Aruba Cloud VPS Plans 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 VPS SSD to Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, plus a selection of Cloud Storage and Backup accessories.
Aruba Cloud was founded in 1994.
It is headquartered in Italy.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Poland
- United Kingdom
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing 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 | |
| Firewall | No |
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Aruba Cloud Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Aruba Cloud also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Teams | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each Aruba Cloud VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 198s | 125s | 240s | 11 |
Admin UI 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 | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backups | €0.150 | 10GB minimum |
This is the pay-per-use price. Backups can be scheduled on an hourly, daily or weekly basis. https://www.arubacloud.com/cloud-backup/price-list.aspx |
| Object | €0.050 | 10GB minimum |
This is the pay-per-use price. Outgoing traffic is €0.05 per GB. API is S3 compatible. https://www.arubacloud.com/object-storage/pricing.aspx |
Compare all Aruba Cloud plans in the Screener
The Screener shows all Aruba Cloud plans side by side with their grades in 5 categories.
Aruba Cloud Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.arubacloud.com/vps/virtual-private-server-range.aspx |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €2.79 ($3.29) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | VMWare |
| Data Transfer GB | 2000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 39
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2020 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Aruba Cloud - Cloud VPS Small. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Cloud VPS Small plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud VPS Small plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| May 11 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | D |
| Jul 26 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.arubacloud.com/vps/virtual-private-server-range.aspx |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €6.50 ($7.67) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | Vmware |
| Data Transfer GB | 5000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 42
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2020 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Aruba Cloud - Cloud VPS Medium. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Cloud VPS Medium plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud VPS Medium plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 23 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | D |
| Apr 16 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.arubacloud.com/vps/virtual-private-server-range.aspx |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €12.50 ($14.75) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | Vmware |
| Data Transfer GB | 12000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 43
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2020 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Aruba Cloud - Cloud VPS Large. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Cloud VPS Large plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud VPS Large plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 04 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | D |
| Dec 21 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | C |
| Oct 22 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.arubacloud.com/cloud-computing/prices.aspx |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €21.60 ($25.49) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | VMWare |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 62
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Aruba Cloud - Cloud PRO 2GB 1 core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Cloud PRO 2GB 1 core plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud PRO 2GB 1 core plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 17 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.arubacloud.com/vps/virtual-private-server-range.aspx |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €25.00 ($29.50) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 160 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | Vmware |
| Data Transfer GB | 25000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 64
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Aruba Cloud - Cloud VPS XLarge. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Cloud VPS XLarge plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud VPS XLarge plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 11 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | C |
| Jan 17 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v4 @ 1.70GHz | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.arubacloud.com/cloud-computing/prices.aspx |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €43.20 ($50.98) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | VMWare |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 78
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Aruba Cloud - Cloud PRO 4GB 2 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Cloud PRO 4GB 2 cores plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud PRO 4GB 2 cores plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz | B |
| Sep 24 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.arubacloud.com/cloud-computing/prices.aspx |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €63.36 ($74.76) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | VMWare |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 79
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Aruba Cloud - Cloud PRO 4GB 4 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Cloud PRO 4GB 4 cores plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud PRO 4GB 4 cores plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 13 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz | B |
Screeners
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