About UpCloud
UpCloud
UpCloud is a Finnish cloud known for MaxIOPS storage on its main server line and a relatively small, well-connected region set (Nordics, Europe, US, Asia). Starter plans target cheap always-on boxes: 1 GB / 1 vCPU / 10 GB from $3.50/month, billed hourly with a 28-day monthly cap. Those Starter disks are standard SSD, not MaxIOPS — do not mix the two when you compare IOPS.
Higher tiers advertise fast storage and a fair / zero-cost egress policy (fair use). Deployment is typically under a minute. The company is smaller than DigitalOcean or Vultr, which some buyers like (fewer noisy neighbors in marketing terms) and some dislike (smaller marketplace).
Use UpCloud Starter for low-traffic EU services when $3.50 matters. Use MaxIOPS plans when disk latency is the bottleneck. Use Hetzner CX if you need 4 GB at a similar price and can live with EU Cloud regions only.
