What's good about...
The Cloud Minders
- Bare metal infrastructure and GPUs
- Offers the latest Nvidia GPUs (including H200 and B200)
- Tier 3+ data centers in 3 US locations
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 The Cloud Minders's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
The Cloud Minders
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $3.45 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | -- | $59.84 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | -- | $184.13 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | $10.00 / mo 1 TB | $25.32 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $23.02 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $11.51 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $69.05 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $57.54 / 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 |
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 The Cloud Minders and UpCloud offer:
| Service |
The Cloud Minders
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Container Registry | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
The Cloud Minders
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UpCloud
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|
|---|---|---|
| Website | thecloudminders.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2021 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 13 |
| Example Customers | -- | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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The Cloud Minders
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|
|---|---|
| Website | thecloudminders.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for The Cloud Minders was last updated on June 12, 2025, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.