Vultr pricing: tiers, seat costs, and hidden fees

Short answer

Bare-metal-friendly cloud with cheap shared-CPU starter VMs and dedicated AMD EPYC tiers. Bandwidth caps and add-ons drive the real bill.

Last verified: 2026-05-17 Model: month Official pricing

Public pricing tiers

TierMonthlyAnnual monthly equivalentNotes

Regular IPv6-only $2.50 month $2.50 month 1 vCPU, 0.5GB RAM, $0.004/hr. Previous-gen Intel + SSD.

High Performance $6 month $6 month 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, AMD EPYC or Intel Xeon + NVMe.

High Frequency $6 month $6 month 3GHz+ Xeon, NVMe SSD.

Optimized General Purpose $30 month $30 month Dedicated AMD EPYC vCPUs, starts at $0.045/hr.

VX1 General Purpose $43 month $43 month $0.060/hr, 2 vCPUs/8GB RAM.

Vultr cost calculator

For 10 seats on Regular IPv6-only, current public pricing implies $2.50 per month when annual pricing is available, or $2.50 month-to-month.

Sample stack cost at named team sizes

Vultr monthly cost projection by team size, based on public per-seat pricing.
Tier	10 seats / month	25 seats / month	50 seats / month
Regular IPv6-only	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50
High Performance	$6	$6	$6
High Frequency	$6	$6	$6
Optimized General Purpose	$30	$30	$30
VX1 General Purpose	$43	$43	$43

Math: per-seat tiers multiplied by seat count. Flat-fee tiers stay constant. Does not include add-ons, support tiers, implementation, or usage overages.

Hidden fees and quote risks

Public bandwidth allowance varies per plan; overages billed per GB.
Block storage, snapshots, and dedicated IPs billed on top of instance.
Managed Kubernetes control planes are free, but worker nodes and load balancers are not.

Enterprise notes

Volume and reserved discounts available via Vultr sales; pricing page is pay-as-you-go only.

Closest alternatives

Other cloud iaas tools buyers shortlist when they compare Vultr.

DigitalOcean Cloud IaaS

Linode Not yet covered

Hetzner Cloud Not yet covered

Sources

Official Vultr pricing page

Pricing changes frequently. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Vultr cost?

Vultr pricing depends on its Hourly or monthly per instance. The page lists public tiers and flags custom or usage-based items that require vendor confirmation.

What is the main hidden fee risk for Vultr?

Public bandwidth allowance varies per plan; overages billed per GB.

Which Vultr alternatives should buyers compare?

DigitalOcean, Linode, Hetzner Cloud are the closest alternatives most procurement teams compare against Vultr.