European Alternatives to Vultr
Looking for a European alternative to Vultr? Vultr is sold by The Constant Company, LLC of West Palm Beach, Florida, and its terms are governed by New Jersey law and the Federal Arbitration Act, with a Palm Beach County court and arbitration at Vultr's election, so there is no EU, EEA, UK or Swiss contracting entity in the agreement.
Eleven European providers sell the same kind of product, virtual servers by the hour or month with a console and API, from companies in Germany, France, Finland, Switzerland, Italy and Cyprus. Some add bare metal, GPUs, Kubernetes and object storage, so check the product list before you compare prices.
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11 European Alternatives to Vultr
Scaleway
Paris cloud with hourly euro prices, Kubernetes, GPU clusters and S3-compatible object storage
Hetzner
German provider with cloud servers in Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki, plus US and Singapore sites
UpCloud
Finnish cloud with euro prices from €3 a month, a 99.99% SLA and Finnish law
OVHcloud
French VPS and bare metal with unlimited traffic and anti-DDoS included on VPS plans
Exoscale
Swiss cloud with per-second billing, zones in Geneva, Frankfurt and Vienna, and data pinned to a country
Infomaniak
Swiss VPS Lite from CHF 2.70 a month and a Public Cloud with CHF 300 starter credit
Contabo
Munich host with large-spec VPS plans, unlimited traffic (with a port cap) and 11 locations
netcup
Karlsruhe VPS with sites in Vienna, Nuremberg and Amsterdam, and a choice of contract terms
Aruba Cloud
Italian Cloud VPS on OpenStack, with Linux or Windows images and a published euro price list
gridscale
Cologne cloud platform with VMs, managed Kubernetes, databases and AMD GPUs, aimed at companies
Hostinger VPS
KVM VPS on AMD EPYC and NVMe with a 30-day money-back guarantee; EU customers contract via Cyprus
Key takeaways
- Vultr is sold by The Constant Company, LLC of West Palm Beach, Florida, under New Jersey law and the Federal Arbitration Act, with Palm Beach County courts.
- Scaleway (Paris) publishes hourly euro prices on a server-rendered page and says list prices include egress, with storage and IPv4 extra.
- Hetzner (Gunzenhausen) runs data centres in Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki, and also in Hillsboro, Ashburn and Singapore.
- UpCloud (Helsinki) lists 2 GB with one core at €6 a month, a 99.99% SLA and Finnish law with arbitration in Helsinki.
- Exoscale (Lausanne) bills by the second and states in its terms that data stays in the country you pick, under Swiss law.
- None of the eleven matches Vultr's 33 regions, and several have no public price on a page that renders without scripts.
Why people leave Vultr
Vultr sells virtual servers, bare metal and GPU machines by the hour or month, from a console and API that developers use to script their servers.
Its product page lists 33 cloud regions, from Amsterdam and Frankfurt to Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Sydney and Tokyo, and entry plans start at $2.50 a month for Regular Performance and $6 for High Performance. That breadth is the real reason people choose it, and none of the European providers on this page matches 33 regions.
The contract is the reason to compare. Vultr's terms are a legal contract between you and The Constant Company, LLC, of West Palm Beach, Florida, and its affiliates.
The dispute clause picks New Jersey law and the Federal Arbitration Act, says claims must go to courts in Palm Beach County, Florida, lets Vultr choose binding arbitration, and waives jury trials and class actions. The clause is headed as a notice for US residents, but the terms do not name an EU, EEA, UK or Swiss entity to contract with instead.
This page covers ordinary virtual servers and cloud instances for developers and small teams. The hyperscaler question is on the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud pages. Eleven European providers qualify, and they differ more than the product name suggests: some are cheap and large, some are broad platforms, and two are Swiss.
- Your contract is with a Florida company under New Jersey law The terms say disputes are governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, federal law and the laws of New Jersey, to be resolved by courts in Palm Beach County, Florida, or by arbitration if Vultr elects it. The terms were last modified on 28 March 2024. If you want a counterparty in the EU, the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, with a court in your own region, each provider below names one in its own terms or legal notice.
- The privacy page for European customers is old Vultr's EEA/GDPR notice was last modified on 26 September 2021, and it says data can be transferred outside the EEA to other Vultr affiliates or third-party service providers. Vultr's legal menu also lists a Data Privacy Framework page and a subprocessor list, which this page did not open. Check them against your own data protection review before you rely on either.
- You may not need 33 regions Vultr lists seven EU sites (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Warsaw) plus London and Manchester in the UK. If your users and data are in Europe, the providers below put servers in Germany, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland, and Exoscale writes into its terms that data stays in the country you pick. If the other regions are what holds you to Vultr, say so before you move.
- No refunds and a strict subscription clause Vultr's terms say Vultr does not guarantee refunds, and that subscription fees will not be refunded, subject to applicable law. Several European providers here offer a money-back period or a trial instead: Hostinger has a 30-day money-back guarantee on its VPS plans and Infomaniak gives CHF 300 of credit for three months on its Public Cloud, so compare the exact terms.
What you have to replace, not just match
List what runs on Vultr: how many instances, which regions, whether you use bare metal or GPUs, and what depends on snapshots, block storage or private networking. A web server or a database on a plain VPS moves easily, since you rebuild the image and copy the data. Bare metal and GPU workloads narrow the choice to Scaleway, OVHcloud, Hetzner and gridscale, which describe those products on their own sites.
Look at the cost beyond the headline server price. Scaleway says its list prices include egress and IPv6, and charges separately for storage and IPv4 addresses. OVHcloud's VPS plans include unlimited traffic at 500 Mbps. Contabo's traffic is marked unlimited with an asterisk and a port speed. Add up bandwidth, backups and IP addresses for the plan you would really use.
Run the new server next to the old one, restore a backup, and move DNS last with a short TTL. Keep your domain at a registrar you control so the final change is a record, not a transfer.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #1 | Scaleway | Paris, France | From about €0.0025/hour (DEV1-S) | EU (France) |
| #2 | Hetzner | Gunzenhausen, Germany | From about €4.51/month (Cloud VPS) | EU (Germany) |
| #3 | UpCloud | Helsinki, Finland | From about €5/month (Cloud Server) | EU (Finland) |
| #4 | OVHcloud | Roubaix, France | PostgreSQL essential from about €0.16/hour (2 vCPU / 8GB RAM); MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Cassandra, OpenSearch, M3DB and Valkey priced separately by engine and tier | EU (France) |
| #5 | Exoscale | Lausanne, Switzerland | From about CHF 5.50/month (Compute) | Switzerland (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
| #6 | Infomaniak | Geneva, Switzerland | From CHF 5.75/month (kSuite); kDrive Solo free | Switzerland (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
| #7 | Contabo | Munich, Germany | From about €4.50/month (VPS) | EU (Germany) |
| #8 | netcup | Karlsruhe, Germany | Webhosting 1000 EUR 2.69, Webhosting 2000 EUR 4.03, Webhosting 4000 EUR 8.10 and Webhosting 8000 EUR 13.17 per month, including 19% VAT | EU (Germany) |
| #10 | gridscale | Cologne, Germany | From about €5/month (Cloud Server), billed per minute | EU (Germany) |
| #11 | Hostinger VPS | Kaunas, Lithuania | From about €3/month on multi-year plans; renewal higher | EU (Lithuania) |
How each alternative compares to Vultr
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw — EU only.
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
Best for: Developers who want hourly euro prices and a path from a server to Kubernetes, GPUs or object storage in one account
Scaleway is run by SCALEWAY SAS in Paris (SIREN 433 115 904, RCS Paris, 8 rue de la Ville-l'Eveque, 75008 Paris, share capital €142,050). Its general terms are published as PDFs on its contracts page, which this page did not read, so the governing law is not stated here.
The pricing page is server-rendered and lists prices per hour with an approximate monthly figure: a 2 vCPU, 2 GB DEV1-S at €0.00898 an hour (about €6.55 a month) and a 2 vCPU, 4 GB BASIC2-A2C-4G at €0.023 an hour (about €16.79). It says list prices include egress and IPv6 addresses, while storage and attached public IPv4 addresses are charged on top.
Around the instances its menu lists Kubernetes Kapsule and Kosmos, GPU clusters and S3-compatible object storage, which is the closest thing to Vultr's product spread among these eleven.
What Scaleway does better than Vultr
- French company with a Paris register number, where Vultr is a Florida LLC
- Prices listed per hour in euros on a page that renders without scripts
- Egress included in the list prices
- Kubernetes, GPU clusters and object storage on the same site
Where Scaleway is a step down from Vultr
- Storage and IPv4 addresses are charged on top of the instance price
- Governing law sits in PDF terms that were not read for this page
- Region count was not checked for this page
Standout against Vultr. It is the only provider on this page whose list prices state that egress is included.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany (Falkenstein, Nuremberg) and Finland (Helsinki), plus Oregon, Virginia and Singapore.
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001.
Best for: Teams that want servers in Germany or Finland under German law and are comfortable choosing from a catalogue
Hetzner is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, entered at the Ansbach register as HRB 6089. The terms apply German law, and name Gunzenhausen as the place of jurisdiction, while Hetzner may also sue at the customer's place of business. A separate section sets arbitration for US customers.
Its cloud page lists data centre parks in Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki, and cloud servers in Hillsboro, Oregon, Ashburn, Virginia and Singapore. It splits plans into shared-resource types (cost-optimized and regular performance) and dedicated-vCPU general purpose types.
The price figures on the cloud page load client-side, so no amount is quoted. Check the current price in the console before comparing.
What Hetzner does better than Vultr
- German company with a commercial register number, where Vultr is a Florida LLC
- Three European data centre parks, in Germany and Finland, under one German-law contract
- A choice of shared and dedicated-vCPU plan types
Where Hetzner is a step down from Vultr
- European sites are only in Germany and Finland, with nothing in France, Spain, Italy or Poland
- Prices could not be read from the static page
- Fewer regions than Vultr
Standout against Vultr. It combines two German sites and one Finnish site with a clear German-law contract.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Finland). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Finland, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Poland, Spain, and beyond.
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
- Independently checked. 100% uptime SLA.
Best for: Teams that want a European provider with a published price list and an SLA
UpCloud Oy is a Finnish limited liability company, Business ID 2431560-5, at Aleksanterinkatu 15 B, Helsinki. Its terms of service, effective 3 July 2026, apply Finnish law, with arbitration under the Finland Chamber of Commerce rules, seated in Helsinki and held in English.
The pricing page lists 1 GB with one core and 10 GB at €3 a month, 2 GB with one core and 20 GB at €6, and 2 GB with two cores and 30 GB at €8. It states a 99.99% SLA and 45-second deployment. The €3 plan is limited, and the page marks it with an asterisk.
General Purpose plans show a 'Global price' and a 'Helsinki price', and the two differ, so check which location you want before reading the figure.
What UpCloud does better than Vultr
- Finnish company under Finnish law, where Vultr is under New Jersey law
- Euro prices from €3 a month on the pricing page
- A stated 99.99% SLA
Where UpCloud is a step down from Vultr
- Disputes go to arbitration in Helsinki, not to a local court
- Different prices by location for General Purpose plans
- Region list not verified on this page
Standout against Vultr. Its pricing page shows separate prices for Helsinki and for the rest of its locations.
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. 30+ data centres, majority in Europe.
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
- Independently checked. SecNumCloud (ANSSI), GAIA-X founding member.
Best for: Teams that want a large French provider with VPS, bare metal and a broad catalogue
The legal notices name OVH, a simplified joint-stock company with a capital of €50,000,000, RCS Lille Metropole 424 761 419 00045, at 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix. OVH SAS is a subsidiary of OVH Groupe SA. The service-specific contract and governing law were not read for this page.
The VPS-1 plan lists 2 vCores, 4 GB of RAM and 40 GB of NVMe, unlimited traffic at 500 Mbps public bandwidth, daily backup of the previous 24 hours and anti-DDoS protection. Plans in Asia-Pacific regions (Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney) have a monthly quota instead.
The price shown differs by region: the Irish page lists it ex VAT in euros and the global page in US dollars. No amount is quoted here because of that.
What OVHcloud does better than Vultr
- French company with a Lille register number
- Unlimited traffic on VPS plans in the main regions
- Backups and anti-DDoS protection included in the VPS plan
Where OVHcloud is a step down from Vultr
- Prices vary by regional site
- Governing law not verified
- Console and catalogue are large, so choosing takes time
Standout against Vultr. Unlimited traffic and anti-DDoS come in the VPS plan, not as add-ons.
- Which law reaches it. Switzerland (adequacy decision, outside the EEA). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria.
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
Best for: Teams that care about where data lives and can accept a Swiss counterparty
Exoscale is a registered trademark of Akenes SA, Boulevard de Grancy 19A, 1006 Lausanne (CHE-423.524.322), and the site says it is a member of A1 Digital. The terms apply Swiss law and the courts of the canton of Vaud, district Lausanne, although Exoscale may take a dispute to any competent court.
The terms state that Exoscale stores client data only in the country the client selects for the service, including backups and snapshots, unless the client instructs otherwise or the law requires it. Its pricing page names zones CH-GVA-2, DE-FRA-1 and AT-VIE-1, and it lists compute instances billed by the second, GPU instances, managed Kubernetes, object storage and DNS.
GPU instances need account validation, with priority for established businesses. Prices on the pricing page are rendered client-side, so no amount is quoted.
What Exoscale does better than Vultr
- A contract term that fixes data to the country you select
- Billing by the second
- Swiss law and a Lausanne-area court, where Vultr uses New Jersey law
Where Exoscale is a step down from Vultr
- Switzerland is outside the EU and the EEA
- GPU access depends on manual validation
- Only three zones are named on the pages read
Standout against Vultr. The data-location rule is in its terms, not only on its marketing pages.
- Which law reaches it. Switzerland (adequacy decision, outside the EEA). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Switzerland (Geneva, Winterthur).
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001.
Best for: Small projects and teams that want a Swiss provider with a low entry price
Infomaniak Network SA is at Rue Eugene Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias in Geneva, entered in the Geneva commercial register (CH-660.0.059.996-1, CHE-103.167.648). The governing law sits in PDF terms that were not read for this page.
VPS Lite lists a 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB plan at CHF 2.70 a month and a 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 40 GB plan at CHF 5.40, excluding VAT. Its Public Cloud offers CHF 300 of credit for three months, 6 zones in 2 regions, Ceph block storage and Swift object storage.
Its own comparison table lists a 4 CPU, 8 GB general-purpose instance at CHF 16.10 a month against other clouds. That is a vendor comparison, so treat it as a claim.
What Infomaniak does better than Vultr
- Low entry price on VPS Lite, with the price shown on the page
- CHF 300 credit to test the Public Cloud
- Swiss company with register numbers published
Where Infomaniak is a step down from Vultr
- Hosting is in Switzerland only, which is outside the EU
- Governing law not verified
- Prices are in Swiss francs
Standout against Vultr. A real credit (CHF 300 for three months) is offered to try the Public Cloud.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. 12 locations including Germany, UK, US, Singapore.
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
Best for: Projects that need a lot of RAM and disk for the money and can live with a slower network port
Contabo GmbH is at Welfenstrasse 22, 81541 Munich. Its terms, effective December 2025, apply the law of the Federal Republic of Germany and exclude the UN sales convention, with mandatory consumer rules of an EU member state left untouched.
The VPS page lists 9 regions and 11 locations, from the US to the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. Cloud VPS 4 lists 4 vCPU cores, 8 GB of RAM, 100 GB SSD, a 200 Mbit/s port and 'Unlimited Traffic*'. Port speeds rise with the plan, to 1 Gbit/s.
The page shows prices with and without VAT and a note about a 24-month first term, so no amount is quoted here.
What Contabo does better than Vultr
- German company under German law
- The entry plan shown lists 4 vCPU, 8 GB of RAM and 100 GB of SSD
- 11 locations across 9 regions
Where Contabo is a step down from Vultr
- Traffic is marked unlimited with an asterisk, and ports are 200 Mbit/s on the smallest plan shown
- Price display is tied to VAT and term, which makes it hard to compare
- Not the broadest platform around the server
Standout against Vultr. It lists 11 locations in 9 regions, more than most European providers here.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Data centres in Nuremberg (Germany), Vienna (Austria) and Amsterdam (Netherlands), plus sites in Virginia (US) and Singapore; the location is part of the product chosen.
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
- Independently checked. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 27701.
Best for: People who want a plain VPS in Austria, Germany or the Netherlands and are fine with a 12-month term
netcup GmbH is at Emmy-Noether-Strasse 10, 76131 Karlsruhe, entered at the Amtsgericht Mannheim as HRB 705547. Its terms apply German law, and name Karlsruhe as the place of jurisdiction for merchants and public bodies, or where the customer has no general place of jurisdiction in Germany.
The VPS page lists a VPS 1000 G12.5 with 4 vCores, 8 GB of RAM and a 128 GB SSD at €14.50 a month excluding VAT on a 12-month contract period. Locations are Vienna, Nuremberg, Amsterdam, Manassas (USA) and Singapore, plus a 'No preference Europe' option that keeps the server in a European data centre.
The FAQ says minimum contract terms of one month, twelve months and longer are available, and that VPS runs Linux or Windows.
What netcup does better than Vultr
- German company with a register number, and locations in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands
- Price listed on the page, with and without VAT
- A 'No preference Europe' option that keeps servers in Europe
Where netcup is a step down from Vultr
- Best prices need a 12-month contract
- Fewer products around the server than Scaleway or Hetzner
- Not hourly billing on the plans read
Standout against Vultr. It lets you choose Vienna, Nuremberg or Amsterdam, or leave it to them within Europe.
Aruba Cloud
an Italian Cloud VPS on OpenStack with a published euro price list
Best for: Customers who want an Italian provider and a simple VPS for Linux or Windows
Aruba Cloud is run by Aruba S.p.A., Via San Clemente 53, 24036 Ponte San Pietro (Bergamo), with share capital of €4,000,000 fully paid and REA number BG-434483. Its VPS page describes servers in Italy. The governing law was not on the page read for this check.
The Cloud VPS OpenStack Starter plan lists 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM, 20 GB of storage and 2 TB of transfer a month at €2.49 plus VAT, on the euro currency setting. The page also describes plans with up to 100 TB of monthly traffic, up to 320 GB of NVMe storage and 1 Gb/s connectivity, with Linux or Windows images.
Other products on the same site include dedicated servers, an OpenStack Cloud Server, a Virtual Data Center and a sovereign cloud.
What Aruba Cloud does better than Vultr
- Italian company with a register entry and share capital stated
- Low euro entry price on the euro setting
- Windows images offered on the VPS
Where Aruba Cloud is a step down from Vultr
- Servers described in Italy, so few regions
- Governing law not verified
- Smaller developer ecosystem than Scaleway or Hetzner
Standout against Vultr. It is the one provider here based in Italy, with its servers described as being in Italy.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany (Frankfurt, Cologne).
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
Best for: Companies that want VMs plus managed Kubernetes and databases from one German vendor
gridscale GmbH is at Oskar-Jaeger-Strasse 173, 50825 Cologne, entered in the German commercial register as HRB 97235. Its terms (paragraph 17) apply German law and give the Cologne courts exclusive local jurisdiction, while allowing gridscale to sue customers at their own general place of jurisdiction.
Its home page lists compute, object storage, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, a cloud load balancer and GPU instances with AMD GPUs, and also offers a private and hybrid cloud product. The pricing page renders client-side, so no amount is quoted.
The site speaks to enterprises, with a concierge service and compliance pages, more than to a developer who wants a cheap box tonight.
What gridscale does better than Vultr
- German company with a commercial register number
- Managed Kubernetes and databases on top of VMs
- Hybrid and private cloud options
Where gridscale is a step down from Vultr
- Prices could not be read from the static page
- Aimed at companies, so less suited to a quick hobby project
- Data centre locations were not checked for this page
Standout against Vultr. It also sells its datacentre automation software, so it positions itself as a maker of cloud platforms.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Lithuania). Vultr is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU data centres (Netherlands, Lithuania, France).
- Source code. Closed source, as Vultr is.
Best for: People who already use Hostinger for hosting and want a VPS on the same account
Hostinger's terms list one contracting entity per region. For customers in the EU the entity is HOSTINGER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, 61 Lordou Vironos str., Larnaca, Cyprus. The agreement is governed by the laws of Luxembourg, with the courts of Luxembourg, unless mandatory local law says otherwise.
The VPS page describes KVM-based servers on AMD EPYC processors with NVMe storage, root access, free weekly backups and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Prices on the page are shown in US dollars with large promotional discounts and renewal prices, so no amount is quoted here.
It is a VPS product, but with less around the server than Scaleway, UpCloud or Exoscale.
What Hostinger VPS does better than Vultr
- EU customers contract with a Cyprus entity under Luxembourg law
- 30-day money-back guarantee on the VPS plans
- Same account as Hostinger's hosting and domains
Where Hostinger VPS is a step down from Vultr
- Promotional prices that renew higher
- Fewer platform products around the VPS
- Prices shown in US dollars on the page read
Standout against Vultr. The terms spell out which Hostinger entity serves which country, including EU customers.
What actually breaks when you switch
Moving a server is mostly a copy job, but check the network details. Private networking, floating or reserved IP addresses, firewalls and load balancers are named and priced differently at every provider, and Scaleway charges for attached IPv4 addresses on top of the server price. Write down what you use on Vultr before you pick.
Region count is a real loss for some workloads. Vultr lists 33 regions, and no provider here lists that many. If your users are in Asia, Africa or Latin America, a European provider will serve them from far away or not at all. Hetzner, Contabo and netcup have US and Singapore sites, Contabo also lists Australia, but check the exact city.
Prices are hard to compare because they are shown per hour, per month, with or without VAT, in euros, francs or dollars, and sometimes only after JavaScript runs. Build a comparison with the same specification, the same traffic, a backup and an IPv4 address at each provider, and use the console or the calculator for the final number.
Which of these is closest to Vultr?
Scaleway and Hetzner are the closest in shape: self-service virtual servers with an API, and a wider product list around them. Scaleway adds Kubernetes, GPU clusters and S3-compatible object storage on its own pages. Hetzner describes its cloud as shared and dedicated-vCPU server types across Germany, Finland, the US and Singapore.
UpCloud, OVHcloud and Exoscale are the next step: they cover the same VPS use and add managed products. Contabo, netcup and Aruba Cloud are VPS-first and cheaper to start, with fewer options around the server.
Can I get bare metal or GPUs in Europe instead?
Yes, on some. OVHcloud sells bare metal and dedicated servers next to its VPS line, and Scaleway lists GPU clusters. gridscale describes GPU instances with AMD GPUs and Exoscale lists several GPU instance types, with access subject to account validation. Check the stock and the lead time for the exact machine, because availability is not a thing a price page can tell you.
If bare metal is your main need, start with OVHcloud, whose site lists dedicated servers. This page only checked the cloud and VPS side of Hetzner, so its dedicated servers were not verified.
What does a small server cost?
It depends on the provider and on what is included. UpCloud lists 2 GB with one core and 20 GB at €6 a month. Scaleway lists a 2 vCPU, 2 GB DEV1-S instance at €0.00898 an hour, about €6.55 a month.
Infomaniak lists a 1 vCPU, 2 GB VPS Lite at CHF 2.70 and a 2 vCPU, 2 GB one at CHF 5.40, excluding VAT. netcup lists a 4 vCore, 8 GB VPS 1000 at €14.50 excluding VAT on a 12-month term.
Hetzner, Exoscale, OVHcloud, Contabo and Hostinger show their prices client-side, or vary them by region or promotion, so no amount is quoted for them here.
Does it matter that two of these are Swiss?
Switzerland is outside the EU and the EEA. Exoscale (Akenes SA, Lausanne) and Infomaniak (Geneva) contract under Swiss entities, and Exoscale's terms choose Swiss law and the courts of the canton of Vaud. For many European customers a Swiss counterparty is acceptable, and it is a different position from a US one, but if your policy requires the EU or EEA, pick one of the others.
Exoscale also has zones in Frankfurt and Vienna, and Infomaniak states that its Public Cloud runs in Switzerland.
Which one to pick
If you want the nearest thing to Vultr with a European contract, start with Scaleway or Hetzner. Scaleway has the wider product list and hourly prices on a page you can read. Hetzner has German and Finnish data centres under German law, and is the one to open if you want to compare server types in the console.
If a published price and an SLA matter, look at UpCloud. If you want unlimited traffic and bare metal beside your VPS, look at OVHcloud. If where the data sits matters most, Exoscale puts the country rule in its terms, and Infomaniak keeps its Public Cloud in Switzerland, which is outside the EU.
Contabo, netcup and Aruba Cloud are VPS-first and suit simple workloads, gridscale suits companies that want managed Kubernetes and databases, and Hostinger fits people who already use it for hosting.
Be clear about the gap. Vultr has 33 regions and none of these eleven matches that, and for GPU or bare metal work the choice is narrower still. Switch if you want a European or Swiss contracting party and a court close to home, and stay if your users are spread around the world.
Frequently Asked Questions
Scaleway is the best all-round match on this page by the criteria used here: publicly listed hourly euro prices, a wider product list (Kubernetes, GPU clusters, object storage) and a French company. Hetzner is the one to check first if you want German data centres, and UpCloud if you want a Finnish company with a 99.99% SLA. The ranking is not paid, and the right choice depends on region and workload.
No. Its terms are a contract with The Constant Company, LLC and its affiliates, with an address in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the dispute clause names New Jersey law and courts in Palm Beach County, Florida. Vultr operates data centres in Europe, including Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw, but the contract is not with a European entity.
Its Cloud Compute page lists 33 cloud data center regions, including seven in the EU (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Warsaw) and two in the UK (London, Manchester). Hetzner lists six sites, netcup five and Contabo 11 locations in 9 regions, so Vultr has more reach than any of these three.
Vultr's Cloud Compute page says Regular Performance starts at $2.50 a month and High Performance and High Frequency start at $6 a month. Its main pricing page did not load for this check, so no further figures are quoted. Prices can change, so confirm on the day.
Infomaniak states CHF 300 of free credit for three months on its Public Cloud. Hostinger offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on VPS plans. For the others this page did not find a trial on the pages it read, so check the provider's own signup page.
Scaleway lists prices per hour with an approximate monthly figure, and Exoscale says instances are billed by the second. UpCloud, Infomaniak, netcup, Contabo and Aruba Cloud list monthly prices on the pages read. Whether a provider also offers hourly billing for a given plan is something to confirm in its console before you commit.
Yes. Its terms are with Hetzner Online GmbH in Gunzenhausen, listed in the Ansbach commercial register as HRB 6089, under German law. Its cloud has sites in Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki, and also in Hillsboro, Oregon, Ashburn, Virginia and Singapore. The terms include a separate arbitration section for US customers, which does not apply to a European one.
Exoscale's terms say it stores customer data only in the country the customer selects for the service, and does not replicate it elsewhere, including for backups, unless the customer instructs it or the law requires. Infomaniak says its Public Cloud runs in Switzerland and Aruba's VPS page describes servers in Italy. For the others, pick the location when you order and confirm where backups go.
Hostinger lists KVM-based VPS plans on AMD EPYC processors with NVMe disks and full root access, which makes it a real VPS. For EU customers the contracting entity is HOSTINGER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED in Larnaca, Cyprus, under Luxembourg law. It ranks last here because its pricing page shows promotional US dollar prices that vary, and it is lighter on the platform products around the server.
There is no one-click migration described on these pages. A normal move is to build a new server, install the same software, restore your data from a backup or by copying it, test it, and switch DNS. For a single web server this takes an afternoon. A fleet with private networking or block storage takes longer.
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