
VPS vs Cloud Hosting: What Actually Differs
A VPS and a cloud server are both virtual machines. The difference is what sits around them: billing model, redundancy, and who handles failure. Here is how to choose without paying for either twice.

A VPS and a cloud server are both virtual machines. The difference is what sits around them: billing model, redundancy, and who handles failure. Here is how to choose without paying for either twice.

VPS pricing is increasingly a CPU-generation decision: EPYC 9005, EPYC 9004, or older silicon sold at the same core count. Here is who publicly runs what, and how to check before you pay.

Cores per euro is a bad metric when the cores are shared and three generations old. Here is how European VPS pricing actually maps to performance, and which providers win the ratio that matters.

There is no single best European VPS. Hetzner wins on price per core, OVH on bandwidth, UpCloud on predictability, and Contabo on raw RAM for the money. Here is how to choose.