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AWS vs. UpCloud
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UpCloud vs. AWS
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| Service Area | AWS | UpCloud Advantage |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Pay-as-you-go, often unpredictable | ✅ Transparent, predictable monthly pricing |
| Compute Instances | t3a.medium (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) ≈ $274.48/month | ✅ CLOUDNATIVE-2xCPU-4GB at €15/month (~$16.50 USD) |
| Storage | 100 GB ≈ $8.00/month | ✅ 100 GB ≈ €8.50/month (~$9.35 USD) |
| Data Transfer Fees | ~$90 per TB egress after free tier | ✅ Zero-cost outbound data transfer |
| Managed Services | Broad range, priced individually | ✅ Essential services with lower, transparent pricing |
| SLA | 99.99% SLA | ✅ 99.999% uptime with 50x downtime compensation |
| Support | Features tiered support plans with varying response times | ✅ 24/7 live chat, avg. response < 46 seconds |
Managed Cloud Services
| Service Area | AWS | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | EC2 | ✅ Cloud Servers with flexible plans, MaxIOPS storage |
| Containerization | ECS / EKS | ✅ UKS (Kubernetes Service with optimized plans) |
| Object Storage | S3 | ✅ S3-compatible Object Storage |
| Block Storage | EBS | ✅ MaxIOPS or standard Block Storage alternatives |
| Relational DBs | RDS / Aurora | ✅ Managed MySQL / PostgreSQL |
| NoSQL DBs | DynamoDB | ➡️ Use PostgreSQL + JSONB or MySQL NDB |
| In-Memory Store | Memcached | ✅ Managed Valkey |
| Vector DBs | OpenSearch Service | ✅ Managed OpenSearch |
| Backups | Snapshots / AWS Backup | ✅ Manual or scheduled Snapshots |
| Load Balancer | ELB / ALB | ✅ Managed Load Balancer |
Dev Experience & Tools
| Service | AWS | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps / IaC | CloudFormation, CodeDeploy | ✅ Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, GitHub Actions |
| Serverless | Lambda | ➡️ fnproject or Fission on UKS |
| Monitoring | CloudWatch | ➡️ Prometheus, Beszel, Grafana |
| Logging | CloudTrail / CloudWatch Logs | ➡️ Fluentd, Grafana, OpenSearch, Audit Logs |
Networking & Access Control
| Service | AWS | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| DNS | Route 53 | ➡️ Use external DNS (e.g., BunnyDNS, Cloudflare) |
| Firewall & Network | Security Groups, NACLs | ➡️ SDN Firewall (coming soon), browser rules, private networking |
| Identity & Access | IAM | ➡️ SSO, Org & Workspace roles (owner, admin, member) |
Why are others making the switch?
Ease-of-use you didn't know existed
User-friendly control panel and API optimize operations and empower your development team to focus on driving your products and business forward.
Optimize costs, maximize performance
Companies searching to increase their performance without compromising pricing find UpCloud as their match. A predictable and transparent price plan means no more surprise costs at the end of the month.
Global availability, secured in Europe
Industry-leading performance while being fully compliant with GDPR and ISO 27001 certification. Sleep at ease knowing your customers’ data is safe with a European cloud service provider.
Ease-of-use you didn't know existed
User-friendly control panel and API optimize operations and empower your development team to focus on driving your products and business forward.
Optimize costs, maximize performance
Companies searching to increase their performance without compromising pricing find UpCloud as their match. A predictable and transparent price plan means no more surprise costs at the end of the month.
Global availability, secured in Europe
Industry-leading performance while being fully compliant with GDPR and ISO 27001 certification. Sleep at ease knowing your customers’ data is safe with a European cloud service provider.
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– Noora Kahra, CEO, Vilkas
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