OVH
vs
UpCloud
What's good about each
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
- 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 | OVH | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | 35% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Medium VM | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 58% cheaper on OVH |
| Large VM | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | 70% cheaper on OVH |
| Block storage | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | 62% cheaper on OVH |
| Object storage | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 59% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | $69.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard) | 8% cheaper on OVH |
| Redis | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | $8.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 85% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Load balancer | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials) | Free on UpCloud |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney | 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
OVH offers 9 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OVH | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 8 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 37% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L40S
3 configs · 22 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L4
3 configs · 22 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 31% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
H200
1 config
|
$6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
$3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
$0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
A10
3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
RTX 5000
3 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
-- | $1.41 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
OVH bills on-demand; 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 | OVH | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only | -- |
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 | OVH | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | France | Finland |
| Locations | 19 | 15 |
| Example customers | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | www.ovhcloud.com | upcloud.com |
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Our data for OVH was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for UpCloud on Sept. 23, 2026.