UpCloud
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 12 of 21 VPS hosts by recommenders
People recommend it for responsive human support, generous bandwidth and cheap small VPS plans. The common caveat is that it costs more than some alternatives.
People recommend it for responsive human support, generous bandwidth and cheap small VPS plans. The common caveat is that it costs more than some alternatives.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 7.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Responsive, helpful human support
“Upcloud provided support and heard me out even if I didnt share my credit card info so massive respects to them”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “The fuck off contact page” “upcloud has some nicer features like auto-scaling in vps's/a really good support system that I liked”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “I Sell Onions on the Internet” “they have top customer service and their offerings are far more complete than Hetzner”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x” - Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS”
- Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service”
- Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Dock – Slack minus the bloat, tax, and 90-day memory loss”
- Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Dropping Cloudflare for Bunny.net”
Recommended alongside Hetzner and OVH
“I might still recommend companies like hetzner,ovh,upcloud etc. for any professional use”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” “you should be seriously looking at Hetzner or Upcloud or Exoscale or Scaleway”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime” “OVH and Upcloud are good solutions I can probably build upon”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: In the real world we pay for everything so why not software?” - Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “2026 is the Year of Self-hosting”
Cheap small VPS plans
“I like the idea of Upcloud and you can get yourself say a 3.50 euros machine there”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Dock – Slack minus the bloat, tax, and 90-day memory loss” “Upcloud has the cheapest I found, you can get a full VPS for less than $4.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?” “if you are looking for something cheap, either go with ovh or upcloud”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “Exe.dev/” - Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe”
Unlimited or generous bandwidth
“using something like upcloud/ovh which provide unlimited egress/bandwidth (both European) is a good combo for peertube imo”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland” “Upcloud is an interesting option as they provide 33TB (100mbps) even on their smallest machines.”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself” “I have tried Upcloud for free and they are more expensive but they offer unlimited bandwidth”
Comment from 17 Jan 2026 in “Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
More expensive than some alternatives
“I have tried Upcloud for free and they are more expensive but they offer unlimited bandwidth”
Comment from 17 Jan 2026 in “Linux boxes via SSH: suspended when disconected” “Upcloud's good: if you want both of these things but they are just a bit more expensive”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise”
Other VPS hosts people recommend
The four most recommended other VPS hosts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner | 415 | 212 | 66% | 13 | 5 yrs40 owners | — |
| DigitalOcean | 133 | 117 | 53% | 12 | 10 yrs15 owners | — |
| exe.dev | 115 | 56 | 67% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Hetzner Cloud | 99 | 28 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| UpCloudThis page | 15 | 2 | 88% | 9 | — | Approved |
What people said
31 of the 40 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Upcloud has the cheapest I found, you can get a full VPS for less than $4.”
“Hard budget caps are readily available in Europe.”
“These are all solid choices”
“Upcloud is an interesting option as they provide 33TB (100mbps) even on their smallest machines.”
“they have top customer service and their offerings are far more complete than Hetzner”
“they give a 24-48 hours time for you to respond and don't have concept of auto-banning”
“Reliable, cheap and supportive.”
“I also switched from DigitalOcean and have found UpCloud very good for my purposes.”
“easily hits 10k IOPS (up to 100k with some tuning)”
“with Upcloud and Vultr my single VPS setups have been more reliable than multiregion with redundancy setups”
“you should be seriously looking at Hetzner or Upcloud or Exoscale or Scaleway”
“great team and great services”
“UpCloud too - great support!”
“these companies have decent human support and some/most provide decent SLA guarantees”
“their support was so phenomenal and nice”
“I like the idea of Upcloud and you can get yourself say a 3.50 euros machine there”
“using something like upcloud/ovh which provide unlimited egress/bandwidth (both European) is a good combo for peertube imo”
“I have tried Upcloud for free and they are more expensive but they offer unlimited bandwidth”
“I recommend Upcloud,OVH,hetzner”
“OVH and Upcloud are good solutions I can probably build upon”
“there are cheaper managed cloud than aws etc. as well (upcloud,ovh etc.)”
“I might still recommend companies like hetzner,ovh,upcloud etc. for any professional use”
“Upcloud support team did feel phenomenal to me”
“Upcloud's good: if you want both of these things but they are just a bit more expensive”
“if you are looking for something cheap, either go with ovh or upcloud”
“upcloud has some nicer features like auto-scaling in vps's/a really good support system that I liked”
“None of these remotely come close to their US counterparts.”
“they blocked my account because I hadnt added card details”
“Upcloud provided support and heard me out even if I didnt share my credit card info so massive respects to them”
“With 3 data centers in the USA, seems like they are probably subject to the CLOUD act.”
“great European cloud companies like UpCloud”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.