OVH
vs
Vultr
What's good about each
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | OVH | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 7% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 75% cheaper on OVH |
| Large VM | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 83% cheaper on OVH |
| Block storage | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 5% cheaper on OVH |
| Object storage | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 55% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 5% cheaper on Vultr |
| Redis | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 73% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | $10.00 /mo | 32% cheaper on OVH |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
OVH offers 9 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OVH | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 1 config
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 22% cheaper on Vultr |
|
L40S
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 7% cheaper on Vultr |
|
H200
1 config
|
$6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
L4
3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
$0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
A10
3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
OVH bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | OVH | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only | Merchant |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | OVH | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | France | USA |
| Locations | 19 | 33 |
| Example customers | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | www.ovhcloud.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for OVH was last updated on Oct. 3, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 3, 2026.