UpCloud
vs
Vultr
UpCloud and Vultr sell comparable cloud servers, managed databases and Kubernetes. UpCloud includes outbound traffic under a fair use policy, while Vultr bills traffic beyond each plan's allowance and also rents bare metal.
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | UpCloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 30% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Medium VM | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 40% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 43% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 2.5x more expensive on UpCloud |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 10% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $69.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 13% cheaper on Vultr |
| Redis | $8.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 47% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Load balancer | Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials) | $10.00 /mo | Free on UpCloud |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 4 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | UpCloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
8 configs · 1 config
|
$1.88 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 18% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
B200
8 configs · 1 config
|
$3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 18% cheaper on Vultr |
|
L40S
22 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 29% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L4
22 configs
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | UpCloud only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot | Vultr only |
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Vultr only |
UpCloud bills on-demand and spot; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | UpCloud | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Finland | USA |
| Locations | 15 | 33 |
| Example customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | upcloud.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for UpCloud was last updated on Sept. 15, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 16, 2026.