What's good about...
Salad
- 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries
- Consumer GPU range from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
- Rates well below datacenter GPU clouds
- Fully managed container engine, Kubernetes-compatible deployments
- Secure Cloud option for enterprise datacenter GPUs
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 Salad's prices compare against UpCloud?
VM Small
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Load Balancer
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Managed PostgreSQL
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Managed Redis®*
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Salad Pricing Details
Salad bills per hour for resources actually consumed, with no commitments. Instances are priced by component, combining the GPU rate with per-vCPU and per-GB memory rates, plus a priority level that trades cost against scheduling preference. Volume discounts are available for large deployments.
GPU Fleet Overview
Billing Options
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Available Models
Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.Salad offers 33 GPU models, while UpCloud offers 4.
RTX 4090Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Salad and UpCloud offer:
Company details
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| Website | salad.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | Finland |
| Founded | 2018 | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 15 |
| Example Customers | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for Salad was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for UpCloud on Aug. 22, 2026.