Aruba Cloud Review
Aruba Cloud in its own words
Aruba Cloud, part of the Aruba Group, is a leading Cloud service provider. Thanks to a network of eight data centers in various countries (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic), Aruba Cloud offers its own customers a range of Cloud services and solutions: from NVMe VPSs to Virtual Private Cloud, Database as a Service, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, plus a selection of Cloud Storage and Backup services.
Aruba Cloud was founded as a VPS provider in 1994.
It is headquartered in Italy.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Poland
- United Kingdom
Quick Links
| Aruba Cloud plans specs and prices | Plans |
| Aruba Cloud instance types | Instance Types |
| How fast are Aruba Cloud servers? Check them out in the Screener | Screener |
| List of Aruba Cloud trials | Trials |
| Review CPU models found in Aruba Cloud trials | CPUs |
| Performance variations of Aruba Cloud VPS over the long term | Consistency |
| List of Aruba Cloud yabs.sh results | Yabs |
Best VPS Awards
Aruba Cloud VPS Features
Features not included in VPS prices are marked as missing in the table below.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Mixed | |
| DDOS Protection | Yes |
Available for both Cloud PRO and Cloud VPS plans. https://www.arubacloud.com/ |
| Backups | Yes |
Snapshots are free but are kept for only 2 days before being destroyed. |
| Control Panel | Custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 8 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 1 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes |
Processor, Network, Memory, Disks. |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | No | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards, Paypal | |
| Hidden CPU Model | No | |
| Affiliate Program | No | |
| IPv6 support | Yes | |
| Firewall | No | |
| Shelving | No |
Pros and Cons
Strengths
- Numerous datacenter locations in Europe.
- VMWare hypervisor.
- Very consistent performance.
Aruba Cloud Extra Services
In addition to features included in VPS plans, Aruba Cloud also sells the services marked green in the following table:
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer |
| Floating IP addresses | Team Management | Managed databases | Serverless |
| DDoS protection | Kubernetes | GPU instances | Private network |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each Aruba Cloud VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server from the moment it was ordered to the moment it accepted SSH connections.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 165s | 60s | 320s | 12 |
Control Panel Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage Prices page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Description | Restriction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object | 0.021€ |
This is the pay-per-use price. API is S3 compatible. Fixed size packages including storage and egress available at lower prices (as low as 0.011€/GB/month for the largest package). Aruba Cloud object storage |
10GB minimum |
| Backups | 0.150€ |
This is the pay-per-use price. Backups can be scheduled on an hourly, daily or weekly basis. Aruba Cloud backups storage |
10GB minimum |
Network Bandwidth Prices
These are the network bandwidth prices charged by Aruba Cloud for outbound transfers from VPS to the internet.
For a comparison of bandwidth prices from all providers, go to the Network Bandwitdh Prices page.
| Description | Price / GB |
|---|---|
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Pricing model: Unlimited
(the provider does not charge for bandwidth and allows unlimited transfer with possible throttling.)
Port speed: 1 Gbps
Cloud Pro servers have unlimited traffic.
Cloud VPS server 2 core 4GB has 25TB free allowance.
Aruba Cloud networking |
This provider does not charge for bandwidth. |
Aruba Cloud Instance Types and Plans
All Aruba Cloud instance types
Note: All VPS prices reported at VPSBenchmarks are for one month without any further commitment and before promotions unless noted otherwise. The IPv4 charge is added to the VPS monthly price in case the provider doesn't include it by default.
Cloud Server Plans
| Plan | Number of CPU cores | RAM | Storage | Monthly Price |
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| Family: Cloud VPS Instance Type: VMware |
The Cloud VPS solution features servers that are preconfigured, available in 4 sizes up to 4 vCPUs and 8GB RAM with various technical components, all based on VMware technology, with built-in SSD storage.
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.arubacloud.com/vps.aspx
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| VPS V1I2 | 1 | 2.0GB | 40GB | 6.50€ / month ($7.41 / month) |
| VPS V2I4 | 2 | 4.0GB | 80GB | 12.50€ / month ($14.25 / month) |
| VPS V4I8 | 4 | 8.0GB | 160GB | 25.00€ / month ($28.50 / month) |
| VPS V8I16 | 8 | 16.0GB | 240GB | 59.99€ / month ($68.39 / month) |
| Family: Cloud PRO Instance Type: VMware Custom |
Custom size servers with guaranteed resources, Intel processors, SAN+SSD (redundant) Storage, local network interconnection and a 99.95% SLA.
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.arubacloud.com/cloud-pro.aspx
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| PRO VMware 2GB 1 core | 1 | 2.0GB | 20GB | 21.90€ / month ($24.97 / month) |
| PRO VMware 4GB 2 cores | 2 | 4.0GB | 40GB | 43.80€ / month ($49.93 / month) |
| PRO VMware 8GB 4 cores | 4 | 8.0GB | 80GB | 87.60€ / month ($99.86 / month) |
| Family: Cloud VPS Instance Type: OpenStack |
Built on top of OpenStack, those preconfigured servers offer AMD processors, SDS (Software-Defined Storage) NVMe and a 99.90% SLA. Window Server license is included.
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.arubacloud.com/vps.aspx
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| VPS O1I2 | 1 | 2.0GB | 40GB | 4.49€ / month ($5.12 / month) |
| VPS O2A4 | 2 | 4.0GB | 40GB | 6.29€ / month ($7.17 / month) |
| VPS O4A8 | 4 | 8.0GB | 80GB | 11.79€ / month ($13.44 / month) |
| VPS O8A16 | 8 | 16.0GB | 160GB | 18.19€ / month ($20.74 / month) |
| VPS O16A32 | 16 | 32.0GB | 320GB | 31.29€ / month ($35.67 / month) |
| Family: Cloud PRO Instance Type: OpenStack General Purpose |
Built on top of OpenStack, those preconfigured servers offer guaranteed resources, next generation AMD processors, SDS (Software-Defined Storage) NVMe, local network interconnection, hourly billing and a 99.95% SLA.
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.arubacloud.com/cloud-pro.aspx
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| PRO O1A2 | 1 | 2.0GB | 20GB | 13.20€ / month ($15.05 / month) |
| PRO O2A4 | 2 | 4.0GB | 80GB | 20.10€ / month ($22.91 / month) |
| PRO O8A16 | 8 | 16.0GB | 160GB | 55.50€ / month ($63.27 / month) |
| Family: Cloud Server Instance Type: OpenStack |
Latest generation hardware, data centers in Italy and guaranteed resources starting from € 9.49/month + VAT
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.arubacloud.com/cloud-server.aspx
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| CS O1A2 | 1 | 2.0GB | 20GB | 9.49€ / month ($10.82 / month) |
| CS O2A4 | 2 | 4.0GB | 40GB | 18.98€ / month ($21.64 / month) |
| CS O4A8 | 4 | 8.0GB | 80GB | 36.50€ / month ($41.61 / month) |
| CS O8A16 | 8 | 16.0GB | 120GB | 69.35€ / month ($79.06 / month) |
| CS O12A24 | 12 | 24.0GB | 120GB | 102.20€ / month ($116.51 / month) |
| Instance Type: Other |
No description
Provider page for instance type:
/hosters/aruba_cloud
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| VPS O1I1 | 1 | 1.0GB | 20GB | 2.49€ / month ($2.84 / month) |
| PRO O4A8 | 4 | 8.0GB | 120GB | 31.20€ / month ($35.57 / month) |