OVHcloud vs Vultr
A detailed comparison to help you choose between OVHcloud and Vultr.
Quick Verdict
4.1/5
OVHcloud
0 reviews
4.0/5
Vultr
0 reviews
OVHcloud is rated higher (4.1 vs 4.0). French cloud giant with 400,000+ servers globally. Offers some of the cheapest dedicated servers available. Strong in Europe with bare metal speed and anti-DDoS on every server. Vultr is a cloud platform offering VPS, bare metal servers, and Kubernetes hosting across 32 data centers worldwide. Built for developers and businesses needing scalable, reliable compute resources with transparent billing.
OVHcloud European cloud infrastructure with transparent pricing and no hidden fees | Vultr High-performance cloud infrastructure with global data centers and competitive pricing | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ | 4.0 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $4.54/mo | From $2.5/mo✓ |
| Best for | European businesses, agencies and developers who want VPS or bare metal value with data-residency guarantees and can manage their own stack. | Teams needing low-latency compute across multiple continents, API-first fleets, and self-serve GPU or bare metal with predictable billing |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 2 vCPU✓ | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 4 GB✓ | 1 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | 1 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 100%✓ |
| Data-center count | 43✓ | 34 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.27✓ | €2.50 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €1.14✓ | €2.50 |
| Performance | ||
| CPU score (sysbench) | — | 4,100 |
| Disk read (fio) | — | 1,800 MB/s |
| Disk IOPS (4K random) | — | 38,000 |
| Network out | — | 1 Gbps |
| Latency (TTFB) | — | 24 ms |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | FranceGermanyUnited KingdomPolandCanadaAustralia+2 | 34 regions across North/South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa (see locations page) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingipv6ddos protectionbackups includedmanaged optionbare metalgpu availables3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacentergdpr compliantapi access | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotsbare metalgpu availables3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterterraform providerapi accesswindows available |
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OVHcloud
Pros
- + Entry VPS pricing undercuts nearly every comparable provider for the specs
- + Anti-DDoS and daily automatic backup included on all VPS tiers
- + EU data residency with GDPR, HDS and SecNumCloud options
- + 43 data centers across four continents with Local Zones
- + Own hardware, network and data centers — few middlemen in the chain
Cons
- - Standard support is ticket-based and inconsistent by region
- - Snapshots and premium backups are paid add-ons
- - Control panel is dense and dated next to newer hosts
- - Web hosting renewals jump to several times the introductory price
Vultr
Pros
- + Truly global: 34 regions on six continents from one console, one API, one price list - with per-region test IPs published
- + Fully published hourly and monthly pricing from $2.50/mo, mature REST API and Terraform provider
- + 100% network and host-node uptime SLA with credits; standardized platform behavior across every region
- + Broad self-serve catalog: NVMe optimized VMs, NVIDIA/AMD GPUs, bare metal, managed databases/Kafka, S3-compatible object storage, VKE
Cons
- - Price-performance trails European leaders: our measured HF 2GB (Amsterdam) had the slowest NVMe storage of six tested providers at a mid-range price
- - Backups cost 20% of instance price, snapshots bill per GB, Windows and extra egress are add-ons
- - No refunds in the terms of service; support is ticket-only for self-serve customers
- - Overlapping instance families (Cloud Compute, VX1, Optimized) make it easy to pick a stale SKU; region count differs across Vultr's own pages (32/33/34)
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