Tilaa vs NexusBytes
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Tilaa and NexusBytes.
Quick Verdict
3.7/5
Tilaa
0 reviews
3.7/5
NexusBytes
0 reviews
Both Tilaa and NexusBytes are equally rated at 3.7/5. Tilaa is a Dutch cloud provider offering KVM Cloud VPS from two Dutch datacenters, ISO 27001 certified and GDPR-compliant, focused on the Dutch and Belgian market. Monthly pricing from €8.28/month promotional. NexusBytes provides VPS in multiple US and EU locations with DDoS protection and NVMe storage included. KVM-based with instant provisioning and good network performance.
Tilaa Dutch cloud VPS with EU privacy focus | NexusBytes US and EU VPS with DDoS protection included | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.7 (0 reviews) | 3.7 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $8.28/mo | From $4/mo✓ |
| Best for | Dutch and Belgian organizations that need provable EU data sovereignty, a readable contract, and a provider small enough to talk to — especially healthcare, legal and government-adjacent SMBs. | Developers and small teams wanting Ryzen/NVMe VPS with US, EU, and APAC locations from one transparent boutique provider |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB | 2 GB✓ |
| Storage | 60 GB✓ | 20 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | 2 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.95%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 2 | 8✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €8.28 | €4.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €8.28 | €2.00✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Netherlands (two Dutch datacenters) | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Australia |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6eu datacentergdpr compliantapi access | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenter |
| Visit Tilaa → | Visit NexusBytes → | |
Tilaa
Pros
- + Dutch jurisdiction and Dutch-only datacenters — clean GDPR/data-sovereignty story
- + Unusually transparent spec sheet: CPU share percentages, RAID10 SSD details and fair-use traffic are all published
- + Included extras that competitors charge for: layer-4 DDoS protection, dedicated IPv4+IPv6, one free snapshot, unlimited fair-use traffic
- + 18 years of operating history with ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISAE 3402 Type 1 certifications
- + EC2-compatible metadata service and a real API, so standard cloud-init tooling works
Cons
- - Netherlands only — no US, APAC or multi-region footprint
- - Cores are percentage shares (60-80% per core), so the same vCPU count means less compute than elsewhere
- - Promotional entry pricing reverts to 40-60% higher list prices after six months
- - Managed backups (€0.161/GB/month) and extra snapshots are paid add-ons; free snapshot kept only 3 months
- - Hourly billing claimed in older listings is not verifiable on current pages — billing appears monthly
NexusBytes
Pros
- + Ryzen + NVMe hardware at budget prices: 2 vCore / 2 GB from $6.40/month (annual), budget LA plans from $4/month
- + Eight locations on four continents from a single small provider — NYC, LA, Miami, Naaldwijk, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Melbourne
- + DDoS protection, IPv4 plus /64 IPv6, instant provisioning, and à-la-carte upgrades published openly
- + Virtual dedicated line gives true dedicated Ryzen vCores from $19.20/month
- + Candid policy writing: fair-share rules, SLA exceptions, and published looking glasses
Cons
- - Very small operator (founder-run Connecticut LLC) — counterparty risk compared with larger chains
- - Self-managed by default; DirectAdmin management is a paid add-on
- - Best prices require annual commitment; monthly terms cost roughly 25% more
- - SLA is 99.9% monthly with case-by-case credits and a broad exception list (maintenance, hardware failure, DDoS, peering)
- - Fair-share CPU and port speed on standard VPS; APAC plans ship with much lower transfer allowances
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