Alternatives to Upsun
Other Cloud hosting vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Upsun does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 26 that differ from Upsun on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Upsun has 6 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent. The column “publishes and Upsun does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Upsun does not | Upsun publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exoscaleexoscale.com | 87/100 | 5 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Status page with history, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| DigitalOceandigitalocean.com | 75/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +1 | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Kinstakinsta.com | 70/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +1 | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| Renderrender.com | 70/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Status page with history | nothing | Compare |
| Cloudflarecloudflare.com | 65/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Status page with history | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| Vercelvercel.com | 65/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure | nothing | Compare |
| Aptibleaptible.com | 55/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Fly.iofly.io | 55/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Hetznerhetzner.com | 50/100 | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, No third-party tracking before consent | 2 Public pricing, Certifications named | Compare |
| Cloudwayscloudways.com | 33/100 | 3 Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Netlifynetlify.com | 57/100 | 2 Data location stated, Status page with history | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Railwayrailway.com | 52/100 | 2 Data processing agreement, Data location stated | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.