IBM Cloud vs Vultr
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We have tested 11 VPS plans from IBM Cloud and Vultr. We'll show which one is best based on a detailed performance analysis, on features and prices.
IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud was founded as a VPS provider in 2007.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS, Storage and Networking hosting products.
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Japan
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- United States
Vultr
Vultr was founded as a VPS provider in 2014.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS and Dedicated hosting products.
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- France
- Germany
- India
- Israel
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States
VPS Plans
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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Regular 2GB 1 core | $10.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 55 | 2000 | Dec 03 2024 |
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High Performance 2GB | $12.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 50 | 3000 | Feb 06 2024 |
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High Frequency 2GB | $12.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 64 | 2000 | Aug 06 2024 |
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Regular 4GB 2 cores | $20.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 80 | 3000 | Jun 21 2024 |
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High Performance 4GB | $24.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 100 | 5000 | Nov 02 2023 |
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High Frequency 4GB | $24.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 128 | 3000 | May 06 2024 |
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CPU Optimized 1-2-25 | $28.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 25 | 4000 | Oct 17 2024 |
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CPU Optimized 2-4-50 | $40.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 50 | 5000 | Dec 17 2023 |
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High Performance 8GB | $48.00 | 4 | 8.0 | 180 | 6000 | Jul 31 2023 |
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BL2.2x4 | $62.68 | 2 | 4.0 | 100 | 250 | Oct 21 2023 |
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High Performance 16GB | $96.00 | 8 | 16.0 | 350 | 8000 | Mar 21 2024 |
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Performance Grades
To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.
Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Screen all VPS from IBM Cloud and Vultr| Plan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Regular 2GB 1 core
$10.00 |
F | F | C | D | C |
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High Performance 2GB
$12.00 |
E | E | D | C | C |
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High Frequency 2GB
$12.00 |
C | E | D | C | C |
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Regular 4GB 2 cores
$20.00 |
F | E | D | D | C |
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High Performance 4GB
$24.00 |
D | C | E | B | B |
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High Frequency 4GB
$24.00 |
D | D | C | C | B |
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CPU Optimized 1-2-25
$28.00 |
C | E | C | B | B |
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CPU Optimized 2-4-50
$40.00 |
B | C | C | B | B |
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High Performance 8GB
$48.00 |
D | B | E | C | B |
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BL2.2x4
$62.68 |
E | F | C | E | E |
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High Performance 16GB
$96.00 |
D | A | D | B | B |
Features and Datacenters
This list is a subset of the features each provider may offer.
CPUs
These are the CPUs we have seen in IBM Cloud and Vultr instances in the past 18 months.
| IBM Cloud | Vultr |
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| All IBM Cloud CPUs by plan | All Vultr CPUs by plan |
| Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz |
AMD EPYC-Milan Processor AMD EPYC-Rome Processor Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS) Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) |
Performance Consistency
The provider consistency score shows how much variation can be expected between 2 servers of the same type at the same provider. A high consistency score (>65) means the performance of all servers of the provider is consistent over many trials and many plans.
Providers who don't have enough data yet at VPSBenchmarks don't have a consistency score.
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VPS Instance Provisioning Time
This is the average time it took to create an instance for IBM Cloud and Vultr from instance order to instance accepting connections.
| IBM Cloud | Vultr | |
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| Number of instance creations in sample | 1 | 11 |
| Average provisioning time | 100s | 90s |
Performance in Depth...
These are some of the test results that are used to determine the grades above.
Web Response Times
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from IBM Cloud and Vultr. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.
Local Response Time per Plan
Lower is better
Maximum HTTP Load
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from IBM Cloud and Vultr. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without timing out.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
Sysbench CPU Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of IBM Cloud and Vultr. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench Disk IO Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of IBM Cloud and Vultr. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for IBM Cloud and Vultr.
Network Transfers
We have performed large file transfers from the IBM Cloud and Vultr VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.
The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.
Download Speed per Plan
Higher is better
Sustained CPU Endurance Tests
We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.
This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.
Throughput variations of the endurance test over 24 hours. The coefficient of variation is the standard deviation of the test throughput divided by its average value. Low variations mean that resources allocated to the server were stable for the duration of the test and there was little contention.
Ops/hour coefficient of variation
Lower is better
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