Kimsufi vs OVHcloud Dedicated
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Kimsufi and OVHcloud Dedicated.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Kimsufi
0 reviews
3.9/5
OVHcloud Dedicated
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. OVHcloud offers dedicated servers from €39/month — among the cheapest in the world. 33 datacenters globally. Anti-DDoS included. Advance, Game, and High Grade lines for different workloads.
Kimsufi Budget dedicated from OVH family from €7.99 | OVHcloud Dedicated Dedicated servers from $11.10/month (Kimsufi line); current-gen OVHcloud bare metal from around $177/month | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.9 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $9.99/mo✓ | From $11.1/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-to-midrange dedicated hardware in EU and North America with included DDoS mitigation — game servers, storage boxes, and agencies consolidating sites. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 16 GB | — |
| Storage | 120 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 43 |
| €/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 protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
| Visit Kimsufi → | Visit OVHcloud Dedicated → | |
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
OVHcloud Dedicated
Pros
- + Widest dedicated price ladder in Europe: $11 Kimsufi entry up to High Grade
- + Anti-DDoS mitigation included, unmetered, at every price point
- + /64 IPv6 block on most servers, /56 on High Grade and Scale
- + Published SLA per range (99.9% to 99.99%) with service credits
- + Own hardware and data centers across EU, North America and Asia-Pacific
Cons
- - Setup fees commonly equal one month's rent on branded lines
- - Standard support is ticket-based and varies by region
- - 2021 Strasbourg fire showed real design weaknesses; off-site backups essential
- - Eco/Kimsufi ranges run older hardware generations with fixed SKUs
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