Virtono vs Netcup
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Virtono and Netcup.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
Virtono
0 reviews
4.2/5
Netcup
0 reviews
Netcup is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.5). Virtono is a Romanian cloud provider offering VPS across Romania, Germany, Netherlands, and US. Competitive pricing with NVMe storage and DDoS protection. ISO 27001 certified. German hosting company selling low-cost VPS and root servers in Europe, the US and Singapore. Smallest VPS starts at about EUR 2.21/month incl. VAT (12-month contract).
Virtono Romanian cloud VPS with European coverage | Netcup German VPS with exceptional price-to-performance | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.5/mo | From $2.21/mo✓ |
| Best for | European and global projects that need small VPS instances in specific cities — Prague, Belgrade, Sofia, Oslo, Zurich — or per-market rollouts, where location breadth matters more than raw compute per euro | European buyers who can run their own Linux server and want maximum cores and RAM per euro, with data residency in Germany, Austria, or the Netherlands |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 2 vCPU✓ |
| RAM | 1 GB | 4 GB✓ |
| Storage | 15 GB | 64 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.6% |
| Data-center count | 29✓ | 5 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.50 | €1.10✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.50 | €0.55✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Los Angeles, USDallas, USMiami, USNew York, USMontreal, CADublin, IE+23 | Germany, Austria, Netherlands, United States, Singapore |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacentergdpr compliant | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacentergdpr compliantwindows available |
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Virtono
Pros
- + 29 locations on one uniform price list — deploying in Belgrade, Prague, Oslo, or Sydney costs the same as Los Angeles
- + KVM with dedicated CPU/RAM, full root access, and a routed /64 IPv6 subnet on every instance
- + Entry pricing at €2.50/mo is competitive for KVM with a dedicated IPv4
- + Published per-location test IPs make pre-purchase network checks possible
- + 30-day money-back guarantee and broad payment options including crypto and Alipay
Cons
- - Mid and upper tiers are priced for location choice, not compute value — more CPU per euro elsewhere
- - Thin independent uptime and track-record data for a provider of this size
- - Site inconsistency: €2.50 entry on one page, €2.95 on another; VAT added for EU buyers without a VAT ID
- - ISO 27001 and DDoS-protection claims not verifiable on the vendor site during this review
- - Self-managed only on VPS; the managed cPanel tier starts at €59.95/mo
Netcup
Pros
- + Exceptional hardware per euro — 8 vCore / 16 GB at €26.92/month on a 12-month term
- + Five locations on three continents from one catalog: Nuremberg, Vienna, Amsterdam, Manassas, Singapore
- + DDoS protection, IPv4/IPv6, traffic flat rate, snapshots, and hourly billing included as standard
- + German company with own Nuremberg data centers and GDPR-aligned practice
- + 30-day money-back guarantee on root servers; honest, clearly stated availability guarantees
Cons
- - 99.6% VPS availability guarantee is below the 99.9% many enterprises expect
- - Support, community, and deep documentation are German-first with business-hours ticket support
- - Best headline prices require 12- or 24-month terms; monthly terms cost noticeably more
- - Standard VPS line is unmanaged — managed service is a separate product
- - No free tier; identity verification required at signup; contracts auto-renew with strict notice periods
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