Vultr

Recommended

Rock-bottom cloud server prices spread across one of the biggest data center maps around.

“Unbeatable prices and a huge map of data centers, but support can be a rough spot.”

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4.0/ 5

BettrList score

Pricing: From $2.5/mo
Free plan: No

Vultr

Recommended

Rock-bottom cloud server prices spread across one of the biggest data center maps around.

4.0/ 5

BettrList score

Pricing: From $2.5/mo
Free plan: No

Try Vultr→

Starting price

$2.50/mo

Free trial

Uptime SLA

100% network/host

Data centers

32+ locations worldwide

How we rated it

BettrList score

4.0/ 5

Based on practical use and value.

What we measured

Features4.4

Ease of use4.0

Value for money4.4

Support3.0

Compliance4.3

BettrList score

4.0/ 5

Based on practical use and value.

What we measured

Features4.4

Ease of use4.0

Value for money4.4

Support3.0

Compliance4.3

The verdict

“Unbeatable prices and a huge map of data centers, but support can be a rough spot.”

Pricing breakdown

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Cloud Compute (Regular Performance)

$2.5/mo

The cheapest way onto Vultr. Fine for testing, learning, or tiny low-traffic projects.

Starts at 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB SSD
The $2.50/mo plan is IPv6-only; add a public IPv4 address for $3.50/mo
Runs on older Intel CPUs with regular SSDs, not NVMe

Recommended

Cloud Compute (High Performance)

$6/mo

The plan most people should actually pick. Newer chips, NVMe storage, still cheap.

Runs on newer AMD or Intel CPUs with NVMe SSDs
Good fit for dev and test environments, small databases, and everyday websites
Noticeably faster disk speeds than the Regular Performance line

Optimized Cloud Compute

$28/mo

Dedicated vCPU cores for production apps that need consistent performance, not shared resources.

General Purpose, CPU, Memory, and Storage-optimized configurations available
Dedicated (not shared) vCPU cores
Built for production workloads that outgrow basic cloud compute

Bare Metal

$120/mo

A whole physical server to yourself, no virtualization and no other tenants sharing hardware.

Full dedicated server, not a virtual machine
No 'noisy neighbor' performance issues from other customers
Suited to heavy, consistent workloads like databases or game servers

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All features

Servers deploy in under a minute, in over 30 data center locations across 20 countries

Six server families to choose from, covering everything from a $2.50/mo test box to bare metal machines

High Performance and Optimized plans run on NVMe SSDs and newer AMD/Intel chips for a real speed boost

Hourly billing, so you only pay for the time a server is actually running

One-click apps for WordPress, cPanel, Docker, and dozens of other tools

Managed Kubernetes, managed databases, and object storage if you don't want to run those yourself

A 100% uptime guarantee on network and host availability, backed by service credits if they miss it

A straightforward API and CLI for scripting your whole setup

Cloud GPU instances for AI and machine learning workloads

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