Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, Aruba Cloud sells 6 VPS plans from $2.79/month (VPS O1I1: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB, 2 TB traffic) in 2 locations. It ranks #79 of 160 providers overall and #9 of 95 for 1 GB RAM VPS. Trustpilot rates it 2.8 from 65 reviews.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest plan: VPS O1I1 at $2.79/month (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB, 2 TB traffic).
- 2 data-center locations in 1 country: Bergamo and Rome.
- Ranks #79 of 160 overall; best placing #9 of 95 for 1 GB RAM VPS.
Key facts
| Website | arubacloud.com |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Ponte San Pietro, Italy |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Cheapest plan | VPS O1I1, $2.79/month (€2.49/mo) |
| Price per GB RAM (median) | $1.71 |
| Data centers | 2 locations in 1 country (Europe) |
| Virtualization | — |
| Billing | Monthly |
| Windows Server | No Prices exclude licence fees, which implies licensed operating systems are sold as add-ons, but Windows availability on the VPS line was not confirmed on the page fetched. |
| Operating systems | — |
| Storage | — NVMe |
| DDoS protection | — |
| Backups / snapshots | Backups: unknown; snapshots: — |
| IPv4 / IPv6 | IPv4 included: —; IPv6: — |
| API | — |
| Dedicated CPU plans | — |
| Payment methods | — |
| Money-back | Not published |
| Support | — |
| Email / port 25 | No email rule published |
| Uptime SLA | Not published |
| Trustpilot | 2.8 / 5 from 65 reviews (profile) |
Plans and prices
6 plans recorded. Monthly list prices in US dollars; the highlighted row is the cheapest. EUR→USD at 1.121 (indicative mid-market, 2026-10-15). Aruba lists EUR prices excluding VAT.
| Plan | Line | CPU | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS O1I1 | Cloud VPS | Shared | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB | 2 TB | $2.79 (€2.49/mo) | $2.79 | Excl. VAT and licences. 2 TB monthly traffic. |
| VPS O1I2 | Cloud VPS | Shared | 1 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 5 TB | $5.03 (€4.49/mo) | $2.52 | Excl. VAT and licences. |
| VPS O2A4 | Cloud VPS | Shared | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | 25 TB | $7.05 (€6.29/mo) | $1.76 | Excl. VAT and licences. |
| VPS O4A8 | Cloud VPS | Shared | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB | 50 TB | $13.22 (€11.79/mo) | $1.65 | Excl. VAT and licences. |
| VPS O8A16 | Cloud VPS | Shared | 8 | 16 GB | 160 GB | 100 TB | $22.30 (€19.89/mo) | $1.39 | Excl. VAT and licences. |
| VPS O16A32 | Cloud VPS | Shared | 16 | 32 GB | 320 GB | 100 TB | $43.61 (€38.90/mo) | $1.36 | Excl. VAT and licences. |
EUR→USD at 1.121 (indicative mid-market, 2026-10-15). Aruba lists EUR prices excluding VAT.
Data-center locations
Aruba Cloud lets you deploy in 2 locations: 2 in Europe.
Map of Aruba Cloud locations
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Pros and cons
Strengths
- Six clearly tiered plans from about $2.8/month, scaling to 16 vCPU / 32 GB
- Large included traffic allowances (2 TB up to 100 TB) for the price
- European provider with ISO 27001 and Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact certification, data kept in Italy
Limitations
- Only Italian hosting for VPS; no confirmed locations elsewhere
- Storage type, CPU class, OS list and SLA are not stated on the public price page
- Low Trustpilot score (2.8 from 65 reviews); prices exclude VAT and licences
Where Aruba Cloud ranks
Positions in the rankings on this site, based on the data above.
- 1 GB RAM VPS #9 of 95
- 16 GB RAM VPS #13 of 126
- 8 vCPU VPS #16 of 123
- 32 GB RAM VPS #11 of 80
- 4 GB RAM VPS #20 of 145
- 8 GB RAM VPS #20 of 141
- 32 GB+ RAM VPS #15 of 94
- 4 vCPU VPS #27 of 153
- Cheap European VPS #13 of 70
- 2 GB RAM VPS #25 of 120
- Cheapest VPS #18 of 71
- Best Node.js VPS #66 of 157
- Cheap VPS Hosting #49 of 116
- Best VPS for Discord and Telegram Bots #67 of 157
- Best VPS for Laravel #68 of 157
- VPS for PBN Hosting #69 of 157
- Best VPS for Django #69 of 157
- Best VPS for OpenClaw #75 of 157
- VPS for Email Marketing and Mail Servers #63 of 129
- All VPS providers #79 of 160
- Best VPS for Ollama and Local LLMs #81 of 153
- Best Redis VPS #84 of 157
- Best VPS for Proxies #86 of 157
- Best VPS for a VPN Server (WireGuard, OpenVPN) #87 of 157
Alternatives to Aruba Cloud
Providers closest to Aruba Cloud by region, price and features. Webdock, LikeVPS and Prometeus (IperWeb) are the nearest matches.
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | RAM | $/GB RAM | Locations | Windows | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VPS Essential | $2.41 | 2 GB | $1.21 | 1 | No | 4.9 (359) | |
| 2 | Lite 2.0 | $10.00 | 2 GB | $5.00 | 26 | Yes | — | |
| 3 | iwStack 512 MB | $3.24 | 512 MB | $6.48 | 3 | No | 4.1 (5) | |
| 4 | VM 1 | $5.00 | 1 GB | $5.00 | 3 | No | 2.3 (7) | |
| 5 | Value 2GB | $2.24 | 2 GB | $1.12 | 2 | Yes | 3.1 (49) | |
| 6 | VPS ON (1 shared vCPU, 1 GB, 5 GB) | $5.40 | 1 GB | $5.40 | 1 | No | 2.0 (12) |
Frequently asked questions
How much does Aruba Cloud VPS cost?
Plans start at $2.79 per month for VPS O1I1 (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB, 2 TB traffic); Excl. VAT and licences. 2 TB monthly traffic. Across its published plans the median price is $1.71 per GB of RAM.
Where are Aruba Cloud's data centers?
Aruba Cloud lets you deploy in 2 locations: 2 in Europe.
Does Aruba Cloud offer Windows VPS?
Prices exclude licence fees, which implies licensed operating systems are sold as add-ons, but Windows availability on the VPS line was not confirmed on the page fetched.
Does Aruba Cloud have hourly billing?
No; billing is monthly.
Is Aruba Cloud good?
As of October 23, 2026, Aruba Cloud sells 6 VPS plans from $2.79/month (VPS O1I1: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB, 2 TB traffic) in 2 locations. It ranks #79 of 160 providers overall and #9 of 95 for 1 GB RAM VPS. Trustpilot rates it 2.8 from 65 reviews. Strengths: six clearly tiered plans from about $2.8/month, scaling to 16 vcpu / 32 gb and large included traffic allowances (2 tb up to 100 tb) for the price. Limitations: only italian hosting for vps; no confirmed locations elsewhere and storage type, cpu class, os list and sla are not stated on the public price page.
Sources
Data was read from these pages (provider data checked October 15, 2026; rankings updated October 23, 2026). Prices change; check the provider's site before buying.