Kimsufi vs ColoCrossing
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Kimsufi and ColoCrossing.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Kimsufi
0 reviews
3.6/5
ColoCrossing
0 reviews
Kimsufi is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.6). Kimsufi is OVHcloud's budget dedicated server brand (OVHcloud Eco range) — bare metal from around €9.99/month in the EU/CA market and $11.10/month excl. VAT in the US, plus a setup fee equal to one month. Limited configuration options and scarce stock but unbeatable price. Datacenters in France, Germany, the UK, Poland, Canada, the US, Australia, Singapore and India. Popular for dev/staging environments. ColoCrossing provides dedicated servers and colocation services with owned fiber infrastructure. Built for businesses needing high-performance computing, gaming, or content delivery with minimal network hops.
Kimsufi Budget dedicated from OVH family from €7.99 | ColoCrossing Bare metal servers with direct fiber access and low latency routing | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.6 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $9.99/mo✓ | From $34.95/mo |
| Best for | Developers, students, homelabbers and small projects that want the cheapest possible dedicated server for dev, staging, game servers or backup targets and are comfortable managing Linux themselves. | Sysadmin-literate teams wanting US or North-Atlantic bare metal at near-VPS prices, plus colocation customers who need 1U-to-cage space with a real backbone. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU | 4 vCPU |
| RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB✓ |
| Storage | 120 GB | 1,000 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | — | 40 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 100%✓ |
| Data-center count | — | 10 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.50✓ | €8.74 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €0.62✓ | €1.09 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | ["France","Germany","United Kingdom","Poland","Canada","United States","Australia","Singapore","India"] | Buffalo, New York City, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Jose, Dublin, Toronto |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenter | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionus datacenterwindows available |
| Visit Kimsufi → | Visit ColoCrossing → | |
Kimsufi
Pros
- + Cheapest route to real bare metal on OVHcloud infrastructure — dedicated CPU, RAM and disk at VPS-level prices
- + Anti-DDoS VAC always on with no scrubbed-traffic limit, plus 1 IPv4 and 1 IPv6 /64 per server
- + Unmetered traffic at 500 Mbps on KS; no per-GB bandwidth charges
- + 99.9% monthly availability commitment with defined 10/30/100% service credits
- + Wide OVH datacenter choice across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
Cons
- - Lifecycle-extended hardware — older Xeon/AMD generations with no custom configuration
- - Chronic stock scarcity: popular configurations sell out fast and restocks are irregular
- - Setup fee equal to one month's cost; no prepay discount on the KS series
- - Self-managed only — no managed OS tier and no backups bundled
- - Kimsufi brand is being absorbed into OVHcloud Eco; storefronts and naming are in flux
ColoCrossing
Pros
- + Strong hardware-per-dollar: 4 cores, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD and 40 TB transfer at $34.95/month list price
- + Ten owned or operated data centers across the US plus Dublin and Toronto for location choice
- + 100% network uptime SLA with dual-stack IPv6 network-wide and basic DDoS protection included
- + Transparent per-configuration pricing with published PassMark scores and full IPMI access
- + Colocation from single 1U to full cages with 24/7 operations center and remote hands
Cons
- - Heavy promotional-code churn means renewal pricing can step up well above the deal price
- - Backups, snapshots and managed services are paid add-ons, not included
- - No APAC data center presence
- - Thin public documentation and no modern self-service cloud control panel
- - GPU catalog uses older-generation Tesla/Radeon hardware
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