VPS.bg vs Netcup
A detailed comparison to help you choose between VPS.bg and Netcup.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
VPS.bg
0 reviews
4.2/5
Netcup
0 reviews
Netcup is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.5). NVMe storage and KVM virtualisation on AMD EPYC with SEV-SNP confidential computing; pricing is mid-market rather than budget 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).
VPS.bg Bulgarian cloud VPS with EU data residency | 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 $9.38/mo | From $2.21/mo✓ |
| Best for | Privacy- and residency-sensitive projects in Bulgaria and the Balkans; confidential computing workloads; operators who want Bitcoin settlement and EU data sovereignty over lowest price | 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 | 25 GB | 64 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 2 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.99%✓ | 99.6% |
| Data-center count | 1 | 5✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €9.38 | €1.10✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €9.38 | €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 | Bulgaria (Sofia - SDC datacenter) | Germany, Austria, Netherlands, United States, Singapore |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacentergdpr compliant | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacentergdpr compliantwindows available |
| Visit VPS.bg → | Visit Netcup → | |
VPS.bg
Pros
- + Coherent privacy-first design: self-funded since 2013, own Bitcoin wallet since 2014, no third-party cookies, minimal-information signup
- + AMD SEV-SNP confidential computing and dedicated-core VDS tiers on current EPYC hardware with NVMe
- + Concrete contract terms: 99.99% uptime guarantee with pro-rated credits, 15-day first-service refund, published DPA under Bulgarian law
- + Strong Sofia network: redundant 10 Gbps nodes, Tier 1 upstreams, NetIX peering, public looking glass
Cons
- - Roughly twice the price per compute of measured value leaders at the entry and mid tiers
- - Single datacenter (Sofia) - no region choice and one failure domain for global or US-facing workloads
- - Backups (EUR 0.05/GB), DDoS-protected IPs (from EUR 10/IP/mo) and Windows licensing (EUR 5/core/mo) are paid add-ons
- - No published public API and no managed tier; ticket support with a 24h response target
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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