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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (84.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.00
Starting at $2.50 Per Month
Upsun
Star Rating
(168)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansVultr
Star Rating
(283)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (84.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $2.50 Per Month
Browse all 9 pricing plansUpsun vs Vultr
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Vultr easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Upsun overall.
- Reviewers felt that Upsun meets the needs of their business better than Vultr.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Upsun is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Upsun over Vultr.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Upsun
Development
$12.00
Development only, no production environments
- Environments generated on the fly from your Git branches
- Support for microservices with multiple apps per project
- Data services built in: MySql, Redis, Solr, ElasticSearch, Postgres, Kafka, InfluxDB, RabbitMQ, and more.
Vultr
Cloud Compute
Starting at $2.50
Per Month
Easy-to-use, affordable VMs for many common workloads.
- Deploy around the globe in seconds
- On-demand scaling
- Perfect for many personal and business apps
Free Trial
Upsun
Free Trial is available
Vultr
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
102
8.8
225
Ease of Use
8.7
102
9.1
231
Ease of Setup
8.4
82
9.1
154
Ease of Admin
8.4
80
8.9
145
Quality of Support
8.7
100
8.2
202
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.1
80
8.6
143
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
97
8.2
230
Features by Category
Functionality
9.2
18
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
8.9
18
Not enough data
Management
9.1
17
Not enough data
7.0
15
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
21
Not enough data
9.3
21
Not enough data
9.3
22
Not enough data
Management
8.8
12
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
8.4
22
Not enough data
Support
9.1
20
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
9.3
17
Not enough data
Infrastructure Provision
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
8.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
41
Not enough data
8.6
41
Not enough data
9.3
48
Not enough data
8.3
38
Not enough data
8.8
42
Management
Not enough data
8.9
49
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
8.8
44
Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
45
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
44
Not enough data
8.7
40
Not enough data
8.7
41
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
41
Not enough data
8.8
39
Not enough data
8.6
41
Not enough data
8.6
43
Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Free Resources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Hosting Management
Not enough data
8.4
158
Not enough data
8.6
160
Not enough data
7.5
118
Not enough data
8.4
135
Not enough data
8.3
111
Not enough data
8.6
117
Not enough data
8.4
112
Not enough data
8.7
127
Not enough data
8.7
128
Not enough data
8.7
139
Development
9.3
56
Not enough data
8.7
49
Not enough data
8.8
49
Not enough data
8.9
50
Not enough data
7.9
45
Not enough data
Database
8.6
53
Not enough data
7.2
41
Not enough data
6.9
36
Not enough data
8.1
54
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.5
40
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
9.2
44
Not enough data
Configuration
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
20
Database Administration
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.1
19
Availability
Not enough data
8.7
21
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Security
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
17
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data Management
Not enough data
7.9
17
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Upsun and Vultr share no categories
Unique Categories
Upsun is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), WordPress Hosting, Build Automation, Continuous Delivery, Managed Hosting, and WebOps Platforms
Vultr is categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS), VPS Hosting Platforms, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Server Virtualization
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Upsun
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Vultr
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
21.6%
Computer Software
21.6%
Internet
12.7%
Marketing and Advertising
5.2%
Government Administration
2.2%
Other
36.6%
Computer Software
22.3%
Information Technology and Services
17.0%
Marketing and Advertising
7.2%
Computer & Network Security
5.7%
Telecommunications
4.2%
Other
43.6%
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Discussions
What is the best way to deploy a python plus Mysql with a react as front end app on platform sh.
1 Comment
CY
Hi Aakash, you'll find some documentation on setting up Worker processes and Crons on Platform.sh here:...Read more
Upsun has no more discussions with answers
Is Vultr any good?
4 Comments
AJ
I have been using them for couple years, i would highly recommend them.Read more
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