3 free alternatives in CDN, Cloud IaaS, Infrastructure. Sorted by pricing stability.
Current OVHcloud Situation
Risk Level:caution
Why:effective 2026-04-01 — OVHcloud VPS prices increased dramatically April 1, 2026. VPS Starter (VPS-1) from $4.90 to $7.60/mo (+55%), VPS Essential (VPS-2) similarly increased, VPS Comfort (VPS-4) from $26.00 to $43.50/mo (+67%). Root cause: AI-driven DRAM prices up 250-300% and NVMe SSD costs surging. Affects all new and existing VPS customers. Source ↗
OVHcloud VPS prices increased dramatically April 1, 2026. VPS Starter (VPS-1) from $4.90 to $7.60/mo (+55%), VPS Essential (VPS-2) similarly increased, VPS Comfort (VPS-4) from $26.00 to $43.50/mo (+67%). Root cause: AI-driven DRAM prices up 250-300% and NVMe SSD costs surging. Affects all new and existing VPS customers. Source ↗
restructuredeffective 2026-04-01medium impact
OVHcloud Public Cloud, Private Cloud, and Bare Metal prices increased 9-11% for deployments made 2026-2028. Pre-2025 deployments see smaller 2-6% increase depending on equipment age. IPv4 pricing also increased. Driven by same DRAM/NVMe cost surge as VPS increases. Source ↗
Recommended Migration Targets
These alternatives were identified from OVHcloud’s pricing changes as recommended replacements.
−3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded product deprecation on 2026-10-07: AWS Proton end of support. Infrastructure-as-code provisioning service being retired. All environments, services, and templates will stop working. Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/proton/latest/userguide/Welcome.html
0 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 1 are demoted with the reason named, and 2 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.
−3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded product deprecation on 2026-10-07: AWS Proton end of support. Infrastructure-as-code provisioning service being retired. All environments, services, and templates will stop working. Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/proton/latest/userguide/Welcome.html
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Is OVHcloud's free tier still available?
OVHcloud has a free tier (Free), but it's flagged as "caution" because of one specific recorded change, on 2026-04-01: OVHcloud VPS prices increased dramatically April 1, 2026. VPS Starter (VPS-1) from $4.90 to $7.60/mo (+55%), VPS Essential (VPS-2) similarly increased, VPS Comfort (VPS-4) from $26.00 to $43.50/mo (+67%). Root cause: AI-driven DRAM prices up 250-300% and NVMe SSD costs surging. Affects all new and existing VPS customers. Source: https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/pricing/
How many free alternatives to OVHcloud exist?
There are 3 free alternatives to OVHcloud tracked on AgentDeals across the CDN, Cloud IaaS, Infrastructure categories.
Has OVHcloud changed their pricing?
OVHcloud has 2 recorded pricing changes. The most recent was on 2026-04-01: OVHcloud VPS prices increased dramatically April 1, 2026. VPS Starter (VPS-1) from $4.90 to $7.60/mo (+55%), VPS Essential (VPS-2) similarly increased, VPS Comfort (VPS-4) from $26.00 to $43.50/mo (+67%). Root cause: AI-driven DRAM prices up 250-300% and NVMe SSD costs surging. Affects all new and existing VPS customers. Source: https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/pricing/
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