Amazee.io vs Upsun (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Upsun grades higher than Amazee.io: 2.2 against 1.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Amazee.io grades higher on ease of use. Upsun grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Amazee.io
Managed open source Kubernetes hosting for Drupal and other apps
Upsun
Application cloud priced by provisioned resources
Which one is for you
Pick Amazee.io if
- Fits if your team ships Drupal sites and wants Kubernetes run for you
- Makes sense if you need hosting in your own AWS or Google Cloud account
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run one site, at $199 a month and up with sales involved
- Skip it if you want to buy online, because every plan goes through Contact Sales
- Tight if traffic is high, as 300,000 hits is about 30,000 Drupal page views
- Watch out: Standard Success Plan support covers the first 2 projects only
Pick Upsun if
- Fits if your team wants a preview environment for every branch
- Works for developers who deploy across several clouds
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a simple site host, as projects are configured in files
- Watch out: the total is a project fee plus users plus CPU, memory, storage and bandwidth
- Watch out: Elasticsearch and MongoDB are premium services that need a minimum commitment and sales
- Watch out: the page opened in euros, and object storage is not available on trial projects
How we grade them
| 1.4GPAAmazee.ioWeak | 2.2GPAUpsunFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DCloud Basic is $199 a month and up, many times the $10.99 middle for web hosting, with $30 for each extra project. Dedicated Cloud pricing isn't published. | CEUR 9 per project plus EUR 10 per user a month, plus CPU, memory, storage and bandwidth, so one person lands around the top of the category. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing is free: no free plan and no trial are listed. | CA 15-day trial with no card, covering 1 project fee and 1 user license. |
| Features | CPush-to-deploy environments, an open-source platform, your own cloud or theirs, a CDN and WAF option and 24/7 chat on success plans. Traffic is metered in hits and support is limited on lower plans. | BPreview environments, multicloud deployment, backups and access management cover the whole job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is built for teams with development workflows. | DNo store rating on record, and projects are set up with configuration files. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with a short list: Drupal, AWS Marketplace and Lagoon. | BWeb and API, with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, IBM Cloud and OVHcloud as hosts and Okta for sign-in. |
| Best for | managed Kubernetes hosting for Drupal teams | an application cloud for developer teams |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Amazee.io and Upsun. How we grade
Price against what you get
Amazee.io starts at $199 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Upsun starts at about $10.05 a month and scores 2.3.
Upsun scores higher and starts $188.95 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 59 score higher than Amazee.io for less, and 3 score higher than Upsun for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Amazee.io is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Upsun also covers databases and workflow automation.
At a glance
| Amazee.io | Upsun | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $199 per month and up (Cloud Basic), sold through sales | €9 per project / month plus €10 per user / month, plus resources |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 15-day free trial with no card; a monthly credit covers 1 project fee and 1 user license |
| Web | ||
| Made by | amazee.io | Upsun |
| Price read from | amazee.io | upsun.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Amazee.io
- No plan can be bought online; the pricing page directs every plan to Contact Sales.
- Included traffic is 300,000 hits a month on Cloud plans, and a Drupal page view typically generates about 10 hits.
- Standard Success Plan support is included for the first 2 projects only; higher tiers are priced through sales.
- Dedicated Cloud pricing depends on cluster size and is not published.
Upsun
- The page opened in euros and offers GBP, USD, CAD and AUD; the figures here are the euro prices shown.
- Costs depend on what you provision: a project's total is the project fee plus users, CPU, memory, storage and bandwidth.
- Elasticsearch and MongoDB are premium managed services that need a minimum commitment and contact with sales.
- Object storage is not available on trial projects.
Key features
Amazee.io
- Push-to-deploy environments
- A code push builds production and development environments on managed Kubernetes. The vendor says it hosts all frameworks and technologies.
- Open source platform
- The application delivery platform is open source (Lagoon). Payment covers hosting plus managed services such as migration help and training.
- Own cloud or theirs
- The Cloud plans run in amazee.io's infrastructure, while Dedicated Cloud runs in the customer's own account, with on-premise also mentioned.
- CDN and WAF option
- A managed CDN and web application firewall is sold as an add-on, and DDoS protection is listed with the Cloud plans.
- Success plans and 24/7 chat
- Every Success Plan lists 24/7 chat and an emergency phone line, with acknowledgement targets from 1 hour (Standard) down to 15 minutes (Elite).
- Usage-based hits
- Beyond included hits, the vendor charges per hit across all production environments, where a hit is any request such as a page, script or image.
Upsun
- Preview environments
- Every Git branch can get a full-stack environment, and on-demand preview environments are part of the project fee.
- Provisioned resources, billed per second
- Shared CPU is €0.033 an hour and 1 GB of application memory €0.013 an hour, billed per second on what is allocated.
- Multicloud deployment
- Projects can be placed on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, IBM Cloud or OVHcloud, with a 3% credit in six greener regions.
- Storage and backups
- Disk is €0.49 per GB a month per environment, backups €0.10 per GB, and object storage €0.0833 per GB with a 512 GB minimum.
- Access management
- Advanced user management adds teams, MFA enforcement and single sign-on through Google or OIDC providers such as Entra ID and Okta.
Plans
Amazee.io
Cloud Basic$199
per month and up, plus $30 per extra project
Sold through sales. 99.9% uptime guarantee with 300,000 hits, 5 GB storage, 1 production and 2 development environments.
Cloud Professional$399
per month and up, plus $100 per extra project
Sold through sales. 99.95% uptime guarantee with the same 300,000 hits, 5 GB storage and 3 environments as Basic.
Dedicated CloudCustom
Managed platform in your own AWS, Google Cloud or other infrastructure, with unlimited hits and storage and an Enhanced Success Plan.
Upsun
Project fee€9.00
per project / month, plus resources
Includes preview environments, 30 days of metrics, 10 GB egress and 500,000 ingress requests.
User license€10.00
per user / month
Custom project and environment permissions; Advanced user management adds €9 per user for teams, MFA and SSO.
Ways to pay less
Amazee.io
No public discounts listed.
Upsun
- Other savings
First project incentive
The pricing page says the first user license and first project fee, up to $19 a month, are saved automatically, with terms and conditions applying.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Amazee.io or Upsun?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Upsun is cheaper to start with: about $10.05 a month, against $199 a month for Amazee.io. Amazee.io starts at $199 per month and up (Cloud Basic), sold through sales, and Upsun starts at €9 per project / month plus €10 per user / month, plus resources.
Which has a free plan, Amazee.io or Upsun?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Amazee.io nor Upsun has a free plan. Upsun has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.