Vultr New Free Plan

edited March 2023 in General

Vultr just announced their new free tier program, the specs of the new free Cloud Compute:

1 vCPU
512MB RAM
10GB Disk
IPv4 Address
2 TB of free global bandwidth

Currently you can request early access by applying through the free tier program form:
https://www.vultr.com/free-tier-program/

*Vultr account with credit card and two-factor authentication required.

Blog announcement:
https://www.vultr.com/news/new-free-tier-plan/

✨🎁 Low end deals Telegram tracker: https://t.me/lowendweb

Thanked by (5)sh97 dosai _MS_ someTom Asim
«1

Comments

  • Thanks, I just requested access.

  • corbpiecorbpie OG
    edited March 2023

    Would rather them just offer this at $2 per month with an account limit

  • I'm looking forward to its future progress.
    How many access will be granted? How to prevent bots?

    The most important is why Vultr offers this, now? Will DigitalOcean follow?
    Time will tell outsiders.

    MicroLXC is lovable.

  • Vultr is getting aggressive on marketing / PR these days.

    STROMONIC.COM - Web Hosting, Reseller, Managed WP, VPS, GPU & Dedicated Servers!
    Data Centers: India, Finland, Canada, Bulgaria, United States
    Custom Quotation: [email protected]

  • vyasvyas OG
    edited March 2023

    Credit card required. Paypal, etc not accepted. Not a big deal but OP should mention that.
    2FA is also required again good to have by default

    Thanked by (1)loay
  • @bliss said:
    How many access will be granted? How to prevent bots?

    according to their FAQs

    What does "early access" mean and who gets the free instances?

    This is a new program that we are developing, and it will be rolled out in phases. It will only be available in specific data center locations and will limited quantities available.

    You can request "early access" to the program by applying here.

    Since there is a limited quantity, eligible members will be granted access on a randomized / weighted basis.

  • @someTom said: according to their FAQs

    It seems that the answer is in the FAQs, but it seems no actual facts in the FAQs.
    One thing that for sure is FAQs of big giant companies well illustrate the uncertainty principle.

    MicroLXC is lovable.

  • skip it,don't waste time.

    Thanked by (1)lapua
  • I got $2.5 charged on my CC . Did anyone else got charged same and no account credit given

    Currently Using Hetzner , OVH , Buyvm , Webhorizon , Hyonix , ConnectIndo

  • @bliss said:
    I'm looking forward to its future progress.
    How many access will be granted? How to prevent bots?

    The most important is why Vultr offers this, now? Will DigitalOcean follow?
    Time will tell outsiders.

    @VirMach will follow and @cociu said he is preparing something nice !

  • just applied, i always have some credits around in vultr since i always used them for "oh shit need an vps quick now", both cc and 2fa isn't an issue

    Thanked by (1)Asim

    Fuck this 24/7 internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit.

  • For everyone that created a fresh account: You can apply the coupon code FLYVULTR250 for $250 valid for 30 days. I already spun up a beefy VM with that credit while waiting :)

    Thanked by (2)loay bliss
  • "Your Vultr Free Tier program request has been approved"

    Yay!

  • mine just got approved also, so that is cool

  • I have applied but it doesn't look like there will be any response. :'(

  • "Your Free Tier starts on 2023-03-09 and will end on 2024-03-09."

    Huh... Free VPS is only for 1 year, that kind of sucks.

  • Your Vultr Free Tier program request has been approved

  • Available in Miami, Seattle, Frankfurt.

  • Mine got approved as well.

  • Only one year and just these 3 locations? Was hoping for one more free VPS in the Sao Paulo... so I could backup my oracle free :)

  • Seattle.

    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2023-02-27                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    
    Thu 09 Mar 2023 06:43:08 PM UTC
    
    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes
    Processor  : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
    CPU cores  : 1 @ 2593.904 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
    RAM        : 473.3 MiB
    Swap       : 0.0 KiB
    Disk       : 9.3 GiB
    Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
    Kernel     : 5.10.0-21-amd64
    VM Type    : MICROSOFT
    
    Basic Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Protocol   : IPv6
    ISP        : The Constant Company
    ASN        : AS20473 The Constant Company, LLC
    Host       : Vultr Holdings, LLC
    Location   : Seattle, Washington (WA)
    Country    : United States
    
    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 111.87 MB/s  (27.9k) | 186.70 MB/s   (2.9k)
    Write      | 112.16 MB/s  (28.0k) | 187.68 MB/s   (2.9k)
    Total      | 224.04 MB/s  (56.0k) | 374.39 MB/s   (5.8k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 211.76 MB/s    (413) | 225.55 MB/s    (220)
    Write      | 223.01 MB/s    (435) | 240.57 MB/s    (234)
    Total      | 434.77 MB/s    (848) | 466.13 MB/s    (454)
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 797 Mbits/sec   | 1.50 Gbits/sec  | 128 ms
    Scaleway        | Paris, FR (10G)           | 896 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 142 ms
    NovoServe       | North Holland, NL (40G)   | 939 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 134 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 407 Mbits/sec   | 2.71 Gbits/sec  | 228 ms
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.21 Gbits/sec  | 2.83 Gbits/sec  | 60.8 ms
    Clouvider       | Dallas, TX, US (10G)      | 2.50 Gbits/sec  | 3.73 Gbits/sec  | 56.2 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 3.51 Gbits/sec  | 6.50 Gbits/sec  | 27.4 ms
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 932 Mbits/sec   | 157 Mbits/sec   | 128 ms
    Scaleway        | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | 6.28 Gbits/sec  | 147 ms
    NovoServe       | North Holland, NL (40G)   | 889 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 134 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 512 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 228 ms
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.09 Gbits/sec  | 3.34 Gbits/sec  | 59.0 ms
    Clouvider       | Dallas, TX, US (10G)      | 2.49 Gbits/sec  | 3.64 Gbits/sec  | 53.4 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 4.36 Gbits/sec  | 5.22 Gbits/sec  | 29.7 ms
    
    YABS completed in 6 min 38 sec
    
  • Mine was approved. Sad to see it's only for 1 year, but I guess they're trying to compete with AWS. Oracle still has the leg up on them with their free offering.

    Cheap dedis are my drug, and I'm too far gone to turn back.

  • havochavoc OGContent Writer

    @vyas said: Credit card required.

    tbh I prefer that. Not requiring CC means it gets abused and shut down.

    Some random students without CC & people in wrong countries get caught in crossfire I know but with anything that has compute getting abused for crypto you kinda have to...

  • Mine also got approved and if your credit card is charged then it will get reversed within a week as per their support statement.

    Currently Using Hetzner , OVH , Buyvm , Webhorizon , Hyonix , ConnectIndo

  • @havoc said:

    @vyas said: Credit card required.

    tbh I prefer that. Not requiring CC means it gets abused and shut down.

    Some random students without CC & people in wrong countries get caught in crossfire I know but with anything that has compute getting abused for crypto you kinda have to...

    True, I am okay with that as well- just that it was not mentioned up front.

  • Did anyone find it written somewhere in their pre-signup docs that it only lasts a year?

  • ialexpwialexpw OGServices Provider
    edited March 2023

    @tetech said:
    Did anyone find it written somewhere in their pre-signup docs that it only lasts a year?

    Once you're accepted, you get the below;

    Didn't see it pre-signup, but a year free is still good enough for me!

    Thanked by (1)tetech

    Syuh - sftp, rsync & rclone accessible storage from 50GB to TBs.

  • I agree free is good, and not aiming to be ungrateful, but a bit of transparency wouldn't go astray. They're soliciting people to sign up for an account and provide details because it "might" qualify you for a free service, but not disclosing the time limit.

    Thanked by (4)ialexpw adly loay ElonBezos
  • edited March 1

    For those who signed up in March 2023 last year, just a friendly reminder that the free tier period is ending soon.

    Don't forget to delete the instance if you are no longer using it. (I almost forgot about it)

    Thanked by (2)willie Not_Oles
  • havochavoc OGContent Writer

    Signed up. Annoyed that I went with the +250 credit instead of matched $100. Oh well

    Their prices are kinda rough though. :/

Sign In or Register to comment.