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 |
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VM Small | -- | $3.42 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
VM Medium | -- | $59.34 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
VM Large | -- | $182.58 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
Block Storage | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB | $25.10 / mo 100 GB |
Object Storage | -- | $22.82 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | -- | $11.41 / mo |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $68.47 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | -- | $57.06 / 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 | |
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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:
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Block Storage | ||
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
Managed MySQL | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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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 |
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Website | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 1 |
Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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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 7, 2025, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.