Managed Databases · $2600/mo (256 GB RAM, 32 vCPU)
Vultr's Valkey plan at $2600/mo is significantly overpriced for a single-node, zero-replica configuration. DigitalOcean offers a memory-optimized Valkey tier at exactly half the price, and OVHcloud's Valkey Production option provides comparable specs (128GB RAM, 32 vCPU, 2-node HA) for $4544/mo—which, while higher, includes redundancy that Vultr's plan lacks entirely.
Half the price of Vultr at $1300/mo for a memory-optimized Valkey tier with 128GB RAM and 16 vCPU, plus published 99.99% SLA and transparent $0.01/GB bandwidth overage rate.
Caveat: Half the vCPU count (16 vs 32) and half the RAM (128GB vs 256GB), so only suitable if your workload doesn't require the full Vultr spec.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · Valkey Memory Optimized 128GB | $1300/mo | 128 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 128 GB - Standalone | $1980/mo | 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 2560 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-128 | $2478.28/mo |
24% cheaper than Vultr at $1980/mo for 128GB RAM and 24 vCPU with 2560GB SSD, plus 99.99% SLA and lower bandwidth overage rates ($0.005-0.015/GB).
Caveat: ESTIMATED price from linear node pricing pattern, not directly confirmed; also half the RAM and vCPU of Vultr's plan, and HA clustering costs 2-3x the single-node price.
While 75% more expensive than Vultr, this is a 2-node HA Valkey cluster with 128GB RAM and 32 vCPU per node, providing true redundancy and 99.99% SLA that Vultr's zero-replica plan cannot match.
Caveat: Significantly higher monthly cost; region-limited to Europe; IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC outbound traffic loses free egress after mid-2026.
Before you switch
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| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-128 | $2703.19/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-128 | $2703.19/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Postgres · Standard-7 | $3500/mo | 244 GB RAM, 2048 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production B3-128 | $3979.23/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Production B3-128 | $4544.54/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU | Visit |