Vultr is an independent cloud infrastructure provider focused on raw compute with hourly billing. It offers cloud compute, bare metal, Kubernetes, GPUs and managed databases.
Alongside compute, Vultr sells Block Storage and Object Storage. Block Storage volumes mount to your virtual machines and behave like physical disks, so you can grow storage separately from compute and use it for file systems, databases, logs or backups. You can expand a volume without changing the instance’s local disk. Volumes on NVMe SSD are built for high data throughput, and the service uses a redundant architecture to protect your data.
Vultr describes Accelerated Object Storage as low-latency storage for write-heavy work, while Premium Object Storage suits a wide range of uses such as application data. The Object Storage page lists use cases including long-term storage and backup, disaster recovery, log data, real-time analytics and AI deployments. On Vultr Kubernetes Engine, a Cluster Autoscaler resizes your cluster so pods have room without wasted nodes. Managed Load Balancers are deployed automatically for Kubernetes Load Balancer and Ingress services, and a CSI driver links clusters to Vultr’s block storage.
The Vultr API is a RESTful set of HTTP endpoints, and every function of the customer portal can be reached through it, so you can script unattended workflows. The Vultr Marketplace offers popular applications, software stacks and operating systems that you can deploy as you spin up an instance. Software vendors can apply to publish their own apps there, controlling the OS, application software and post-deployment scripts.
Cloud Compute comes in Regular Performance, High Performance (NVMe storage) and High Frequency plans, plus Optimized Cloud Compute with dedicated resources. Each plan lists an hourly and a monthly price and includes a bandwidth quota, with usage above it billed per GB. The newer VX1 line is billed on actual hours used. Current prices are in the pricing box above.