What is Vultr used for?

Vultr is a cloud provider offering virtual servers, bare metal and managed Kubernetes across many data center locations. It is a good fit for hosting apps on rented cloud servers and running Kubernetes workloads.

How much does Vultr cost?

Vultr is a paid product with no free plan.

Is Vultr open source?

No. Vultr is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Vultr include Ubicloud.

What are some alternatives to Vultr?

Vultr competes with DigitalOcean, Linode and Hetzner Cloud. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Vultr alternatives.

Vultr: features, pricing and alternatives

About Vultr

Vultr is a commercial cloud infrastructure provider that sells cloud servers, bare metal machines and managed Kubernetes. It is aimed at developers and businesses that want to rent compute in a choice of data center locations rather than run their own hardware. Check Vultr's site for the exact product lineup. It is a proprietary hosted service with no self-hosted edition, and pricing is published by the vendor.

Key features

Cloud virtual servers
Bare metal servers
Managed Kubernetes clusters
Many data center locations

Good fit for

→Hosting apps on rented cloud servers
→Running Kubernetes workloads

Tags: cloud; iaas; vps; bare-metal; kubernetes; hosting

Vultr: questions and answers

What is Vultr used for?: Vultr is a cloud provider offering virtual servers, bare metal and managed Kubernetes across many data center locations. It is a good fit for hosting apps on rented cloud servers and running Kubernetes workloads.
How much does Vultr cost?: Vultr is a paid product with no free plan.
Is Vultr open source?: No. Vultr is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Vultr include Ubicloud.
What are some alternatives to Vultr?: Vultr competes with DigitalOcean, Linode and Hetzner Cloud. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Vultr alternatives.