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AWS vs UpCloud

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

UpCloud logo UpCloud

  • 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

How do AWS's prices compare against UpCloud?

VM Small

Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
UpCloud UpCloud
$3.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter)

VM Medium

Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
UpCloud UpCloud
$24.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter)

VM Large

Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
UpCloud UpCloud
$92.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native)

Block Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
UpCloud UpCloud
$25.00 / mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS)

Object Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
UpCloud UpCloud
$20.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
UpCloud UpCloud
Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials)

Managed PostgreSQL

Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
UpCloud UpCloud
$69.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard)

Managed Redis®*

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
UpCloud UpCloud
$8.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey)

Serverless 25M Executions

Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
UpCloud UpCloud
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
UpCloud UpCloud
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
UpCloud UpCloud
Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Amazon Web Services AWS
UpCloud UpCloud
H100 $6.88 $1.89 B200 $14.24 $5.20 L40S $1.86 $1.19 L4 $1.35 $0.69

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
UpCloud UpCloud
On-DemandSpot

Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 4.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) RTX PRO 6000(6) L40S(24) B200(1) B300(1) V100(6) L4(30) T4(21)
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UpCloud UpCloud
H100(8) L40S(22) B200(8) L4(22)

Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and UpCloud offer:

Service AWS UpCloud
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
UpCloud UpCloud
upcloud.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
UpCloud UpCloud
Finland
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
UpCloud UpCloud
2011
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
UpCloud UpCloud
15
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
UpCloud UpCloud
Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Aug. 26, 2026, and for UpCloud on Aug. 26, 2026.