ELASTX vs UpCloud

ELASTX – The Swedish Cloud Provider

ELASTX is a Swedish cloud provider operating three data centers located within the Stockholm metropolitan area.

Their service portfolio includes core Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings such as compute, storage, database, and networking solutions. In addition, ELASTX provides a managed Kubernetes service to support containerized applications.

What sets ELASTX apart is their commitment to delivering tailored, bespoke solutions in close collaboration with their clients.

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.

Elastx
  • HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
  • Parent companythe majority owner seems to be Sobro (Söderberg & Partners)
  • Cloud since2012
  • Websiteelastx.se
UpCloud

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceELASTX – The Swedish Cloud ProviderUpCloud – Global Cloud, European Excellence
ComputeCompute InstanceOpenStack IaaSOpenStack IaaSCloud ServersCloud Servers
Private CloudPrivate Cloud
GPU InstanceGPUGPUGPU ServersGPU Servers
ContainersKubernetesKubernetes CaaSKubernetes CaaSKubernetesKubernetes
Data & AIArtificial IntelligenceAI servicesAI services—
Search Engine—OpenSearchOpenSearch
DatabaseKey-Value StoreValkeyValkeyValkeyValkey
Relational DatabaseMSSQL DBaaSMSSQL DBaaS
PostgreSQL DBaaSPostgreSQL DBaaS
MariaDB DBaaSMariaDB DBaaS
MySQL DBaaSMySQL DBaaS		PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
MySQLMySQL
Managed ServicesApplication RuntimeVirtuozzo PaaSVirtuozzo PaaS—
E-MailMail RelayMail Relay—
ManagementObservabilityApplication MonitoringApplication Monitoring—
NetworkAnti DDoSDDoS ProtectionDDoS Protection—
CDNVarnish CDNVarnish CDNContent Delivery NetworkContent Delivery Network
Direct ConnectCloud ExchangeCloud Exchange
Cloud ConnectCloud Connect		—
Elastic IP—Floating IPFloating IP
FirewallWeb Application FirewallWeb Application FirewallFirewallFirewall
Gateway—NAT GatewayNAT Gateway
Load Balancer—Managed Load BalancerManaged Load Balancer
Private Network—SDN Private NetworkSDN Private Network
Utility NetworkUtility Network
VPNCloud VPNCloud VPNVPN GatewayVPN Gateway
Security & IdentitySecurity Posture ManagementThreat IntelligenceThreat Intelligence—
StorageBackupThe Vault Object StorageThe Vault Object StorageSimple BackupSimple Backup
Block StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage
File Storage—File StorageFile Storage
Object StorageSwift Object StorageSwift Object 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.

ELASTX

71.2 %

SEAL 1

UpCloud

67.0 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityELASTXUpCloud
AustraliaSydney—AU-SYD1
DenmarkCopenhagen—DK-CPH1
FinlandHelsinki—
  • FI-HEL1
  • FI-HEL2
GermanyFrankfurt—DE-FRA1
NetherlandsAmsterdam—NL-AMS1
NorwayStavanger—NO-SVG1
PolandWarsaw—PL-WAW1
SingaporeSingapore—SG-SIN1
SpainMadrid—ES-MAD1
SwedenStockholm
  • Elastx STO2
  • Elastx STO1
  • Elastx STO3
SE-STO1
United KingdomLondon—UK-LON1
United StatesChicago—US-CHI1
New York—US-NYC1
San Jose—US-SJO1

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionELASTXUpCloud
ISO 14001Standard for environmental management systems (EMS)✓✓
ISO 27001World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)✓✓
ISO 27017Information security controls for cloud services✓—
ISO 27018Guidance for protecting PII data in public clouds✓—
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