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Vultr Pricing: Plans & Cost Calculator 2026

There is no permanent free tier, though new accounts get promotional signup credit. Paid compute runs $2.50 to $120 a month, from entry Cloud Compute up to Bare Metal.

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Vultr plans and pricing

High· Verified July 8, 2026

Plan

Block Storage

Scalable and persistent storage for your cloud instances

$1/mo

Attaches to compute instances for additional capacity

Beyond included SSD allocation

High-performance storage

Choose Block Storage

Plan

Cloud Compute

Ideal for general purpose workloads and cost-effective cloud infrastructure

$2.5/mo

Easy-to-use, affordable VMs

For many common workloads

Billed hourly, capped at 672 hours/month

IPv6-only entry price

Global data centers

Choose Cloud Compute

Plan

Object Storage

S3 compatible storage for unstructured data like backups, archives, and media files

$5/mo

S3-compatible storage

For backup and archival

Multiple performance tiers (Standard, Premium, Performance, Accelerated, Archival)

Per-TB + transfer billing

Choose Object Storage

Plan

High Frequency Cloud Compute

CPU-intensive applications requiring faster processors and NVMe storage

$6/mo

Optimized for database workloads

Suitable for latency-sensitive applications

Billed on actual hours (730-hour average)

NVMe SSD storage

High-performance AMD CPUs

High Frequency Cloud Compute

Plan

Kubernetes Engine

Managed Kubernetes service for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications

$10/mo

Deploy and scale containerized apps

Fully managed service

Kubernetes control plane is free

Auto-scaling node pools

Integrated load balancers

Vultr container registry supported

Kubernetes Engine

Plan

Load Balancers

Distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers to improve application availability and scalability

$10/mo

Distribute incoming network traffic

Improve application availability and scalability

Integrated with Vultr infrastructure

Choose Load Balancers

Plan

DDoS Protection

Protects your infrastructure from distributed denial of service attacks

$10/mo

Protects instances from DDoS attacks

Enhances security for your infrastructure

Choose DDoS Protection

Plan

Managed Databases

Fully managed database services for popular engines like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis

$15/mo

Secure, highly available, and easily scalable databases

Supports PostgreSQL and MySQL workloads

Fixed monthly billing

Managed Databases

Plan

Optimized Cloud Compute

Designed for specific workloads needing guaranteed resources and consistent performance

$28/mo

Dedicated CPU resources

No noisy neighbors

Built-in NVMe SSD

Various configurations: General Purpose, CPU Optimized, Memory Optimized, Storage Optimized

Optimized Cloud Compute

Plan

VX1 Cloud Compute

A premium compute option offering enhanced performance and reliability

$43/mo

Unmatched price-to-performance for enterprise workloads

Billed on actual hours (730-hour average)

Boot from high-performance block storage

Supports up to 50 Gbps networking

Provisions in under 15 seconds

VX1 Cloud Compute

Plan

Bare Metal

Provides dedicated physical servers for maximum performance, security, and control

$120/mo

Fully automated dedicated servers

Zero virtualization layer

Full control over your environment

High performance single-tenant servers

Accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs and high-performance CPUs from AMD and Intel

Choose Bare Metal

Custom

Cloud GPU

Contact sales for custom pricing on GPU instances

Custom

NVIDIA and AMD GPU accelerators

For ML training and inference

Billed on actual hours (730-hour average)

No capacity reservation or long-term commitment

Various GPU models available (e.g., A100, H100, MI355X)

Contact sales

Vultr pricing: the quick answer

Quick answerHigh· Verified July 8, 2026

Vultr costs $1 to $120 per month across its published compute and infrastructure tiers, with no subscription plans and no free tier beyond promotional credit. Entry Cloud Compute starts at $2.50/mo on the IPv6-only option, with a small surcharge to add IPv4. High Frequency runs $6/mo, Optimized starts at $28, VX1 at $43, and Bare Metal at $120. Storage and services sit alongside: Block Storage from $1/mo, Object Storage from $5, Kubernetes and Managed Databases from $10 to $15. Billing is hourly, capped at the monthly rate.

Block Storage$1/mo
Cloud Compute$2.50/mo
Object Storage$5/mo
High Frequency Cloud Compute$6/mo
Kubernetes Engine$10/mo
Load Balancers$10/mo
DDoS Protection$10/mo
Managed Databases$15/mo
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Run your numbers in the cost calculator: pick a plan, add your expected usage, and see the full monthly bill.

Free tier

Billing model

Usage-Based

Cheapest paid

$1/mo

Annual discount

Not offered

At $1/mo to start, Vultr sits 92% below the $11.99/mo median across 19 cloud hosting tools we track.

Vultr cost calculator

Vultr Hidden Costs & Pitfalls

What sits on top of the plan fee

Vultr bills per resource, not per plan, so the compute sticker is only the start. Storage, load balancing, DDoS, and Windows licensing all attach as separate hourly or monthly lines on top of the instance.

Block and object storage

Extra NVMe block storage starts at $1/mo for 10 GB, so 200 GB is about $10/mo on top of compute. Object storage starts at $18/mo for 1 TB plus 1 TB bandwidth, billed per TB after that. A $3.50 instance with real data behind it is closer to $15 to $30 all in.

block from $1/mo per 10 GB, object $18/mo per TB

Load balancer and DDoS

A load balancer is $10/mo per instance ($10/region for the global variant), and DDoS protection is another $10/mo, not bundled into compute. Fronting a single $6 High Frequency node with both doubles the monthly cost to about $26.

$10/mo each

Managed database as a separate node

Managed PostgreSQL or MySQL starts at $18/mo for a 1 GB entry node and jumps to $90/mo on the Optimized General Purpose tier. If your app needs a managed DB, that is a standalone bill parallel to the web instance, not a feature of it.

$18 to $90/mo per database node

Backups and bandwidth overage

Automated backups are billed as an added percentage of the instance cost rather than a flat fee, and transfer past each plan's included quota bills at an overage rate. Both are documented in the FAQ rather than the pricing table, so they are easy to miss until the invoice.

backups as % of instance, bandwidth overage rate not on main page

Windows licensing and Kubernetes nodes

Choosing a Windows image instead of Linux adds a license charge to the hourly rate. On Kubernetes the control plane is free, but worker nodes and their storage bill at normal Cloud Compute rates, so a cluster costs whatever its nodes cost, the managed layer just does not add to it.

Windows license extra; K8s worker nodes billed as standard compute

The renewal jump, credit expiry and every discount worth having are in the Vultr true cost guide, with an email generator for negotiating team and enterprise rates.

Vultr Cost Analysis

Vultr pricing, read against its live plans and category

Checked against current plan data

Positioning

$1/moentry price

92% below the category median

low $0.83median $11.99 · n=19high $35

Vultr offers highly competitive entry points compared to the category median of $11.99/mo, starting with an IPv6-only Cloud Compute plan at just $2.50/mo. For demanding workloads, the High Frequency plan at $6/mo and the dedicated Optimized Cloud Compute plan at $28/mo deliver exceptional compute power per dollar. It is absolutely worth the price, especially since users note that Vultr's $24/mo High Frequency plan delivers dedicated CPUs and NVMe storage for the same price that competitors charge for shared resources.

Cost drivers

1IPv4 addresses are excluded from the $2.50/mo entry tier; adding standard IPv4 routing requires a higher-priced plan.
2Block Storage adds $1/mo for capacity beyond the default SSD allocation.
3Object Storage incurs additional per-TB and data transfer billing beyond the base $5/mo rate.
4Control panel licensing fees, such as Plesk, are subject to external price adjustments passed directly to the user.

Watch-outs

Vultr enforces a strict, aggressive vetting process to combat fraud, which can catch legitimate users off guard. New accounts may face immediate, unexpected verification charges of at least $50 upon creating their first instances, even if the actual usage is only a few hours.

Strengths

The Block Storage plan at $1/mo offers extensive global footprint with 32 low-latency data centers.

Extensive global footprint with 32 low-latency data centers
Hourly billing and per-second billing for Bare Metal instances
High-performance NVMe SSD storage standard on all compute plans

What users say

“I personally use vultr... A bit cheaper than DO.”

“I”

d recommend sticking with Vultr due to their great performance and support." - Reddit

Editor’s take

Developers and small teams seeking raw performance should opt for the $6/mo High Frequency plan, while enterprise workloads are best suited for the $43/mo VX1 tier. If you want a more standardized, beginner-friendly cloud ecosystem without aggressive upfront verification deposits, look at DigitalOcean starting at $4/mo.

Oleh KemFounder & Lead Analyst

ComparEdge EditorialUpdated: July 8, 2026

Vultr price history

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