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UpCloud

Raw cloud infrastructure · CLI / unmanaged

UpCloud provides globally priced cloud servers with Starter and Premium plan families, hourly billing, SSD storage and included outbound transfer under its fair-transfer policy.

Plan-level pricingSee plansTerms and required extras vary
Raw cloud infrastructureHosting modelCLI / unmanagedManagementPlan-specificCheck the catalog belowNot benchmarkedReason documented below
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At a glance

What UpCloud offers

Research record: September 4, 2026

Best for developers wanting predictable global pricing and a choice between low-cost and higher-SLA production plans.

Starter SLA99.99%
IPv4Included
EgressZero costFair Transfer Policy
Deployment~45 secondsProvider-published
Independent benchmarkNot yet publishedNo controlled HostingHunt test
Provider feature research

Features arranged by category

Official provider claims

Compute & scaling

  • Multiple instance families and sizes
  • Usage-based or hourly billing
  • API and console provisioning
  • Scaling options for changing demand

Security

  • Private networking and identity controls
  • Disk/image security options
  • Customer configures workload-level security
  • Compliance and availability vary by region/service

Cloud operations

  • Images, disks and network resources are selected separately
  • Monitoring and automation integrations
  • Snapshots and backups are separate resources
  • Stopping compute may not stop every attached-resource charge

Pricing model

  • Region and instance family affect price
  • Operating system licenses may add cost
  • Outbound transfer and public IP charges may apply
  • Calculator or live configuration is required for comparison
Platform coverage

Infrastructure & supported workloads

Infrastructure options
Global cloud regionsStandard SSDMaxIOPS Premium storageStarter and Premium compute
Applications and use cases
DevelopmentWeb applicationsProduction cloud workloadsDatabases
Decision guide

Strengths and considerations

Why it may fit
  • Global plan pricing
  • IPv4 included
  • No separate egress line item
  • Premium 99.999% SLA option
Check before buying
  • Starter uses previous-generation AMD CPUs
  • 1 GB starter deployment limits apply
  • Backups cost extra
  • Premium plans are priced higher