InMotion Hosting vs OVHcloud

InMotion Hosting is strongest for small business websites. OVHcloud is strongest for european data residency. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	InMotion Hosting	OVHcloud
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Small business websites Agencies managing multiple cPanel sites WordPress site owners Businesses needing dedicated/bare-metal servers	European data residency Cost-conscious scale-outs Managed databases Kubernetes AI/GPU workloads
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.99% (Public Cloud instances, region dependent)
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	2	33
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Phone (paid plans)
Compliance	PCI DSS (via SSL/security add-ons)	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (France), HDS (health data hosting, France)
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal prices are 2-4x higher than introductory promo prices (e.g. Core plan ~$2.99/mo intro renews around $11.99/mo) Lowest intro prices require paying for 24-36 month terms upfront Free domain credit only applies for first year; domain renews at standard registrar rate Dedicated IP address, backup storage beyond the included allowance, and additional cPanel licenses on reseller plans cost extra	IPv4 addresses billed separately per instance/Local Zone Windows license surcharge of $0.039/vCore/hour on top of base instance price APAC region (India, Singapore, Australia) outbound traffic loses free-egress status after 2026-06-01/2026-12-31 depending on product Object Storage Infrequent Access / Cold Archive / Active Archive have data-retrieval fees and minimum storage durations (30-180 days) with early-deletion penalties
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18