Is Vultr's 500 Mbps Hosted the best deal?

Direct Connect · $50/mo

Competitively priced

Vultr's Direct Connect 500 Mbps at $50/mo is reasonably priced for a dedicated interconnect product, but it occupies a niche category. Most alternatives listed are load balancers, CDN, or ancillary services rather than direct equivalents. If you need pure bandwidth/interconnect, OVHcloud's Gateway S ($2.34/mo for 200 Mbps) is far cheaper but offers less capacity; for full-featured load balancing with comparable throughput, OVHcloud Load Balancer S ($6.94/mo) and Hetzner LB11 ($7.49/mo) are strong values.

Gateway S

$2.34/mosave 95%

Delivers 200 Mbps public network connectivity at a fraction of Vultr's price, suitable for lower-bandwidth use cases.

Caveat: Provides only 200 Mbps vs Vultr's 500 Mbps; not a direct-connect product and may have different latency/SLA characteristics.

Load Balancer S

$6.94/mosave 86%

Offers 200 Mbps throughput with load-balancing features (250 conn/s, 10k req/s) at a much lower price point.

Caveat: Load balancer, not a dedicated interconnect; 200 Mbps cap is still below Vultr's 500 Mbps; IPv4 addresses billed separately.

LB11

$7.49/mosave 85%

Entry-level load balancer with TLS termination and 10k connections at under $7.50/mo, strong value for traffic distribution.

Caveat: Load balancer, not dedicated interconnect; throughput not explicitly specified; prices exclude VAT and saw 36-39% increase in April 2026.

NodeBalancer

$10/mosave 80%

Flat-rate load balancer with no per-connection overage, plus 99.99% SLA and transparent overage billing at $0.015/GB.

Caveat: Load balancer, not dedicated interconnect; throughput not specified; outbound bandwidth overages apply beyond pooled allowance.

Before you switch

Vultr's Direct Connect is a dedicated interconnect product; most alternatives are load balancers or gateways with different use cases and SLAs.
Verify whether you need true dedicated interconnect (Vultr) or if a load balancer/gateway meets your requirements at lower cost.
OVHcloud and Hetzner pricing excludes VAT; confirm final cost in your region.
Hetzner and OVHcloud have had significant price increases in 2026; confirm current renewal rates before committing.
Bandwidth overage rates vary by provider and region; factor in your expected egress volume beyond included allowances.

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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
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