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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    UpCloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AUpCloud is a global cloud hosting company offering cloud servers on an hourly billed infrastructure-as-a-service. Their IaaS services include MaxIOPS block storage, their Simple backup service, SDN services, and resource isolation.

    $0.09

    per month per GB

    Vultr

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AVultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.

    $2.50

    per month

    Pricing
    UpCloudVultr
    Editions & Modules
    Private Cloud Storage
    €0.085
    per month per GB
    Block Storage - Standard
    €0.085
    per month
    Block Storage - MaxIOPS
    €0.220
    per month
    SDN Private Networks - Floating IP address
    €3.15
    per month
    Private Cloud Hosts -Standard Nodes
    €2,499
    per month
    Cloud Servers - General Purpose
    Starting from €7
    per month
    GPU Servers
    Starting from €1.111
    per hour
    Cloud Servers - High CPU
    Starting from €130
    per month
    Cloud Servers - Developer
    Starting from €3
    per month
    Cloud Servers - High Memory
    Starting from €40
    per month
    Cloud Servers - Cloud Native
    Starting from €12
    per month
    Relational Databases - 1 Node
    Starting from €30
    per month
    Managed Object Storage
    starting from €5
    per month 250GB
    Block Storage
    $1
    per month
    Cloud Compute
    $2.50
    per month
    Object Storage
    $5
    per month
    Kubernetes Engine
    $10
    per month
    Load Balancers
    $10
    per month
    Managed Databases
    $15
    per month
    Optimized Cloud Compute
    $28
    per month
    Cloud GPU
    $90
    per month
    Bare Metal
    $120
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    UpCloudVultr
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsExact prices depend on memory and CPU demands.Pricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    UpCloudVultr
    Considered Both Products
    UpCloud
    No answer on this topic
    Vultr
    Chose Vultr
    The performance beats UpCloud. The only thing I really liked about UpCloud better was the backup offerings. They had more flexible backup plans, but I love the every other night plan on Vultr as well.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    58 Answers
    Features
    UpCloudVultr
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of UpCloud and Vultr
    Feature
    UpCloud
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Vultr
    2.8
    15 Ratings
    97% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.11 Ratings2.914 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling7.31 Ratings2.512 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing4.51 Ratings2.711 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates2.71 Ratings2.813 Ratings
    Monitoring tools6.41 Ratings2.013 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images4.51 Ratings2.714 Ratings
    Operating system support8.21 Ratings3.015 Ratings
    Security controls5.51 Ratings4.513 Ratings
    Automation5.51 Ratings2.212 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    UpCloudVultr
    Small Businesses
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.7 out of 10
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    UpCloudVultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    2.6
    (18 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    UpCloudVultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    UpCloud
    If you're looking for a cost-effective solution then this is a good choice, be sure to keep on top of your balance! The 100% uptime is also a nice addition, although not unique in a cloud hosting service.
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    I've been with Vultr over 5 years hosting multiple businesses and email related services. I never experienced a significant outage or data loss. Migration has always been successful as well. Support is top tier and IP reputation is clean. I like the choices of OS, ease of platform use and multiple hosting/ region options.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    UpCloud
    • Pricing
    • Ease of use - super easy to manage existing servers and deploy new ones
    • Great customer service
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vultr
    • Good performance from servers close to me and my customers
    • Ease of spinning up new servers
    • Great service levels of servers I spin up
    • Notifications of issues or downtime come through quickly, allowing me to handle client queries with knowledge in hand.
    Read full review
    Cons
    UpCloud
    • The billing reports are quite hard to read, could be simplified
    • A control panel function would be useful
    • The re-billing process could be better, not so cut throat if you miss a payment!
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • The response times for support tickets is too high and a quicker response time would be appreciated
    • Availability of the VPS solution in Middle east and Africa would help
    • Abilito to connect SIP trunks would make it more easy to run active communictaion platforms on Vultr
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    UpCloud
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    We’ve been extremely satisfied with the service for many years. After trying other providers, we’ve found nothing that matches the reliability and performance—so we’re not likely to switch anytime soon.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    UpCloud
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    UpCloud
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Because of the 24 hour turnaround timing with servers I need immediate reply
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    UpCloud
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Nothing in particular to share that I did not already discuss
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    UpCloud
    We trialed UpCloud to see if it would be better than DigitalOcean but for our needs, it was not. On DigitalOcean once a droplet is created, almost no thought needs to go into maintenance, outages, or other reliability-based issues.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vultr
    Linode is a more old-school offering. Linode pricing model and infrastructure rely on classic Virtual Machines. What we like about Vultr is that they offer the same at the front, but in the back, the machines are much more flexible and can be tailor-made to our needs, which of course also impacts the costs of running the infrastructure.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    UpCloud
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Pricing is fair and did not increase
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    UpCloud
    • The low cost means you don't really need to worry about pricing
    • To us as a business it was not as useful as DigitalOcean
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • We have experienced a 200% return on using Vultr products with a 100% Customer Satisfaction rating.
    • Vultr gives us the regions to deploy where our small business customers are located.
    • Vultr has helped us scale up our company and our cloud solutions.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    UpCloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of UpCloud cloud serversScreenshot of UpCloud backup, with SnapShooterScreenshot of UpCloud server, with RunCloud

    Vultr Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.