Compute comparison
Edge vs Vultr
Vultr is a strong independent cloud with aggressive entry pricing. On price the two are close — the differences are in sizing, billing and what's included.
The honest answer
When Vultr is the better choice
Vultr offers a wide choice of locations, simple fixed plans and a broad range that includes bare metal and GPUs.
Choose Vultr if…
- You need bare metal servers
- You need GPU instances today
- You rely on Vultr's managed products
- Your workload fits its $5 entry plan — cheaper than Edge at 1 vCPU / 1 GB
Feature by feature
Edge and Vultr, side by side
| Vultr | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per resource | Fixed plans |
| Custom vCPU, RAM and disk | ||
| Sign up without a card | ||
| Egress | Free | Allowance, then per GB |
| Billing | Hourly, prepaid | Hourly, postpaid |
| Surprise bills possible | ||
| NVMe storage | ||
| Deploy time | <60s | <60s |
| DDoS protection | Included | Extra cost |
| GPU instances | Coming soon | |
| Bare metal | ||
| Decentralised infrastructure |
What's in the price
Close on list price. Different on everything around it.
At 2 vCPU and above the two land within a few percent. The gap is in what the number includes: DDoS protection is an add-on at Vultr and part of every Edge VM, and Edge is prepaid, so there's no bill to be surprised by.
- DDoS protection on every VM, no add-on
- No card needed to sign up
- Prepaid hourly billing with a hard stop
Monthly price for comparable VMs
| VM | Edge | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GB | $6.64 | $5 | Vultr $1.64 less |
| 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 55 GB | $10.73 | $10 | Vultr $0.73 less |
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB | $19.24 | $20 | Edge $0.76 less |
| 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GB | $38.47 | $40 | Edge $1.53 less |
| 8 vCPU / 16 GB / 320 GB | $76.94 | $80 | Edge $3.06 less |
Edge prices are calculated from our published per-resource rates. Vultr prices are published list prices for Regular Cloud Compute plans at the time of writing. Check Vultr's current pricing.
When to choose Edge
Where Edge makes more sense
You want to size VMs exactly
Vultr's plans come in fixed steps, so you often pay for RAM or disk you don't need.You want a hard spending cap
Edge bills hourly from a prepaid balance. When it runs out, VMs stop and your data is retained.You want protection included
DDoS protection comes with every Edge VM rather than as a per-instance add-on.
Migration
Moving from Vultr
Follow the steps below yourself, or have our expert services team run the move with you.
- 01
Map what you run
List your instances and their plans, and note which resources each one actually uses. - 02
Recreate on Edge
Create matching VMs in the nearest region with the same OS image, SSH keys and a startup script for your stack. - 03
Sync and test
Copy data across while Vultr keeps serving. Transfer into and out of Edge is free, so test as long as you need. - 04
Switch DNS
Point your records at the new VMs, watch traffic move, then shut the old instances down.
FAQ
Edge vs Vultr, answered
Is Edge cheaper than Vultr?
It's close. Vultr is cheaper at the smallest sizes ($5 vs $6.64 for 1 vCPU / 1 GB); from 2 vCPU up, Edge's comparable builds are slightly lower — before counting Vultr's DDoS add-on or any transfer overage.
Does Edge offer bare metal?
Not as a self-serve product. For dedicated hardware, Edge private clusters reserve whole hypervisors for your organisation.
Does Edge have GPU instances?
Not yet — GPU instances are coming soon. If you need GPUs today, Vultr offers them.
Try Edge next to Vultr
Create a free account — no card needed — and deploy a VM with exactly the resources you want. Compare the bill for yourself.
Prepaid billing: top up when you're ready, stop any time.