# Vultr 36 Hacker News commenters recommended Vultr and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 10 years (5 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended for cheap, stable VPS hosting with good uptime, BSD support and BGP; the most common caveat is connectivity problems in some datacenters, notably Australia. ## Why people recommend it - Cheap plans with good value (8 comments): "will give you a better developer experience for this kind of workflow, often at a fraction of the price" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085398)) "I've always enjoyed using super cheap instances with just 0.5gb of RAM at places like Vultr." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47627839)) "Their pricing is way more competitive than AWS, especially when you consider bandwidth." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176784)) - Reliable uptime and stability (7 comments): "with Upcloud and Vultr my single VPS setups have been more reliable than multiregion with redundancy setups" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818591)) "Have been using vultr with very good stability for BSD systems since 2015 or so, highly recommend." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448448)) "Vultr is goated, I've been using them since ~2020 and have never had any issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821298)) - Long-term customers with years of service (5 comments): "Have been using vultr with very good stability for BSD systems since 2015 or so, highly recommend." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448448)) "Vultr is goated, I've been using them since ~2020 and have never had any issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821298)) "my host (Vultr) has had fantastic uptime over the 10 years I've been on them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45964027)) - Helpful support and BSD-friendly networking (5 comments): "They have no additional charge for BYOIP and you can use their private ASN if you don't have your own" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794390)) "Have been using vultr with very good stability for BSD systems since 2015 or so, highly recommend." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448448)) "They were very helpful when one of the AMD firmware patches in 7.3 caused my VPS to not boot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49439281)) ## What people warn about - Overpriced for the specs (2 comments): "Vultr is extremely overpriced due to double the costs for the same specs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46001440)) "now they're super-expensive, too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47580002)) - Connectivity issues in some datacenters (2 comments): "Vultr is by far the worst - some DC like Australia are pretty bad, lots of connectivity issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48544751)) "the main issue was latency spikes due to their IP ranges getting DDoSd" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542896)) - Account suspended or forced top-ups (2 comments): "Vultr has the nasty policy of topping your account $100 whenever you run out of money" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822891)) "they will limit your account if you do not use it for sometime" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47296063)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Hetzner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner.md): 415 recommend - [DigitalOcean](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digitalocean.md): 133 recommend - [exe.dev](https://hackerapproved.com/p/exe-dev.md): 115 recommend - [Hetzner Cloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner-cloud.md): 99 recommend - [OVH hosting](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ovh.md): 81 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.vultr.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Vultr", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vultr/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).