UpCloud
vs
Verda
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
- Nvidia GPU range from A100 to GB300 NVL72
- On-demand, spot, and reserved pricing on the same hardware
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and C5 certified
- EU owned, with datacenters in Finland and Iceland
- Powered by 100% renewable energy
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | UpCloud | Verda | 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) | $21.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 10% cheaper on Verda |
| Large VM | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | $36.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | 61% cheaper on Verda |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | $20.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 20% cheaper on Verda |
| 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 | Free and unlimited |
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 Verda offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | UpCloud | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
8 configs · 35 configs
|
$1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $3.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 48% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
B200
8 configs · 49 configs
|
$5.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $6.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs · 35 configs
|
$1.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.02 /GPU/hr On-demand | 7% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L40S
22 configs · 28 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 24% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L4
22 configs
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | UpCloud only |
|
B300
42 configs
|
-- | $4.35 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
H200
28 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
A100
42 configs
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
GB300
21 configs
|
-- | $5.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
28 configs
|
-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
UpCloud bills on-demand and spot; Verda bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 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.
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 | Verda |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Finland | Finland |
| Locations | 15 | 3 |
| Example customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk | Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University |
| Website | upcloud.com | verda.com |
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Our data for UpCloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Verda on Oct. 2, 2026.