UpCloud vs CloudCone
A detailed comparison to help you choose between UpCloud and CloudCone.
Quick Verdict
4.2/5
UpCloud
0 reviews
3.8/5
CloudCone
0 reviews
UpCloud is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.8). Finnish cloud provider with fast MaxIOPS storage and 15 data centers. Starter cloud servers from EUR 3/month, with free outbound traffic. Los Angeles-based VPS provider with hourly billing and frequent low-cost flash sales. Standard cloud VPS plans start around $5.20/month for 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM.
UpCloud MaxIOPS storage tops disk benchmarks consistently | CloudCone LA-based VPS with flash sales and low prices | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.8 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $3/mo✓ | From $5.2/mo |
| Best for | Database-heavy European production workloads where disk I/O and a five-nines SLA matter more than raw compute price | Budget-conscious developers and hobbyists on the US West Coast or in Asia-Pacific who want hourly-billed KVM capacity, an API, and honest renewal pricing |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB | 20 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | 3 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | 99.999% | 100%✓ |
| Data-center count | 15✓ | 2 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €3.00✓ | €5.20 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €3.00✓ | €5.20 |
| 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 | — | Los Angeles, California, US (MultaCom) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacenterus datacenterapac datacentergdpr compliantapi accessprivate networking | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotss3 compatibleus datacenter |
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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
CloudCone
Pros
- + Aggressive, honest pricing: SC2 from $5.20/mo hourly, annual VPS from $20/yr, flash sales from $10.24/yr with lifetime price locks
- + Full platform features at budget prices: KVM, API, custom ISO, private networking, cloud firewall, noVNC, hot migration
- + Strong network position in Multacom LA — dense peering including China Telecom, excellent trans-Pacific latency
- + Every plan ships 1x IPv4 and 3x IPv6; on-demand DDoS mitigation included (Voxility capacity at the facility)
- + Hourly billing across multiple terms (hourly to biennial) with PayPal, cards, and Alipay accepted
Cons
- - Los Angeles only — no deployment for European users or East Coast US (60-75 ms), no geographic redundancy
- - Ticket-only support with 4-14 hour response times in independent testing; documentation is thin
- - Raw performance is below market average (~3,200 CPU score, ~750 Mbps network in independent measurements)
- - Backups (30% of monthly fee) and snapshots ($0.07/GB/mo) are paid add-ons despite the 'backups included' impression
- - Flash-sale stock is limited and promo terms should be verified deal-by-deal
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