Compute & scaling
- Multiple instance families and sizes
- Usage-based or hourly billing
- API and console provisioning
- Scaling options for changing demand
Official-source provider dossier
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.
Raw cloud infrastructureHosting modelCLI / unmanagedManagementFrom $3.50Published entry priceNot benchmarkedReason documented below
Plans & pricing
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CPU1 core
RAM1 GB
Storage10 GB
Bandwidth250 Mbps
Displayed monthly rate$3.50/mo
Billing basisHourly, capped at 28 days
Estimated 12 months$42.00/yr
Official pricing note
$3.50/month is the global Starter price for 1 GB RAM, 1 CPU and 10 GB storage. Starter plans are billed by the starting hour up to 28 days/month; taxes are excluded and fair-transfer terms apply.
At a glance
What UpCloud offers
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
Included capabilities
Features arranged by category
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
Applications and use cases
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