UpCloud
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- 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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | UpCloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $69.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $8.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
UpCloud offers 5 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 66. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | UpCloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
8 configs · 49 configs
|
$1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
B200
8 configs · 8 configs
|
$5.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs · 90 configs
|
$1.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
L40S
22 configs · 43 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
L4
22 configs · 9 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | 53% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
B300
6 configs
|
-- | $5.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
34 configs
|
-- | $1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
181 configs
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
86 configs
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
177 configs
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
UpCloud bills on-demand and spot; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | UpCloud | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | UpCloud | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Finland | USA |
| Locations | 15 | 10 |
| Example customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | upcloud.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for UpCloud was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 2, 2026.