So You Start vs OVHcloud Dedicated
A detailed comparison to help you choose between So You Start and OVHcloud Dedicated.
Quick Verdict
3.6/5
So You Start
0 reviews
3.9/5
OVHcloud Dedicated
0 reviews
OVHcloud Dedicated is rated higher (3.9 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. 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.
So You Start OVH mid-range dedicated from €26.99 | OVHcloud Dedicated Dedicated servers from $11.10/month (Kimsufi line); current-gen OVHcloud bare metal from around $177/month | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.6 (0 reviews) | 3.9 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $33.2/mo | From $11.1/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 | Budget-to-midrange dedicated hardware in EU and North America with included DDoS mitigation — game servers, storage boxes, and agencies consolidating sites. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenter | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
| Visit So You Start → | Visit OVHcloud Dedicated → | |
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
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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