QuickPacket vs BuyVM
A detailed comparison to help you choose between QuickPacket and BuyVM.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
QuickPacket
0 reviews
4.1/5
BuyVM
0 reviews
BuyVM is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.5). QuickPacket is a privately owned US host selling self-managed bare-metal dedicated servers and colocation in Ashburn, Los Angeles and Chicago, with 50 TB of transfer included per server and a 100% network uptime guarantee. BuyVM (operated by Frantech Solutions) offers KVM VPS in Las Vegas, New York, and Roost (Luxembourg).
QuickPacket Bare-metal dedicated servers and colocation in Ashburn, Los Angeles and Chicago since 2003 | BuyVM Frantech-operated VPS with DDoS protection | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $49.99/mo | From $2/mo✓ |
| Best for | Self-sufficient US operators wanting dedicated hardware with fat included bandwidth in Ashburn, Los Angeles or Chicago — game hosts, download-heavy services, and colocation customers who prefer a small direct provider | Self-managed, bandwidth- and storage-heavy workloads — media servers, community platforms, backups, VPNs — where price per resource matters more than platform polish |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU✓ | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 16 GB✓ | 0.5 GB |
| Storage | 1,000 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | 50 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 100%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 3 | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €12.50 | €2.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €3.12✓ | €4.00 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Ashburn, Virginia; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois | Las Vegas, Nevada; New York, New York; Roost, Luxembourg |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionus datacenterwindows available | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
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QuickPacket
Pros
- + Published catalog pricing and specs — no quote wall for dedicated servers
- + 50 TB of transfer included on every listed configuration, some on 10 Gbps ports
- + 100% network uptime guarantee with credits, plus installation and hardware replacement guarantees
- + 20+ years in business (founded June 2003), privately owned with no long-term debt, own hardware
- + Direct access to a small team that runs its own network — 24x7 on-site support
Cons
- - Strictly unmanaged: support covers network, power and hardware only
- - Entry hardware is old (Xeon E3-1230v3) and several modern configs were out of stock
- - US-only (Ashburn, Los Angeles, Chicago) with no EU or APAC presence
- - Tight SLA claim windows (5 days for network credits) and strict hardware/SSD-wear rules
- - Thin documentation, no hourly billing, no VPS/cloud product yet, colocation by quote only
BuyVM
Pros
- + Cheapest serious block storage we track: $1.25/256 GB, $5/TB per month, hot-migratable slabs
- + Unmetered 1 Gbps bandwidth on every slice — no egress metering to model
- + Cheap, credible DDoS filtering at $3/month per IP (3.5+ Tbps pooled, Path.net-backed)
- + Real KVM with custom ISOs, full disk encryption, and a free DirectAdmin license
- + 16-year track record with a support reputation that outclasses the price point
Cons
- - Stock shortages on popular slices and locations are routine; no elastic scaling
- - Self-managed only — no managed tier, no object storage product, no autoscaling API
- - Only three locations (Las Vegas, New York, Luxembourg); no Asia-Pacific presence
- - Modest 99.9% SLA with application-layer floods excluded; credits handled via TOS
- - No downgrades, and nightly backups cost extra (10% of base price)
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