Host profile · since 2011
UpCloud VPS: prices, locations and ping
UpCloud as a metro line
Every data-center city, west to east. Each station is a place you can deploy.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | USD / mo | $ / GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter 1xCPU-1GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB | — | $3.50 | $3.50 |
| Starter 1xCPU-2GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 1 | 2 GB | 20 GB | — | $7 | $3.50 |
| Starter 2xCPU-4GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 2 | 4 GB | 30 GB | — | $14 | $3.50 |
| Starter 4xCPU-8GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 4 | 8 GB | 40 GB | — | $24 | $3 |
| Cloud Native 2xCPU-4GB | Cloud Native (diskless) | 2 | 4 GB | — | — | $18 | $4.50 |
| Premium 1xCPU-1GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | — | $6 | $6 |
| Premium 2xCPU-4GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | — | $26 | $6.50 |
| Premium 4xCPU-8GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB | — | $54 | $6.75 |
| Premium 8xCPU-16GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 8 | 16 GB | 200 GB | — | $164 | $10.25 |
List prices converted to USD per month. Current pricing page ↗
Estimated ping from big markets
What’s included
- NVMe disks
- DDoS filtering
- Snapshots
- IPv6
- API
- Private networking
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Unmetered traffic
- Windows images
- Backups (extra cost)
KVM · panel: UpCloud Control Panel (Hub) with API, SDKs, CLI and Terraform provider
Support, terms, payment
Pay with: card, paypal, other.
Support: 24/7/365 live chat in the control panel plus email; tiered response targets (Essentials: incident < 2 h / request < 4 h; Advanced: < 30 min / < 1 h; Enterprise: < 5 min / < 10 min); no phone support listed..
SLA: 99.99% (Starter) / 99.999% (Premium, Cloud Native); SLA compensation is 50x the service fee for unscheduled interruptions over 5 minutes, capped at 30 days of fees per incident. Refund window: 30 days.
Based in: Helsinki, FI.
Strengths
- 15 zones in 12 countries (10 in Europe incl. Helsinki x2, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Stavanger, Madrid, Warsaw) at one global list price in EUR or USD
- Hourly billing capped at 28 days/month, zero-cost egress under the Fair Transfer Policy, 99.999% SLA with 50x fee compensation on Premium and Cloud Native
- Windows Server templates, 30-day money-back on the first payment and a card-verified free trial
Trade-offs
- Starter plans are limited to 250-500 Mbit/s and previous-gen CPUs, and all plans throttle to 100 Mbps once the undisclosed fair-transfer share is exceeded
- No free backups: Simple Backup adds 10-60% to the server price; Windows licence surcharge is not published on the pricing page
- Card/PayPal/Apple-Google Pay only (no SEPA, wire or crypto), and Trustpilot score is 3.0/5 from 168 reviews
Moving to or from UpCloud
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Questions people ask
How much does UpCloud cost?
Its cheapest priced plan is $3.50 a month (Starter 1xCPU-1GB). The median across its plans works out to $4.50 per GB of RAM. Check the provider’s page for current promotions.
Where are UpCloud’s servers?
Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Stavanger, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Madrid, Warsaw, New York, Chicago, San Jose and 2 more — 12 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Oceania.
Does UpCloud accept crypto or PayPal?
Listed payment methods: card, paypal, other.