VPS comparisons

IPv6-first shortlist: documented allocation versus unknown

BuyVM, Linode, DigitalOcean and Vultr 2 GB plans compared on IPv6 evidence, allocation size and what remains unstated.

Recorded data: 2026-10-25 · Comparison question: Which 2 GB plans can actually be verified as dual-stack before purchase?

Current recorded data

Rows are generated from the verified catalog snapshot at build time. Unknown means the provider did not publish the field; it is not zero.

Plan	Listed monthly price	Renewal monthly price	Planning figure	Setup fee	vCPU	RAM	Storage	Traffic	IPv6	Backups	regions	Verified
BuyVM Slice 2048BuyVM	7.00 USD ($7.00)	7.00 USD ($7.00)	$7.00	$0.00	1	2048 MB	40 GB ssd	unknown	yes	yes (price unknown)	3	2026-10-24
Linode 2 GBAkamai Cloud (Linode)	12.00 USD ($12.00)	12.00 USD ($12.00)	$12.00	$0.00	1	2048 MB	50 GB ssd	2000 GB	yes	yes ($2.50/mo)	11	2026-10-24
DigitalOcean Basic 2 GBDigitalOcean	12.00 USD ($12.00)	12.00 USD ($12.00)	$12.00	$0.00	1	2048 MB	50 GB ssd	2000 GB	yes	yes ($2.40/mo)	10	2026-10-24
Vultr Cloud Compute 2 vCPU · 2 GBVultr	15.00 USD ($15.00)	15.00 USD ($15.00)	$15.00	$0.00	2	2048 MB	65 GB ssd	3072 GB	unknown	unknown	12	2026-10-24

Scope: Plans captured on 2026-10-24/25; IPv6 status only where the provider's own documentation states it.

Documented allocations

BuyVM documents a /48 per KVM slice with per-location gateways, the largest allocation in this comparison. Linode documents automatic IPv6 with a /128 plus a routed /64 in most regions. DigitalOcean documents free IPv6 enablement with a single /128 address.

Those three are different products for networking: a /48 supports internal segmentation, a /64 supports a downstream network, and a /128 supports one service endpoint.

The plan that is not verifiable

Vultr's plans API exposes CPU, memory, disk, bandwidth and price but not address assignment on the captured endpoint, so IPv6 is recorded as unknown for Vultr plans. That is not a statement that Vultr lacks IPv6; it is a statement that this dataset cannot verify it.

A hard IPv6 requirement therefore excludes the Vultr plan from the shortlist even though it may work in practice. Verify on the provider's dashboard or support before relaxing the requirement.

Price and transfer context

The table normalizes the recorded USD monthly prices and lists transfer allowances per plan. A larger IPv6 allocation does not correlate with a higher price here: BuyVM's price band overlaps the others while offering the largest prefix.

Transfer allowances matter for a VPN or a container host that pushes traffic through the prefix; check them before choosing purely on allocation size.

Verification steps

Provision one instance per candidate, confirm inbound and outbound connectivity for both families from an external network, and verify reverse DNS if you run mail. For routed prefixes, confirm that the provider actually routes the prefix rather than only assigning an address.

Only after those checks should a production name move to the new host.

Limits of this comparison

Vultr address assignment is unknown on the captured API endpoint, not confirmed absent.
Upstream firewalls can block a family even when the instance is configured.
No latency or throughput measurements are published in this dataset.

Facts come from provider-published sources recorded in the catalog. Independent performance, support and reliability measurements are not available, so this comparison does not rank those dimensions.

Sources behind the table

BuyVM - Dedicated KVM Slice ServersBuyVM · Provider official · Observed Oct 24, 2026Slice pricing $3.50-$15/mo plus $24/yr 512MB; per-plan RAM/SSD/unmetered bandwidth/1 IPv4; 5 free snapshots; optional nightly backups at 10% of base price (min $0.50/mo); slice FAQ lists Las Vegas, New York, Roost (Luxembourg).https://buyvm.net/kvm-dedicated-server-slices/
Frantech/BuyVM Wiki - KVM networkingBuyVM · Provider official · Observed Oct 24, 2026Documents one IPv6 /48 per KVM VPS with per-location gateways (Las Vegas, New York, Luxembourg, Miami); IPv4 netmask/gateway examples.https://wiki.buyvm.net/doku.php/kvm
Manage IP addresses on a LinodeAkamai Technologies · Provider official · Observed Oct 24, 2026States that all Linodes receive a primary IPv4 and IPv6 address; IPv6 is available in all regions.https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/managing-ip-addresses-on-a-compute-instance
Linode API — List regionsAkamai Technologies · Provider API · Observed Oct 24, 2026Official public API. Used for core region catalog including Singapore, Osaka, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Newark, Fremont, Toronto and Sydney.https://api.linode.com/v4/regions
Linode API — List Linode typesAkamai Technologies · Provider API · Observed Oct 24, 2026Official public API. Used for Nanode 1GB, Linode 2GB, and Linode 4GB monthly prices, RAM, disk, transfer, vCPU count and backup add-on prices.https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types
DigitalOcean Backups pricingDigitalOcean, LLC · Provider official · Observed Oct 24, 2026Weekly backups cost 20% of the Droplet monthly price; daily backups cost 30%.https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/backups/details/pricing/
DigitalOcean Droplet pricingDigitalOcean, LLC · Provider official · Observed Oct 24, 2026Basic Droplet table read in a real Chromium session: 512 MiB–16 GiB plans, vCPU, transfer, SSD, hourly and monthly USD prices. Page states per-second billing from 2026-01-01 with a 60-second/$0.01 minimum.https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets
How to enable IPv6 on DropletsDigitalOcean, LLC · Provider official · Observed Oct 24, 2026Droplets are assigned IPv4 by default; IPv6 can be enabled at creation. The Droplet creation guide lists IPv6 as free.https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/ipv6/how-to/enable/
DigitalOcean regional availabilityDigitalOcean, LLC · Provider official · Observed Oct 24, 2026 · updated Oct 9, 2026Datacenter catalog and backup availability by region, last verified 2026-10-09. This is a provider catalog; it does not confirm per-size stock at each datacenter.https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/regional-availability/
Vultr API — List plansThe Constant Company, LLC (Vultr) · Provider API · Observed Oct 24, 2026Public JSON API used for plan IDs, vCPU, RAM, disk, disk type, monthly bandwidth allowance, monthly USD cost and available location IDs. IP assignment, backup add-on pricing and virtualization are not part of the plan response.https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans
Vultr API — List regionsThe Constant Company, LLC (Vultr) · Provider API · Observed Oct 24, 2026Public JSON API used for region ID, city and country mapping of the plan locations.https://api.vultr.com/v2/regions

Table values come from these recorded provider sources; the editorial analysis above adds no facts beyond them. Unknown means the field was not published.