Comparing HostEurope vs. Vultr as VPS hosting providers (2025)

The Host Europe Group Ltd., based in Hayes, England, is a hosting provider acquired by GoDaddy in April 2017. Founded in 1997, the company operated under different names in its early years and became one of Europe's largest privately owned hosting providers. It managed over 5 million domains and offered web hosting, cloud solutions, and SaaS services across multiple brands in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, and Spain.

The company changed ownership multiple times, including sales to Montagu Private Equity in 2010 and Cinven in 2013. Through acquisitions, it expanded its market presence, notably purchasing domainfactory GmbH in 2013 and Intergenia in 2014. In 2015, Host Europe relocated dedicated and virtual servers to a data center in Strasbourg, leading to customer concerns about data privacy. GoDaddy completed the acquisition of Host Europe Group for €

Vultr is a cloud computing provider offering high-performance virtual private servers (VPS), bare metal servers, Kubernetes, and cloud storage solutions. It focuses on affordability, ease of use, and global reach, with 32+ data centers worldwide.

Among other things, Vultr supports developers with an API, one-click application deployments, and a marketplace for preconfigured software.

Vultr competes with providers like DigitalOcean and Linode, appealing to developers, startups, and businesses seeking scalable cloud infrastructure at competitive pricing. The parent company behind Vultr is Constant.