Vultr Cloud Compute pricing

Cheap flat-rate instances across an unusually wide region list, including locations the hyperscalers do not serve. Bandwidth is allocated per instance rather than pooled.

List prices checked

By Vultr · Cloud compute & VPS

Rate card

What Vultr charges, by billing axis.

AxisPriceApplies to
Entry plan$2.50/moCheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Compute$0.0040/vCPU-hrOn-demand, cheapest general-purpose region
Data transfer out$0.010/GB500 GB included, then metered
Free tierYesNone; the $2.50 IPv6-only plan is the entry point

Source: Vultr pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

Plans

Every Vultr Cloud Compute tier Vultr lists, with the cost per GB of RAM worked out so the lineup can be compared against itself.

PlanvCPURAMStorageTransferMonthlyPer GB RAM
1 vCPU / 512 MB(IPv6 only)10.5 GB10 GB0.5 TB$2.50$5.00
1 vCPU / 1 GB11 GB25 GB1 TB$5.00$5.00
1 vCPU / 2 GB12 GB55 GB2 TB$10$5.00
2 vCPU / 4 GB24 GB80 GB3 TB$20$5.00
4 vCPU / 8 GB48 GB160 GB4 TB$40$5.00

Source: Vultr pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

Vultr Cloud Compute billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$2.92/mo

  • 730 vCPU-hours at $0.004/hour$2.92
  • 100 GB used, 500 GB included, 0 GB billable at $0.01/GB$0

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$11/mo

  • 1,460 vCPU-hours at $0.004/hour$5.84
  • 1 TB used, 500 GB included, 500 GB billable at $0.01/GB$5.00

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$98/mo

  • 730 vCPU-hours at $0.004/hour$2.92
  • 10 TB used, 500 GB included, 9.5 TB billable at $0.01/GB$95

Vultr Cloud Compute vs the alternatives

The closest compute providers on price, with the difference on cloud compute & vps's headline axis.

ServicePer vCPU-hrvs Vultr Cloud ComputeCompare
Hetzner Cloud$0.00521.3× dearerHead to head
DigitalOcean Droplets$0.00601.5× dearerHead to head
Scaleway Instances$0.00601.5× dearerHead to head
UpCloud$0.00741.9× dearerHead to head
Linode (Akamai Cloud)$0.00751.9× dearerHead to head
Oracle Cloud Compute$0.0102.5× dearerHead to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Vultr Cloud Compute cost in 2026?
Vultr Cloud Compute charges $2.50 per month for the entry plan, per Vultr's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: None; the $2.50 IPv6-only plan is the entry point. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Vultr Cloud Compute have a free tier?
Yes — None; the $2.50 IPv6-only plan is the entry point. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
What does Vultr Cloud Compute charge for egress?
$0.010 per GB, after 500 GB included in the plan. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Vultr Cloud Compute prices current?
They were checked against Vultr's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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