Kamatera vs Vultr

Kamatera is strongest for custom VM sizing. Vultr is strongest for developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Kamatera	Vultr
Starting price	$0.05/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Custom VM sizing Global data center selection Windows Server hosting Dev/test environments	Developers GPU/AI workloads Price-sensitive scaling
Stated uptime SLA	99.95%	100% network uptime SLA
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	20	32
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Phone, Docs, Pro/Premium Managed Services (paid)	Ticket, Docs, Community
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Bandwidth overage billed at $0.01/GB past the pooled monthly allowance (5 TB US/Canada/Europe, 1 TB Asia-Pacific) Windows Server / SQL Server / Exchange / RDS licensing adds an undisclosed per-server surcharge only shown at calculator checkout Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average CPU usage exceeds 10% Powered-off (but not terminated) servers may continue to accrue charges Pro Managed Services add $50/server/month; Premium Managed Services add $150/server/month	Bandwidth overage rate varies by data center location Windows license cost not included in base price
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18