VPS Essential by OVHcloud
Specifications and performance for OVHcloud - VPS Essential
Instance Type: VPS
This plan belongs to the OVHcloud VPS server line (General purpose).
Instance Type Description
With OVHcloud Virtual Private Servers (VPS) you’ll get reliable performance at affordable prices.
OVHcloud VPS get a dedicated environment with powerful processing, great storage options, snapshots, and up to 2 Gbps of unmetered bandwidth.
Around 40GB storage per vCore.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | Between $3.78 and $6.75 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 2.0GB |
| Hourly billing | no |
| CPU type | INTEL |
| Shared CPU | yes |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all OVHcloud instance types.
"VPS Essential" Plan Specifications
| Provider | OVHcloud |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/vps/ |
| Price per month | 12.50€ ($13.50) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: 11.50€ Minimum continuous use for discount: 1 year |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Maximum Network Speed | 500 Mbps |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Badges of Quality
Badges are awards granted to VPS plans that meet certain quality criteria.
| Meets Bandwidth Specs | OVHcloud - VPS Essential delivers all the bandwidth advertised in its specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Stable Performance | OVHcloud - VPS Essential performance is very stable over long periods of time |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst. The grades below are those of the most recent trial run for this plan.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 40
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | E | 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 2024 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for OVHcloud - VPS Essential. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
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Performance trials run on the VPS Essential plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS Essential plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29 2023 | Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX) | Gravelines, France | D |