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Finnish cloud provider selling hourly-billed cloud servers, managed databases, managed Kubernetes, and block and object storage from 15 data centres in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific.

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Entry paid plan$3.5/month for the cheapest Starter plan: 1 CPU core, 1 GB memory and 10 GB of standard SSD storage, at UpCloud's USD 'Global price', the same in every location. Billed by the starting hour up to 28 days a month; prices exclude local taxes. The 1 GB plan is limited to 5 concurrent deployments per customer. A standing list price; no introductory or promotional rate is shown.
Regions15 data centres: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki (two), London, Madrid, Stavanger, Stockholm and Warsaw in Europe; Chicago, New York and San Jose in the US; Singapore and Sydney in Asia-Pacific.
Free tierNo — A free trial only: 7 days from activation in the docs, longer under some promotions.
CategoryVPS and cloud

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 30 criteria comparedSources last checked

UpCloud pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$3.5/month for the cheapest Starter plan: 1 CPU core, 1 GB memory and 10 GB of standard SSD storage, at UpCloud's USD 'Global price', the… source ↗
Pricing model
Hourly: Cloud Server plans are billed by the starting hour, capped at 28 days a month, so the listed monthly price is the most a server… source ↗
What the free plan includes
For the 7-day trial: Cloud Servers up to 2 cores and 4 GB memory (no Windows), 60 GB each of Archive, Standard and MaxIOPS block storage, 2… source ↗
Egress over allowance
$0.01 per GB, only for customers who opt in to the paid transfer model, and only on egress beyond the Fair Transfer Policy share source ↗
When you exceed a cap
Throttled, not billed, by default: past the monthly Fair Transfer share UpCloud notifies the customer and may reduce Cloud Server bandwidth… source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in UpCloud pricing below.

UpCloud plans and prices

Starter Cloud Server plansUpCloud's Starter plans, aimed at development, testing and self-hosting, on standard SSD storage with a 99.99% SLA. The 1 GB plan is limited to 5 concurrent deployments per customer; the page lists port speed (250 or 500 Mbit/s), not a transfer allowance. Plan names are UpCloud's plan identifiers as listed on its Fair Transfer Policy page. Prices are UpCloud's USD 'Global price' list (the EU site quotes euros), identical in every location, exclude local taxes, and are billed by the starting hour up to 28 days a month. Egress carries no fee: each server adds a monthly transfer share to an account-wide limit (figures in each row's transfer note, from UpCloud's Fair Transfer Policy and network-transfer docs), beyond which bandwidth may be throttled to 100 Mbps unless the customer opts in to paid transfer at $0.01/GB.
PlanvCPURAMDiskTransferPrice
STARTER-1xCPU-1GB11 GB10 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$3.5 a month
STARTER-1xCPU-2GB12 GB20 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$7 a month
STARTER-2xCPU-2GB22 GB30 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$10 a month
STARTER-1xCPU-4GB14 GB30 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$12 a month
STARTER-2xCPU-4GB24 GB30 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$14 a month
STARTER-2xCPU-8GB28 GB40 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$20 a month
STARTER-4xCPU-8GB48 GB40 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$24 a month
STARTER-2xCPU-16GB216 GB50 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$28 a month
STARTER-4xCPU-16GB416 GB50 GB standard SSDFair Transfer Policy$32 a month

Pricing | UpCloud Global · read · every row quoted from this page

Premium Cloud Server plans (smallest eight)The eight smallest of UpCloud's 24 Premium plans, its recommended line for production workloads, on MaxIOPS storage with a 99.999% SLA; larger plans run to 80 cores and 512 GB for $2882 a month. Plan names are UpCloud's plan identifiers as listed on its Fair Transfer Policy page. Prices are UpCloud's USD 'Global price' list (the EU site quotes euros), identical in every location, exclude local taxes, and are billed by the starting hour up to 28 days a month. Egress carries no fee: each server adds a monthly transfer share to an account-wide limit (figures in each row's transfer note, from UpCloud's Fair Transfer Policy and network-transfer docs), beyond which bandwidth may be throttled to 100 Mbps unless the customer opts in to paid transfer at $0.01/GB.
PlanvCPURAMDiskTransferPrice
PREMIUM-1xCPU-1GB11 GB25 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$6 a month
PREMIUM-1xCPU-2GB12 GB25 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$12 a month
PREMIUM-2xCPU-2GB22 GB50 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$18 a month
PREMIUM-2xCPU-4GB24 GB50 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$26 a month
PREMIUM-2xCPU-8GB28 GB100 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$42 a month
PREMIUM-4xCPU-8GB48 GB100 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$54 a month
PREMIUM-2xCPU-16GB216 GB150 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$78 a month
PREMIUM-4xCPU-16GB416 GB150 GB MaxIOPSFair Transfer Policy$108 a month

Pricing | UpCloud Global · read · every row quoted from this page

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Hourly cloud servers at one USD price in every location, from $3.50 a month (1 core, 1 GB, 10 GB SSD), in 15 data centres across Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific, with no egress fees by default and support response times published per tier.

Consider something else if…

You need a fixed transfer allowance or compliance of the provider itself: traffic past the account's fair-transfer share may be throttled to 100 Mbps unless you opt into $0.01 per GB, SOC 2 and HIPAA certify the data-centre facilities rather than UpCloud, and its docs give the trial 7 days.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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UpCloud pricing

8 criteria
Free tierNo — A free trial only: 7 days from activation in the docs, longer under some promotions.
Sources (1) →
  • Free trial | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “All new users are given a free trial to evaluate UpCloud services without commitment. [...] The free trial is offered to all new users and lasts for 7 days from the moment of trial activation.”

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Kind of free offerFree trial
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  • Free trial | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “The free trial is offered to all new users and lasts for 7 days from the moment of trial activation. Certain promotions may offer longer trial periods.”

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What the free plan includesFor the 7-day trial: Cloud Servers up to 2 cores and 4 GB memory (no Windows), 60 GB each of Archive, Standard and MaxIOPS block storage, 2 IPv4 and 2 IPv6 addresses, and one development-size instance of the managed services; GPU servers and Private Cloud are excluded. The firewall limits traffic to standard web ports during the trial.
Sources (1) →
  • Free trial | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “Cloud Servers 2 cores, 4 GB memory, all OSs except Windows Block Storage Archive, Standard and MaxIOPS 60 GB each Networks 2 IPv4 and 2 IPv6 addresses [...] GPU Servers Not available Private Cloud Not available [...] The firewall is enabled and locked to limit both inbound and outbound connections to standard ports commonly used on web servers.”

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Credit card to startYes — The card is verified with a 0 or 1 €/$ authorisation and is not charged during the trial.
Sources (1) →
  • Free trial | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “Just verify your identity with a credit card and billing information to enter the free trial. Your credit card will not be charged before, during, or after the trial period, but we will make a 0 or 1 €/$ temporary authorisation to verify your card.”

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Entry paid plan$3.5/month for the cheapest Starter plan: 1 CPU core, 1 GB memory and 10 GB of standard SSD storage, at UpCloud's USD 'Global price', the same in every location. Billed by the starting hour up to 28 days a month; prices exclude local taxes. The 1 GB plan is limited to 5 concurrent deployments per customer. A standing list price; no introductory or promotional rate is shown.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing | UpCloud Global ↗

    “Starting from $3.5/mo Global price [...] 1 GB 1 250 Mbit/s 10 GB $3.5/mo * [...] * The 1GB x 1vCPU Starter plans are limited to 5 concurrent deployments per customer. Starter plans are billed by the starting hour, maximum of 28 days per month. Prices exclude any applicable local taxes.”

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Pricing modelHourly: Cloud Server plans are billed by the starting hour, capped at 28 days a month, so the listed monthly price is the most a server costs in a month. Prices exclude applicable local taxes.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing | UpCloud Global ↗

    “All services are billed by the hour and provide the flexibility needed to run any business, big or small! [...] Starter plans are billed by the starting hour, maximum of 28 days per month. Prices exclude any applicable local taxes.”

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Egress over allowance$0.01 per GB, only for customers who opt in to the paid transfer model, and only on egress beyond the Fair Transfer Policy share. By default there is no overage charge; bandwidth may be throttled instead.
Sources (1) →
  • Fair Transfer Policy | UpCloud Global ↗

    “If you believe you require more transfer per month than the Fair Transfer Policy provides, you may opt in to a paid transfer model at $0.01/GB. This affords you completely unrestricted egress, with costs applicable only on the portion of transfer exceeding the Fair Transfer Policy.”

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When you exceed a capThrottled, not billed, by default: past the monthly Fair Transfer share UpCloud notifies the customer and may reduce Cloud Server bandwidth to 100 Mbps for the rest of the month. Customers can instead opt in to paid transfer at $0.01/GB for unrestricted egress.
Sources (1) →
  • Fair Transfer Policy | UpCloud Global ↗

    “Even if you exceed your monthly share, don’t worry, there are no excess fees. We will simply notify you when you reach the fair transfer policy, and may reduce the bandwidth of your Cloud Servers to 100 Mbps for the rest of the month. If you believe you require more transfer per month than the Fair Transfer Policy provides, you may opt in to a paid transfer model at $0.01/GB.”

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Limits

3 criteria
Storage (entry plan)10 GB of standard-performance SSD storage on the cheapest Starter plan ($3.5/month, 1 GB memory).
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Memory (entry plan)1 GB on the cheapest Starter plan ($3.5/month, 1 CPU core, 10 GB storage).
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Included bandwidth0.5 TB a month of public egress for the cheapest Starter plan (STARTER-1xCPU-1GB), under the Fair Transfer Policy. Each server adds its plan's share to an account-wide limit shared across all data centres (Starter plans 0.5-2.5 TB, Premium 0.5-23 TB). Ingress and private-network traffic are included without a limit.
Sources (1) →
  • Network Transfer | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “Public ingress transfer and private network transfer in both the Utility network and SDN Private Networks are included in all Cloud Servers. [...] The amount of included public egress transfer is determined by the amount of cloud resources on your account. [...] STARTER-1xCPU-1GB 0.5 TB [...] The Fair Transfer Limit is global and shared between all data centres.”

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Deployment

1 criteria
ContainersSupported
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  • Managed Kubernetes | UpCloud Global ↗

    “Complimentary control planes [...] Utilise Cloud Servers, Load Balancers and Block Storage natively through Kubernetes. [...] UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes service is proudly a part of the CNCF’s conformance program.”

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Infrastructure

5 criteria
Persistent storageSupported
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Managed databasesSupported
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  • Managed Databases | UpCloud ↗

    “Launch a production-ready managed database on high-performance infrastructure in just a few clicks. We handle the setup, security, and scaling for you. [...] Supported databases PostgreSQL MySQL Valkey OpenSearch”

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AutoscalingLimited
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  • Managed Kubernetes Autoscaling | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “Cluster Autoscaler is an additional component of the UpCloud Kubernetes service, automatically adjusting the size of your Kubernetes cluster to optimize resource utilization and cost-efficiency. [...] Cluster Autoscaler has to be configured & installed on UpCloud's Kubernetes Service.”

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Regions15 data centres: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki (two), London, Madrid, Stavanger, Stockholm and Warsaw in Europe; Chicago, New York and San Jose in the US; Singapore and Sydney in Asia-Pacific.
Sources (1) →
  • Locations | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “We currently offer our services in the following locations: Europe Amsterdam nl-ams1 Copenhagen dk-cph1 Frankfurt de-fra1 Helsinki fi-hel1 Helsinki fi-hel2 London uk-lon1 Madrid es-mad1 Stavanger no-svg1 Stockholm se-sto1 Warsaw pl-waw1 Americas Chicago us-chi1 New York us-nyc1 San Jose us-sjo1 Asia-Pacific Singapore sg-sin1 Sydney au-syd1”

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Uptime SLA99.99% on Starter plans, including the cheapest; 99.999% on Premium and Cloud Native plans.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing | UpCloud Global ↗

    “The new Starter plans will replace our current Developer plans at on average 25% less expensive than previous-generation while offering 99.99% SLA. [...] These plans will become our default recommendation for production use, combining MaxIOPS storage and modern infrastructure with a clearer more simple positioning in the portfolio backed by 99.999% SLA.”

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Data

1 criteria
Backup retentionSimple Backup plans, charged at +10% to +60% of the server plan price, keep daily backups for 1 or 7 days, weekly backups for 4 weeks and monthly backups for 12 months. Flexible Backups use a custom schedule with retention from 1 day up to 3 years. On-demand backups are kept until deleted.
Sources (1) →
  • Backups | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “Simple Backup is charged on top of the Cloud Server's plan price, as a percentage of the plan price. [...] Each scheduled backup is kept for a set duration according to the selected retention period starting from 1 day and up to 3 years. [...] On-demand backups are never automatically deleted and will be kept until manually deleted.”

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Support

2 criteria
Support on entry paid plan24/7/365 support in English by live chat (website and control panel) or email. Support covers UpCloud's infrastructure and system-level issues such as network configuration and storage scaling, not software-specific issues beyond its guides.
Sources (1) →
  • Support | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “We provide user support in English. [...] Therefore users can reach our support 24/7/365. [...] You can reach our customer support specialists via live chat or email. [...] As a cloud provider, UpCloud offers infrastructure-as-a-service with preconfigured operating system templates with limited system-level support related to our services such as network configuration and storage scaling.”

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Response time commitmentUnder 2 hours for incidents and under 4 hours for service requests on the Essentials tier. Advanced gets under 30 minutes and under 1 hour; Enterprise under 5 and under 10 minutes. Higher tiers are arranged through sales.
Sources (1) →
  • Customer Support | UpCloud Global ↗

    “Essentials Advanced Enterprise 24/7 support availability Service request response time < 4 hours < 1 hour < 10 mins Incident response time < 2 hours < 30 mins < 5 mins [...] Looking to upgrade your support plan? Interested in learning more about our service tiers?”

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Compliance

10 criteria
SOC 2Data-centre facilities only: UpCloud's data-centre page lists SOC 2 Type II among the certifications of most of the third-party facilities it uses (for example CoreSite in Chicago), but not for London, Warsaw, Stavanger or Helsinki FI-HEL2. It names no SOC 2 report for UpCloud's own service.
Sources (1) →
  • Data Centers | UpCloud ↗

    “US-CHI1 Chicago, USA More info CoreSite [...] Certifications ISO 27001 Information security management PCI-DSS Information security SOC 1 Type II Internal controls related to financial reporting SOC 2 Type II Data security and privacy HIPAA NIST 800-53”

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ISO 27001UpCloud runs an ISO 27001-certified information security management system; the compliance page links the certificate.
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HIPAAData-centre facilities only: the data-centre page lists HIPAA among the certifications of the three US facilities (Chicago, New York, San Jose). No business associate agreement or HIPAA-eligible service list is mentioned.
Sources (1) →
  • Data Centers | UpCloud ↗

    “US-CHI1 Chicago, USA More info CoreSite [...] SOC 2 Type II Data security and privacy HIPAA NIST 800-53 [...] US-NYC1 New York, USA More info CoreSite”

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GDPR / data residencyCustomer data stays in the data centre the customer selects; UpCloud does not move it without the customer's explicit request. UpCloud is registered in Finland and follows the GDPR; for servers in its EU data centres it uses no subprocessors.
Sources (1) →
  • Security & Privacy | UpCloud Global ↗

    “As our company is registered in Finland, we comply with the privacy and data protection laws and regulations of Finland and the European Union (EU). [...] As regards virtual servers deployed in our data centres located in the EU, we don’t use any subprocessors in the provision of the service. [...] The Customer Data is stored in the data centre which the customer selects through the service control panel. UpCloud doesn’t move the data from the selected data centre without the customer’s explicit request.”

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PCI DSSData-centre facilities only: UpCloud says its data centres are certified for requirements including PCI DSS. No PCI DSS attestation for UpCloud's own service is named.
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Encryption at restOptional, free AES-256 encryption for any block storage device, including OS disks, backups and custom images, on every storage tier. It must be chosen when the storage is created, and UpCloud estimates a 10-20% performance cost.
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  • Encryption at rest | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “All block storage devices can be optionally encrypted at rest. [...] Encryption is performed using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit keys. Encryption at Rest is offered free of charge. [...] Encryption can be enabled whenever a storage is created. Encryption cannot be enabled after creation [...] Storage performance may be reduced by approximately 10-20% with encryption enabled”

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Customer-managed keysNot for block storage: each encrypted storage device gets a randomly generated key managed by UpCloud, stored encrypted. No customer-supplied or customer-held key option is described.
Sources (1) →
  • Encryption at rest | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “Block storage encryption is fully transparent to the Cloud Server and requires no additional software to be installed or management of encryption keys on the server. [...] Each storage device has a randomly generated encryption key, managed by UpCloud. The encryption keys themselves are stored encrypted.”

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Role-based access controlSubaccounts: the main user can create subaccounts for team members and API users and restrict each one to specific servers, storage and network resources, or by tag.
Sources (1) →
  • Subaccounts | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “The main user of their UpCloud account is able to create additional subaccounts to give access to their team members without sharing their own login credentials. The account holder can set the user permissions for their workspace members by limiting members’ access to a specific server, storage and network resources as well as by using the tagging feature.”

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Private networking / VPCSDN Private Networks: custom private networks created on demand within a data centre, connecting an unlimited number of Cloud Servers there, with interfaces of up to 10 Gbit/s.
Sources (1) →
  • SDN Private Networks | UpCloud Docs ↗

    “Using SDN private networks, users are able to create and configure custom private networks on demand. SDN private networks are created within a specific data centre and allow connecting an unlimited number of cloud servers within that data centre. [...] SDN private network interfaces provide up to 10 Gbit/s link speeds.”

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Dedicated infrastructurePrivate Cloud: compute hosts exclusively reserved for a single customer, for hardware-level isolation, from $3669 a month with a personalised quote.
Sources (1) →
  • Private Cloud | UpCloud Global ↗

    “On UpCloud’s Dedicated Private Cloud, hosts are exclusively reserved for a single customer, ensuring hardware-level isolation. [...] Starting at $3669 per month, ask for personalized quote”

    Read 2026-09-27 · official site · Report a correction

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UpCloud pricing questions

How much does UpCloud cost?

$3.5/month for the cheapest Starter plan: 1 CPU core, 1 GB memory and 10 GB of standard SSD storage, at UpCloud's USD 'Global price', the same in every location. Billed by the starting hour up to 28 days a month; prices exclude local taxes. The 1 GB plan is limited to 5 concurrent deployments per customer. A standing list price; no introductory or promotional rate is shown.

Pricing | UpCloud Global · read

How does UpCloud charge?

Hourly: Cloud Server plans are billed by the starting hour, capped at 28 days a month, so the listed monthly price is the most a server costs in a month. Prices exclude applicable local taxes.

Pricing | UpCloud Global · read

Does UpCloud have a free tier?

No free tier; the free offer is a free trial.

Free trial | UpCloud Docs · read

Do you need a credit card to start on UpCloud?

Yes — The card is verified with a 0 or 1 €/$ authorisation and is not charged during the trial.

Free trial | UpCloud Docs · read

What happens if you exceed UpCloud's limits?

Throttled, not billed, by default: past the monthly Fair Transfer share UpCloud notifies the customer and may reduce Cloud Server bandwidth to 100 Mbps for the rest of the month. Customers can instead opt in to paid transfer at $0.01/GB for unrestricted egress.

Fair Transfer Policy | UpCloud Global · read

How much does UpCloud charge for egress?

$0.01 per GB, only for customers who opt in to the paid transfer model, and only on egress beyond the Fair Transfer Policy share. By default there is no overage charge; bandwidth may be throttled instead.

Fair Transfer Policy | UpCloud Global · read

What uptime does UpCloud guarantee?

99.99% on Starter plans, including the cheapest; 99.999% on Premium and Cloud Native plans.

Pricing | UpCloud Global · read

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