Kimsufi vs Database Mart
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Kimsufi and Database Mart.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Kimsufi
0 reviews
3.3/5
Database Mart
0 reviews
Kimsufi is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.3). 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. US host (since 2005) selling low-cost VPS, dedicated and NVIDIA GPU servers from its own US data centres. VPS from $2.99, GPU servers from $21 per month.
Kimsufi Budget dedicated from OVH family from €7.99 | Database Mart Dedicated & GPU server provider | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.3 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $9.99/mo | From $2.99/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. | Budget-conscious US workloads: Windows/RDP desktops and MSSQL boxes, always-on GPU inference or rendering on flat monthly rates, and small businesses wanting whole dedicated machines without colocation contracts. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU✓ | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 16 GB✓ | 2 GB |
| Storage | 120 GB✓ | 40 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | 1 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 2 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.50✓ | €2.99 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €0.62✓ | €1.50 |
| 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"] | Dallas, Texas, United StatesKansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenter | — |
| Visit Kimsufi → | Visit Database Mart → | |
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
Database Mart
Pros
- + Genuinely low published prices: VPS from $2.99/mo, bare metal from $49/mo, GPU VPS from $85/mo
- + Windows Server licensing included in plan price instead of a $16-$52/mo add-on
- + Flat-rate GPU servers with unmetered bandwidth and zero egress fees suit always-on inference
- + 99.9% uptime SLA with 3x downtime service credits, plus automated backups
- + Two decades in business (since 2005) with its own US data centres and 24/7 human support
Cons
- - US-only footprint — Dallas and Kansas City, no European or Asia-Pacific locations
- - Entry plans (1 vCPU, 2 GB) are too thin for production workloads
- - Promotional pricing rotates constantly, so headline rates need checking against list prices
- - Heavy affiliate-marketing ecosystem makes independent reviews hard to find; company claims (customer counts) are unverified
- - Windows Desktop VPS runs evaluation Windows images, not licensed production Windows
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