OVHcloud Review
OVHcloud was founded as a VPS provider in 1999.
It is headquartered in France.
It offers VPS, Bare metal and Web hosting hosting products.
- Australia
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Poland
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
Quick Links
| OVHcloud plans specs and prices | Plans |
| OVHcloud instance types | Instance Types |
| How fast are OVHcloud servers? Check them out in the Screener | Screener |
| List of OVHcloud trials | Trials |
| Review CPU models found in OVHcloud trials | CPUs |
| Performance variations of OVHcloud VPS over the long term | Consistency |
| List of OVHcloud yabs.sh results | Yabs |
OVHcloud VPS Features
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | Yes |
All OVH instances include our industry-leading anti-DDoS protection at no additional cost. This ensures you are always covered in the event of an attack. |
| Backups | No |
Snapshots are available for a fee: €0.011 ex. VAT/month/GB |
| Control Panel | Custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 7 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 3 | |
| Monitoring Charts | No | |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | Yes | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards, Paypal | |
| Hidden CPU Model | Yes | |
| Affiliate Program | No | |
| IPv6 support | Yes | |
| Firewall | Yes |
A firewall can be setup for every public IP address. |
| Shelving | No |
Pros and Cons
Strengths
- Large number of datacenter locations.
- Rich array of features.
OVHcloud Extra Services
In addition to features included in VPS plans, OVHcloud 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 OVHcloud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 624s | 65s | 1560s | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | 0.042€ |
Classic: 250 IOPS guaranteed, 4 TB max.
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/public-cloud/prices/ |
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| Block | 0.086€ |
High speed: Up to 3000 IOPS, 4 TB max.
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/public-cloud/prices/ |
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| Block | 0.086€ |
High speed gen2: 30 IOPS/GB for up to 20000 IOPS per volume
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/public-cloud/prices/ |
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| Object | 0.007€ |
S3 API. Incoming traffic is free. Outgoing traffic is €0.01/GB.
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/public-cloud/prices/ |
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| Snapshots | 0.011€ |
Storage replicated x3.
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/public-cloud/prices/ |
Network Bandwidth Prices
These are the network bandwidth prices charged by OVHcloud 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: 2 Gbps
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/public-cloud/prices/
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This provider does not charge for bandwidth. |
OVHcloud Instance Types and Plans
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.
| Plan | Number of CPU cores | RAM | Storage | Price |
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| Family: General purpose Instance Type: d2 |
Start your Public Cloud journey with instances that have shared resources, delivering stable performance at a very affordable price. |
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| Family: General purpose Instance Type: VPS |
With OVHcloud Virtual Private Servers (VPS) you’ll get reliable performance at affordable prices. |
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| VPS Value | 1 | 2.0GB | 40GB | 5.80€ ($6.32) / month |
| VPS Essential | 2 | 4.0GB | 80GB | 12.50€ ($13.62) / month |
| VPS Comfort | 4 | 8.0GB | 160GB | 23.50€ ($25.62) / month |
| Family: General purpose Instance Type: b2 |
These instances provide you with balanced CPU/RAM resources for development servers, and web or enterprise applications. The vCores are at 2 GHz and above. |
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| B2-7 | 2 | 7.0GB | 50GB | 24.20€ ($26.38) / month |
| Family: Memory optimized Instance Type: r2 |
These instances are designed for data analysis and data science, with optimized CPU/RAM ratios and accelerated IOPS. |
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| Family: CPU optimized Instance Type: c2 |
These instances are perfect for applications that require high-frequency computing, or for processing parallel workloads. The vCores are at 3 GHz and above. |
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| Family: General Purpose Instance Type: Limited Edition |
With hosts based on AMD EPYC platforms, the VPS Limited Edition offers increased computing and network performance: a major asset for hosting complex websites, resource-intensive applications, and even game servers. |
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| VLE-4 | 4 | 4.0GB | 80GB | 10.00€ ($10.90) / month |
| VLE-16 | 16 | 16.0GB | 160GB | 40.00€ ($43.60) / month |
| Instance Type: Other |
No description |
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| VPS Elite | 8 | 16.0GB | 160GB | 44.00€ ($47.96) / month |
| C2-15 | 4 | 15.0GB | 100GB | 68.20€ ($74.34) / month |