Providers / Vultr
Vultr
Five-dollar servers in 30+ locations worldwide.
www.vultr.com · Prices checked 2026-08-01
- Type
- Virtual server (VPS)
- Starting cost
- ≈$5/mo
- Free tier
- No
- Ease of use
- 2/5
Vultr sells straightforward cloud servers starting at $5/month, with one of the widest location maps in the business — the same USD prices apply across the US and EU, with a few documented regional exceptions.
Good to know
- Billing is in one-hour units and continues while a server is powered off — only destroying it stops charges.
- Some regions (like São Paulo) carry documented higher prices.
Virtual server (VPS)
Vultr Cloud Compute
- Best for
- Developers who want a cheap server near their users, wherever those users are.
- How deploys work
- You get root on a fresh Linux server; setup and deploys are yours to script.
- The tradeoff
- Fully self-managed, and the hour-based billing model is less forgiving than per-second rivals.
Why pick it
- 30+ locations worldwide — usually one near your users.
- Straightforward $5 entry price with 1 TB of transfer included.
- Full root access with a marketplace of one-click apps.
- Cheap bandwidth overage at $0.01/GB.
Why look elsewhere
- Fully self-managed — all ops work is yours.
- Hourly billing units are less forgiving than per-second rivals.
- Billing continues while a server is powered off; only destroying it stops charges.
- Fewer tutorials and a smaller community than DigitalOcean.
Our ratings
What developers say
First-person reports from the past three years, drawn from public discussions and independent write-ups. These are individual experiences, not our ratings; open the original source for its workload and full context. Critical reports include a follow-up check so you can see whether the problem was fixed, partly addressed, remains current, or has no public resolution.
What people like 10 sources
The operator calls Vultr fast, flexible, fairly priced raw infrastructure and uses it for demanding sites.
Vultr: the cloud I run my own infrastructure onHands-on tests found strong CPU, disk, and transatlantic throughput with fast provisioning.
Vultr Review 2026: Benchmarks, Pricing, and the Real Trade-offsAn eight-month user says moving database-heavy work from regular compute to local NVMe materially improved performance.
I finally figured out Vultr's High Frequency instancesA user accepts Vultr's premium over Hetzner and OVH because their real-world experience has been very good.
Looking for a VPS That Actually PerformsLong-term customers report rock-solid sites, stable billing, generous bandwidth, and mostly planned maintenance.
Who's hosted a website on Vultr? How well does it run?Although criticizing a new verification request, the author says they recommended Vultr to nearly fifty clients over eight years.
In eight years of recommending it to almost 50 clients, no client has been asked thisThe poster runs twelve Vultr servers for self-hosted projects and says the fleet will grow.
How many cloud servers do you have on Vultr?The author calls Vultr really good and seeks only a cheaper provider with comparable quality.
A VPS that's as good as Vultr but as cheap as Contabo?A new object-storage customer says the service is working great and only wants to optimize bandwidth cost.
Put Vultr's object storage behind a CDNA two-year Vultr customer describes the New Jersey High Frequency server as consistently satisfactory before considering a price-driven move.
Advice on VPS Vultr to HetznerCritical reports and follow-ups 10 sources
A corporate customer reports thirteen instances unreachable for eight hours and no response to a highest-severity ticket.
All compute down across all data centersAn agency says a client was trapped in repeated verification and support loops despite the agency's prior positive use.
One of my clients is having a terrible experience with VultrThe customer says a duplicate-account problem produced contradictory instructions and an exceptionally poor support experience.
Worst support ever facedA Singapore customer reports days of packet loss and high latency with no support reply.
Vultr Singapore server unstable and unreachableThe customer says funds remained locked after suspension and identity submission while support was slow and unhelpful.
Vultr suspended my account after I added funds and submitted IDThe user alleges support let another person change the account email despite MFA, after which instances were shut down.
Vultr gave my account to someone else and refuses to disclose detailsA consultancy owner says legitimate payments and invited team members triggered abrupt deactivation without meaningful review.
Vultr blocks legitimate payments and suspends accountsThe poster says a full Trust and Safety submission sat unanswered while the suspended account remained inaccessible.
Account suspended and no reply after 22 hoursA customer reports total lockout after an attacker changed authentication settings and says recovery support was ineffective.
My Vultr account got hacked and the attacker enabled MFAA user disputes an unexpected block-storage charge and describes uncertainty while waiting for support.
Unexpected $54 charge for 500GB block storageVirtual server (VPS)
Vultr Cloud Compute
What you'd realistically pay
| Project stage | Estimate | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Just starting | ≈$5/mo | vc2-1c-1gb — 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD, 1 TB transfer. |
| Steady traffic | ≈$5/mo | vc2-1c-1gb — Fine for steady modest traffic; move up when RAM gets tight. |
| Growing | ≈$20/mo | vc2-2c-4gb — 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD, 3 TB transfer. |
Published prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| vc2-1c-1gb | $5/mo | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD, 1 TB transfer. |
| vc2-2c-4gb | $20/mo | 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD, 3 TB transfer. |
- Bandwidth overage costs $0.01/GB.
- IPv4 is included on Cloud Compute plans.
Deploy workflow
| Deploy from Git push Connect a repository and every push deploys automatically. | No No deploy pipeline — script your own. |
|---|---|
| Preview deploys Each branch or pull request gets its own temporary URL. | No Nothing built in. |
| Official CLI A maintained command-line tool for deploys and management. | Yes vultr-cli manages instances, snapshots, and DNS. |
| Instant rollbacks Revert to a previous deploy without rebuilding. | Partial Snapshots restore a machine; no deploy-level rollback. |
Platform
| Custom domains + HTTPS Bring your own domain with TLS certificates handled. | Yes Point DNS at the server; TLS via certbot or a proxy is on you. |
|---|---|
| Built-in CDN / edge network Static assets served from locations near your visitors. | Partial Vultr sells a separate CDN product; nothing is bundled with the server. |
| Serverless functions Run backend code without managing a server process. | No Not a VPS feature. |
| Docker containers Deploy your own container image. | Yes Docker marketplace image or install it yourself. |
| SSH / shell access Open a shell on the machine running your app. | Yes Full root SSH. |
| EU hosting region Run the app itself in a European data center. | Yes Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris, and more at the same USD prices. |
Runtime & operations
| Automatic scaling Capacity grows with traffic without manual resizing. | No Manual resizing only. |
|---|---|
| Scale to zero Costs stop (or pause) when nobody is using the app. | No Powered-off servers still bill; destroy to stop charges. |
| Scheduled jobs Run code on a schedule without an external trigger. | Yes Classic cron on the box. |
| Managed database A database the provider runs, backs up, and updates. | Yes Vultr Managed Databases (Postgres, MySQL, Kafka) sold separately. |
| Logs & metrics built in See what the app is doing without wiring up third parties. | Partial Basic usage graphs; application monitoring is yours to set up. |
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