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- Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
- Data Center
- Data Residency
- DevOps
- Enterprise
- Firewall
- High Availability
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service
- Infrastructure-as-Code
- Latency
- Load Balancing
- Microservices
- Object Storage
- Public Cloud
- Resource Tagging
- Secure Shell
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- Virtualized Infrastructure
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Who is UpCloud?
UpCloud is a cloud infrastructure provider offering compute, storage, and networking services for building and operating applications in public and hybrid cloud environments.
- Public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for compute, storage, and networking
- Virtual servers and capacity for containerized and traditional workloads
- Block storage and object storage services for application data and backups
- Networking services including private networking, firewalls, and load balancing
- Management, automation, and API-based control for DevOps and infrastructure teams
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More About UpCloud
UpCloud provides cloud infrastructure services that target workload hosting for businesses, software vendors, and technology teams that require virtualized compute, storage, and networking capacity. Its platform is positioned as a public cloud where users can provision virtual machines, connect them via configurable networking, and attach persistent storage for application data. This positioning aligns with the IaaS category used in enterprise IT for hosting application servers, databases, and middleware components.
The core offering centers on virtual servers (compute infrastructure) that can run Linux and other operating systems, suitable for web applications, APIs, backend systems, and development and test environments. These virtual servers integrate with block storage (data storage) for persistent disks and object storage (data storage) for unstructured data, media, and backups. Enterprises can design architectures that separate application tiers across multiple instances, use object storage for static assets, and rely on block storage for transactional workloads.
UpCloud exposes control and automation through a web-based control panel and programmable interfaces, including an Application Programming Interface (API) (cloud DevOps) that enables integration with deployment pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows. This supports usage in DevOps environments where infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and teardown are automated through scripts and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools. Secure Shell (SSH) access, user management, and resource tagging further support operational governance in multi-team environments.
Networking capabilities include private networking (cloud networking) to connect servers within an isolated network, firewall controls (cloud security) for inbound and outbound traffic filtering, and load balancing (application delivery) to distribute requests across multiple instances. These features enable reference architectures such as multi-tier web applications, high-availability clusters, and segmented environments for production, staging, and development. Data centers in multiple regions allow users to select locations that align with latency and data residency requirements.
From a directory and taxonomy perspective, UpCloud fits within public cloud IaaS, with subcategories in compute infrastructure, block and object data storage, and cloud networking and security. It is used by organizations that want direct control over virtualized infrastructure while retaining flexibility to build their own platform and application layers on top. The combination of APIs, automation support, and standard protocols makes it suitable for integration into existing enterprise tooling and architectures that follow common patterns such as microservices, container orchestration, and traditional virtual machine-based deployments.
Our description of UpCloud. Updated December 2025.