Kimsufi vs Psychz Networks
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Kimsufi and Psychz Networks.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Kimsufi
0 reviews
3.6/5
Psychz Networks
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. 16 cities (US: Los Angeles, Ashburn, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta; EU: Amsterdam, London, Barcelona; plus Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg); DDoS mitigation packages up to 500 Gbps with 2-20 Gbps bundled free per dedicated server
Kimsufi Budget dedicated from OVH family from €7.99 | Psychz Networks DDoS-protected bare metal, VPS, and colocation in 16 cities across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia | |
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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 $4/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. | Gaming, streaming, and media operators needing DDoS-heavy infrastructure or unusual reach (South America, Africa, South Asia), and anyone who wants a fully priced catalogue with hourly testing before committing. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU✓ | 2 vCPU |
| RAM | 16 GB✓ | 4 GB |
| Storage | 120 GB✓ | 50 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 16 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.50 | €2.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €0.62✓ | €1.00 |
| 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"] | Los Angeles, Ashburn, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg |
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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
Psychz Networks
Pros
- + Sixteen cities on four continents — Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, and Moscow on one account, which almost no competitor offers
- + DDoS mitigation is a core competency: bundled filtering on every dedicated server, tiers to 500 Gbps, fourteen scrubbing points, and remote protection via reverse proxy without needing an ASN
- + Public catalogue of 158 priced plans — no quote-form gate; VMs from $4/month and hourly from $0.0011
- + S3-compatible object storage with zero egress charges and immutable object lock included
- + Service commitment with real teeth: 99.9% network uptime and 5% credit per half hour of outage up to a full month's fee
- + Own facilities and network since 2014 (hosting since 2001) — an operating company, not a reseller shell
Cons
- - All payments non-refundable (continuous backup excepted); claims expire after one calendar year; Texas law with California arbitration
- - Usage policy reserves a discretionary takedown right over otherwise legal content; adult-content permission is a 2015 forum answer, not policy
- - Support and provisioning reviews are genuinely mixed despite the 15-minute response promise
- - Bandwidth is 'unmetered' under an unpublished fair-use threshold
- - EU footprint thinner than US/Asia; documentation and control panel are functional rather than polished
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