How much does UpCloud cost in 2026?

UpCloud charges $5.00 per month for the entry plan, per UpCloud's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does UpCloud have a free tier?

No. UpCloud bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.

What does UpCloud charge for egress?

$0.010 per GB, after 1 TB included in the plan. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.

Are these UpCloud prices current?

They were checked against UpCloud's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

UpCloud pricing

A Finnish host selling on MaxIOPS block storage performance, with a transfer allowance per instance and pricing close to DigitalOcean's.

List prices checked May 2026

By UpCloud · Cloud compute & VPS

Rate card

What UpCloud charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$5.00/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Compute	$0.0074/vCPU-hr	On-demand, cheapest general-purpose region
Data transfer out	$0.010/GB	1 TB included, then metered

Source: UpCloud pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

UpCloud billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$5.40/mo

730 vCPU-hours at $0.0074/hour$5.40
100 GB used, 1 TB included, 0 GB billable at $0.01/GB$0

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$11/mo

1,460 vCPU-hours at $0.0074/hour$11
1 TB used, 1 TB included, 0 GB billable at $0.01/GB$0

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$95/mo

730 vCPU-hours at $0.0074/hour$5.40
10 TB used, 1 TB included, 9 TB billable at $0.01/GB$90

UpCloud vs the alternatives

The closest compute providers on price, with the difference on cloud compute & vps's headline axis.

Service	Per vCPU-hr	vs UpCloud	Compare
Linode (Akamai Cloud)	$0.0075	1× dearer	Head to head
Scaleway Instances	$0.0060	1.2× cheaper	Head to head
DigitalOcean Droplets	$0.0060	1.2× cheaper	Head to head
Hetzner Cloud	$0.0052	1.4× cheaper	Head to head
Oracle Cloud Compute	$0.010	1.4× dearer	Head to head
Vultr Cloud Compute	$0.0040	1.9× cheaper	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does UpCloud cost in 2026?: UpCloud charges $5.00 per month for the entry plan, per UpCloud's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does UpCloud have a free tier?: No. UpCloud bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.
What does UpCloud charge for egress?: $0.010 per GB, after 1 TB included in the plan. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these UpCloud prices current?: They were checked against UpCloud's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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