Aruba Cloud vs BuyVM
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Aruba Cloud and BuyVM.
Quick Verdict
3.6/5
Aruba Cloud
0 reviews
4.1/5
BuyVM
0 reviews
BuyVM is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.6). Offers Cloud VPS from €2.49 + VAT/month (entry VPS O1I1); OpenStack Cloud Server PRO billed hourly/monthly/yearly BuyVM (operated by Frantech Solutions) offers KVM VPS in Las Vegas, New York, and Roost (Luxembourg).
Aruba Cloud Italian cloud with €2.49/month entry VPS | BuyVM Frantech-operated VPS with DDoS protection | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.6 (0 reviews) | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.49/mo | From $2/mo✓ |
| Best for | European businesses needing GDPR-compliant EU data residency from a large incumbent that owns its own Tier IV-equivalent data centers, at budget VPS pricing | 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 | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB✓ | 0.5 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | 2 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.95%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 8✓ | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.49 | €2.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.49✓ | €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 | Arezzo (IT1/IT2), Ponte San Pietro/Bergamo (IT3), Rome (IT4), Prague (CZ1), Ktis (CZ2) owned; Paris, Frankfurt, London, Warsaw partner sites | Las Vegas, Nevada; New York, New York; Roost, Luxembourg |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6backups includedeu datacentergdpr compliant | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
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Aruba Cloud
Pros
- + Owns its data center campuses — Rating 4 facilities in Italy plus Czech sites, with GDPR data residency
- + Entry VPS at €2.49 + VAT/month with published specs: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe, 2 TB traffic
- + Hourly, monthly or yearly billing on the OpenStack Cloud Server PRO line
- + S3-compatible Cloud Object Storage and a full REST/SOAP API suite
Cons
- - SLA tops out at 99.95% (PRO) and 99.90% (Cloud VPS) — below the 99.99% market standard
- - All headline prices exclude VAT; promo pricing is mixed into tables with struck-through list prices
- - Backups are a paid add-on — free snapshots reportedly expire after two days
- - Control panel and English documentation lag the European market leaders
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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