Cyso Cloud vs UpCloud

Cyso Cloud – 100% Dutch and independent

Cyso Cloud is an OpenStack-based cloud provider based in the Netherlands.

The Cyso Cloud service portfolio includes core Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings such as compute, storage, a managed Kubernetes service EMK and a transactional email service.

With its data centres in North Holland and in Frankfurt, Cyso Cloud can fulfill geo-redundancy requirements. The NEN 7510 certification for the Dutch healthcare sector can make Cyso Cloud a good choice for respective Dutch companies.

UpCloud – Global Cloud, European Excellence

UpCloud is a European cloud provider headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. UpCloud are operating 15 data centres across 4 continents.

The service portfolio of UpCloud is not the broadest, focusing on the basic cloud primitives such as managed Kubernetes, storage and managed databases, but developer tooling around UpCloud is rich and covers all the typical developer use cases.

Cyso Cloud
  • HeadquartersAlkmaar, Netherlands
  • Parent companyCyso Group
  • Cloud since2025
  • Websitecyso.cloud
UpCloud

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceCyso Cloud – 100% Dutch and independentUpCloud – Global Cloud, European Excellence
ComputeCompute InstanceServersServersCloud ServersCloud Servers
Private CloudPrivate Cloud
GPU Instance—GPU ServersGPU Servers
Image CatalogCloud ImagesCloud Images—
ContainersKubernetesManaged KubernetesManaged KubernetesKubernetesKubernetes
Data & AISearch Engine—OpenSearchOpenSearch
DatabaseKey-Value Store—ValkeyValkey
Relational DatabaseCloud DatabasesCloud DatabasesPostgreSQLPostgreSQL
MySQLMySQL
Managed ServicesE-MailTransactional EmailTransactional Email—
NetworkCDN—Content Delivery NetworkContent Delivery Network
DNSDNSDNS—
Elastic IPIP AddressesIP AddressesFloating IPFloating IP
FirewallSecurity GroupsSecurity GroupsFirewallFirewall
Gateway—NAT GatewayNAT Gateway
Load BalancerLoad BalancersLoad BalancersManaged Load BalancerManaged Load Balancer
Private NetworkPortsPorts
NetworksNetworks		SDN Private NetworkSDN Private Network
Utility NetworkUtility Network
RouterRoutersRouters—
VPN—VPN GatewayVPN Gateway
Security & IdentityIAMIAMIAM—
StorageBackupVolume snapshotsVolume snapshots
Volume backupVolume backup		Simple BackupSimple Backup
Block StorageVolume storeVolume storeBlock StorageBlock Storage
File Storage—File StorageFile Storage
Object StorageObject StorageObject StorageManaged Object StorageManaged Object Storage

Sovereignty

Sovereignty assessment side by side, following the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework with its 8 objectives. Higher is better; the area shows each provider's coverage across all objectives.

Disclaimer: this assessment is conducted as an outside-in analysis, based on public information and, for some questions, educated guessing. The results may be factually wrong and in no way replace your own due diligence.

Cyso Cloud

71.5 %

SEAL 1

UpCloud

67.0 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityCyso CloudUpCloud
AustraliaSydney—AU-SYD1
DenmarkCopenhagen—DK-CPH1
FinlandHelsinki—
  • FI-HEL1
  • FI-HEL2
GermanyFrankfurtCyso Cloud FFMDE-FRA1
NetherlandsAmsterdamCyso Cloud AMSNL-AMS1
NorwayStavanger—NO-SVG1
PolandWarsaw—PL-WAW1
SingaporeSingapore—SG-SIN1
SpainMadrid—ES-MAD1
SwedenStockholm—SE-STO1
United KingdomLondon—UK-LON1
United StatesChicago—US-CHI1
New York—US-NYC1
San Jose—US-SJO1

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionCyso CloudUpCloud
ISO 14001Standard for environmental management systems (EMS)—✓
ISO 27001World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)✓✓
NEN 7510 Information security management certification for healthcare in the Netherlands✓—
SOC 2Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy✓—
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