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

OVH is a French cloud computing company that provides VPS, dedicated servers, and other web services. Founded in 1999 by Octave Klaba and headquartered in Roubaix, France, it was the largest hosting provider in Europe as of 2019. The company operates data centers globally and rebranded as OVHcloud in 2019.

OVHcloud has expanded through acquisitions, including its 2023 negotiation to acquire gridscale GmbH, and went public on the Euronext Paris in 2021. The company has faced incidents, including a major data center fire in 2021 that resulted in data loss and lawsuits, as well as a global outage due to human error. As of 2025, OVHcloud US has expanded its network with a new Local Zone in Seattle to enhance data processing speeds in the Pacific Northwest.

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.