Kimsufi vs DataPacket
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Kimsufi and DataPacket.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Kimsufi
0 reviews
3.9/5
DataPacket
0 reviews
Kimsufi is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.9). 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. DataPacket offers dedicated servers and bare metal across 35 datacenter locations globally. Custom hardware, BGP sessions available, and 100Gbps uplinks on premium servers.
Kimsufi Budget dedicated from OVH family from €7.99 | DataPacket Global bare metal with 67 datacenter locations | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.9 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $9.99/mo✓ | From $240/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. | Network-intensive operators — CDNs, video and streaming platforms, VPN providers, game-traffic and mirror hosts — whose costs are driven by bandwidth volume |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 16 GB | — |
| Storage | 120 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | — |
| Data-center count | — | 67 |
| €/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"] | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenter | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
| Visit Kimsufi → | Visit DataPacket → | |
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
DataPacket
Pros
- + Unshared 50-200 Gbps uplinks with unmetered traffic and no egress billing
- + 67 data centre locations on six continents on a private 330+ Tbps backbone
- + Current-generation AMD EPYC + NVMe + DDR5 hardware, in-stock machines deploy in about a day
- + DDoS Shield included, one IPv4 free per server, free /64 IPv6 blocks
- + Network-heavy reference customers (Discord, bunny.net, Nodecraft, Livepeer) validate traffic-spike resilience
Cons
- - $240/mo entry price excludes small and hobby workloads entirely
- - No cloud platform services: no snapshots, managed databases or autoscaling groups
- - Custom hardware, BYO IP and top uplink tiers are quote-only through sales
- - Thin third-party documentation and community content outside the company's own support
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