Spheron vs UpCloud

Access GPU capacity from multiple cloud providers and certified data centers from one account, without separate signups per provider

Instances are billed by the minute rather than rounded up to the hour, past a 20-minute minimum runtime (60 minutes for a 2x AMD MI300X)

NVIDIA instances are typically ready in under two minutes with no approval workflow or provisioning queue

Compute spend across every connected provider is tracked in a single dashboard

Each VM or bare metal instance includes NVMe SSD storage, network bandwidth and full root access, with a dedicated IP on NVIDIA instances

Spheron sources large clusters, specific hardware and InfiniBand configurations from its partner data center network, with a typical quote turnaround of 24-48 hours

No shared hardware — each GPU is always dedicated to a single server with full performance isolation

Helsinki data center powered entirely by renewable energy with up to 90% waste heat recovery for district heating

GDPR-compliant, ISO 27001-certified infrastructure in Finland; UpCloud is also a CISPE member

No egress fees — outbound data transfer is included at no extra cost on all plans, subject to a Fair Transfer Policy

Pay only for active compute time with hourly billing, no rigid contracts or long-term commitments required

Published uptime commitment covering GPU Servers, Premium and Cloud Native servers, and managed databases; entry-level Starter cloud servers carry a 99.99% SLA