BuyVM VPS Review
BuyVM was founded in 2010.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS hosting products.
Quick Links
| BuyVM plans specs and prices | Plans |
| Review BuyVM plan grades in the Screener | Screener |
| Review CPU models found in BuyVM trials | CPUs |
| Performance variations of BuyVM VPS over the long term | Consistency |
BuyVM VPS Features
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | No | |
| DDOS Protection | No | Ddos protection is an additional $3 per month: https://buyvm.net/ddos-protection/ |
| Backups | No | No backup, no snapshot. |
| Control Panel | Stallion | |
| SSH Keys Setup | No | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 3 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 2 | |
| Monitoring Charts | No | |
| Admin REST API | No | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | Yes | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards, Paypal, Alipay, Coinbase | |
| Hidden CPU Model | No | |
| Affiliate Program | Yes | |
| Firewall | No | |
| Shelving | No |
Pros and Cons
Strengths
- Sometimes great performance for the price.
Weaknesses
- Unreliable performance, large variations are to be expected between one day and the next.
- Often out of stock.
- Slow VPS provisioning (days sometimes).
- BuyVM does not allow ordering VPS from any location that is away from the address you have on file.
BuyVM Extra Services
In addition to features included in VPS plans, BuyVM also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| 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 BuyVM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23543s | 30s | 70000s | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.005 | 256GB minimum |
Called Block Storage Slabs. You must own a VPS (Slice) to have a "Slab". Slabs can be attached or moved to any Slice in the same datacenter.
Often unavailable.
https://buyvm.net/block-storage-slabs/ |
BuyVM Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://buyvm.net/kvm-dedicated-server-slices/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $3.50 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| 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: 50
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | D | C | D | C |
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 2022 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 BuyVM - Slice 1024. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the Slice 1024 plan
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Slice 1024 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 05 2021 | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor | Nevada, USA | C |
| Aug 14 2020 | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor | Nevada, USA | D |
| Dec 07 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz | Las Vegas, USA | D |
| Apr 19 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz | Nevada, USA | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://buyvm.net/kvm-dedicated-server-slices/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $7.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| 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: 48
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | D | C | C | D |
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 2022 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 BuyVM - Slice 2048. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the Slice 2048 plan
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Slice 2048 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 01 2021 | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor | Nevada, USA | D |
| Jun 06 2020 | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor | Nevada, USA | E |
| Jul 07 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz | Las Vegas, USA | E |
| Oct 14 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1241 v3 @ 3.50GHz | New York, NY | E |
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