AlexHost vs BuyVM
A detailed comparison to help you choose between AlexHost and BuyVM.
Quick Verdict
3.2/5
AlexHost
0 reviews
4.1/5
BuyVM
0 reviews
BuyVM is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.2). VPS with DDoS protection from €6/month (U1: 1 vCore, 1.5 GB, 10 GB NVMe) BuyVM (operated by Frantech Solutions) offers KVM VPS in Las Vegas, New York, and Roost (Luxembourg).
AlexHost Moldova VPS outside EU and 14 Eyes | BuyVM Frantech-operated VPS with DDoS protection | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.2 (0 reviews) | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $6/mo | From $2/mo✓ |
| Best for | Privacy-conscious users who want a budget KVM VPS in Moldova — outside EU and Five Eyes jurisdiction — with crypto payments and permissive mail policies | Self-managed, bandwidth- and storage-heavy workloads — media servers, community platforms, backups, VPNs — where price per resource matters more than platform polish |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | — | 0.5 GB |
| Storage | — | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.99%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €2.00 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | — | €4.00 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | Las Vegas, Nevada; New York, New York; Roost, Luxembourg |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenter | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
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AlexHost
Pros
- + Jurisdiction: Moldova, outside EU and the Five/Fourteen Eyes alliances, with a stated no-disclosure-without-conviction policy
- + Own datacenter in Chișinău (underground facility since 2010) rather than pure reselling
- + Low real prices: KVM VPS from EUR 6/month with NVMe, dedicated IPv4 and free IPv6
- + Crypto accepted alongside 20+ payment methods; open SMTP ports reported by third-party reviews
- + Concrete support terms: 30-minute ticket first response, 2-hour hardware replacement, 99.99% uptime target
Cons
- - Poor public review score (Trustpilot around 1.8/5) for a provider handling production workloads
- - Website marketing is inconsistent: conflicting DDoS capacity figures and location counts
- - Cheapest Moldova plans on shared 100 Mbps ports; latency to Americas and Asia is mediocre
- - Refund terms are restrictive (first purchase only; 30% fee on dedicated servers)
- - Entry dedicated servers use dated DDR3-era hardware
BuyVM
Pros
- + Cheapest serious block storage we track: $1.25/256 GB, $5/TB per month, hot-migratable slabs
- + Unmetered 1 Gbps bandwidth on every slice — no egress metering to model
- + Cheap, credible DDoS filtering at $3/month per IP (3.5+ Tbps pooled, Path.net-backed)
- + Real KVM with custom ISOs, full disk encryption, and a free DirectAdmin license
- + 16-year track record with a support reputation that outclasses the price point
Cons
- - Stock shortages on popular slices and locations are routine; no elastic scaling
- - Self-managed only — no managed tier, no object storage product, no autoscaling API
- - Only three locations (Las Vegas, New York, Luxembourg); no Asia-Pacific presence
- - Modest 99.9% SLA with application-layer floods excluded; credits handled via TOS
- - No downgrades, and nightly backups cost extra (10% of base price)
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