UpCloud VPS Plans Review
UpCloud in its own words
World's fastest cloud servers
Sign up for a free trial and experience faster-than-SSD cloud servers!
Our simple but powerful control panel and API lets you spend more time coding and less time managing your cloud infrastructure. Together with the community, we develop and maintain a large library of open source API-clients and tools.
UpCloud was founded in 2013.
It is headquartered in Finland.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Finland
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
- United States
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
UpCloud Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, UpCloud also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Teams | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each UpCloud VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67s | 30s | 140s | 13 |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage Prices page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.220 |
UpCloud storage is MaxIOPS, it offers the performance of multiple enterprise-grade SSDs for the price of one.
https://www.upcloud.com/pricing/ |
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| Backups | $0.050 |
UpCloud Simple Backups are automatically scheduled with 3 options: 7 daily backups, 4 weekly backups, 12 monthly backups. Prices respectively 20%, 40% or 60% of VPS price in addition to $0.05/GB/month.
https://upcloud.com/products/backup/ |
This provider offers the following promotion:
Sign up with the following link and receive a $25 credit into your UpCloud account.
Compare all UpCloud plans in the Screener
The Screener shows all UpCloud plans side by side with their grades in 5 categories.
UpCloud Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.upcloud.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $5.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 25 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 66
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2020 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for UpCloud - 1GB 1core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 1GB 1core plan
This plan was tested 5 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 1GB 1core plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 30 2020 | AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core Processor | C |
| Jan 22 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Apr 22 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Sep 02 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Apr 08 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.upcloud.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $10.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 50 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 2000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 65
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2020 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for UpCloud - 2GB 1core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 2GB 1core plan
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 2GB 1core plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| May 08 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6136 CPU @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Oct 23 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Jan 23 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Jun 22 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.upcloud.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $20.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 71
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for UpCloud - 4GB 2 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 4GB 2 cores plan
This plan was tested 5 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 4GB 2 cores plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 06 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz | B |
| Jul 20 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Dec 07 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz | B |
| May 23 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Sep 17 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.upcloud.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $40.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 160 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 5000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 66
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for UpCloud - 8GB 4 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 8GB 4 cores plan
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 8GB 4 cores plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6136 CPU @ 3.00GHz | C |
| Dec 03 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | B |
| Jun 10 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | B |
| Oct 31 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://upcloud.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $80.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 320 |
| Num Cores | 6 |
| Memory GB | 16.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 6000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 75
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for UpCloud - 16GB 6 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 16GB 6 cores plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 16GB 6 cores plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 12 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz | B |
| Sep 01 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6136 CPU @ 3.00GHz | A |
| Mar 09 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6136 CPU @ 3.00GHz | A |
Screeners
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Latest trials
All tests that were recently conducted at VpsBenchmarks:
| Start | Provider |
|---|---|
| Aug 14 2020 | BuyVM |
| Aug 11 2020 | VPS2DAY |
| Aug 09 2020 | Scaleway |
| Aug 07 2020 | Ramnode |
| Aug 06 2020 | Kamatera |
| Aug 04 2020 | Aruba Cloud |
| Aug 03 2020 | Togglebox |
| Aug 02 2020 | Vultr |
| Jul 30 2020 | UpCloud |
| Jul 29 2020 | MaxKVM |
| Jul 27 2020 | Genesis VMs |
| Jul 26 2020 | Amazon EC2 |