UpCloud vs Hostinger VPS
A detailed comparison to help you choose between UpCloud and Hostinger VPS.
Quick Verdict
4.2/5
UpCloud
0 reviews
3.6/5
Hostinger VPS
0 reviews
UpCloud is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.6). Finnish cloud provider with fast MaxIOPS storage and 15 data centers. Starter cloud servers from EUR 3/month, with free outbound traffic. Hostinger offers KVM VPS with NVMe SSD across 7 global locations. Strong price-to-performance on entry plans. AI server assistant helps manage configuration. Very popular with beginners and small businesses.
UpCloud MaxIOPS storage tops disk benchmarks consistently | Hostinger VPS Affordable VPS from the world's fastest-growing host | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.6 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $3/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | Database-heavy European production workloads where disk I/O and a five-nines SLA matter more than raw compute price | Beginners, small businesses, and developers wanting hPanel-managed ergonomics on a root-access KVM VPS at budget pricing |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB | 4 GB✓ |
| Storage | 10 GB | 50 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | 4 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | 99.999%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 15✓ | 9 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €3.00✓ | €6.49 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €3.00 | €1.62✓ |
| 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 | ||
| Tags | ||
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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
Hostinger VPS
Pros
- + Strong intro value: 4GB RAM / 50GB NVMe / 4TB at $6.49/mo on a 24-month term
- + Weekly backups, DDoS filtering, IPv6, dedicated IP, and a public API included
- + hPanel plus AI web terminal lowers the floor for beginners while keeping full root access
- + Modern baseline hardware: KVM isolation, AMD EPYC, NVMe, 1 Gbps ports
- + 9–10 VPS regions on four continents, with renewal rates printed next to intro prices
Cons
- - Renewals 84–123% above intro; the 24-month prepay is the only way to get the advertised rate
- - Documented throttles: 10 Mbps after the transfer cap, CPU cut 25%/hour after sustained load
- - Unmanaged — support covers panel and platform issues, not your stack
- - VPS location is fixed at setup; moving means reinstalling in another data center
- - No hourly billing, no free tier, no GPU or bare-metal options in this line
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