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Direct Connect · $40/mo
Vultr's Direct Connect 400 Mbps plan at $40/mo is reasonably priced for dedicated connectivity, but it faces stiff competition from OVHcloud's Gateway and Load Balancer options that offer comparable throughput at lower entry prices. However, Direct Connect is a specialized product (not a general compute/LB offering), so true apples-to-apples alternatives are limited.
Offers 200 Mbps public network connectivity at 1/17th the price, though with lower throughput than Vultr's 400 Mbps tier.
Caveat: Gateway S is a basic entry-level product; if you need the full 400 Mbps guaranteed throughput and SLA guarantees of Direct Connect, this may not be a true substitute.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly.io | Private Networking / Egress · North America / Europe - private cross-region | $0.01/mo | WireGuard (6PN) private cross-region transfer, per GB, North America and Europe. Within-region private transfer is free. | Visit |
| Bunny CDN | CDN · Europe & North America | $0.01/mo | Standard Network CDN, per-GB pay-as-you-go rate for Europe & North America. | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Outbound Data Transfer · Prior policy: overage to internet |
Provides 200 Mbps throughput with load-balancing features (250 conn/s, 10k req/s) at a fraction of Direct Connect cost.
Caveat: Load Balancer is a different product category (distribution vs. dedicated connectivity); Direct Connect is typically for private/hybrid cloud links, not public traffic distribution.
Entry-level load balancer with TLS termination and 10k connections at under $7.50/mo, significantly cheaper than Direct Connect.
Caveat: Again, a load balancer is not a direct connectivity product; Hetzner also saw large price increases in 2026 and VAT is excluded from listed prices.
Before you switch
| $0.01/mo |
| Legacy per-GB overage rate beyond the 10TB free allowance, prior to the stated 2026 free-egress policy change |
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| Fly.io | IP Addresses & Certificates · SSL certificate (single hostname) | $0.1/mo | Per custom hostname; first 10 certificates free per organization. | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud DNS · DNS Zone | $1.65/mo | Priced per zone per 30 days. | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Gateway · Gateway S | $2.34/mo | 200 Mbps public network | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Floating IP · Floating IP IPv4 (/32) | $2.34/mo | Reassignable public IPv4 address, /32. | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | CDN · 50 GB transfer | $2.5/mo | First year free | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Container Registry · Basic | $5/mo | 5 repositories, 5 GiB storage, $0.02/GiB overage | Visit |
| IONOS | Additional Static IPv4 · Additional Static IPv4 | $6/mo | Per additional static IPv4 address per 30 days | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Load Balancer · Load Balancer S | $6.94/mo | 200 Mbps, 250 connections/s, 10000 req/s | Visit |
| Hetzner | Load Balancers · LB11 | $7.49/mo | Entry load balancer: up to 25 services, 10,000 connections, HTTP/HTTPS/TCP with TLS termination included. Price raised from 0.0088/h in April 2026 adjustment. | Visit |
| IONOS | Managed Load Balancer · Application LB - additional rules | $8.64/mo | Per additional rule beyond first 5 | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | NodeBalancers · NodeBalancer | $10/mo | Flat rate load balancer; outbound transfer billed at $0.015/GB beyond pooled allowance | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Load Balancers · Regional | $12/mo | Per node; +10,000 req/s, +10,000 connections, +250 SSL/s per additional node | Visit |
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