Aruba Cloud vs VPSDime
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Aruba Cloud and VPSDime.
Quick Verdict
3.6/5
Aruba Cloud
0 reviews
3.6/5
VPSDime
0 reviews
Both Aruba Cloud and VPSDime are equally rated at 3.6/5. Offers Cloud VPS from €2.49 + VAT/month (entry VPS O1I1); OpenStack Cloud Server PRO billed hourly/monthly/yearly Independent budget VPS host (founded 2013, 6 US/EU locations) known for RAM per dollar: Linux VPS with 4 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores from $5/month, plus KVM Premium and licensed Windows lines.
Aruba Cloud Italian cloud with €2.49/month entry VPS | VPSDime High-RAM budget VPS at $7/month | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.6 (0 reviews) | 3.6 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.49/mo✓ | From $5/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 | Memory-hungry budget workloads (Java heaps, caches, game servers, self-hosted labs) in the US and Western Europe, run by hands-on users who don't need managed support |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 2 vCPU✓ |
| RAM | 1 GB | 4 GB✓ |
| Storage | 20 GB | 20 GB |
| Bandwidth | 2 TB/mo✓ | 1 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.95% | 99.99%✓ |
| Data-center count | 8✓ | 6 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.49✓ | €2.50 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.49 | €1.25✓ |
| 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 | Dallas TX, Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, Piscataway NJ, Amsterdam NL, London area UK |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6backups includedeu datacentergdpr compliant | nvme storageipv6backups includedus 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
VPSDime
Pros
- + Best-in-class RAM per dollar on the standard line: $5/mo entry up to 288 GB RAM at $336/mo on 10 Gbps uplinks
- + Honest, complete plan tables, flat monthly pricing with no contracts or overage fees, and prices unchanged since 2013
- + Premium VPS line is true KVM with dedicated CPU/RAM/disk and nightly backups included; Windows VPS bundles the license from $15/mo
- + Ticket support with a stated sub-15-minute response, 99.99% power/network SLA with credits, 72-hour first-order refund
Cons
- - No real DDoS mitigation: larger attacks are null-routed and the vendor recommends Cloudflare
- - Standard Linux line is container-based with shared CPU; true isolation costs 4x per GB on the Premium line
- - No API, no managed tier, ticket-only support, and a somewhat opaque corporate structure (Nodisto FZE / Nodisto IT / Winity)
- - Backups cost $5/mo with 3-day retention outside Premium; traffic overage suspends the VPS after 24 hours
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