BuyVM vs OVHcloud.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, OVHcloud undercuts BuyVM on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.23/GB against $3.75/GB. The cheapest way in is BuyVM at $2/mo (Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB). OVHcloud counters with broader reach: 28 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is OVHcloud VPS-1 2027 at $5.18/mo, against BuyVM at $15/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

BuyVMall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2/moView at BuyVM ↗

OVHcloudall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $5.18/moView at OVHcloud ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricBuyVMOVHcloud

Plans tracked1010

Cheapest plan$2/mo$5.18/mo

Median $/GB RAM$3.75/GB$1.23/GB

Avg value score77/10094/100

Locations328

Dedicated-vCPU plans70

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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BuyVM

Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB SSD · $7/mo

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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BuyVM

Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GB

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $15/mo

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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BuyVM

High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $30/mo

OVHcloudwins

VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EU

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $9.80/mo

Top value plans from each

BuyVM

• Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GBvalue 98/100$2
• Slice 1024 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 92/100$3.50
• Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 84/100$7
• Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 76/100$15
• High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 73/100$30

OVHcloud

• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EUvalue 96/100$5.18
• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · USvalue 95/100$5.35
• VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · USvalue 94/100$10

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. BuyVM data: Live web · KVM Slice and High Volume plan text on buyvm.net (flat list prices). OVHcloud data: Public API · order/catalog/public/vps for the US subsidiary (api.us.ovhcloud.com, USD) and the EU one (api.ovh.com, FR, EUR).