What's good about...

Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle

  • Simple, competitive pricing at $1.99/GPU/h
  • Self-serve platform with bare metal access
  • SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant
  • Hosted in a Tier 5 facility 100% powered by renewable energy

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 Hot Aisle's prices compare against UpCloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$3.44 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$59.57 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$183.30 / 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.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$25.20 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$22.91 / 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.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$11.46 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$68.74 / 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.
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
$57.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth

Hot Aisle logo Hot Aisle Pricing Details

Hot Aisle offers three tiers: Small (1x MI300X), Medium (2-4x MI300X), and Large (8x MI300X bare metal). All plans are priced at $1.99/GPU/hr, billed by the minute with no contracts.

CPU cores scale with GPU count:

  • Small (1x): 8 or 13 cores
  • Medium (2x): 26 cores
  • Medium (4x): 52 cores
  • Large (8x): 64 or 102 cores

The full specs are available here.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
$1.99/hr
UpCloud UpCloud
$0.66/hr

Billing Options

Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
On-DemandCustomReserved (1mo)
UpCloud UpCloud
On-Demand

Available Models

Hot Aisle offers 2 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 4.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & 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 & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
hotaisle.xyz
UpCloud UpCloud
upcloud.com
Headquarters
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
United States of America
UpCloud UpCloud
Finland
Founded
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
2023
UpCloud UpCloud
2012
Data Center Locations
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
1
UpCloud UpCloud
13
Example Customers
Hot Aisle Hot Aisle
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UpCloud UpCloud
Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

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Our data for Hot Aisle was last updated on March 26, 2026, and for UpCloud on May 19, 2026.