Vultr
Hacker ApprovedRanked 8 of 21 VPS hosts by recommenders
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.
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.
46 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 36
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 11 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 10 years
Median of the 5 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 36 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 11 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Cheap plans with good value
“will give you a better developer experience for this kind of workflow, often at a fraction of the price”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left” “I've always enjoyed using super cheap instances with just 0.5gb of RAM at places like Vultr.”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Ubuntu now has higher system hardware requirements than Windows 11” “Their pricing is way more competitive than AWS, especially when you consider bandwidth.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Oxide Computer raises $445M (SEC Form D)” - Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts?”
- Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime”
- Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions”
- Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?”
- Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to FreeBSD”
Reliable uptime and stability
“with Upcloud and Vultr my single VPS setups have been more reliable than multiregion with redundancy setups”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime” “Have been using vultr with very good stability for BSD systems since 2015 or so, highly recommend.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” “Vultr is goated, I've been using them since ~2020 and have never had any issues.”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime” - Comment from 18 Nov 2025 in “Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues”
- Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x”
- Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime”
- Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “The Cloudflare outage might be a good thing”
Long-term customers with years of service
“Have been using vultr with very good stability for BSD systems since 2015 or so, highly recommend.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” “Vultr is goated, I've been using them since ~2020 and have never had any issues.”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime” “my host (Vultr) has had fantastic uptime over the 10 years I've been on them”
Comment from 18 Nov 2025 in “Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues” - Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “Cloud VM benchmarks 2026: performance/price for 44 VM types over 7 providers”
- Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “Cloud VM benchmarks 2026: performance/price for 44 VM types over 7 providers”
Helpful support and BSD-friendly networking
“They have no additional charge for BYOIP and you can use their private ASN if you don't have your own”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “My ASN Journey series (2024)” “Have been using vultr with very good stability for BSD systems since 2015 or so, highly recommend.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” “They were very helpful when one of the AMD firmware patches in 7.3 caused my VPS to not boot.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” - Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts?”
- Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Overpriced for the specs
“Vultr is extremely overpriced due to double the costs for the same specs”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “France is taking state actions against GrapheneOS?” “now they're super-expensive, too.”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding” Connectivity issues in some datacenters
“Vultr is by far the worst - some DC like Australia are pretty bad, lots of connectivity issues”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x” “the main issue was latency spikes due to their IP ranges getting DDoSd”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x” Account suspended or forced top-ups
“Vultr has the nasty policy of topping your account $100 whenever you run out of money”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime” “they will limit your account if you do not use it for sometime”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “Cloud VM benchmarks 2026: performance/price for 44 VM types over 7 providers”
Other VPS hosts people recommend
The four most recommended other VPS 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 | 415 | 212 | 66% | 13 | 5 yrs40 owners | — |
| DigitalOcean | 133 | 117 | 53% | 12 | 10 yrs15 owners | — |
| exe.dev | 115 | 56 | 67% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Hetzner Cloud | 99 | 28 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| VultrThis page | 36 | 10 | 78% | 11 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
What people said
40 of the 53 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I refuse to pay a company for service and then be required to identify motorcycles and traffic lights every time I sign in.”
“Have been using vultr with very good stability for BSD systems since 2015 or so, highly recommend.”
“DO or Vultr or Linode or Amazon LightSail can be a good fit.”
“I have a couple of FreeBSD VMs on Vultr. For quite some time sshd regularly dies on one of them”
“They were very helpful when one of the AMD firmware patches in 7.3 caused my VPS to not boot.”
“they have many more options”
“its properly supported by them”
“Their pricing is way more competitive than AWS, especially when you consider bandwidth.”
“They have no additional charge for BYOIP and you can use their private ASN if you don't have your own”
“The uptime in the datacenters my VMs are hosted in is extremely good.”
“Vultr is by far the worst - some DC like Australia are pretty bad, lots of connectivity issues”
“the main issue was latency spikes due to their IP ranges getting DDoSd”
“Vultr is really damn cheap.”
“I'd go with a smaller VPS-focused provider like Vultr.”
“will give you a better developer experience for this kind of workflow, often at a fraction of the price”
“Vultr has the nasty policy of topping your account $100 whenever you run out of money”
“there's lots of compute headroom so it never locks up”
“Vultr is goated, I've been using them since ~2020 and have never had any issues.”
“you can get a lot of bang for your buck deploying on Vultr”
“with Upcloud and Vultr my single VPS setups have been more reliable than multiregion with redundancy setups”
“Vultr is NOT a DMCA ignoring vps. Source: Vultr themselves.”
“Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, ... are long established VPS players.”
“I usually use Vultr for their SYD region.”
“I've always enjoyed using super cheap instances with just 0.5gb of RAM at places like Vultr.”
“Vultr is pretty cool, but I was paying $10/mo for a 2 v-cores/2gb/55gb.”
“now they're super-expensive, too.”
“which been serving us well for many years”
“Vultr is great, have been using them for many years.”
“they will limit your account if you do not use it for sometime”
“I've had good experience with their VPSes.”
“I have been doing this for years. Vultr will do it.”
“DigitalOcean and Vultr, with their $5 plan, is those who won the small businesses.”
“Probably good if you just need something tiny to run some automation.”
“Vultr has some neat network features, like BGP support.”
“I like Vultr for the simplicity of my own projects.”
“they've been solid and cheap”
“$3 gets me 730 hours of comparable Vultr VPS time.”
“running flawlessly for nearly a year”
“Vultr is extremely overpriced due to double the costs for the same specs”
“my host (Vultr) has had fantastic uptime over the 10 years I've been on them”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.