This is a personal ranking of the servers I use and have tested.
Almost all providers on this list require identity verification. Because of this, with most of them you will not be able to Up&Run the server immediately after registration, because there may be problems, especially if the information in the account differs from the payment information or you want to get free tier, or because of your VPN, or low trusted IP, or, or, or...
So all of these "free tiers" and "first registration bonuses" is not so simple to get. Unless you have an ID and a payment solution from one of the Tier 1 countries.
So be patient and prove that you are you and that you are not a cybercriminal. 😐If we talk about payments and
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IT Infrastructure Provider Reviews
Hetzner: Simple & Convenient
Dedicated Server, Cloud, Storage & Hosting
Advantages:
- optimal price-quality ratio
- convenient and intuitive UI
Disadvantages:
- do not accept crypto
- possible to get "Rejection of your account" right after registration...just because
- may require ID verification via video
- only a few servers locations: Central Europe, USA, Singapore(new, price x2)
Vultr: Enterprise-Grade
Advantages:
- clear UI
- accept cryptocurrencies after firt payment with card or Paypal
Disadvantages:
- average prices
- simple to get banned upon registration
- some virtual cards are not accepted for payment
When registering, indicate the details of the person on whose behalf the payment will be made. Because one way or another, after payment, the data in the profile will be updated according to the payment details. And make first payment with a 10$ when you add a payment method to prove "i'm not a robot".
DigitalOcean: for Developers
Advantages:
- free tier VPS for 1 year
- clear UI
Disadvantages:
- price
- do not accept crypto
- not to many servers locations(LATAM, Africa, East Europe are absent)
AWS Amazon: Best Free Tier
Advantages:
- simple to get free tier for a 1 year with payment card + phone number
Disadvantages:
- price
- do not accept crypto
- massive UI
Google Cloud: Big Tech
Advantages:
- free tier, but quite hard to get
- a lot of servers locations
Disadvantages:
- price
- do not accept crypto
- very complex UI
Alibaba Cloud: for Asia Oriented Projects
Advantages:
- free tier
Disadvantages:
- price
- do not accept crypto
- not to many servers locations(Asia mostly, Middle East)
Other:
Large tech services, but we don't use them because of their complexity, user interface, prices and registration conditions.
- Oracle Cloud: offer one free lifetime instance, but I was unable to register, being in Eastern Europe. Difficulties with confirming the phone number and payment card.
- IBM Cloud: confusing UI, not suitable for our projects, has free tier also.
- Microsoft Azure: has free tier and really confusing UI.
OVH (OVHcloud): All the Mess in One Place. The worst in the world's list
Domain names, VPS, dedicated servers, IaaS and PaaS cloud. Used it ~4 years ago, well... at least you could buy a VPS then :)
In general, yes, they have not bad VPS, but it's very hard to run it because of a sick UI, paranoid antifraud systems and inadequate support.
Details and why you should avoid this VPS provider
Advantages:- free trial - (200$ for 1 month)
- possible to buy ~10$ VPS for a 1 year, after buying a domain there
- possible to get a discount on VAT in some cases, but you need to make a support ticket
- do not accept crypto
- complete mess with linked account websites and countries
- upon registration, your account, depending on the language and currency selected, is linked to a specific location within their services. Which initially causes difficulties with payment, the language of communication with support, etc
- if you just registered, make sure that the account information is the same as the payment account information
- really
sickcomplete messing UI:- where is a delete my account button?
- impossible to remove default payment method, replace only
- "Orders" under "Bare Metal Cloud" tab;
- "Domains" under "Web Cloud" tab;
- "VPS" under "Public Cloud" tab, and you need to create some kind of a "Project" for this. It creates in "Discovery mode", so next you need to activate your project, it takes time.
- To change acc "contact" for admin, billing, tech:
Bare Metal Cloud > My contacts, set an email, accept it from your email, and accept it from new email. - To add existed OVH user to your Public Cloud, go to
Public Cloud > Project Management > Contacts and Rights.
Now... On a new account registered in 2024, we were denied an order after purchasing a domain for a 10 years and VPS for a 1 year. Read the full story about OVH services for new clients. Another story about OVH.