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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

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
UpCloud UpCloud
$3.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
UpCloud UpCloud
$60.53 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
UpCloud UpCloud
$186.24 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
UpCloud UpCloud
$25.61 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
UpCloud UpCloud
$23.28 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
UpCloud UpCloud
$11.64 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
UpCloud UpCloud
$69.84 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
UpCloud UpCloud
$58.20 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
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
--

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

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
UpCloud UpCloud
$0.68/hr

Billing Options

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

Available Models

AWS offers 15 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 4.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(6) V100(6) L4(24) B300(1) T4(21)
View all 15 GPUs
UpCloud UpCloud
H100(4) L40S(11) B200(4) L4(11)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates 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
2012
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
UpCloud UpCloud
13
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
UpCloud UpCloud
Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

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Our data for AWS was last updated on June 7, 2026, and for UpCloud on May 19, 2026.

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NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now