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OVHcloud review: $4.54 VPS and what US support costs

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OVHcloud is a French host, and its US arm, OVH US, is a wholly owned subsidiary. Its entry VPS costs $4.54 a month on the US site with unmetered traffic, while faster support starts at $250 a month on the Business tier.

FranceRenewal price publishedNo commitmentDDoS filtering included30 day backupsUnlimited traffic

Our verdict on OVHcloud

OVHcloud is a good fit for a webmaster who can run a VPS alone and wants unmetered bandwidth for less than $5 a month. It is a poor fit for anyone who expects quick human help on a small budget, since the included support only promises a first answer within 3 hours on critical incidents and live chat on weekdays.

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How much an OVHcloud VPS costs in the US

OVHcloud's VPS-1 costs $4.54 a month on the US site for 2 vCores, 4 GB of RAM, 40 GB of NVMe storage and 500 Mbps of unmetered bandwidth.

PlanUS priceResourcesBandwidth
VPS-1$4.542 vCores, 4 GB, 40 GB500 Mbps
VPS-2$8.504 vCores, 8 GB, 75 GB1 Gbps
VPS-3$12.326 vCores, 12 GB, 100 GB2 Gbps
VPS-4$23.378 vCores, 24 GB, 200 GB3 Gbps

Each plan keeps a daily backup of the previous 24 hours. Traffic is capped only in Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney, at 1 TB a month on VPS-1, after which speed drops to 10 Mbps. A VPS ordered outside the US regions cannot be upgraded after delivery. In Europe the same VPS-1 costs €3.81 before VAT.

OVHcloud support tiers and response times in the US

Standard support comes with every service. Tickets go through the control panel or the API, live chat runs Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern, and the target for a first response on a critical incident is 3 hours. The Business tier cuts that target to 30 minutes and adds a dedicated phone line, for 10% of the monthly bill with a $250 minimum. Enterprise starts at $5,000 a month. On the entry VPS, Business support costs about 55 times the server.

Is OVH an American company?

No. OVHcloud is run by OVH SAS, based in Roubaix in northern France. US customers buy from OVH US LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the group, on the us.ovhcloud.com site, in dollars and under its own terms.

OVHcloud shared hosting is a European product

The US site sells VPS, dedicated and cloud servers but no shared plans. On the European site, Starter costs €1.59 before VAT a month for the first year, then €2.59, and Pro goes from €1.99 to €9.99, five times more.

OVHcloud strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Unmetered VPS traffic from the entry plan.
  • A daily backup on every VPS plan.
  • A US entity billing in dollars.

Limitations

  • Live chat on weekdays only with Standard support.
  • Phone support from $250 a month.
  • No shared hosting on the US site.

OVHcloud vs Kamatera

Kamatera starts at $4 a month with 5 TB of traffic, in 21 cities. OVHcloud costs about the same in the US and does not meter traffic outside Asia-Pacific.

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