# Vultr: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 24 judge labels across 1 category by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/vultr

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Cloud hosting](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/cloud-hosting/index.md) | 2% | 6 | 8% | 24 |

## What the models said for it

- "Linode (Akamai) or Vultr are often praised for better support than DigitalOcean" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Cloud hosting)
- "DigitalOcean or Vultr are often the best starting points" (MiniMax M2.5, Cloud hosting)
- "Vultr: Most data center locations (30+), very competitive pricing starting at $2.50/month" (Kimi K2, Cloud hosting)
- "Mid-Size Focus: DigitalOcean, Linode, or Vultr (simpler pricing, developer-friendly)." (MiniMax M2.5, Cloud hosting)

## And against it

- "unexpected account suspensions, payment blocks, unreasonable verification demands" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Cloud hosting)
- "Vultr scored only 1.5/5 based on customer reviews" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Cloud hosting)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Vultr, from 54 of the 69 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- atlantic.net: 28
- forbes.com: 19
- cybernews.com: 13
- hostingadvice.com: 13
- digitalocean.com: 12
- github.com: 12
- hostinger.com: 12
- techradar.com: 12
- reddit.com: 11
- zdnet.com: 11

### Pages cited

- https://atlantic.net/cloud-platform/best-cloud-hosting-providers-small-businesses: 22
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-cloud-hosting: 13
- https://techradar.com/news/best-cloud-hosting-providers: 12
- https://zdnet.com/article/best-cloud-hosting: 11
- https://cybernews.com/best-web-hosting/cloud-web-hosting: 10
- https://guideflow.com/blog/cloud-hosting: 9
- https://websitebuilder.org/best/cloud-hosting: 9
- https://scalahosting.com/blog/best-cloud-hosting-for-small-businesses: 8

## In its own words

What Vultr's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The AI-first Global Cloud Platform (https://vultr.com/)
- For: business (https://vultr.com/)
- Price stated: Starting at $0.06/hour; Starting at $0.848/GPU/hr; Starting at $0.471/GPU/hr; Starting at $1.290/GPU/hr; Starting at $1.850/GPU/hr; Starting at $2.000/GPU/hr; Starting at $2.290/GPU/hour; Starting at $2.300/GPU/hr; Starting at $2.500/month; Starting at $2.990/GPU/hr; Starting at $3.500/GPU/hour; Starting at $28.00/month; Starting at $120.00/month (https://vultr.com/)
- Starting price: 2.50 (https://vultr.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CSA STAR, ISO 20000-1, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018
- Hosting: Amsterdam NL, Atlanta, GA US, Bangalore IN, Chicago, IL US, Dallas, TX US, Delhi NCR IN, Frankfurt DE, Honolulu, HI US
- Customers named: Athos, LiquidMetal, Medidex

## What it publishes

Every page vultr.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 9999 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 584 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-09
- case study: 56 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-18
- conference or event: 19 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-17
- report or ebook: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-09
- comparison: 46 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- template or tool: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-22
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-01-22
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-03-21
- Recent: 2026-09-09 comparison: How to deploy apache flink on kubernetes engine as alternative to gcp dataflow https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-apache-flink-on-kubernetes-engine-as-alternative-to-gcp-dataflow
- Recent: 2026-09-09 comparison: How to deploy logto as an aws cognito alternative https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-logto-as-an-aws-cognito-alternative
- Recent: 2026-09-04 comparison: How to deploy kubeflow as a google vertex ai alternative https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-kubeflow-as-a-google-vertex-ai-alternative
- Recent: 2026-09-04 comparison: How to deploy logto as a gcp identity platform alternative https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-logto-as-a-gcp-identity-platform-alternative
- Recent: 2026-07-29 comparison: How to deploy cephfs as a gcp filestore alternative https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-cephfs-as-a-gcp-filestore-alternative
- Recent: 2026-07-29 comparison: How to deploy apache pulsar as a google pubsub alternative https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-apache-pulsar-as-a-google-pubsub-alternative

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.