# Vultr pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $5/mo (Cloud Compute Regular — 1 GB). Among the 6 vps hosting we track it is #3 cheapest of 6; median entry $5/mo.
**Domain:** vultr.com
**Free tier:** No
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Docker, WordPress, Laravel, Node.js, WireGuard, K3s, Managed Kubernetes (free control plane), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, Valkey, CDN
**Best for:** compliance-sensitive workloads; developers wanting an AWS alternative; Kubernetes-heavy teams
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud Compute Regular — 1 GB | $5 | — | flat | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD, 1 TB bandwidth. Previous-gen Intel CPUs, regular SSD. Hourly billing available. No annual discount published. | vultr.com |
| Cloud Compute Regular — 2 GB | $10 | — | flat | 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 55 GB SSD, 2 TB bandwidth. | vultr.com |
| High Frequency — 1 GB | $6 | — | flat | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, NVMe SSD. High Frequency shared CPU tier with faster storage. | vultr.com |
| High Frequency — 2 GB | $12 | — | flat | 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, NVMe SSD. | vultr.com |
| High Performance — 1 GB | $6 | — | flat | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM. High Performance shared CPU (AMD/Intel, NVMe). | vultr.com |

**Key features:** HIPAA compliance achieved through SOC 2+ with Business Associate Agreements (BAAs); also SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27017/27018, ISO 20000, PCI DSS, CSA STAR Level 1, GDPR (controller and processor); Managed Kubernetes with free control plane (vs. paid control planes at some competitors); Independent cloud with 33 regions; Cloud Compute entry price from $2.50/month (IPv6-only).

**Plan limits:** Cloud Compute from $2.50/month (1 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM, IPv6-only) or $3.50/month with IPv4; Optimized Cloud Compute from $28/month; Bare Metal from $120/month; 33 global data center regions; no permanent free tier and no free trial; Managed Kubernetes control plane free of charge.

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- [Kamatera](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/vps-hosting/kamatera/) — from $4/mo
- [OVHcloud](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/vps-hosting/ovhcloud/) — from $4.54/mo

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: https://www.vultr.com/pricing/ (official pricing page, fetched 2026-06-15)
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/vps-hosting/vultr/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Vultr's entry plan was $5/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/vps-hosting/vultr/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl