I will be sharing benchmark data that I was able to capture from their budget conscious plans, as well as comparing their plans. Vultr vs BuyVM.
BuyVM
Vultr
Table of Contents
- Data Center Locations
- VPS Plans (Under $15/mo)
- VPS Plans ($15.01-320/mo)
- Block Storage
- Benchmarks
Data Center Locations
| BuyVM | Vultr | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Server Locations | 17 Server Locations |
BuyVM has servers in Las Vegas, New York and Luxembourg.
Whereas Vultr has servers in Atlanta, New York (NJ), Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Toronto, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Seoul, South Korea, Singapore and Sydney.
VPS Plans (Under $15/mo)
| Plan Name | Price | CPU | Memory | Disk Space | Data Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Slice 512 | $2.00 | 1 Shared Core | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| Vultr Compute 512 | $3.50 | 1 Core | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 500 GB |
| BuyVM Slice 1024 | $3.50 | 1 Shared Core | 1024 MB | 20 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| Vultr Compute 1024 | $5.00 | 1 Core | 1024 MB | 25 GB SSD | 1000 GB |
| BuyVM Slice 2048 | $7.00 | 1 Shared Core | 2048 MB | 40 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| Vultr Compute 2048 | $10.00 | 1 Core | 2048 MB | 55 GB SSD | 2000 GB |
| BuyVM Slice 4096 | $15.00 | 1 Dedicated Core* | 4096 MB | 80 GB SSD | Unmetered |
*BuyVM plans starting at $15/per month and up, include Dedicated CPU Usage. This isn't mentioned on Vultr VPS plans but hopefully the benchmarks in the next section will shed some light on that.
*Vultr does have Dedicated Cloud plans starting at $60/mo which include 2 CPU cores.
Vultr has an IPv6 only VPS ($2.50/mo) however it has limited availability and less usability for most use cases so I left it out of the table.
VPS Plans ($15.01-320/mo)
| Plan Name | Price | CPU | Memory | Disk Space | Data Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr Compute 4GB | $20.00 | 2 Shared Cores | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 3000 GB |
| BuyVM Slice 8GB | $30.00 | 2 Dedicated Cores* | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| Vultr Compute 8GB | $40.00 | 4 Shared Cores | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 4000 GB |
| BuyVM Slice 12GB | $45.00 | 3 Dedicated Cores* | 12 GB | 240 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| BuyVM Slice 16GB | $60.00 | 4 Dedicated Cores* | 16 GB | 320 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| BuyVM Slice 20GB | $75.00 | 5 Dedicated Cores* | 20 GB | 400 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| Vultr Compute 16GB | $80.00 | 6 Shared Cores | 16 GB | 320 GB SSD | 5000 GB |
| BuyVM Slice 24GB | $90.00 | 6 Dedicated Cores* | 24 GB | 480 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| BuyVM Slice 28GB | $105.00 | 7 Dedicated Cores* | 28 GB | 560 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| Vultr Compute 32GB | $160.00 | 8 Shared Cores | 32 GB | 640 GB SSD | 6000 GB |
| Vultr Compute 64GB | $320.00 | 16 Shared Cores | 64 GB | 1280 GB SSD | 10000 GB |
If you were spending $250+ per month, I feel you might as well get a dedicated server at that point.
Addon – Block Storage
| Plan Name | Price | Plan Name | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM 256 GB (Las Vegas Only) | $1.25/mo | Vultr 10 GB (New Jersey Only) | $1.00/mo |
| BuyVM 512 GB (Las Vegas Only) | $2.50/mo | Vultr 25 GB (New Jersey Only) | $2.50/mo |
| BuyVM 1 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $5.00/mo | Vultr 50 GB (New Jersey Only) | $5.00/mo |
| BuyVM 2 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $10.00/mo | Vultr 100 GB (New Jersey Only) | $10.00/mo |
| BuyVM 3 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $15.00/mo | Vultr 150 GB (New Jersey Only) | $15.00/mo |
| BuyVM 4 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $20.00/mo | Vultr 200 GB (New Jersey Only) | $20.00/mo |
| BuyVM 5 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $25.00/mo | Vultr 250 GB (New Jersey Only) | $25.00/mo |
| BuyVM 6 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $30.00/mo | Vultr 300 GB (New Jersey Only) | $30.00/mo |
| BuyVM 7 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $35.00/mo | Vultr 350 GB (New Jersey Only) | $35.00/mo |
| BuyVM 8 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $40.00/mo | Vultr 400 GB (New Jersey Only) | $40.00/mo |
| BuyVM 9 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $45.00/mo | Vultr 450 GB (New Jersey Only) | $45.00/mo |
| BuyVM 10 TB (Las Vegas Only) | $50.00/mo | Vultr 500 GB (New Jersey Only) | $50.00/mo |
BuyVM: $5.00/mo per 1TB (available in 1/4-2/4 TB and full TB increments)
Vultr: $100.00/mo per 1TB (available in GB increments)
BuyVM vs Vultr: cPanel
| Plan Name | Price | Plan Name | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM cPanel (Admin Cloud) | $12.00/mo (5 Accounts) | Vultr cPanel (Admin Cloud) | $17.00/mo (5 Accounts) |
| BuyVM cPanel (Pro Cloud) | $19.00/mo (30 Accounts) | Vultr cPanel (Pro Cloud) | $23.00/mo (30 Accounts) |
| BuyVM cPanel (Plus Cloud) | $27.00/mo (50 Accounts) | Vultr cPanel (Plus Cloud) | $33.00/mo (50 Accounts) |
| BuyVM cPanel (Plus Cloud) | $35.00/mo (100 Accounts) | Vultr cPanel (Premier Cloud) | $42.00/mo (100 Accounts) |
| BuyVM cPanel (Plus Cloud) | $39.00/mo (200 Accounts) | Vultr cPanel (Premier Cloud) | $42.00/mo + $0.15/each account above 100 |
| Plan Name | Price | Plan Name | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Softaculous | $0.00/mo | Vultr Plesk Web Admin SE | $0.00/mo |
| BuyVM Blesta | $0.00/mo | Vultr Plesk Web Pro | $7.50/mo |
| Vultr Plesk Web Host | $12.50/mo |
One thing I really do apprecreate about Vultr is there large selection of One-Click Apps:
| One-Click Apps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS Web Panel | Magento | Pritunl | ||
| cPanel ($$$) | Mediawiki | Webmin | ||
| Docker | Minecraft | WordPress | ||
| Drupal | Nextcloud | |||
| GitLab | OpenLiteSpeed | |||
| Jitsi | OpenVPN | |||
| Joomla | ownCloud | |||
| LAMP | Plesk (Free and $$$) | |||
| LEMP | PrestaShop |
Benchmarks:
BuyVM Slice 512 (AMD RYZEN) VS
Vultr Compute 512
Vultr High Frequency 1024
| Plan Name | Price | CPU | Memory | Disk Space | Data Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Slice 512 (Vegas Only) | $2.00 | 1 Shared Core | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | Unmetered |
| Vultr Compute 512 (Atlanta) | $2.50 | 1 Shared Core | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 500 GB |
| Vultr HF 1024 | $6.00 | 1 Shared Core | 1024 MB | 32 GB SSD | 1000 GB |
As of this writing, the Vultr Compute 512 was limited to Atalanta and New York, which is too bad because I wanted to keep the tests as close to the same location as possible. The next option is to test with their Compute 1024 or high frequency 1024. Both have 512 MB more memory than the slice I have with BuyVM.
I am using the same exact code for each test:
wget http://wget.racing/nench.sh -O - -o /dev/null|bashCPU
| Plan Name | SHA256-hashing | bzip2-compressing | AES-encrypting |
|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Slice 512 (Vegas Only) | 2.257s | 4.808s | 0.905s |
| Vultr Compute 512 (Atlanta) | 3.697s | 6.014s | 1.752s |
| Vultr HF 1024 | 3.291s | 6.047s | 1.004s |
BuyVM – Las Vegas: AMD RYZEN 3900X
BuyVM – New York: 3.5Ghz+ Intel® processors
BuyVM – Lux: 3.5Ghz+ Intel® processors
Vulr Cloud Compute: Intel Skylake processors (2GB+ plans)
Vultr High Frequency: 3+ GHz Intel CPUs
Winner: BuyVM
Seek Rate
| Plan Name | min | avg | max | mdev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Slice 512 (Vegas Only) | 46.1 us | 161.2 us | 72.2 ms | 615.8 us |
| Vultr Compute 512 (Atlanta) | 186.1 us | 247.4 us | 4.79 ms | 63.2 us |
| Vultr HF 1024 | 49.0 us | 193.2 us | 9.70 ms | 182.1 us |
Sequential Read Speed
| Plan Name | requests | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Slice 512 (Vegas Only) | 6.87 k in 5.00 s | 1.68 GiB | 1.37 k iops | 343.2 MiB/s |
| Vultr Compute 512 (Atlanta) | 2.71 k in 5.00 s | 677.2 MiB | 541 iops | 135.4 MiB/s |
| Vultr HF 1024 | 21.0 k in 5.00 s | 5.12 GiB | 4.20 k iops | 1.02 GiB/s |
Winner: Vultr
Sequential Write Speed
| Plan Name | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Slice 512 (Vegas Only) | 953.67 MiB/s | 953.67 MiB/s | 1049.04 MiB/s | 985.46 MiB/s |
| Vultr Compute 512 (Atlanta) | 339.51 MiB/s | 341.42 MiB/s | 340.46 MiB/s | 340.46 MiB/s |
| Vultr HF 1024 | 751.50 MiB/s | 925.06 MiB/s | 873.57 MiB/s | 850.04 MiB/s |
BuyVM 512 cleaned up here on every run of this test.
IPv4 speedtests
| Plan Name | Cachefly CDN | Leaseweb (NL) | Softlayer DAL (US) | Online.net (FR) | OVH BHS (CA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuyVM Slice 512 (Vegas Only) | 85.11 MiB/s | 6.53 MiB/s | 29.16 MiB/s | 6.31 MiB/s | 10.55 MiB/s |
| Vultr Compute 512 (Atlanta) | N/A | 12.99 MiB/s | 67.17 MiB/s | 12.82 MiB/s | 42.14 MiB/s |
| Vultr HF 1024 | 16.46 MiB/s | 23.20 MiB/s | 54.62 MiB/s | 23.64 MiB/s | 8.54 MiB/s |
Winner: Vultr
Overall Performance: Vultr
I don't find the limited locations of BuyVM a hindrance for my usage due to the fact that I have my website enhanced with Cloudflare so when you're browsing my website it is being hosted all across the world. I always go with their Las Vegas location because they're now utilizing Ryzen hardware which is awesome.
I spin up a Vultr VM instance from time to time still however because they have hourly billing when I just want to test something quick. It's super helpful if you just want to know how well a location or plan works for your needs.
Overall, Vultr is look pretty good performance-wise.
BuyVM has better value up until you reach their Slice 4GB ($15.00 per month), whereas the Vultr Compute 4GB ($20/mo) and HF 4GB ($24/mo), include two shared cores, but less bandwidth.
Vultr Compute 4GB
- $20/mo
- 2 Shared Cores
- 4 GB Memory
- 80 GB SSD Storage
- 3000 GB Bandwidth
Vultr High Frequency 4GB
- $24/mo
- 2 Shared Cores
- 4 GB Memory
- 128 GB SSD Storage
- 3000 GB Bandwidth
BuyVM Slice 4GB
- $15/mo
- 1 Dedicated Core (RYZEN 3900X) – Vegas Only
- 4 GB Memory
- 80 GB SSD Storage
- Unmetered
I would lean towards the BuyVM RYZEN being more powerful due to the fact that you get dedicated CPU resources. I hope to test this someday!
At this point it would be complete overkill for my website and/or other applications I run. I prefer to have some services on their own that way if there are ever issues I can pinpoint them easier and they just overall get along much better.
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