# OVHcloud

16 Hacker News commenters recommended OVHcloud and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for cheap, fast servers and VMs and as a non-US cloud option; critics note US cloud act exposure.

## Why people recommend it

- Low prices for cloud servers (3 comments): "Its been very cheap to run OVH cloud with the newest and fastest AMD EPYC CPUs that have high single core speeds." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49800178)) "It's probably the most economical option for a waitlist system." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46584686)) "Like hetzner's or ovh's cloud offerings are cheap" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46455821))
- European alternative to US providers (5 comments): "the cloud offerings of companies like OVH and Scaleway are constantly expanding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836624)) "I migrated to them after geopolitical risks with US providers got too high." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50143829)) "are all valid suppliers without the need to buy from hyperscalers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151707))
- Serious cloud provider despite flaws (3 comments): "the cloud offerings of companies like OVH and Scaleway are constantly expanding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836624)) "OVH (even with all of its flaws) is definitely a cloud provider" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46341088)) "Scaleway and OVHCloud both provide all of that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838991))

## What people warn about

- Not independent of US law (2 comments): "Listed vendors like OVHcloud must follow the US cloud act, so not really independent from US." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47625133)) "Listed vendors like OVHcloud must follow the US cloud act" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47626110))
- Fires and underinvestment concerns (2 comments): "real issue that they made the news with burning DCs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47085702)) "stopped investing in new equipment around the time they IPOd in 2021" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370069))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-web-services.md): 248 recommend
- [Google Cloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-cloud-platform.md): 161 recommend
- [Microsoft Azure](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-azure.md): 153 recommend
- [Scaleway](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scaleway.md): 70 recommend
- [Oracle Cloud Free Tier](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oracle-cloud.md): 70 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://us.ovhcloud.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "OVHcloud", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ovhcloud/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).