What's good about...

Thunder Compute logo 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.

Thunder Compute logo 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 -- $3.42 / 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
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
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 7, 2025, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.