Oblivus
vs
UpCloud
What's good about each
- Unmetered bandwidth, up to 100 Gb/s per node
- Reservation terms of 1-36 months
- ISO 27001, SOC 1/2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant datacenters
- 3x replicated NVMe network storage
- Datacenters in Canada, Norway and the United States
- 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 | Oblivus | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | |
| Medium VM | $83.52 /mo 4 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x4) | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 71% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $167.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x8) | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | 45% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Block storage | $11.09 /mo 100 GB | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | 56% cheaper on Oblivus |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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
Oblivus offers 9 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Oblivus | UpCloud | Difference |
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$3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 46% cheaper on UpCloud |
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$8.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $5.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 38% cheaper on UpCloud |
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$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on UpCloud |
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$4.47 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Oblivus only |
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$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Oblivus only |
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$0.95 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Oblivus only |
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$0.44 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Oblivus only |
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$0.38 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Oblivus only |
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-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
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-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
Oblivus bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 or 36 months); 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 | Oblivus | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, data centers only | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Data centers only | -- |
| GDPR | -- | 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 | Oblivus | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | Finland |
| Locations | 3 | 15 |
| Example customers | Stanford University, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University, University of Sydney, Bittensor, Akash, Prime Intellect, Shadeform, Strong Compute, RunComfy, VNG | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | oblivus.com | upcloud.com |
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Our data for Oblivus was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for UpCloud on Oct. 2, 2026.