What's good about...
CUDO Compute
- Offers Bare Metal as a Service, and self-serve clusters
- Fully managed service stack including hosted SLURM and Kubernetes
- UK NVIDIA Cloud Partners, with thousands of GPUs globally
- S3-compatible object storage
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 CUDO Compute's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
CUDO Compute
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $7.96 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $3.52 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | $32.65 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | $60.94 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | $54.86 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | $187.52 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | $8.77 / mo 100 GB | $25.78 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $10.00 / mo 1 TB, currently no extra charges for bandwidth | $23.44 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $11.72 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $70.32 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $58.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
CUDO Compute GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX A5000 | 1x A5000 | 24GB | 16 | -- | $0.29 | Source |
| V100 | 1x V100 | 16GB | 14 | -- | $0.39 | Source |
| A40 | 1x A40 | 48GB | 18 | -- | $0.39 | Source |
| RTX A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 16 | -- | $0.45 | Source |
| A800 PCIe | 1x A800 | 80GB | 12 | -- | $0.80 | Source |
| L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | 22 | -- | $0.87 | Source |
| A100 PCIe | 1x A100 | 80GB | 16 | -- | $1.35 | Source |
| H100 SXM | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | -- | $2.25 | Source |
| H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 94GB | 24 | -- | $2.47 | Source |
| GB200 NVL72 | 1x GB200 NVL72 | 1350GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
| RTX A4000 SFF Ada | 1x A4000 | 20GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
| B100 | 1x B100 | 192GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
| MI250 | 1x MI250 | 128GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
| MI300 | 1x MI300X | 192GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
| H200 | 1x H200 | 141GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
| RTX A4000 | 1x A4000 | 16GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
| HGX B200 | 1x B200 | 1400GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that CUDO Compute and UpCloud offer:
| Service |
CUDO Compute
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
|
CUDO Compute
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | www.cudocompute.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2017 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 15 | 13 |
| Example Customers | Blendergrid, Nuco.cloud, dstack, MetaHub | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
|
CUDO Compute
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.cudocompute.com |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | 15 |
| Example Customers | Blendergrid, Nuco.cloud, dstack, MetaHub |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for CUDO Compute was last updated on June 25, 2025, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.