Kimsufi vs HostKey
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Kimsufi and HostKey.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Kimsufi
0 reviews
3.1/5
HostKey
0 reviews
Kimsufi is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.1). 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. HostKey provides dedicated servers with GPU options in Netherlands and US. RTX and A100 GPU servers available for ML workloads. Custom hardware configurations and anti-DDoS.
Kimsufi Budget dedicated from OVH family from €7.99 | HostKey GPU-enabled dedicated servers in EU and US | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.1 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $9.99/mo✓ | From $40/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. | ML and rendering teams wanting dedicated GPU servers in the EU, and buyers who want bare metal with BYOIP and hourly billing at low cost |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 16 GB | — |
| Storage | 120 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | — |
| Data-center count | — | — |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.50 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €0.62 | — |
| 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"] | Amsterdam NL, USA, Turkey, Finland (site also shows FR/DE/UK pickers and legacy RU listings) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenter | nvme storageipv6ddos protectiongpu availableeu datacenterus datacenter |
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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
HostKey
Pros
- + GPU pricing is competitive: RTX-class bare metal from €118/mo, GPU VPS from €70/mo, A100/H100 available
- + Cheap bare-metal entry at €40/mo with IPMI/iDRAC and unmetered 1 Gbps on advanced NL servers
- + Hourly and monthly billing on instant servers — rare for dedicated hardware
- + BYOIP/AS announcement free on the instant EPYC line; custom builds up to 190 cores and 4.6TB DDR5
- + Amsterdam base with EU data residency plus US and Turkey options
Cons
- - No published uptime SLA percentage or credit schedule
- - Small provider: thin documentation, sales-led quotes, and listings that mix hardware eras
- - Footprint beyond Amsterdam is thin; no multi-region story
- - Mixed pricing currencies (euro lists, dollar tiers) and 'from' prices that require confirmation
- - Backups and snapshots are add-ons; no free tier
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