What is
Vultr
?
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At a glance
Fact | Value |
|---|---|
Primary use case | Provisioning cloud compute, virtual machines, storage, and GPU infrastructure |
Deployment type | Cloud-hosted infrastructure with API and CLI access |
Pricing model | Usage-based with hourly and monthly billing |
API compatibility | Vultr API |
Supported integrations | Cloudways |
Source type | Dual |
Cloud provider | N/A |
Ideal team size | Developers, SMBs, and enterprise teams |
Onboarding time | N/A |
Required skills | Infrastructure self-management, server administration, network troubleshooting, CLI usage |
AEP branch | Tooling |
AEP category | Resources |
AEP subcategory | Compute & Cluster Mgmt |
Profile
Compute & Cluster Mgmt is the most specific AEP level for Vultr. The platform provides cloud-hosted infrastructure for provisioning compute instances, virtual machines, storage, and GPU infrastructure, with API and CLI access. Its documentation includes CLI commands for viewing and filtering available operating systems, including their IDs, names, architectures, and family information.
Vultr also provides an API for managing API keys and IAM policies for defining permissions. Instance features include automatic backups, which create and store regular backups for data protection and recovery.
Focus
Vultr is listed for developers, SMBs, and enterprise teams that need to provision cloud compute, virtual machines, storage, or GPU infrastructure. It addresses the need to deploy and manage these resources through cloud-hosted infrastructure with API and CLI access.
Background
The supplied company background research does not establish Vultr’s founding history or funding. It identifies the Vultr Docs GitHub repository as a source of support files for Vultr Docs; the research does not detail other open-source contributions.
Features
Compute provisioning
Provision cloud compute for virtual machine workloads. Vultr offers cloud-hosted infrastructure with API and CLI access; the supplied metadata identifies compute, virtual machines, storage, and GPU infrastructure as supported provisioning use cases.
Operating system discovery through the CLI
Inspect and filter operating systems available for Vultr instances to inform deployment planning. The CLI reference covers operating system IDs, names, architectures, and family information.
API key management
Manage Vultr API access credentials. The documentation describes creating, listing, deleting, and rotating API keys.
IAM policies
Define and assign permissions for users, groups, and roles. Vultr IAM policies use permission documents with allow and deny statements.
Automatic instance backups
Support data protection and recovery with regular instance backups. Vultr’s documentation describes a service that automatically creates and stores backups.
Optimized Cloud Compute
Use a dedicated vCPU configuration for compute workloads. The supplied key metrics report a starting price of $30 per month for a configuration with a dedicated vCPU, 4 GB of RAM, and 30 GB of storage.
Pros and cons
Pros
Provides API and CLI access for managing cloud infrastructure.
Supports hourly and monthly billing, according to the supplied pricing information.
Includes documented instance backup capabilities for data protection and recovery.
Provides IAM policies with allow and deny statements that can be attached to users, groups, and roles.
Cons
Infrastructure self-management is required: the supplied metadata identifies server administration and network troubleshooting as required skills, and supporting research describes Vultr as suited to technical teams that manage infrastructure themselves.
FAQs
Vultr FAQs
What integrations does Vultr support?
Vultr lists Cloudways as a supported integration.
What does Vultr cost per month?
Vultr uses usage-based pricing with hourly and monthly billing. Optimized Cloud Compute is reported to start at $30/month for a dedicated vCPU, 4 GB RAM, and 30 GB storage.
What technical skills are needed to use Vultr?
Using Vultr requires infrastructure self-management, server administration, network troubleshooting, and CLI usage.
Does Vultr provide automatic instance backups?
Yes, Vultr automatically creates and stores regular instance backups for data protection and recovery.
