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Cloud Servers - Starter · $0/mo (8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 400 GB Standard SSD)
UpCloud's Starter plan at $0/mo is exceptionally difficult to beat on headline price, but the plan appears to be a promotional or loss-leader tier with significant hidden costs via backup surcharges (10-60% of server price) and potential data-transfer overages. Most alternatives charge $4-13/mo but come with clearer pricing and fewer surprise fees, making them better long-term value despite higher sticker prices.
Matches your 4 vCPU and 8GB RAM exactly, includes unlimited traffic, and has no per-backup surcharges like UpCloud's 10-60% add-on model.
Caveat: Quoted price is for 24-month prepaid term; 1 or 12-month terms cost significantly more per month, and SLA is 99.90% vs UpCloud's 99.99%.
Matches 4 vCPU and 8GB RAM, includes 5TB transfer and DDoS protection, with no percentage-based backup surcharges.
Caveat: Renewal price is 2-4x higher than intro rate; this $9.99/mo is a 3-year contract rate, and renewal pricing not fully reconciled.
Offers 4 vCPU and 4GB RAM with unlimited traffic and no backup surcharges, plus 99.99% SLA matching UpCloud.
Caveat: Intro pricing; renewal is 2-6x higher after contract period, and outbound data beyond 2TB pooled allowance is metered at $0.036/GB.
Before you switch
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX23 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS M | $6.67/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 2 | $8.79/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 100 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Self-Managed) · VPS XS | $9.99/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | VPS Hosting · VPS 4 vCPU | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube S | $10.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS M+ | $11/mo | 4 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-2-4 | $12.32/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Contabo | Performance VPS · Cloud VPS Plus 4 | $12.39/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Quasar | $12.88/mo | 6 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Memory) · Memory Cube S | $13.68/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · DEV1-M | $14.74/mo | 4 GB RAM, 3 vCPU | Visit |
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