UltraVPS: Cheap VPS Hosting Starting at 2€ per Month

By Richard Szibele
26 May, 2017

UltraVPS.eu is one of the best providers for cheap VPS hosting for Linux. I've been using them for more than half a year now and I highly recommend their services. Their virtual servers have great performance and are very reliable at a low price and their support is also fast. What more could you want from a hosting provider?

Cheap VPS Plans

Use the following link to get 15% off your first order: UltraVPS.eu.

They also have many more plans available, but these are the cheapest available for people who are just starting off and need something cheap. I personally use the KVM-50 plan in the server location Düsseldorf, Germany, as it has 2 CPU cores and I also need more hard drive space and bandwidth. They also have plans with SSDs instead of HDDs, if you require better disk performance.

Server Locations

They have the following server locations available for you:

• Düsseldorf, Germany
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Dallas, USA
• Los Angeles, USA

CPU Information

CPU information for my UltraKVM-50 plan:

	
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5650  @ 2.67GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2666.845
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc nopl eagerfpu pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor lahf_lm
bugs            :
bogomips        : 5333.69
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5650  @ 2.67GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2666.845
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc nopl eagerfpu pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor lahf_lm
bugs            :
bogomips        : 5357.03
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
	

Hard Drive Performance

As stated earlier, I use the KVM-50 plan which has a standard HDD instead of a SSD. What's the HDD performance like, you ask?

Here you go:

	
[root@Szibele:~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=file.img bs=1M count=2000
2000+0 records in
2000+0 records out
2097152000 bytes (2.1 GB, 2.0 GiB) copied, 15.5877 s, 135 MB/s
	

Network Performance

After running speedtest a few times, the best I got was the following for the location Düsseldorf, Germany:

	
# ./speedtest.py
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Providerdienste (130.255.78.218)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by IT Ohlendorf (Salzgitter) [111.93 km]: 1.417 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 496.99 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 635.29 Mbit/s
	

Do note that this is never reflective of the real network performance, as it may be faster or slower depending on a lot of variables.

BK Manager v2

They also have their own VPS managing software, where you can log in and configure your VPS and even a web console in case your VPS is no longer reachable. They also have a rescue system and you can easily reinstall your VPS from a list of popular distributions. If your Linux distribution of choice is not in the list, then send the support an e-mail and they will add the distribution to the list of available distributions.

Referral Program

UltraVPS.eu also has a referral program, where you get 15% off for the first order and the first 6 months and you can also refer other people once you sign up.

Use this link to place your order and you will get the 15% discount on your first order at UltraVPS: UltraVPS.eu.