
ScalaHosting Cloud VPS
ScalaHosting
ScalaHosting rents self-managed and managed cloud VPS plans, the managed ones with its own SPanel control panel, in its own US and Bulgarian data centres and partner clouds in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
- Cheapest, with IPv4
- $19.95/mo
- Self-managed Config #1, 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB NVMe
- Public IPv4
- Included
- Automatic backups
- Included
- Billing
- 12-month term
- Billed in US dollars
- Datacenters
- 15 in 13 countries
- North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania
- Run by
- ScalaHosting
- Not stated
Entry plans and the real monthly bill
In US dollars, per month, as listed by ScalaHosting (All regions). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.
Swipe the table sideways for the price and the bill.
| Plan | Server | Traffic | Plan price | With IPv4 | The bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-managed Config #1'Guaranteed' virtual CPU cores; free dedicated IP and snapshots | 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB NVMeDedicated CPU | Not stated | $19.9512-month termRenews at $24.95 | $19.95 | plan $19.95IPv4 included |
| Managed Build #1Managed with SPanel; daily offsite backups; 'Guaranteed' virtual CPU cores | 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB NVMeDedicated CPU | Not stated | $29.9512-month termRenews at $54.95 | $29.95 | plan $29.95IPv4 included |
| Self-managed Config #2'Guaranteed' virtual CPU cores | 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB NVMeDedicated CPU | Not stated | $36.9512-month termRenews at $49.95 | $36.95 | plan $36.95IPv4 included |
| Managed Build #2Managed with SPanel | 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB NVMeDedicated CPU | Not stated | $44.9512-month termRenews at $96.95 | $44.95 | plan $44.95IPv4 included |
Good to know
- A public IPv4 address is included in every entry plan
- Self-managed Config #1 renews at $24.95, 1.3× the first-term price
- The cheapest price needs a 12-month term
Where ScalaHosting has datacenters
15 in 13 countries, as listed by ScalaHosting.
Europe 10
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Helsinki, Finland
- Madrid, Spain
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Stavanger, Norway
- Warsaw, Poland
- London, United Kingdom
- Frankfurt, Germany
North America 3
- Dallas, United States
- New York, United States
- Seattle, United States
Asia 1
- Singapore, Singapore
Oceania 1
- Sydney, Australia
Where it stands among 43
Each fact with every host's answer. ScalaHosting is outlined.
Kind of host
Monthly VPS
Cloud servers 14
Monthly VPS 25
Bills in
US dollars
US dollars 32
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Swiss francs 1
Public IPv4 address
In the plan price
In the plan price 36
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ScalaHostingServers.com
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Time4VPS
UltaHostUpCloud
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Charged on top 5
Not stated 2
Price after the first term
Goes up on renewal
Same price 28
Goes up on renewal 11
Hourly billing
Monthly or longer
Billed by the hour 19
Monthly or longer 21
Not stated 3
Dedicated CPU in entry plans
A dedicated-CPU plan
A dedicated-CPU plan 6
Shared CPU only 13
Datacenters on
4 or more
One continent 10
2 or 3 continents 13
ARM servers
Not stated
Add-ons and extra charges
- Public IPv4
- Included 'Free Dedicated IP' with any Linux cloud VPS plan
- Automatic backups
- Included Included on managed plans
- Snapshots
- Included 'Free Snapshots' on self-managed plans
- Extra traffic
- Not stated What happens past the chosen bandwidth isn't stated
How you pay
- Hourly billing
- NoNo Billing cycles of 1, 6, 12 or 36 months; no hourly rate shown
- Minimum term
- 1 month; the listed prices need a 12-month term
- Setup fee
- Not stated Not stated
- Always-free server
- None ScalaHosting says it doesn't offer free trials
- New-account credit
- None ScalaHosting says it doesn't offer free trials
- Payment methods
- Card, PayPal, Bank transfer Payments from unverified PayPal accounts aren't accepted
- Signup checks
- Occasional manual verification
- Refunds
- 30 days for new clients; partial refund of unused time after that
What you get
- Processors
- Intel Xeon Gold Stated on the Windows VPS page; entry Linux plans only say 'up to 4.1 GHz'
- ARM servers
- Not statedNot stated No Arm option stated
- IPv6 included
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
What comes with it
- Block storage
- Not statedNot stated Only extra VPS disk ('10GB SSD $2'); no separate volumes stated
- Object storage
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Private network
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Cloud firewall
- Not statedNot stated A server firewall is configured on managed plans; no cloud firewall stated
- Load balancers
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- DDoS protection included
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Managed databases
- Not stated Databases are managed inside SPanel; no managed database service stated
- Managed Kubernetes
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- API
- Not statedNot stated SPanel has API tokens; no VPS provisioning API stated
- Terraform provider
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Custom ISO
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Windows
- Extra licence fee at checkout A separate Windows VPS product includes the licence in its price
Who you're renting from
- Company
- ScalaHosting
- Owned by
- Not stated No parent company named
- Based in
- Not stated Headquarters country not stated on the cited pages
- Founded
- 2007 Company launched 2007 with reseller hosting and dedicated servers
- Support
- 24/7 live chat, email and tickets
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, SOC 1, SOC 2, PCI DSS Stated for its data-centre providers, not ScalaHosting itself