What's good about...
Salad
- Wide range of affordable GPUs
- Deploy to thousands of instances worldwide
- Built-in object storage and managed databases
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
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Salad
UpCloud
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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UpCloud
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
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UpCloud
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Salad
UpCloud
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Salad
UpCloud
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Salad
UpCloud
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Salad
UpCloud
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Salad
UpCloud
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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UpCloud
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
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Billing Options
Salad
On-Demand
UpCloud
On-Demand
Available Models
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 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 13 |
| Example Customers | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Headquarters
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Data Center Locations
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Our data for Salad was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for UpCloud on May 19, 2026.