{"id":196,"date":"2025-04-29T12:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/us\/2025\/04\/29\/introducing-the-five-9s-new-and-improved-service-level\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:06:16","slug":"introducing-the-five-9s-new-and-improved-service-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/blog\/introducing-the-five-9s-new-and-improved-service-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the five 9&#8217;s &#8211; New and improved service level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At UpCloud, we are proud to announce an exciting update to our service levels. <strong>Starting May 1st, 2025<\/strong>, UpCloud services will offer a <strong>99.999% service level agreement<\/strong> (SLA) by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can expect the same outstanding reliability from UpCloud as before, now with even greater transparency and more clearly aligned with industry-leading standards. This change continues our commitment to delivering the highest performance and trust to all our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why the Change?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September 2024, we introduced our entry-level Developer plans with 99.99% SLA (&#8220;the four 9&#8217;s&#8221;) to offer more flexibility for development environments that didn&#8217;t require maximum uptime. The response was fantastic. Our customers appreciated the ability to choose services tailored to their specific needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building on that success, we&#8217;re now standardizing the SLA for all our core services at 99.999% availability. This means <strong>more transparency, more flexibility, and more value<\/strong> for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No actions needed from customers<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s what you can expect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Going forward, you&#8217;ll have the flexibility to choose services based on your specific reliability needs, whether building ultra-reliable production environments or cost-effective development solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your contracts remain exactly the same. No action is needed on your part.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are reaffirming our commitment to deliver world-class service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This change reflects our long-term strategy of offering better, more specialized services. 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