BuyVM vs Oracle Cloud (GPU)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between BuyVM and Oracle Cloud (GPU).
Quick Verdict
4.1/5
BuyVM
0 reviews
3.8/5
Oracle Cloud (GPU)
0 reviews
BuyVM is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.8). BuyVM (operated by Frantech Solutions) offers KVM VPS in Las Vegas, New York, and Roost (Luxembourg). Oracle Cloud Infrastructure includes an always-free A1 Arm allocation (2 OCPUs + 12 GB RAM since July 2026, halved from 4 OCPUs + 24 GB) and GPU shapes from ~$2/GPU-hour (A10 VM) to $10/GPU-hour (H100/H200) and $14-15 (B200/B300).
BuyVM Frantech-operated VPS with DDoS protection | Oracle Cloud (GPU) Free A1 Arm instances with optional GPU | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.8 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | freemium |
| Starting price | From $2/mo | Free tier available✓ |
| Best for | Self-managed, bandwidth- and storage-heavy workloads — media servers, community platforms, backups, VPNs — where price per resource matters more than platform polish | Enterprise and serious training/inference workloads that want bare-metal NVIDIA or AMD GPU clusters at hyperscaler-reliable terms, especially MI300X and A100 value seekers and existing Oracle/database customers |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 0.5 GB | — |
| Storage | 10 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 3 | 50✓ |
| €/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 | 50+ regions across 28 countries (NA, SA, EU, MEA, APAC) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter | free tiergpu availableeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi accessarm processors |
| Visit BuyVM → | Visit Oracle Cloud (GPU) → | |
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)
Oracle Cloud (GPU)
Pros
- + Broadest accelerator lineup of any hyperscaler: NVIDIA Blackwell/Hopper/Ampere plus AMD MI300X/MI355X, VMs and bare metal
- + Below-AWS/Azure on-demand GPU list pricing (H100 $10/GPU-hr, A100 80GB $4, MI300X $6) with published, checkable rates
- + Supercluster-class networking (up to 3,200 Gb/sec RDMA) and large local NVMe per node for training checkpoints
- + Credit-backed compute SLA and a full cloud stack (storage, K8s, databases, S3-compatible object) in 50+ regions
Cons
- - GPU quota and capacity processes can require sales engagement; 8-GPU node minimums on the best shapes
- - OCI console/IAM complexity and thinner community documentation than AWS/GCP
- - The 'up to 220% cheaper' claim is a dated vendor comparison; neoclouds undercut on some shapes
- - Egress, storage, image licensing and commitment terms add to headline GPU rates; free tier is CPU-only
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