InterServer vs BuyVM
A detailed comparison to help you choose between InterServer and BuyVM.
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
InterServer
0 reviews
4.1/5
BuyVM
0 reviews
BuyVM is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.9). InterServer guarantees your VPS price never increases on renewal — unusual in hosting industry. US-based with New Jersey datacenter. SSD VPS from $6/month, Linux and Windows options. Solid infrastructure since 1999. BuyVM (operated by Frantech Solutions) offers KVM VPS in Las Vegas, New York, and Roost (Luxembourg).
InterServer Price-lock VPS — rates never increase on renewal | BuyVM Frantech-operated VPS with DDoS protection | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews) | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $3/mo | From $2/mo✓ |
| Best for | US-focused projects that want long-term predictable VPS pricing — multi-year side projects, agencies hosting client sites, budget Windows servers, and cost-sensitive production workloads that dislike renewal hikes | 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 | 40 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | 2 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 3 | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €3.00 | €2.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €1.50✓ | €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 | Secaucus/New York City (NJ, US), Dallas (TX, US), Los Angeles (CA, US) | Las Vegas, Nevada; New York, New York; Roost, Luxembourg |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedus datacenterwindows available | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
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InterServer
Pros
- + Lifetime price-lock guarantee — signup rate never increases, including on VPS slices
- + Cloud VPS from $3/mo (1 core, 2GB RAM, 40GB SSD, 2TB transfer) with linear slice scaling
- + Owns and operates its US data centers since 2006 — rare at this price point
- + Free DDoS protection (100Gbps-class) on VPS and dedicated servers
- + Windows VPS at Linux pricing; managed support included from 8 slices ($24/mo)
Cons
- - US-only data centers (NYC, Dallas, LA) — high latency for European and Asian audiences
- - VPS backups are a paid add-on and no snapshot product is advertised on the cloud VPS line
- - No money-back guarantee on VPS plans (shared hosting has 30 days)
- - 99.9% uptime guarantee is weaker than the 99.99% SLAs common elsewhere
- - Dated control-panel ecosystem and storefront; cPanel costs about $15/mo extra
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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