Time4VPS vs UpCloud
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Time4VPS and UpCloud.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
Time4VPS
0 reviews
4.2/5
UpCloud
0 reviews
UpCloud is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.5). Lithuanian hosting provider offering some of the cheapest EU VPS, from €2.22/month. SSD and NVMe plans, Linux and Windows, located in Vilnius. Popular for budget EU VPS where GDPR compliance matters. Finnish cloud provider with fast MaxIOPS storage and 15 data centers. Starter cloud servers from EUR 3/month, with free outbound traffic.
Time4VPS Lithuanian budget VPS in the EU from €2.22/month | UpCloud MaxIOPS storage tops disk benchmarks consistently | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.22/mo✓ | From $3/mo |
| Best for | European developers and small production workloads where monthly cost and EU jurisdiction dominate the decision — and who are comfortable running their own backups. | Database-heavy European production workloads where disk I/O and a five-nines SLA matter more than raw compute price |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | 1 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.95% | 99.999%✓ |
| Data-center count | 1 | 15✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.22✓ | €3.00 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.22✓ | €3.00 |
| Performance | ||
| CPU score (sysbench) | — | 4,600 |
| Disk read (fio) | — | 2,800 MB/s |
| Disk IOPS (4K random) | — | 62,000 |
| Network out | — | 1 Gbps |
| Latency (TTFB) | — | 22 ms |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Vilnius, Lithuania | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6backups includedeu datacentergdpr compliant | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacenterus datacenterapac datacentergdpr compliantapi accessprivate networking |
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Time4VPS
Pros
- + Among the cheapest real KVM VPS in the EU: entry Linux plans from €2.99/month, Storage VPS from €2.22/month
- + EU jurisdiction with a Tier III-level Vilnius datacenter, 100 Gbps capacity and five transit providers
- + Full Windows VPS product line, KVM virtualization, custom ISO upload and native IPv6 included
- + Resource upgrades without restart or OS reinstall; 30-day money-back guarantee
- + Managed Linux VPS line available (from €27.99/month) for teams that want hands-off operations
Cons
- - Single datacenter in Vilnius — no location choice, weaker latency outside Europe
- - Headline discounts require 1-2 year terms; renewals jump up to 2.7× on large plans
- - No backups included on any plan — paid add-on with overwrite-style retention and restore fees
- - Support is ticket/knowledge-base only; no free migration service
- - 100 Mbps ports on catalog plans limit sustained throughput despite large bandwidth allowances
UpCloud
Pros
- + Best disk performance in our benchmark set: 62,000 IOPS / 2,800 MB/s on a Helsinki Simple 2-2GB (2026-04-01)
- + 99.999% uptime SLA with 50x credit payback on Premium and managed products
- + Legible pricing: hourly billing capped at 28 days, zero-cost transfer, identical prices in all 15 DCs
- + Broad platform: managed databases, Kubernetes, S3-compatible object storage, GPU and Private Cloud options
- + European-first footprint (2x Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Frankfurt and more) with 24/7 in-house support
Cons
- - CPU value lags the budget clouds — our test showed 4,600 CPU score against Hetzner's 9,400 at lower cost
- - Backups are a paid add-on (10-40% of server price) and extra MaxIOPS disk costs €0.22/GB/mo
- - Plan-line reorganization (Simple to Starter/Premium/Cloud Native) plus announced price changes create continuity risk
- - Starter tier caps (5 deployments, 250 Mbit/s port, previous-gen CPUs) despite carrying an SLA
- - APAC coverage is Singapore and Sydney only; GPU and Private Cloud lines are too new for long-run track records
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