OVHcloud (windows)
Sibling records disagree:
- verdict:
compute/ovhcloud-vps-1-2027says qualifies-with-caveat, compute/ovhcloud-windows says paid-only
- Free allowance
- No free tier; VPS-4 is EUR 23.49/month on the monthly term and the Windows option is EUR 28.00/month more
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- USD 57.63/monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- per-ip-shaping3 Gbps public bandwidth
- Evidence
- documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-27checked 2026-10-27 (live); stale on 2026-11-27
| Free tier | no free tier; VPS-4 is EUR 23.49/month on the monthly term and the Windows option is EUR 28.00/month more unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
the Windows option is EUR 28.00/month on every term and the installation fee is EUR 0.00; the VPS page's 'From $23.37' is the Linux price |
| Binding | per-ip-shaping the 3 Gbps port is the published ceiling in the EU and US |
| Identity | card an account and a payment method at order; the order flow is account-gated and its instrument list was not read |
| Egress | unlimited traffic with 3 Gbps public bandwidth in the European and American regions; the Asia-Pacific VPS-4 carries a 3 TB/month quota and then 10 Mbps free allowance: unlimited in EU and US; 3 TB/month in Asia-Pacific |
| Retention | the disk persists while the VPS is paid; the price is metered monthly or prepaid on a 6 or 12 month term |
| Interface | rest, cli RDP over a dedicated public IPv4; the OVHcloud API and control panel exist |
| Tooling | any RDP client; OVHcloud API and control panel |
| Composes with | 24 GiB and 8 vCPU for about USD 58 a month with the licence; the VPS-4 is the only 2027 rung that reaches 16 GiB, and the tier below is 12 GiB |
| Reliability | no reliability event observed; the VPS range includes a daily backup of the previous 24 hours |
| Notes | The VPS page's 'From $23.37' is the Linux rate. The Windows option is a separate EUR 28.00 line, so the monthly bill is EUR 51.49 and the 12-month prepaid bill is EUR 47.96 a month. First payment on the 12-month term is EUR 575.52. The 16 GiB rung is VPS-4 only; VPS-3 is 12 GiB. |
| Evidence note | documented the shape, the base price and the EUR 28.00 Windows option come from the VPS page and OVH's public order catalogue read. The USD figures are arithmetic at the ECB rate of 2026-10-23. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | www.ovhcloud.com/en/vps/ | quoted: 'VPS-4 From $23.37/month 8 vCores 24 GB RAM 200 GB SSD NVMe Daily backup of the previous 24 hours Unlimited traffic 3 Gbps public bandwidth' |
| 2026-10-26 | www.ovhcloud.com/en/vps/os/vps-windows/ | the VPS OS catalogue lists 'Windows Server 2025 Standard (Desktop)' as an image, and the page links the Windows VPS option |
| 2026-10-26 | api.ovh.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/vps?ovhSubsidiary=IE&lo | catalogue price for 'option-windows-2027-model4' is '1 month 2800000000 644000000' in micro-units, which is EUR 28.00 plus EUR 6.44 tax; installation fee is EUR 0.00 |
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"vcpu": 8,
"ram_gib": 24,
"disk_gib": 200
},
"billing_model": "monthly, 6-month or 12-month prepaid",
"base_eur_monthly": 23.49,
"base_eur_6mo": 22.31,
"base_eur_12mo": 19.96,
"licence_eur_monthly": 28.0,
"total_eur_monthly": 51.49,
"total_eur_12mo": 47.96,
"monthly_usd": 57.63,
"monthly_12mo_usd": 53.68,
"first_month_usd": 57.63,
"first_payment_12mo_usd": 644.44,
"first_payment_note": "EUR 47.96 x 12 = EUR 575.52, converted at 1.1193",
"setup_fee_eur": 0.0,
"renewal_eur": 51.49,
"fx": {
"pair": "EUR/USD",
"rate": 1.1193,
"date": "2026-10-23",
"source": "ECB reference via frankfurter.app"
},
"windows_licence": "add-on, EUR 28.00/month, printed in the order catalogue",
"ipv4_included": true,
"port_mbps": 3000,
"traffic": "unlimited in EU and US; 3 TB/month in Asia-Pacific",
"stock": "orderable via the configurator; no stock count published",
"cart_url": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/vps/os/vps-windows/"
}Unknown values 1
$.per_object_cap.statedthe field does not apply to this kind of offer