Cloudzy
vs
UpCloud
What's good about each
- 10+ regions across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia
- Monthly transfer allowance of 1-16 TB
- 40 Gb/s uplinks and NVMe storage on every plan
- GPU plans use full card passthrough, not vGPU or MIG slices
- 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 | Cloudzy | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | 50% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Medium VM | $52.95 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB NVMe | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 55% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $99.95 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 350 GB NVMe | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | 8% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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 | 1-16 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited 1-16 TB per instance | 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
Cloudzy offers 4 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudzy | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$1.93 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
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$1.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
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$1.53 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
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$1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
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-- | $1.88 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
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-- | $3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
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-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
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-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
Cloudzy bills on-demand and reserved (1 months); 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 | Cloudzy | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | UAE | Finland |
| Locations | 13 | 15 |
| Example customers | University of Toronto, University of Washington, University of Calgary, University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | cloudzy.com | upcloud.com |
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Our data for Cloudzy was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for UpCloud on Sept. 24, 2026.