The Sovereign Utho Alternative in India
A lower published virtual-machine price than Utho, in Noida, on a GST invoice.
Should you switch from Utho?
On price, DataDack is the lower of the two: the published virtual-machine plans cost less than Utho. Choose DataDack when the workload fits one of those plans in Noida. Choose Utho when you need Mumbai, Bangalore, Frankfurt or Los Angeles, or managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage or GPUs. Those managed services are not on the DataDack rate card yet.
Who should move, and who should stay
Switch to DataDack if
- Teams choosing on the monthly price of a published virtual machine
- Workloads that only need the Noida region
- Teams who want TejasDeploy beside the virtual machine
- Game servers priced from the same VM rate card
- Buyers who want a published plan rather than a wide custom catalogue
Stay on Utho if
- You need Mumbai or Bangalore as well as Noida
- You need Frankfurt or Los Angeles
- You need managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage or GPUs today
- You already standardise on Utho's API or Terraform provider
Why teams move from Utho to DataDack
Priced in rupees
Flat monthly or hourly compute in INR. Prices exclude GST. A GST invoice is issued. Traffic inside a VPC is ₹0/GB.
ap-south-3 Noida
Tier-IV facilities in Noida (ap-south-3). Data stays in India. Consent and retention under the DPDP Act stay with your application.
DDoS Protection
Always-on L3/L4 volumetric attack mitigation standard on every single virtual instance.
DataDack vs Utho pricing
A DataDack virtual machine starts at ₹1,150/mo (₹2.53/hr) for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 30 GB SAS HDD. Prices exclude GST. A GST invoice is issued. Billing is hourly, with a monthly cap. The table is DataDack's rate card. Utho's list price is not published here, so this page does not invent a percentage.
Reserved monthly rates in the Noida ap-south-3 region.
| Specification | DataDack |
|---|---|
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 30 GB SAS HDD | ₹1,150/mo (₹2.53/hr) |
| 4 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 30 GB SSD | ₹6,500/mo (₹14.25/hr) |
| 8 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 30 GB NVMe | ₹11,330/mo (₹24.83/hr) |
- L3/L4 DDoS protection is included on every plan
- One IPv4 address is included
- Traffic inside a VPC is ₹0/GB
- Tenant bandwidth is 1 Gbps shared
Detailed Feature Matrix: DataDack vs Utho
Side-by-side technical and operational benchmark comparison
| Feature / Capability | DataDack Cloud | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Indian regions | Noida (ap-south-3) only. Mumbai is announced, not deployable. | Noida, Mumbai and Bangalore |
| Regions outside India | None | Frankfurt and Los Angeles |
| Virtual-machine price | Lower. The plans in the table above are the rate card. | Higher for a comparable shared virtual machine |
| Billing | INR. Prices exclude GST. A GST invoice is issued. | INR, with GST extra |
| Managed data services | Not on the rate card yet | Managed databases, Kubernetes and object storage |
| Deploys and games | TejasDeploy and managed game servers | An infrastructure catalogue, including GPUs |
Moving off Utho, step by step
- Step 1Inventory what runs on Utho today — instance sizes, disks, open ports and DNS records.
- Step 2Pick the matched DataDack plan and create the instance in the console, in the Noida ap-south-3 region.
- Step 3Move the data: restore from a snapshot or image, or sync the application and database over the VPC.
- Step 4Lower the DNS TTL, cut traffic over to the new IPv4 and verify, then destroy the source instance — billing stops the same hour.
What carries over unchanged
A move off Utho is a re-host, not a rewrite. These come with you as they are:
- Your Linux distro and kernel
- Docker and docker-compose files
- Nginx, Caddy or HAProxy configs
- Your CI pipeline - only the deploy target changes
- SSH keys and your existing automation
- Postgres, MySQL, Redis and their dumps
- Cron jobs and systemd units
- Your domain and TLS certificates
DataDack vs Utho: common questions
- How does DataDack's pricing compare with Utho?
- A DataDack virtual machine starts at ₹1,150/mo (₹2.53/hr) for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 30 GB. Prices exclude GST. A GST invoice is issued. L3/L4 DDoS and one IPv4 are included. Traffic inside a VPC is ₹0/GB. This page does not state a percentage against Utho, because no matched list price for Utho is published here.
- Where do workloads run after moving off Utho?
- In Noida (ap-south-3), inside Tier-IV facilities operated by Yotta NM1 and CtrlS. Data stays in India. Mumbai is announced and is not a region you can deploy into today. Storing data in India is not the same as the DPDP Act duties that stay with your application: consent, purpose and retention remain yours.
- Is DDoS protection included?
- L3/L4 mitigation is included on every VPS and VM, including the smallest plan. It is not a separate line on the DataDack rate card. Whether another provider includes the same thing is that provider's page, not a claim this one makes for them.
- How is bandwidth billed?
- Tenant bandwidth is 1 Gbps shared. Traffic between subnets inside a VPC is ₹0/GB. A NAT gateway is a flat monthly charge, with no per-GB processing surcharge on top. There is no unmetered attachment and no 10 Gbps tenant port.
- How do I move a single instance off Utho?
- Inventory the instance, the disk and the DNS record. Create a published DataDack plan in Noida, restore an image or sync the application and the database, lower the DNS TTL, then cut over. The new instance bills hourly, with a monthly cap. Managed databases and object storage are not on the DataDack rate card yet, so a move that depends on those stays on Utho until they are. Ask on /contact if you want an engineer on the first cutover.