Atlas Cloud
vs
UpCloud
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, ISO 27001 certified
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $77.19 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | 95% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Medium VM | $148.44 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 84% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $296.88 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | 69% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Block storage | $11.55 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | 54% cheaper on Atlas Cloud |
| Object storage | $101.34 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 80% cheaper on UpCloud |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $69.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $8.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials) | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
UpCloud offers 5 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Atlas Cloud. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Atlas Cloud | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
8 configs
|
-- | $1.88 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
-- | $1.41 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
|
L40S
22 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
|
L4
22 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
UpCloud bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Atlas Cloud | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | Finland |
| Locations | 1 | 15 |
| Example customers | -- | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | upcloud.com |
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for UpCloud on Oct. 2, 2026.