OVH dedicated server
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 3 dedicated server hosts by recommenders
People recommend OVH dedicated servers for low cost against public clouds, fast SSD hardware and good value for the price. The most common caveat is that the service has declined recently.
People recommend OVH dedicated servers for low cost against public clouds, fast SSD hardware and good value for the price. The most common caveat is that the service has declined recently.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 8.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Far cheaper than public clouds
“These providers also offer VMs, object storage and other virtualized services for way cheaper with similar guarantees”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the same price [video]” “A dedicated OVH or Hetzner box would be faster and cheaper even when on all the time”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Claude Code On-the-Go” “it's going to be 1/5 of what it would cost on public clouds”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “Cloud VM benchmarks 2026: performance/price for 44 VM types over 7 providers” Good value for the price
“hosted on dedicated OVH for a very significantly small amount of money”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement” “for the price I really can't complain”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “OVH forgot they donated documentation hosting to Pandas” Fast hardware and SSDs
“A dedicated OVH or Hetzner box would be faster and cheaper even when on all the time”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Claude Code On-the-Go” “Our costs were cut by 90%, our performance tripled, and our reliability improved.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Build vs. Buy: What This Week's Outages Should Teach You” “5 big bare metal boxes on OVH with fast SSDs”
Comment from 23 Apr 2026 in “I Am Building a Cloud” Low maintenance and reliable
“Our costs were cut by 90%, our performance tripled, and our reliability improved.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Build vs. Buy: What This Week's Outages Should Teach You” “I never had to touch a single cable or change a single disk”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Januscape: Guest-to-Host Escape in KVM/x86 [CVE-2026-53359]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Service has declined recently
“Hetzner was much preferrable to let's say OVH who also "deals" bare metal but not anymore.”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x”
Other dedicated server hosts people recommend
The two most recommended other dedicated server hosts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner dedicated server | 41 | 28 | 59% | 10 | 2 yrs4 owners | — |
| OVH dedicated serverThis page | 17 | 2 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Hetzner Server Auction | 15 | 4 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
17 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I never had to touch a single cable or change a single disk”
“we're on hetzner/ovh boxes, so delivery time really isnt an issue”
“Hetzner was much preferrable to let's say OVH who also "deals" bare metal but not anymore.”
“bare metal OVH solution that perfectly fit our use case”
“5 big bare metal boxes on OVH with fast SSDs”
“hosted on dedicated OVH for a very significantly small amount of money”
“rented bare metal servers in OVH to do that. It worked OK.”
“for the price I really can't complain”
“OVH has dedicated in USA and Canada”
“it's going to be 1/5 of what it would cost on public clouds”
“Similar to my favourite OVH servers, but I have unlimited traffic at 0.5Gb/s 64gb ram and dual mics.”
“I recommend a dedicated $40 hetzner or OVH box and just keep all your projects on that.”
“I had to wait I think a week for OVH to physically replace it”
“A dedicated OVH or Hetzner box would be faster and cheaper even when on all the time”
“These providers also offer VMs, object storage and other virtualized services for way cheaper with similar guarantees”
“Our costs were cut by 90%, our performance tripled, and our reliability improved.”
“OVH's virtual rack tech is pretty amazing too”
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