Aruba Cloud vs Vultr

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We have tested 22 VPS plans from Aruba Cloud and Vultr. We'll show which one is best based on a detailed performance analysis, on features and prices.


Aruba Cloud

Aruba

Aruba Cloud was founded as a VPS provider in 1994.
It is headquartered in Italy.
It offers VPS hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • United Kingdom

Vultr

Vultr

Vultr was founded as a VPS provider in 2014.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS and Dedicated hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

VPS Plans

Plan Name Monthly Price CPU cores Memory (GB) Disk Space (GB) Data Transfer (GB) Latest trial
VPS O1I1 2.49€ 1 1.0 20 2000 Dec 24 2023
High Frequency 1GB $6.00 1 1.0 32 1000 Jun 16 2023
VPS O2A4 6.29€ 2 4.0 40 25000 May 11 2024
Regular 2GB 1 core $10.00 1 2.0 55 2000 Sep 16 2023
CS O1A2 9.49€ 1 2.0 20 Unlimited Sep 26 2024
High Performance 2GB $12.00 1 2.0 50 3000 Feb 06 2024
High Frequency 2GB $12.00 1 2.0 64 2000 Aug 06 2024
VPS O4A8 11.79€ 4 8.0 80 50000 Nov 08 2023
PRO O1A2 13.20€ 1 2.0 20 Unlimited Jun 23 2023
Regular 4GB 2 cores $20.00 2 4.0 80 3000 Jun 21 2024
PRO O2A4 20.10€ 2 4.0 80 Unlimited Sep 23 2023
High Performance 4GB $24.00 2 4.0 100 5000 Nov 02 2023
High Frequency 4GB $24.00 2 4.0 128 3000 May 06 2024
PRO O4A8 31.20€ 4 8.0 120 Unlimited Mar 24 2024
VPS O16A32 31.29€ 16 32.0 320 100000 Aug 08 2023
CPU Optimized 2-4-50 $40.00 2 4.0 50 5000 Dec 17 2023
High Performance 8GB $48.00 4 8.0 180 6000 Jul 31 2023
PRO O8A16 55.50€ 8 16.0 160 Unlimited Jun 26 2024
High Performance 16GB $96.00 8 16.0 350 8000 Mar 21 2024
High Frequency 16GB $96.00 4 16.0 384 5000 Apr 29 2023
PRO VMware 8GB 4 cores 87.60€ 4 8.0 80 Unlimited Feb 09 2024
CS O12A24 102.20€ 12 24.0 120 Unlimited Aug 11 2024

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Performance Grades

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.

How are grades calculated?

Screen all VPS from Aruba Cloud and Vultr
Plan Name Web Perf Raw CPU Power Perf Stability Disk IO Perf Network Perf
VPS O1I1
2.49€
F F D D D
High Frequency 1GB
$6.00
B E B B C
VPS O2A4
6.29€
E D C E B
Regular 2GB 1 core
$10.00
F F D D C
CS O1A2
9.49€
C F C D B
High Performance 2GB
$12.00
E E D C C
High Frequency 2GB
$12.00
C E D C C
VPS O4A8
11.79€
D C C F B
PRO O1A2
13.20€
C E E E A
Regular 4GB 2 cores
$20.00
F E D D C
PRO O2A4
20.10€
C D C E B
High Performance 4GB
$24.00
D C E B B
High Frequency 4GB
$24.00
D D C C B
PRO O4A8
31.20€
C C B E B
VPS O16A32
31.29€
D A C E B
CPU Optimized 2-4-50
$40.00
B C C B B
High Performance 8GB
$48.00
D B E C B
PRO O8A16
55.50€
C A C E B
High Performance 16GB
$96.00
D A D B B
High Frequency 16GB
$96.00
A B C B B
PRO VMware 8GB 4 cores
87.60€
C C C E B
CS O12A24
102.20€
B B D C B
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Features and Datacenters

This list is a subset of the features each provider may offer.

Vultr Aruba Cloud
Backups  Yes Yes
Block storage  Yes Yes
Object storage  Yes Yes
Load balancer  Yes Yes
DDoS protection  Yes Yes
Hourly Billing  Yes Mixed
SSH Keys Setup  Yes Yes
Total Number of Datacenters  31 8
Number of Datacenter Continents  5 1
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CPUs

These are the CPUs we have seen in Aruba Cloud and Vultr instances in the past 18 months.

Aruba Cloud Vultr
All Aruba Cloud CPUs by plan All Vultr CPUs by plan
AMD EPYC 7702P 64-Core Processor
AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core Processor
AMD EPYC-Milan Processor
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS)
Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz
AMD EPYC-Milan Processor
AMD EPYC-Rome Processor
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)

Performance Consistency

The provider consistency score shows how much variation can be expected between 2 servers of the same type at the same provider. A high consistency score (>65) means the performance of all servers of the provider is consistent over many trials and many plans.

Providers who don't have enough data yet at VPSBenchmarks don't have a consistency score.

Aruba Cloud Vultr
Consistency Score 60 59

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VPS Instance Provisioning Time

This is the average time it took to create an instance for Aruba Cloud and Vultr from instance order to instance accepting connections.

All VPS provisioning times

Aruba Cloud Vultr
Number of instance creations in sample 12 11
Average provisioning time 172s 92s

Performance in Depth...

These are some of the test results that are used to determine the grades above.

Web Response Times

We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Aruba Cloud and Vultr. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.



Local Response Time per Plan

Lower is better


Maximum HTTP Load

We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Aruba Cloud and Vultr. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without timing out.



Maximum HTTP request rate

Higher is better


During the Web Test, we collect response time metrics, rate metrics and CPU metrics. All of those are measured locally on the VPS running the web server. All metrics can be compared on the Web Performance Comparison page.

Sysbench CPU Performance

We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Aruba Cloud and Vultr. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:



Rate of operations

Higher is better


Sysbench Disk IO Performance

We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Aruba Cloud and Vultr. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:



Rate of operations

Higher is better

Sysbench test results are also available for random disk IO tests, sequential disk IO tests and memory tests.
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for Aruba Cloud and Vultr.

Network Transfers

We have performed large file transfers from the Aruba Cloud and Vultr 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

Network Transfers measurements including download and upload speeds can be compared for Aruba Cloud and Vultr on the Network Transfers Comparison page.

Sustained CPU Endurance Tests

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.

Throughput variations of the endurance test over 24 hours. The coefficient of variation is the standard deviation of the test throughput divided by its average value. Low variations mean that resources allocated to the server were stable for the duration of the test and there was little contention.


Ops/hour coefficient of variation

Lower is better

Review and compare endurance test results for Aruba Cloud and Vultr on the Sustained CPU Endurance Comparison page.

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