UpCloud

Finnish cloud infrastructure provider selling virtual machines, block storage and private networking, driven by a public API.

upcloud.com 6statusdocs

Finnish VMs and storage, hourly metered.

Classification

Categories: Virtual Private Servers, GPU cloud
Operating system: Self-managed

Tech stack

Runtimes: Anything
Shell: Root shell
GPU: GPU instances8

Pricing

Pricing model: Per hour5
Billed: Hourly5

Runs here: Ploi, Ploi Cloud

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UpCloud is a Finnish cloud infrastructure provider selling virtual machines, block storage and private networking. The operating system on a machine is the customer’s to manage, full SSH access comes with it, and any runtime can be installed.

The platform is driven by a documented public API alongside the web console, and its data centers span the Nordics, the rest of Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America.

Identity

Reach: ↓1,189 1
Ownership: VC-backed 7

Regions and law

Regions: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, United States 3

Other features

Green Web directory: 1416 2

Automation

API: Public4

Sources

2026-09-07: Reach
majestic.com/reports/majestic-million
2026-08-10: Green Web directory
app.greenweb.org/directory/#1416
2026-10-31: Regions
status.upcloud.com/
2026-10-31: API
developers.upcloud.com/1.3/
2026-10-31: Billed, Pricing model
developers.upcloud.com/1.3/4-pricing/
2026-10-31: links
developers.upcloud.com/
2026-10-31: Ownership
tech.eu/2020/01/21/helsinki-based-upcloud-raises-e18-million-to-rapidly-grow-its-team-and-cloud-computing-services/
2026-10-31: GPU
upcloud.com/docs/products/gpu-servers/

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