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We have tested 10 VPS plans from Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds. This page is a summary and a comparison of all test results for those 2 providers.
Aruba Cloud was founded in 1994.
It is headquartered in Italy.
It offers VPS hosting products.
Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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Cloud VPS Small | 2.79€ | 1 | 1.0 | 20 | 2000 | Mar 18 2021 |
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Cloud 1GB 1 core | $4.99 | 1 | 1.0 | 30 | 1000 | Apr 07 2021 |
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Cloud VPS Medium | 6.50€ | 1 | 2.0 | 40 | 5000 | Nov 02 2020 |
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Cloud VPS Large | 12.50€ | 2 | 4.0 | 80 | 12000 | Aug 04 2020 |
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Cloud 4GB 2 cores | $18.99 | 2 | 4.0 | 75 | 2000 | Aug 26 2020 |
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Cloud PRO 2GB 1 core | 21.60€ | 1 | 2.0 | 20 | Unlimited | Jun 17 2020 |
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Cloud VPS XLarge | 25.00€ | 4 | 8.0 | 160 | 25000 | Dec 17 2020 |
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Cloud PRO 4GB 2 cores | 43.20€ | 2 | 4.0 | 40 | Unlimited | Feb 03 2021 |
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Cloud PRO 4GB 4 cores | 63.36€ | 4 | 4.0 | 20 | Unlimited | Nov 13 2019 |
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Cloud PRO 8GB 4 cores | 86.40€ | 4 | 8.0 | 80 | Unlimited | Sep 18 2020 |
To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.
Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Screen all VPS from Aruba Cloud and HostwindsPlan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Cloud VPS Small
2.79€ |
E | F | C | B | E |
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Cloud 1GB 1 core
$4.99 |
F | F | E | E | E |
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Cloud VPS Medium
6.50€ |
E | F | B | B | D |
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Cloud VPS Large
12.50€ |
E | E | E | B | D |
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Cloud 4GB 2 cores
$18.99 |
E | E | D | D | E |
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Cloud PRO 2GB 1 core
21.60€ |
C | E | A | C | B |
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Cloud VPS XLarge
25.00€ |
D | C | C | B | D |
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Cloud PRO 4GB 2 cores
43.20€ |
C | D | B | B | B |
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Cloud PRO 4GB 4 cores
63.36€ |
A | A | B | B | A |
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Cloud PRO 8GB 4 cores
86.40€ |
A | A | B | B | B |
These are the CPUs we have seen in Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds instances in the past 18 months.
All Aruba Cloud CPUs | All Hostwinds CPUs |
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2683 v3 @ 2.00GHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz |
Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS) |
This is the average time it took to create an instance for Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds from instance order to instance accepting connections.
Aruba Cloud | Hostwinds | |
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Number of instance creations in sample | 13 | 3 |
Average provisioning time | 196s | 90s |
These are some of the test results that make up the grades above.
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.
Local Response Time per Plan
Lower is better
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without error.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
We have performed large file transfers from the Aruba Cloud and Hostwinds VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.
The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.
Download Speed per Plan
Higher is better
We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.
This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.
Average number of operations per hour
Higher is better
Features not included in the VPS price of the plan will be marked as missing but they may be available for the fee.
Aruba Cloud Review | Hostwinds Review | |
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Hourly Billing | Mixed | No |
DDOS Protection | Yes | No |
Backups | Yes | No |
Control Panel | Custom | Custom |
SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes |
Total Number of Datacenters | 8 | 3 |
Number of Datacenter Continents | 1 | 2 |
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