4.6/5
G2 rating
78 reviews
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Should I Use UpCloud?
European cloud infrastructure: VPS, GPU servers, managed Kubernetes, object storage
Depends
DependsBuy if you're a developer-led team wanting fast, fixed-price European cloud servers with zero-cost data transfer.
Fast, fixed-price EU cloud with free egress; benchmarks beat rivals, but Reddit reports multi-day support ordeals. Depends on support needs.
Confidence: Medium
$3.50/mo
Starting price
VPS entry tier
10,000+
Teams building on it
Per UpCloud's own claims
€18M
Funding
Growth round raised
Value for money
4
Free egress, fixed pricing, low entry price
Ease of use
4
Developer-friendly; strong Terraform/Packer support
Feature depth
4
VPS, GPU, managed Kubernetes, object storage
Support quality
3
Praised on G2; Reddit reports multi-day ordeals
Security posture
4
Bug bounty, public CVE responses, published policies
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- highSupport incidents have reportedly dragged on for days³
- mediumObject Storage and GPU usage bill separately despite flat-price messaging
- mediumTerms of service reserve the right to change special pricing
Best for
- European dev teams needing fast VPS
- IOPS-sensitive production workloads
- Infrastructure-as-code users (Terraform/Packer)
- Egress-heavy apps avoiding transfer fees
Not for
- Non-technical founders needing managed hand-holding
- Teams who can't tolerate multi-day support waits
- Buyers wanting AWS-scale service ecosystem
- Anyone for whom Hetzner's cheaper pricing suffices
Companies that use it
- Aiven
- Futurice
Pricing
Cloud Servers (VPS)
From $3.50/mo
- Fixed prices, zero-cost data transfer
- 99.99% SLA
- Usage-based GPU billing available
Security
Runs an Intigriti bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure program; publishes CVE responses; no major breach found in sources reviewed.
- 'Copy Fail' local root vulnerability exploitUpCloud publicly responded to and addressed the reported local root exploit.⁹
- DNSSEC failure claimA third-party LinkedIn post claims a DNSSEC failure exposed security weaknesses; unverified.
What users say
G2 reviewers praise performance and competent support while Reddit sysadmins share multi-day incident-resolution horror stories.
“My 4 day ordeal with Upcloud.”
“I do not recommend UpCloud to anyone”
“Upcloud are OK, Hetzner are better”
Alternatives
Compare UpCloud with each alternative.
Hetzner
Cheaper EU rival many users rate better
UpCloud vs HetznerDigitalOcean
Simpler developer cloud with bigger community
Vultr
Similar VPS pricing with more locations
UpCloud vs VultrScaleway
French alternative with broader managed services
UpCloud vs ScalewayFull analysis
Based on 20+ public sources: G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, Hacker News, benchmarks, official pricing and security pages. Some review snippets were truncated.
Sources
- UpCloud Reviews - G2g2.comreview
- UpCloud Reviews - Trustpilottrustpilot.comreview
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- Stay clear of UpCloud - r/sysadminreddit.comreview
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- UpCloud Pricingupcloud.comofficial
- UpCloud VPS Hostingupcloud.comofficial
- UpCloud secures €18 million fundingupcloud.comnews
- UpCloud 'Copy Fail' vulnerability responseupcloud.comsecurity
- UpCloud VDP - Bug Bounty Programapp.intigriti.comsecurity
- UpCloud Review: VPS Performance and Pricingghostlyinc.comreview
- European Cloud, Global Reach - Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comreview
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