Kamatera vs UpCloud

Kamatera is strongest for custom VM sizing. UpCloud is strongest for performance-sensitive VPS workloads. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Kamatera	UpCloud
Starting price	$0.05/mo	$3.5/mo
Best for	Custom VM sizing Global data center selection Windows Server hosting Dev/test environments	Performance-sensitive VPS workloads European data residency Simple predictable billing
Stated uptime SLA	99.95%	99.999%
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	20	13
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Phone, Docs, Pro/Premium Managed Services (paid)	Ticket, Docs, Community
Compliance	GDPR	GDPR, ISO 27001
Hidden costs to watch for	Bandwidth overage billed at $0.01/GB past the pooled monthly allowance (5 TB US/Canada/Europe, 1 TB Asia-Pacific) Windows Server / SQL Server / Exchange / RDS licensing adds an undisclosed per-server surcharge only shown at calculator checkout Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average CPU usage exceeds 10% Powered-off (but not terminated) servers may continue to accrue charges Pro Managed Services add $50/server/month; Premium Managed Services add $150/server/month	Simple Backups add-on billed as a percentage surcharge on server price (Day +10%, Week +20%, Month +40%, Year +60%) Data transfer beyond the Fair Transfer Policy allowance can incur overage charges despite marketing free egress Premium plans require MaxIOPS block storage which is priced/allocated differently than Starter plan Standard SSD
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18