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I’ve been passionate about the hosting industry since 2001. Before founding UpCloud, my first company grew to become one of Finland’s largest shared web hosting providers, serving over 30,000 customers. Along the way, I faced the same challenges many of you know well—24/7 on-call responsibilities, solving technical issues, and managing customer inquiries.
At UpCloud, we’ve designed a platform that solves these challenges, offering reliability, scalability, and unparalleled support. We understand the pressures you face because we’ve been there too. Partner with us, and let’s help you focus on growing your business while we handle the rest.
Sincerely, Joel Pihlajamaa CTO, Founder
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Posted on 12.5.2025
With heightened geopolitical dynamics and renewed scrutiny around the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, more organizations are looking to European Cloud Service Providers to ensure stability, security, and future scalability.
In this comparison series, we’re looking into how US hyperscalers AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, compare to UpCloud, so you can better prepare for migration.
Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. It provides management, access and development of applications and services including software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to individuals, companies, and governments through its global infrastructure.
UpCloud is a leading European cloud infrastructure provider, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with a global cloud platform spanning 13 data centres across four continents. More than 10,000 clients trust UpCloud to run their mission-critical cloud-native workloads from European data centers, under the robust EU Regulatory Framework on Data, atop a cloud-native stack engineered for performance without compromise.
Azure delivers a broad suite of managed services like Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, and Azure Functions, whereas UpCloud focuses on high-performance, cost-effective core services with zero vendor lock-in, so teams can choose the best free and open source tools for their specific use case.
Azure offers a broad range of VM types, managed services, and storage options, but costs are generally higher and data egress fees apply after a free quota. UpCloud provides straightforward, lower-cost pricing, zero-cost outbound data transfer, and a 99.999% uptime SLA backed by strong compensation. Let’s take a closer look:
One of the biggest benefits of UpCloud is transparent, predictable pricing. In 2024, we scrapped egress fees in favour of offering unlimited outbound traffic. We also recently launched the handy UpCloud Cost Calculator so you can easily generate a real-time estimate for running your cloud infrastructure on UpCloud.
UpCloud also offers superior support, with live chat available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In 2024, our support team responded to initial queries in a blistering 46 seconds, and 94% of customers reported that they were extremely happy with the provided support.
Amid global market turbulence and growing regulatory demands, choosing a cloud provider that prioritizes data sovereignty, transparency, and resilience is more important than ever. While Azure offers a wide range of services backed by Microsoft’s global infrastructure, organizations must increasingly weigh the risks associated with operating under non-European jurisdictions. UpCloud delivers high-performance infrastructure under the robust protection of the EU regulatory framework, with transparent pricing, zero egress fees, and industry-leading support.
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