So You Start vs Kimsufi
A detailed comparison to help you choose between So You Start and Kimsufi.
Quick Verdict
3.6/5
So You Start
0 reviews
4.0/5
Kimsufi
0 reviews
Kimsufi is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.6). So You Start is OVH's mid-tier dedicated server brand — between Kimsufi budget and OVHcloud premium. Faster hardware, more RAM, anti-DDoS. Datacenters in France and Canada. 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.
So You Start OVH mid-range dedicated from €26.99 | Kimsufi Budget dedicated from OVH family from €7.99 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.6 (0 reviews) | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $33.2/mo | From $9.99/mo✓ |
| Best for | Developers, homelabbers, and small businesses wanting dedicated servers with large RAM and disk at mid-range prices, who are comfortable managing Linux themselves | 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. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | 4 vCPU |
| RAM | — | 16 GB |
| Storage | — | 120 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 5 | — |
| €/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 datacenter |
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So You Start
Pros
- + Dedicated metal with 32 GB ECC from around the price of a small VPS elsewhere
- + Anti-DDoS (VAC), backup storage slot, and 16 included IPs on every server
- + Wide configuration ladder: Xeon D/E3 up to 24-core EPYC with 256 GB RAM
- + OVH backbone network with multiple Tier 1 carriers and a 99.9% SLA
- + Game line with latency-tolerant anti-DDoS for game hosting
Cons
- - Previous-generation hardware by design (DDR3-heavy entry line, modest single-thread speed)
- - Unmanaged: business-hours email/phone support, you run the OS and RAID yourself
- - France and Canada only — no US or APAC datacenter for this brand
- - OVH single-operator risk (2021 SBG fire) — take off-site backups despite the included slot
- - Pricing is currency-dependent across storefronts; setup fees on some configurations
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
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