UpCloud
Short answer
UpCloud sells VPS servers in 14 locations across 12 countries, starting at $3.50 a month for Starter 1xCPU-1GB (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM). It is number 9 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 3.0/5 by 168 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- tight budgets: the entry plan is $3.50 a month
- Windows workloads such as MetaTrader or RDP desktops
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
Look elsewhere if
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter 1xCPU-1GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB SSD | — | $3.50€3.00 | $3.50 |
| Starter 1xCPU-2GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 1 | 2 GB | 20 GB SSD | — | $7.00€6.00 | $3.50 |
| Starter 2xCPU-4GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 2 | 4 GB | 30 GB SSD | — | $14.00€12.00 | $3.50 |
| Starter 4xCPU-8GB | Starter (previous-gen AMD, standard SSD) | 4 | 8 GB | 40 GB SSD | — | $24.00€20.00 | $3.00 |
| Cloud Native 2xCPU-4GB | Cloud Native (diskless) | 2 | 4 GB | — | — | $18.00€15.00 | $4.50 |
| Premium 1xCPU-1GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | — | $6.00€5.00 | $6.00 |
| Premium 2xCPU-4GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | — | $26.00€26.00 | $6.50 |
| Premium 4xCPU-8GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | — | $54.00€52.00 | $6.75 |
| Premium 8xCPU-16GB | Premium (AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS storage) | 8 | 16 GB | 200 GB SSD | — | $164.00€148.00 | $10.25 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS Stream, Windows Server, Custom image. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: UpCloud Control Panel (Hub) with API, SDKs, CLI and Terraform provider.
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, VPN, proxies, Tor, torrents, IPTV, scraping. Read them before running anything in those categories.
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.
Uptime 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. Money-back. 30 days.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 77% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 49% of them.
- Its 14 locations put it #12 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 10 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 3.0 ranks #27.
Where UpCloud appears on this site
- VPS in San Jose#2 of 9
- VPS in Denmark#2 of 3
- VPS with hourly billing#3 of 15
- VPS in Poland#3 of 7
- VPS in Madrid#3 of 7
- VPS in Warsaw#3 of 7
- VPS in Norway#3 of 4
- VPS for learning Linux and DevOps#4 of 40
- VPS in Frankfurt#4 of 22
- VPS with a free trial or credit#4 of 12
- VPS in Chicago#4 of 11
- VPS in Spain#4 of 10
- VPS in Finland#4 of 6
- VPS in Helsinki#4 of 6
- 1 GB RAM plans#5 of 23
- VPS with GPU instances#5 of 11
Similar providers
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- Kamatera$4.00/mo, 21 locations
- Amazon Lightsail$5.00/mo, 19 locations
- Vultr$2.50/mo, 32 locations
- OVHcloud VPS$4.54/mo, 11 locations
- HOSTKEY$3.60/mo, 7 locations
Questions
Where are UpCloud's servers?
Europe: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Stavanger, Stockholm, Warsaw; North America: Chicago, New York, San Jose; Asia: Singapore; Oceania: Sydney.
What is UpCloud's cheapest plan?
Starter 1xCPU-1GB at $3.50 a month (Official list price EUR 3/mo (EU page) / USD 3.50/mo (global page), billed by the starting hour with a 28-day monthly cap; 250 Mbit/s; IPv4 included; limited to 5 concurrent deployments per customer; zero-cost egress within the Fair Transfer Policy share (figure not rendered), throttled to 100 Mbps beyond it.).
Can I pay UpCloud with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal, other.
Profile built from 20 pages on upcloud.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.