RunPod vs UpCloud

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

RunPod

Affordable GPUs in various configurations
Packed with features: hot-reloading, managed containers, logging & monitoring
Available in 30+ regions across the world

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 RunPod's prices compare against UpCloud?

Example configuration	RunPod	UpCloud
VM Small	$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)	$3.06 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium	$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)	$53.03 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)
VM Large	$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)	$163.17 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU)
Block Storage	$10.00 / mo 100 GB	$22.44 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	--	$20.40 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	--	$10.20 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$61.19 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	--	$50.99 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free and unlimited	Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth

RunPod offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
A30	1x A30	24GB	8	31GB	$0.22	Source
RTX A4000	1x A4000	16GB	4	20GB	$0.32	Source
A4500	1x A4500	20GB	4	29GB	$0.34	Source
A5000	1x A5000	24GB	4	24GB	$0.36	Source
A40	1x A40	48GB	9	50GB	$0.39	Source
RTX4090	1x RTX 4090	24GB	5	30GB	$0.69	Source
A6000	1x A6000	48GB	8	62GB	$0.76	Source
A6000 Ada	1x A6000	48GB	14	58GB	$0.88	Source
L40	1x L40S	48GB	16	250GB	$0.99	Source
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	12	62GB	$1.03	Source
A100 PCIe	1x A100	80GB	8	117GB	$1.64	Source
A100 SXM	1x A100	80GB	16	125GB	$1.89	Source
MI250	1x MI250	128GB	--	--	$2.10	Source
H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	24	188GB	$2.69	Source
H100 SXM	1x H100	80GB	16	125GB	$2.99	Source
MI300X	1x MI300X	192GB	24	283GB	$2.99	Source
H200 SXM	1x H200	141GB	--	--	$3.99	Source

Note: Our 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 managed services that RunPod and UpCloud offer:

Service	RunPod	UpCloud
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers		--
Load Balancer	--
Managed Containers		--
Managed Kubernetes	--
Managed MySQL	--
Managed PostgreSQL	--
Managed Redis®*	--
Object Storage	--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	RunPod	UpCloud
Website	www.runpod.io	upcloud.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	Finland 🇫🇮
Founded	2022	2012
Data Center Locations	24	13
Example Customers	AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu	Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

	RunPod
Website	www.runpod.io
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2022
Data Center Locations	24
Example Customers	AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu