Provider reviewMethodology review-methodology-v1Last verified Oct 25, 2026Confidence: medium

CloudCone — provider assessment

This assessment verifies six CloudCone SC2 plans from the cloud servers page and About page. Los Angeles is the recorded location, IPv6 addresses are included, and backups are a percentage add-on.

Overall score withheld

The evidence coverage is insufficient for a single overall score. The dimension results below are evidence assessments, not a universal quality ranking.

Conclusion

A straightforward single-region US option with clear add-on pricing. The assessment withholds an overall score because only one location is recorded and no independent performance evidence exists.

Dimensions

Assessed dimensions have a score and rationale. Not-assessed dimensions remain visibly unknown; they are not assigned a neutral score.

Dimensions: CloudCone — provider assessment. 1–5.
Dimension	Status	Score	Rationale and evidence
Location fit	assessed	2 / 5	Los Angeles is the only recorded location for these plans. CloudCone CloudCone CloudCone
Network performance	not assessed	Overall score withheld	No independent throughput, latency or packet-loss test was run on this provider.
Policies and limitations	assessed	3 / 5	Backup and snapshot products are documented; refund and SLA terms were not reviewed in depth. CloudCone CloudCone CloudCone
Price transparency	assessed	4 / 5	Monthly USD prices are explicit; backups are 30% of the server price and snapshots are priced per GB. CloudCone CloudCone CloudCone
Source freshness	assessed	5 / 5	The selected official sources were observed on 2026-10-24 or 2026-10-25 and are listed below. CloudCone CloudCone CloudCone
Specifications	assessed	4 / 5	vCPU, RAM, RAID-10 SSD and 3 TB transfer are published per SC2 plan, with 1 IPv4 and 3 IPv6 addresses. CloudCone CloudCone CloudCone
Support and reliability	not assessed	Overall score withheld	No support interaction or independent reliability data was collected.

Strengths

Three IPv6 addresses included.
Add-on pricing published for backups and snapshots.

Weaknesses and limits

Single recorded region.
Backup add-on scales with plan price.

Suitable for

US-west services
Buyers who want IPv6 without extra steps

Not suitable for

Multi-region deployments
Workloads requiring measured performance

Known unknowns

Measured network performance
Refund terms

Limitations

No independent performance or reliability test was performed.

Correction path: use the source links and verification dates to challenge a claim. Do not treat an old snapshot as current.

Alternatives

RackNerd 2 GB KVM VPS

Comparable budget US plan with more locations listed.

Vultr Cloud Compute 2 vCPU · 2 GB

Similar price band with a broad region catalog.

Methodology · Reviews

Cited evidence

CloudCone - Automated BackupsCloudCone · Provider official · Observed Oct 25, 2026Observed 2026-10-25: automated backups are an optional add-on priced at 30% of the server's monthly cost; footnote says pricing on promotional plans may vary.https://cloudcone.com/backups/
CloudCone - Scalable Cloud Compute (SC2)CloudCone · Provider official · Observed Oct 25, 2026Observed 2026-10-25: all six SC2 plans with exact specs and monthly prices ($5.20-$63.09), RAID-10 SSD, 3 TB/mo bandwidth at 1 Gb/s, 1x IPv4 + 3x IPv6, Los Angeles US location, managed firewall, auto-backups and snapshots toggles, hourly resource pricing ($0.0015/core/hr, $0.00238/GB RAM/hr, $0.0032/GB disk/hr).https://cloudcone.com/cloud-servers/
CloudCone - SnapshotsCloudCone · Provider official · Observed Oct 25, 2026Observed 2026-10-25: snapshots cost $0.07 USD per GB per month.https://cloudcone.com/snapshots/
VPSTab review and evaluation methodology v1VPSTab · Editorial analysis · Observed Oct 24, 2026Methodology for evidence classes, assessed/not-assessed dimensions, confidence and withheld scores.https://github.com/niceyayale/vpstab/blob/feat/phase-0-foundation/docs/product/review-methodology.md