Liquid Web vs UpCloud

Liquid Web is strongest for agencies. UpCloud is strongest for performance-sensitive VPS workloads. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Liquid Web	UpCloud
Starting price	$5/mo	$3.5/mo
Best for	Agencies E-commerce/WooCommerce High-traffic WordPress Businesses wanting fully-managed support	Performance-sensitive VPS workloads European data residency Simple predictable billing
Stated uptime SLA	100% (Liquid Web's published network/power/infrastructure uptime guarantee)	99.999%
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	3	13
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	24/7/365 phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs/Knowledge Base	Ticket, Docs, Community
Compliance	PCI DSS, HIPAA (available), SOC 2	GDPR, ISO 27001
Hidden costs to watch for	Advertised prices are frequently promotional (e.g. 50% off for the first 2 months, or 10-15% off for 1-2 year prepay terms); renewal pricing is meaningfully higher than the teaser rate Bandwidth overages and additional storage are billed as add-ons beyond plan allowances Managed WordPress/Nexcess plans are billed upfront annually to get the advertised per-month rate ("2 months free" annual billing) in many cases Windows OS licensing adds a surcharge over equivalent Linux dedicated/cloud dedicated configurations	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