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Cloud provider offering virtual machines, bare metal servers, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, block and object storage, and a CDN across global data center locations.

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Category
vps cloud
Free tier
Not documented
Entry paid plan
$2.50/mo (Regular Performance Cloud Compute, IPv6-only plan)
Regions
Not documented
01.

Who it suits.

Teams that want cheap virtual machines with generous included transfer — 2 TB a month per account — and overage at a cent per gigabyte. Block storage and managed databases sit alongside.

Consider something else if…

The $2.50 entry plan is IPv6-only; the equivalent machine with IPv4 starts at $3.50, and stopped instances are still billed.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

02.

What the documentation says.

Each value below links to the page it was read from, with the sentence it came from. Criteria Vultr does not publish are not listed.

Pricing

Entry paid plan

$2.50/mo (Regular Performance Cloud Compute, IPv6-only plan)

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Pricing model

Hourly billing; Cloud Compute is billed up to 672 hours per month, with a one-hour minimum billing unit

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  • How Am I Billed for My Servers? | Vultr Docs ↗

    “Vultr bills all servers on an hourly basis. The billing model varies slightly based on the product type: GPU Instances: Billed up to 730 hours per month, aligned with the industry-standard monthly cap. All Other Server Types (including Cloud Compute, Optimized Cloud Compute, Bare Metal): Billed up to 672 hours per month.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Egress over allowance

$0.01 per GB

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When you exceed a cap

Billed automatically — bandwidth above the plan quota is charged at $0.01 per GB

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Limits

Storage (entry plan)

10 GB on the cheapest paid Cloud Compute Regular Performance plan (1 vCPU / 0.5 GB, $2.50/mo, IPv6 Only)

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Memory (entry plan)

0.5 GB on the cheapest paid Cloud Compute Regular Performance plan (1 vCPU, $2.50/mo, IPv6 Only)

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Sites or apps included

An account-wide maximum-instances limit applies; the number is shown only in the Vultr Console under Billing > Limits and is not published (increases can be requested)

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  • How to Manage Vultr Account Limits | Vultr Docs ↗

    “The Vultr account limit defines the maximum instances and costs you can have in your account. These limits are necessary to control costs or excessive usage of your cloud account resource allocations.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Included bandwidth

2 TB of free bandwidth per account per month, plus each running instance's own monthly cap allocated hourly

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  • How Are Bandwidth Caps Calculated? | Vultr Docs ↗

    “Free Bandwidth: Vultr provides 2 TB of free bandwidth per account, allocated monthly. This allocation resets at the beginning of each calendar month and does not carry over.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

File or inode limit

Up to 16 Vultr Block Storage volumes can be attached to the same Cloud Compute instance

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Execution

Managed connection pooling

Supported

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  • PgBouncer on Vultr Managed Databases for PostgreSQL — Vultr Docs ↗

    “Vultr Managed Databases for PostgreSQL comes with PgBouncer pre-enabled and configured, allowing users to easily create connection pools to optimize database connections, extension-level configuration for PgBouncer cannot be modified. This built-in connection pooling functionality helps enhance performance by reducing the overhead of creating and closing database connections, which is particularly beneficial in environments with high query volumes.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Deployment

Containers

Supported

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Infrastructure

Persistent storage

Supported

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Managed databases

Supported

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  • Vultr Databases Setup and Management | Vultr Docs ↗

    “Manage fully managed database clusters on Vultr to deploy, scale, and maintain relational and non-relational databases with automated backups, high availability, and zero maintenance overhead.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Edge network

Supported

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  • Vultr CDN Pull Zone Setup and Management | Vultr Docs ↗

    “Manage CDN Pull Zones on Vultr to accelerate content delivery by caching and serving static assets from globally distributed edge locations for faster load times and reduced origin server load.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Scales to zero

Not supported

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  • Are Stopped Instances Still Billed on Vultr? | Vultr Docs ↗

    “Yes. Stopping an instance does not halt billing because the instance continues to reserve critical resources such as CPU, RAM, SSD storage, and IP addresses. These reserved resources remain allocated exclusively to your instance and are therefore billable.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Autoscaling

Limited

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  • How Does Vultr Kubernetes Engine Handle Scaling? | Vultr Docs ↗

    “Automatic Node Pool Scaling: VKE supports autoscaling for node pools. Based on workload demand, the autoscaler adjusts the number of nodes within a specified range. This ensures your applications remain responsive during peak traffic while reducing costs during periods of low activity.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

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