardware. General Purpose plans come with a balanced and cost-efficient set of resources suitable for most use cases.
Provider page for instance type:
https://upcloud.com/pricing?promo=S2P58R
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| 1GB 1core | 1 | 1.0GB | 25GB | 7.00€ / month ($7.70 / month) |
| 2GB 1core | 1 | 2.0GB | 50GB | 13.00€ / month ($14.30 / month) |
| 4GB 2 cores | 2 | 4.0GB | 80GB | 26.00€ / month ($28.60 / month) |
| 8GB 4 cores | 4 | 8.0GB | 160GB | 52.00€ / month ($57.20 / month) |
| 16GB 6 cores | 6 | 16.0GB | 320GB | 96.00€ / month ($105.60 / month) |
| Family: Cloud Servers Instance Type: Developer plans |
Developer plans are a great option for testing out new service ideas or hosting your DIY projects.
Provider page for instance type:
https://upcloud.com/pricing?promo=S2P58R
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| Developer 1GB 1core | 1 | 1.0GB | 20GB | 4.50€ / month ($4.95 / month) |
| Developer 4GB 2 cores | 2 | 4.0GB | 60GB | 18.00€ / month ($19.80 / month) |