Ubicloud review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Ubicloud pairs bare-metal compute with a managed Kubernetes control plane and PostgreSQL in Germany, FI and US regions, billed per minute. It suits developers and small teams who want predictable metered spend; the shared-CPU entry plan costs $10.47, above the €5.83 site median entry price.
Key facts
- Best for
- Predictable bare-metal compute with a managed Kubernetes control plane and managed PostgreSQL
- Entry price
- $10.47↗
- Entry plan
- burstable-1: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 10 GB local block storage (shared CPU)↗
- Bandwidth allowance
- 0.625 TB egress per month per 2 vCPUs, then $3 per TB↗
- Billing models
- Monthly↗
- Locations
- 3↗
- Regions
- DE, FI, US↗
- Free credits
- $2.5/month credit for GitHub Actions runners (about 1,250 minutes)↗
- Compliance certifications
- SOC 2 Type 2↗
- Server types
- Bare-metal↗
- Operating systems
- Linux↗
- Legal entity
- Ubicloud Inc. (and Ubicloud B.V for customers resident in the EEA)↗
- Headquarters
- United States↗
- Founded
- 2023↗
- Support channels
- Email, Help-centre, Community↗
- Pricing model
- Hourly billing
- Official website
- ubicloud.com
GPU cloud
Kubernetes
Databases
- Price from
- $19.54↗
- Database engines
- PostgreSQL↗
- Free tier
- No↗
- Backup retention
- 7-day point-in-time restore↗
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 11 sources
Apps and profiles
- Elsewhere
- LinkedInXgithub.com
Listed in
Pros and cons
Pros
- Usage counts per minute, so a build agent that stops at night stops billing.
- Bare-metal server types (bare metal) across DE, FI and US, with SOC 2 Type 2 on record.
- Linux is the whole image list (linux), which keeps fleet images and patching simple.
Cons
- Compute sits in 3 regions, DE, FI and US, and ranks 136 of 239 brands on locations.
- A first managed cluster starts at $0.035 for the control plane, with nodes at $46.62.
- Support runs on email, help centre and community only, with no phone or chat channel listed.
Who it suits
- Developers who want bare-metal capacity (bare metal) in Germany, FI and US and pay for the runtime they actually use.
- Teams running managed Kubernetes that can budget $0.035 for the control plane, with nodes at $46.62.
- Linux workloads (linux) that need PostgreSQL with a 7-day point-in-time restore restore window.
Who should look elsewhere
- UCloud, whose entry price starts at $5.34, if the lowest first bill matters most to you.
- Aruba, whose VPS entry price is €1.99, when a cheaper starting point settles the comparison for your team.
- SberCloud, whose entry price is RUB 23.75, if you want a different market and currency from Ubicloud's US home base.
How Ubicloud compares
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Where Ubicloud is available
- Available
- Everywhere except Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria
Countries from the brand (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What does Ubicloud cost to start?+
The shared-CPU entry plan is $10.47 and comes with local block storage. Pricing across the catalogue starts at $19.54, and the site median entry price is €5.83. Aruba lists €1.99 and UCloud $5.34, so both undercut Ubicloud.
How are Ubicloud servers billed?+
Usage counts per minute, the billing models list is monthly and the default usage model is hourly. That granularity suits build agents and test runs that start and stop often, and it avoids paying for a full month of capacity that sat idle.
What does traffic leaving Ubicloud cost?+
Egress runs 0.625 TB egress per month per 2 vCPUs, then $3 per TB, so light traffic stays inside the monthly allowance. Past that point the same figure sets the per-terabyte rate, which matters for any service that pushes data out to many users or keeps a public endpoint on a managed database.
Where can I run Ubicloud workloads?+
Compute sits in Germany, FI and US, and the documented region count is 3. That is a short list for data residency needs, and on the site Ubicloud ranks 136 out of 239 brands by number of locations.
Is there a free tier or a free Kubernetes control plane?+
The free tier is no and the free control plane is no. The managed control plane is priced at $0.035, the highly available version at $0.10, and nodes start at $46.62. A monthly credit applies to GitHub Actions runners.
Which databases does Ubicloud manage?+
The managed database list covers PostgreSQL, with a restore window of 7-day point-in-time restore for point-in-time recovery. Vector database engines are not in that list, so teams needing embeddings storage have to run it themselves on a compute plan.
Which operating systems can I run on Ubicloud?+
The documented image set covers linux, which keeps administration simple for standard server work. Windows images are not in that list, so shops that need them have to look elsewhere. Server types are limited to bare metal.
What compliance and support does Ubicloud offer?+
Security documentation lists SOC 2 Type 2, and contracts run through Ubicloud Inc., with a separate entity for customers resident in the EEA. Support runs on email, help centre and community, so help centre and community answers sit alongside email.
Sources
- ubicloud.com checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Founded
“Copyright (c) 2023 Ubicloud. All rights reserved.”
- ubicloud.com/docs/about/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Bandwidth allowance, Billing granularity, Billing models, Egress fee, Entry plan, Entry price, Free control plane, Free credits, HA control plane price, Pricing model
“Each VM has a monthly egress quota of 0.625TB per 2 vCPUs. If you exceed this limit, we will charge you $3 per TB of egress traffic.”
- ubicloud.com/docs/about/regions checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Locations, Regions
“eu-central-h1 | Hetzner | Falkenstein, Germany; eu-north-h1 | Hetzner | Helsinki, Finland; us-east-a2 | Leaseweb | Manassas, VA, US”
- ubicloud.com/docs/about/support checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Support channels
“We offer two types of support for our users and customers. Community Forums ... Email Support ... you can reach us at support@ubicloud.com”
- ubicloud.com/docs/about/terms-of-service checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Legal entity
“Your Agreements are with Ubicloud B.V if you are a customer resident in the European Economic Area and with Ubicloud Inc if you are a customer resident outside of the European Economic Area.”
- ubicloud.com/docs/quick-start/managed-services checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Operating systems
“Here, you can choose your region, server family and size, and Linux distribution.”
- ubicloud.com/docs/security/overview checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Compliance certifications, Server types
“Ubicloud is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.”
- ubicloud.com/use-cases/ubicloud-kubernetes checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Control plane price, Node price from
“$25 for control plane node, $46.62 for standard-2 workers”
- ubicloud.com/about-ubicloud checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters
“San Francisco 450 Townsend St. San Francisco CA, 94107”
- ubicloud.com/docs/about/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Free tier, Price from
“Billing is based on the resources provisioned, pro-rated for the time they are provisioned.”
- ubicloud.com/use-cases/postgresql checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Backup retention, Database engines
“Daily backups and 7-day point-in-time restore included.”
Compiled from 11 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
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