VPS vs Dedicated Server — Which to Choose
Sorted in 2 minutes: where a €5.49 VPS is enough, and where you need a whole machine from €11.79
A VPS is a slice of a physical server with guaranteed vCPU, RAM and NVMe: it launches in minutes, costs from €5.49/mo and comes with a 5-hour trial period before payment. A dedicated server is the whole machine: from €11.79/mo, no neighbours on the hardware, payment is made upfront and the machine is prepared for the specific client. The practical rule: while your load fits into 8–16 vCPU and the disk is not the bottleneck — take a VPS. When the server is loaded around the clock, the database no longer fits in memory or you need hardware-level isolation — move to a dedicated server.
VPS versus a dedicated server
The same tasks — a different entry price and different rules of the game.
| Parameter | VPS | Dedicated server | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | A slice of a machine with guaranteed resources | The whole physical machine | Order now |
| Price from, €/mo | €5.49 | €11.79 | Order now |
| Trial before payment | 5-hour trial period | payment upfront | Order now |
| Ready in | a few minutes, automatically | after payment and machine preparation | Order now |
| Neighbours on the hardware | yes, resources guaranteed | none | Order now |
| Scaling | plan change with a short restart | moving to another machine | Order now |
| Hardware-level control | KVM console | IPMI / KVM | Order now |
| Disks | NVMe on all plans | NVMe, SSD or HDD — per configuration | Order now |
| Upper limit | 40 vCPU · 64 GB · 400 GB | up to 256 GB RAM and disk arrays | Order now |
Prices are the lowest in each line-up on monthly billing. Not sure which to pick — write to us and we will help match the option to your task.
Take a VPS if
A website, a store, a business app for a small team, development, bots and VPN. The load is uneven, and you value fast launch and the chance to verify the server before paying.
Take a dedicated server if
The load stays high around the clock, the database is large, or you need virtualisation or hardware-level isolation for security requirements.
Take the cloud if
You need several servers that keep changing: stands per branch, seasonal peaks, temporary environments. Resources are added with a slider in the panel.
Where the switchover threshold lies
The clear signal to move to a dedicated server is not "it feels slow" but numbers: average CPU load stays above 70% for days, the database has stopped fitting into RAM, the disk is over 80% full and growing.
Until then it is cheaper to stay on a VPS: the top plan Max 3 gives 40 vCPU, 64 GB RAM and 400 GB NVMe for €84.99/mo — the level of a small physical server, but launched in minutes and verifiable in a trial period before payment. The intermediate steps are visible in the VPS price comparison.
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How to switch without downtime
Switching between a VPS and a dedicated server follows one scheme: we bring up the new server, move the data, verify everything over the IP address, and only then switch the DNS. The old server stays on until the checks are complete.
Not sure which option you need — describe the workload to support. We will match a configuration and say honestly if a cheaper plan is enough. There is also a third option for when you need several servers that keep changing — it is covered on the VPS vs cloud server page.
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A VPS: entry from €5.49 versus €11.79 for a dedicated server. But under constant high load a dedicated server gives more resources per euro — compare the price of the performance you need, not the entry price.
With guaranteed vCPU and NVMe the difference on typical tasks is small: websites and applications perform comparably. The gap shows on long computations where constant access to all cores matters.
When CPU load stays above 70% around the clock, the database no longer fits in RAM, or the disk is over 80% full. Before that point the move usually does not pay off.
The VPS — yes, a 5-hour trial period before payment. A dedicated server is provisioned only after payment; to avoid picking the wrong configuration, write to us — we will help match it to the task.
The scheme is the same in both directions: the new server comes up in parallel, the data is moved, and DNS is switched last. Support engineers guide you through the steps.
Neither, by itself: both a VPS and a single machine remain a single point of failure. Fault tolerance comes from a setup of several servers in different data centres, and it can be built on either option.
Yes. In the cloud pool you pay for a volume of resources and create servers from it yourself in the panel. It is convenient when servers are numerous and come and go. Details are on the VPS vs cloud page.
That is exactly the way to do it. Start with a plan matching the current load, and as it grows, move to a bigger plan or a dedicated server — the data moves with you, nothing is lost.