UpCloud
vs
Vercel
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
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | UpCloud | Vercel | 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 | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | 45% cheaper on UpCloud |
| 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 | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) |
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. We track no GPU listings from Vercel. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | UpCloud | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
8 configs
|
$1.88 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | UpCloud only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
$3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | UpCloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
$1.41 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | UpCloud only |
|
L40S
22 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | UpCloud only |
|
L4
22 configs
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | UpCloud only |
UpCloud bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | 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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Finland | USA |
| Locations | 15 | 20 |
| Example customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | upcloud.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for UpCloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 18, 2026.