Provider roundup · entry tier (~$5/mo)

DigitalOcean vs UpCloud vs Vultr

At the entry-tier pricing, UpCloud wins overall in performance, particularly evident in higher Redis RPS metrics and lower latencies like GET with 52137.64 RPS and average latency of 0.581 ms compared to DigitalOcean's 26511.13 RPS and 1.177 ms. Despite Vultr offering the lowest price at $5/mo, its performance lags behind with notably lower Redis RPS and higher latencies, such as LRANGE_500 with only 7708.32 RPS and average latency of 3.84 ms, while DigitalOcean scores 5113.52 RPS and 5.657 ms. Thus, for raw speed against price, UpCloud provides the best value at this tier.