| Factor | Traditional VPS | "Cloud" VPS |
|---|---|---|
| Billing | Flat monthly rate | Often hourly/usage-based |
| Scaling | Manual upgrade, usually with a short reboot | Marketed as instant, on-demand resize |
| Pricing predictability | High — known cost every month | Variable, can spike with usage |
| Underlying virtualization | Typically KVM or similar | Often the same technology, rebranded |
| Root access | Full root access, standard | Full root access, standard |
If your workload is stable and predictable, a flat monthly price with full root access — like our plans — gives you a known cost with no surprise usage bill at the end of the month.
Highly variable workloads that spike unpredictably and need to scale resources up and down automatically may benefit more from a usage-based billing model, accepting less cost predictability in exchange.
Not inherently — both often run on the same underlying virtualization; the difference is usually in billing model and marketing, not raw capability.
Our plans use predictable flat-rate monthly billing rather than variable usage-based pricing.
Yes, you can upgrade from Basic through Pro at any time from the client area without losing your data.
Yes, every plan includes full root access regardless of billing model.
Flat monthly rate, no surprise usage bill — starting at $4.95/month.
View VPS Plans