Aruba Cloud vs Infomaniak
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Aruba Cloud and Infomaniak.
Quick Verdict
3.6/5
Aruba Cloud
0 reviews
3.8/5
Infomaniak
0 reviews
Infomaniak is rated higher (3.8 vs 3.6). Offers Cloud VPS from €2.49 + VAT/month (entry VPS O1I1); OpenStack Cloud Server PRO billed hourly/monthly/yearly Swiss hosting company running 100% renewable energy with strict no-GAFAM policy. VPS, managed WordPress, and email hosting. B Corp certified. Very popular in French-speaking Switzerland and France.
Aruba Cloud Italian cloud with €2.49/month entry VPS | Infomaniak Swiss ethical cloud running on renewable energy | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.6 (0 reviews) | 3.8 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.49/mo✓ | From $2.7/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 | Eco-conscious European and Swiss businesses wanting data sovereignty, renewable-powered infrastructure, and honest unmetered VPS pricing |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 1 GB | — |
| Storage | 20 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | 2 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.95% | — |
| Data-center count | 8 | — |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.49 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.49 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6backups includedeu datacentergdpr compliant | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacentergdpr compliant |
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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
Infomaniak
Pros
- + Genuine Swiss data sovereignty — data hosted exclusively in Switzerland under Swiss law
- + Very competitive pricing with unmetered traffic on every VPS plan
- + Uniformly modern hardware: AMD EPYC on Dell servers with NVMe storage across tiers
- + TIER III+ own data centers, ISO 27001/9001/14001 certified, n+1 redundancy
- + Employee-majority-owned, B Corp certified, renewable-powered with verifiable environmental commitments
Cons
- - Swiss-only data centers mean higher latency for non-European audiences
- - No published uptime SLA for the standard VPS Lite and VPS Cloud lines
- - VPS Lite requires annual prepayment at the budget tiers
- - French-first documentation and support; European-hours orientation
- - Smaller ecosystem (images, tutorials, community) than the big developer hosts
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