What's good about...
Thunder Compute
- Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
- Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.
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 Thunder Compute's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
Thunder Compute
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $3.51 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | -- | $60.86 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | -- | $187.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB | $25.75 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $23.41 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $11.70 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $70.22 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $58.52 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
Thunder Compute GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.27 | Source |
| A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.57 | Source |
| A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.78 | Source |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $1.47 | 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 Thunder Compute and UpCloud offer:
| Service |
Thunder Compute
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Thunder Compute
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | thundercompute.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2024 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 13 |
| Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
|
Thunder Compute
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
|
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 Thunder Compute was last updated on June 12, 2025, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.