Hyperstack
vs
UpCloud
What's good about each
- No egress or ingress fees
- SR-IOV networking up to 350 Gb/s in Canada and the US
- Free Kubernetes master and load balancer nodes
- GB200 and GB300 NVL72 clusters on reservation
- SOC 2 Type 2 audited
- 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 | Hyperstack | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | |
| Medium VM | $252.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (n1-cpu-small) | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 90% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $468.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (n1-cpu-medium) | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | 80% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Block storage | $6.97 /mo 100 GB SSD | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | 72% cheaper on Hyperstack |
| Object storage | $13.97 /mo 1 TB | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 30% cheaper on Hyperstack |
| 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
Hyperstack offers 9 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hyperstack | UpCloud | Difference |
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$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 24% cheaper on UpCloud |
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$6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $5.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 13% cheaper on UpCloud |
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$1.85 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
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$7.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Hyperstack only |
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$2.79 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | Hyperstack only |
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$0.95 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | Hyperstack only |
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$0.35 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | Hyperstack only |
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$0.70 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | Hyperstack only |
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-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
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-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
Hyperstack bills on-demand, spot and reserved; 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.
| Framework | Hyperstack | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, NexGen Cloud (operator) | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
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 | Hyperstack | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | UK | Finland |
| Locations | 3 | 15 |
| Example customers | -- | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | www.hyperstack.cloud | upcloud.com |
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Our data for Hyperstack was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for UpCloud on Oct. 1, 2026.