Clouvider vs BuyVM
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Clouvider and BuyVM.
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
Clouvider
0 reviews
4.1/5
BuyVM
0 reviews
BuyVM is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.9). Clouvider is a UK cloud provider with VPS across London, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Frankfurt, and Singapore. NVMe storage, DDoS protection, and strong BGP routing. BuyVM (operated by Frantech Solutions) offers KVM VPS in Las Vegas, New York, and Roost (Luxembourg).
Clouvider UK VPS with global network reach | BuyVM Frantech-operated VPS with DDoS protection | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews) | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $4.72/mo | From $2/mo✓ |
| Best for | UK/EU businesses and engineers wanting bandwidth-heavy VPS with real IPv6, strong routing and transparent specs — media delivery, VPNs, e-commerce, CDN origins | 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 | 2 GB✓ | 0.5 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | 5 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 100%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 11✓ | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €4.72 | €2.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.36✓ | €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 | London & Manchester (UK), Amsterdam (NL), Frankfurt (DE), New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix (US) for VPS; Los Angeles & Ashburn for dedicated; no Singapore or Australia on current order forms | Las Vegas, Nevada; New York, New York; Roost, Luxembourg |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
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Clouvider
Pros
- + 10 Gbit/s ports, 5-10 TB transfer, 1x IPv4 and routed /48 IPv6 on every VPS plan
- + Entry VPS.2 (1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB NVMe) at about $4.72/month — strong value
- + 100% power/network SLA, included DDoS protection, ISO 27001 listed
- + Own Juniper backbone (AS62240) with multi-carrier transit; 11 locations across UK, NL, DE and US
- + Bare metal, colocation, IP transit and BGP in the same account; Bitcoin and AliPay accepted
Cons
- - Fully unmanaged — no PaaS, no managed app stack
- - No Asia-Pacific locations; VPS zones exclude some dedicated-server cities (e.g. Los Angeles)
- - No hourly billing; snapshots not in the VPS product and backups are paid add-ons
- - Small company (handful of staff) standing behind a 100% SLA
- - No GPU, object storage or managed databases
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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