OVHcloud vs Raff: Pricing, Performance, and Platform Fit

Raff General Purpose no longer uses the old $4.99/mo 2 vCPU / 4 GB plan referenced in the previous version of this article. The current closest Raff General Purpose 4 GB plan is 2 vCPU HiMem / 4 GB / 80 GB NVMe SSD at $9.99/mo with unmetered bandwidth. OVHcloud's matching Public Cloud General Purpose tier in the original comparison is b3-8 at $44.17/mo for 2 vCPU dedicated / 8 GB / 50 GB NVMe. OVHcloud ships dedicated cores and twice the RAM at that b3-8 tier; Raff remains much cheaper on monthly VM price and keeps bandwidth unmetered.

On performance, the original benchmark data still shows Raff ahead on per-core CPU and small-block I/O: Raff measured 2,266 Geekbench 6 single-core versus OVHcloud b3-16 at 1,766, a 28% higher per-core CPU result. Network throughput differed by an order of magnitude in the original benchmark: Raff measured 9,574 Mbps upload peak, while OVHcloud measured under 1 Gbps peak in the same Vint Hill, Virginia data center. OVHcloud wins large-block disk throughput and ships a broader managed cloud catalog with Kubernetes, managed databases, load balancers, and global regions. Raff runs 10,000+ production VMs and is rated 4.5/5 on Trustpilot across 14 reviews.

OVHcloud vs Raff: which is right for you?

• At the current 4 GB Raff General Purpose tier, what's the price? Raff is $9.99/mo for 2 vCPU HiMem / 4 GB / 80 GB NVMe SSD. OVHcloud b3-8 is $44.17/mo for 2 dedicated vCPU / 8 GB / 50 GB NVMe. Raff is about 77% cheaper, while OVHcloud includes twice the RAM and dedicated cores.
• At 8 GB RAM? Raff General Purpose is $21.99/mo for 4 vCPU HiMem / 8 GB / 160 GB NVMe SSD. OVHcloud b3-8 remains $44.17/mo for 2 vCPU / 8 GB / 50 GB NVMe. Raff is about 50% cheaper and includes more storage and vCPU count in this pairing.
• Per-core CPU? Raff measured 28% faster in the benchmark data (Geekbench 6 single 2,266 vs 1,766).
• Network? Raff measured roughly 10x higher peak throughput in the same Vint Hill data center in the benchmark data.
• Need managed Kubernetes, managed databases, managed load balancers, or a broader global cloud catalog today? Pick OVHcloud. Raff's managed Kubernetes and managed databases are on the 2026 roadmap.
• Need US-focused VM infrastructure with unmetered bandwidth, included backups, and simpler VM economics? Pick Raff.

OVHcloud overview

OVHcloud, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Roubaix, France, is one of Europe's largest cloud providers. The company operates a broad global cloud platform across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. OVHcloud's catalog is intentionally broad, covering several buying paths:

• VPS line — bundled monthly shared-CPU VPS plans
• Public Cloud Discovery — hourly-billed shared-CPU instances for dev/test
• Public Cloud General Purpose — hourly-billed general-purpose instances, including b-series plans
• Public Cloud Compute Optimized — hourly-billed dedicated CPU for compute-heavy workloads
• Managed services — managed Kubernetes, managed databases, load balancers, S3-compatible object storage, CDN, and additional cloud services

That breadth is OVHcloud's real strength. For teams that need more than just VMs — a managed Kubernetes cluster, managed database, global CDN, or managed load balancer — OVHcloud's catalog is materially broader than Raff's today.

Raff overview

Raff Technologies is a cloud infrastructure provider on owned bare-metal hardware. Raff runs AMD EPYC processors with NVMe SSD storage in a US data center in Vint Hill, Virginia. The platform covers virtual machines, S3-compatible object storage, snapshots, automated backups, VPC private networking, DDoS mitigation, REST API access, and a one-click app marketplace in one integrated dashboard.

Raff offers two compute lines. General Purpose is designed for flexible everyday workloads and starts at $5.99/mo for 2 vCPU / 2 GB / 40 GB NVMe SSD. The current 4 GB General Purpose plan is $9.99/mo for 2 vCPU HiMem / 4 GB / 80 GB NVMe SSD. CPU-Optimized uses dedicated CPU resources and starts at $3.99/mo for 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GB NVMe SSD. Managed Kubernetes and managed databases are on the 2026 roadmap.

Raff is battle-tested at scale: 10,000+ production VMs run on the platform today, and Raff is rated 4.5/5 across 14 verified reviews on Trustpilot. The Raff dashboard, API, billing system, object storage, marketplace, and audit logs all run on the same infrastructure Raff sells — Raff runs on Raff. Similar comparisons against Vultr, Hetzner, Contabo, AWS Lightsail, and Google Cloud use the same methodology described below.

OVHcloud pricing vs Raff pricing

The honest comparison is Raff General Purpose vs OVHcloud Public Cloud General Purpose. Both providers use a "General Purpose" label, though the architecture differs: OVHcloud b3 uses dedicated cores, while Raff General Purpose is designed for flexible shared-class workloads.

All prices are monthly USD as used in the original comparison. OVHcloud Public Cloud is hourly-billed; monthly figures shown assume 730 hours.

The old claim that Raff was $4.99/mo for 2 vCPU / 4 GB should be removed. With the current pricing table, the correct Raff 4 GB General Purpose price is $9.99/mo. Raff remains materially cheaper than OVHcloud b3 at the compared RAM tiers, but the percentage claims should be updated.

At the 4 GB Raff tier, Raff is $9.99/mo compared with $44.17/mo for the closest OVHcloud b3 reference tier, making Raff about 77% lower on monthly VM price. OVHcloud includes twice the RAM at that b3-8 tier, so this should be positioned as a price-and-fit comparison, not a perfectly identical spec match.

At the 8 GB tier, Raff is $21.99/mo for 4 vCPU HiMem / 8 GB / 160 GB, while OVHcloud b3-8 is $44.17/mo for 2 vCPU / 8 GB / 50 GB. Raff is about 50% lower and includes more storage in this pairing.

At the 16 GB tier, Raff is $42.99/mo for 8 vCPU HiMem / 16 GB / 320 GB, while OVHcloud b3-16 is $88.18/mo for 4 vCPU / 16 GB / 100 GB. Raff is about 51% lower and includes more vCPU and storage in this pairing.

About OVHcloud's cheaper VPS line: OVHcloud also offers a bundled VPS line that is different from Public Cloud General Purpose. If your goal is the cheapest bundled VPS specs without managed-services integration, OVHcloud VPS may be competitive on raw specs-per-dollar. The Public Cloud b3 comparison above is for cloud-native deployment with hourly billing and OVHcloud's broader Public Cloud ecosystem.

Raff pricing is from the current Raff pricing table. OVHcloud pricing is retained from the original comparison's OVHcloud Public Cloud General Purpose pricing.

Bandwidth and transfer policy

Raff includes unmetered bandwidth on VM plans at 3 Gbps standard port speed. There is no per-GB egress bill and no bandwidth overage charge for standard VM usage.

OVHcloud Public Cloud network throughput is published per instance class. The b3-8 plan in the original comparison ships 500 Mbps guaranteed public network with higher private network capacity, while larger b3 plans scale upward. Independent benchmark measurements on b3-16 in Vint Hill recorded under 1 Gbps peak across tested endpoints, while Raff measured 9,574 Mbps upload peak in the same general data center geography.

OVHcloud's VPS line is a different product family and should not be mixed directly with the Public Cloud b3 comparison.

Feature comparison: OVHcloud vs Raff

Compute

Raff General Purpose uses AMD EPYC-based shared-class compute. OVHcloud b3 uses dedicated vCPU resources in its Public Cloud General Purpose line. Per-core CPU measurement on the tested OVHcloud b3-16 was Geekbench 6 single 1,766 versus Raff at 2,266 — Raff measured 28% faster per core in this benchmark data. Multi-core on the 4 vCPU OVHcloud b3-16 was 5,545 versus Raff's 4,057 on the tested 2 vCPU Raff environment, so OVHcloud wins absolute multi-core in that test because it has twice the vCPU count.

The important update is the price context: the old benchmarked Raff environment referenced $4.99/mo, but the current closest 4 GB General Purpose production plan is $9.99/mo with 80 GB NVMe SSD.

Networking

Raff includes unmetered bandwidth with no per-GB egress billing on VM plans. Both providers include private networking, DDoS protection, IPv4 + IPv6, and floating IP-style workflows depending on product family. OVHcloud advertises network throughput per instance class, while Raff's current VM plans advertise 3 Gbps standard port speed.

Storage

Both use NVMe on the relevant tiers. The original fio results split by block size:

• 4K random read aggregate: Raff 97,468 IOPS vs OVHcloud b3-16 80,486 — Raff +21%
• 64K mixed aggregate: OVHcloud 4,297 MB/s vs Raff 2,927 — OVHcloud +47%
• 1M sequential aggregate: OVHcloud 5,777 MB/s vs Raff 3,606 — OVHcloud +60%

For small-block OLTP workloads such as databases under load and application servers, Raff has the edge in the benchmark data. For large-block sequential workloads such as media transcoding, backups, and log archives, OVHcloud has the edge.

Both support snapshots, block storage volumes, and backup workflows. Raff includes 3 automated backups per VM; OVHcloud backup behavior depends on product family and selected backup options.

Platform & ecosystem

This is OVHcloud's clearest advantage. OVHcloud ships a broad managed cloud catalog today: managed Kubernetes, managed databases, load balancers, S3-compatible object storage, CDN, and AI/cloud platform services. For teams that need more than VMs from one provider, OVHcloud has materially more services live today.

Raff covers VMs, S3-compatible object storage, VPC networking, snapshots, backups, REST API, CLI, one-click marketplace workflows, and a Terraform provider on the public registry — all in one integrated dashboard. Managed Kubernetes and managed databases are on the 2026 roadmap.

Support: Raff provides 24/7 human support with average response under 10 minutes, included at every plan tier. OVHcloud offers tiered support plans; direct response time and support depth vary by tier and region.

Performance benchmarks: Raff vs OVHcloud

Pricing and platform fit usually decide the buy, but the original benchmark data is still useful as long as the price context is updated.

Methodology

Raff General Purpose — internal benchmark, May 2026, Vint Hill, Virginia. VM: 2 vCPU / 4 GB DDR5 / 50 GB NVMe benchmark instance. Current closest production plan: 2 vCPU HiMem / 4 GB / 80 GB NVMe SSD at $9.99/mo. Tools: Geekbench 6, sysbench, fio (libaio async direct), iperf3 (8-thread).

OVHcloud b3-16 Public Cloud General Purpose — independent benchmark, Vint Hill, Virginia. VM: 4 vCPU dedicated / 16 GB / 100 GB NVMe at $88.18/mo in the original comparison. Tools: Geekbench 6, sysbench, fio (libaio async direct), iperf3 (8-thread).

Both providers were tested in the same Vint Hill data center region, so geographic latency differences are not the primary explanation for the results.

Results

What this tells you

Per-core CPU favors Raff by 28% on Geekbench 6 single-core. Per-vCPU multi-core also favors Raff. OVHcloud b3-16 wins absolute multi-core because it ships 4 vCPU versus the tested Raff 2 vCPU environment.

Network throughput differs by an order of magnitude in the original test. Both VMs were tested in the same data center geography. Raff measured 9,574 Mbps upload peak; OVHcloud measured under 1 Gbps to the tested endpoints. For bandwidth-bound workloads, Raff has a decisive advantage in this benchmark data.

Disk performance is split. Raff wins small-block IOPS. OVHcloud wins large-block throughput. Most production web and database workloads are more sensitive to small-block IOPS; large-block sequential workloads favor OVHcloud.

Memory throughput strongly favors Raff in the original benchmark. For memory-bound workloads such as Redis, in-memory caches, and analytics, the gap is meaningful.

When you should choose OVHcloud over Raff

• You need a managed Kubernetes service in production today.
• You need a managed database such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis from your cloud provider today.
• You need managed load balancers, CDN, AI services, or a broader integrated cloud catalog.
• You need a broad global footprint across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.
• Your workload is large-block sequential I/O heavy.
• You want OVHcloud's cheaper bundled VPS line rather than Public Cloud General Purpose.
• You are comfortable paying more for OVHcloud b3 dedicated resources to get OVHcloud's broader platform catalog.

When you should choose Raff over OVHcloud

• You are choosing primarily on price-per-VM and per-core performance.
• You want unmetered bandwidth at 3 Gbps standard port speed.
• You want the current Raff 4 GB shared-tier plan at $9.99/mo instead of the old deprecated $4.99 framing.
• You want materially lower monthly VM price than OVHcloud Public Cloud b3.
• You want higher per-core CPU and higher 4K random IOPS in the original benchmark data.
• You want included automated backups.
• You want 24/7 human support with under-10-minute response included at every tier.
• You want a Trustpilot trust signal — Raff is 4.5/5 across 14 reviews and runs 10,000+ production VMs.
• You want an integrated dashboard covering VMs, S3-compatible object storage, VPC, snapshots, backups, marketplace workflows, and Terraform provider in one place.

Migrating from OVHcloud to Raff

A typical migration takes 30-90 minutes for straightforward VM workloads:

1. Snapshot the OVHcloud VM through the OVHcloud control panel or CLI.
2. Create a matching Raff plan. Match or exceed vCPU and disk; right-size RAM based on real usage.
3. Install the same OS on Raff. Raff supports standard Linux distributions and custom images.
4. Rsync application data over the public network, or use a temporary WireGuard tunnel for sensitive payloads.
5. Export databases with mysqldump or pg_dump and restore on Raff. For OVHcloud managed databases, export using the provider's supported dump/export workflow, then import into your Raff-hosted database or future managed database option when available.
6. Update DNS. Lower TTL before cutover.
7. Switch traffic during a low-traffic window. Validate logs, monitoring, and application errors on Raff.
8. Keep the OVHcloud instance running temporarily as rollback, then delete it.

If your application uses OVHcloud Object Storage heavily, Raff's S3-compatible object storage can be migrated with tools such as rclone sync or aws s3 sync. For OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes workloads, plan a longer migration cycle since Raff's managed Kubernetes is on the 2026 roadmap.

About OVHcloud

OVHcloud, formerly OVH, is a French cloud provider founded in 1999 by Octave Klaba and headquartered in Roubaix, France. The company operates globally across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, serving customers with VPS, Public Cloud, Managed Kubernetes, managed databases, dedicated servers, web hosting, and S3-compatible object storage. OVHcloud has more than two decades of operational history and is publicly listed on Euronext Paris. Read more on the official OVHcloud website: ovhcloud.com{:rel="external noopener"}.

Conclusion: OVHcloud or Raff?

With Raff's updated pricing, the comparison should no longer claim $4.99/mo for 2 vCPU / 4 GB or ~9x cheaper at that tier. The correct current 4 GB General Purpose plan is $9.99/mo for 2 vCPU HiMem / 4 GB / 80 GB NVMe SSD. Raff remains materially cheaper than OVHcloud Public Cloud b3 in the compared tiers, but the pricing story should be framed more carefully because OVHcloud b3 often includes dedicated cores and different RAM/storage allocations.

Raff wins the VM economics and benchmark-per-dollar story: lower monthly VM prices than OVHcloud b3, unmetered bandwidth, included backups, strong per-core CPU, strong memory throughput, and higher 4K random IOPS in the original benchmark data.

OVHcloud wins on managed-services breadth: production-ready managed Kubernetes, managed databases, load balancers, CDN, AI services, broad global footprint, and a deeper enterprise cloud catalog.

For US-focused VM workloads, bandwidth-heavy use cases, or teams that want a simpler VM-first platform, Raff is the wiser choice. For broad managed cloud platform needs across many global regions, OVHcloud is the right answer.