OVHcloud — provider assessment
Subject: OVHcloud
This assessment verifies four OVHcloud VPS 2027 plans from the public order catalog API and product page (IE/EUR subsidiary). Commitment prices, month-to-month prices and included backup terms are recorded separately.
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Gesamtscore zurückgehalten
The evidence coverage is insufficient for a single overall score. The dimension results below are evidence assessments, not a universal quality ranking.
Fazit
A well-documented European option with an official order API that makes price verification reproducible. The assessment withholds an overall score because only one region (GRA) was captured and no independent performance or support evidence exists.
Dimensionen
Assessed dimensions have a score and rationale. Not-assessed dimensions remain visibly unknown; they are not assigned a neutral score.
| Dimension | Status | Score | Begründung und Evidenz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location fit | assessed | 3 / 5 | Only the GRA (Gravelines) region was captured for these plans; other OVHcloud regions exist but were not verified in this dataset. |
| Network performance | not assessed | Gesamtscore zurückgehalten | No independent throughput, latency or packet-loss test was run on this provider. |
| Policies and limitations | assessed | 3 / 5 | Daily 24-hour backup is included; premium 7-day backup and snapshots are separately priced. A broader refund or SLA review was not performed. |
| Price transparency | assessed | 4 / 5 | The public catalog exposes per-duration prices, and the product page states the month-to-month alternative. Prices exclude VAT and the commitment length is explicit. |
| Source freshness | assessed | 5 / 5 | The selected official sources were observed on 2026-10-24 or 2026-10-25 and are listed below. |
| Specifications | assessed | 4 / 5 | vCore, RAM, NVMe and port speed are published per plan; traffic is unlimited with no metered cap. |
| Support and reliability | not assessed | Gesamtscore zurückgehalten | No support interaction or independent reliability data was collected. |
Stärken
- Official order catalog API allows independent price verification.
- Commitment and month-to-month prices are both stated.
- Daily backup is included rather than sold as a bare add-on.
Schwächen und Grenzen
- Only one region was verified in this dataset.
- Premium backup and snapshots add cost that a bare price comparison misses.
Geeignet für
- European buyers who value a documented order API
- Projects that need daily backups included in the plan
Nicht geeignet für
- Buyers who need multi-region verification today
- Workloads requiring measured performance
Bekannte Unbekannte
- IPv4/IPv6 assignment per plan in the captured data
- Measured network performance
- Support responsiveness
Grenzen
- No independent performance or reliability measurement was performed.
- Prices are the IE/EUR subsidiary view; other subsidiaries may differ.
Correction path: use the source links and verification dates to challenge a claim. Do not treat an old snapshot as current.
Alternativen
Scaleway Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G
Another French provider with an official instance API; arm64 option.
UpCloud Starter 2gb / 2core
Comparable European plan with a published global price list.
Zitierte Evidenz
- OVHcloud public VPS catalog (IE)https://eu.api.ovh.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/vps?ovhSubsidiary=IE
- Regions and availability zoneshttps://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/about-us/global-infrastructure/expansion-regions-az/
- VPS plans (Ireland, EUR)https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/vps/
- VPSTab review and evaluation methodology v1https://github.com/niceyayale/vpstab/blob/feat/phase-0-foundation/docs/product/review-methodology.md