CoreWeave
vs
UpCloud
What's good about each
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
- 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 | CoreWeave | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | 72% cheaper on CoreWeave |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 67% 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 | Free and unlimited | 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
CoreWeave offers 11 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 8 configs
|
$6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 69% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
B200
2 configs · 8 configs
|
$8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 40% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 8 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L40S
2 configs · 22 configs
|
$2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
B300
1 config
|
$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.62 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
$1.21 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
$10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
L4
22 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; 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 | CoreWeave | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | Finland |
| Locations | 55 | 15 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | coreweave.com | upcloud.com |
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for UpCloud on Oct. 1, 2026.