Vultr reviews
ServerDiff Score
Good
Vultr scores 6.7 out of 10 (good): 2.4★ average from 994 reviews on 4 sites · Runs its own network (AS20473) · Plans in 33 cities · 20 countries.
Few reviews so far: treat this as a first impression.
Worth knowing
- Review sites disagree: G2 4.3★, Trustpilot 1.4★
How the score is built
Fixed weights: half for what people say, half for what the provider runs on. A review part without enough data is left out and the other review parts share its weight.What people say
- Customer reviews 3.5 2.4★ average from 994 reviews
- Last 12 months — Not enough data yet
- Answers to complaints — Not read yet
- Forum posts 6.5 5 of 8 positive
- Expert reviews — Not enough data yet
What it runs on
- Own infrastructure 8.0 Runs its own network (AS20473) ↗
- Locations 10.0 Plans in 33 cities · 20 countries
Customer reviews by site
- Trustpilot 1.4★ 590 7 Nov 2026
- G2 4.3★ 288 7 Nov 2026
- HostAdvice 2.2★ 108 7 Nov 2026
- SmartCustomer 3.3★ 8 10 Nov 2026
In forums
Posts by people describing their own experience on Hacker News, summarised in our words. 8 first-hand posts among 38 that name it- Positive
Switched to Vultr a few months ago and reports it going well so far.
Hacker News · 15 Sept 2026 - Negative
Gets repeated captchas logging into the Vultr console when using a VPN and finds it very annoying.
Hacker News · 8 Sept 2026 - Mixed
Used Vultr for years without problems, then cancelled over a forced login captcha; support said it could not fix it.
Hacker News · 4 Sept 2026 - Positive
Ran several FreeBSD systems on Vultr for over a decade without sshd problems.
Hacker News · 26 Aug 2026 - Positive
Has used Vultr for BSD systems since about 2015 with very good stability and recommends it.
Hacker News · 26 Aug 2026 - Positive
Spends about 100 dollars a month on Vultr and finds uptime in the used datacenters extremely good.
Hacker News · 15 Jun 2026 - Negative
Rated Vultr the worst of three providers used, citing connectivity issues in some regions; migrating some workloads to DigitalOcean.
Hacker News · 15 Jun 2026 - Positive
Pays less for a Vultr server than for another small host and finds it very cheap.
Hacker News · 23 May 2026
Rated higher than Vultr
The cheapest VPS plan of each. Picked by score, then by price.
