The Basics
Microsoft Azure
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UpCloud
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|---|---|---|
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2008 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 66 | 13 |
| Example Customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Microsoft Azure
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | azure.microsoft.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Data Center Locations | 66 |
| Example Customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
Cost Comparison
How do Microsoft Azure's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
Microsoft Azure
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $7.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B1s) | $7.61 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Medium | $137.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (A4v2) | $56.50 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | $288.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (A8v2) | $173.86 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | $9.60 / mo 128 GiB | $23.91 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $21.50 / mo 1 TB | $21.73 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | $23.25 / mo Standard | $10.87 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5) | $65.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1) | $54.33 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 500 GB - 24 TB / mo per instance |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $78.30 | $10.87 |
Note: These 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 of the managed services that Microsoft Azure and UpCloud offer:
| Service |
Microsoft Azure
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UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| Container Registry | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Serverless Functions | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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Our data for Microsoft Azure was last updated on Feb. 10, 2024, and for UpCloud on Feb. 7, 2024.