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About Vultr
Found in 2014, Vultr set out with a mission to empower developers and businesses by simplifying infrastructure deployment via its advanced, easy to use, and affordable cloud platform. Now, Vultr has 32 cloud data center locations located worldwide and supports over 1.5m+ customers in 185 countries with over 45m+ instances deployed.Vultr provides frictionless provisioning of public cloud, storage, single-tenant bare metal, cloud GPU, managed databases, managed Kubernetes, and more!It is Vultr's top priority to offer a standardized, highly reliable high performance cloud compute environment in all of the cities we serve.
Vultr (vultr.com) has 582 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 2.0 out of 5.
This has not been a good experience.
1. I was charged 1100 usd with no notice even though my usage for the month so far is only 160 usd. Unilaterally charging me 7x upfront at completely your own discretion, without notification, warning or prior approval is not acceptable business practice. I hope I don't need to explain why this is completely inappropriate.
2. I was accused of running phishing attacks which as I explained in the ticket is simply not possible, the instances I spun up had the infracting IP assigned to them after the email notifying your team of phishing was received. Had their team done any examination of the logs, the would clearly see this that IP was not assigned to an instance in my account until after the email itself was even received.
3. I am now completely blocked from running some business critical workflows for a reason that is not clear to me.
This is not acceptable service, and even after replying with this they simply dug their heels in and said well the IP was in your account at the time the abuse ticket was created, 2 hours after the original email was even received!
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What is wrong with your staff
What is wrong with your staff? Do they go around fairs stealing stuff and coming back over and over again to take things from different representatives so that they can get multiple items. Your staff - Sakshi Rai, Rupa Pandey, and Sanskriti Singh came back over and over again to take our marketing collateral despite being told not to do so. They demand 5 of the items at one go. Extremely greedy and disgusting behavior! Super unethical and rude.
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Maribeth B.
Destroyed my instances, still got billed
I tested their cloud API for a bit and tore all the worker nodes down, but their billing engine kept hitting my card anyway. I opened a ticket to get it fixed, but support completely ghosted me after a single useless reply. Now I’m forced to run a bank chargeback just to block them from taking more money for servers that don't even exist. Unbelievable amount of friction for a basic test.
Reply from VultrOct 5, 2026
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the frustration you experienced with billing and the lack of follow-up from our support team.
We understand your concern that charges continued after you had removed the worker nodes, and we regret that your support request did not receive the follow-up you expected. Billing should be clear, and any concerns about unexpected charges should be addressed promptly.
We’d appreciate the opportunity to review the account activity and billing history to understand what happened. Please contact us at [email protected] with your ticket or account details so our team can investigate and assist further.
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Erik E.
Downtime issues all the time and then…
Downtime issues all the time and then they pulled a whole bunch of builds from production with no equivalent path forward. I would avoid
Reply from VultrSep 17, 2026
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the downtime you experienced and the disruption caused by changes to the builds you were using.
We understand how difficult it can be when infrastructure changes leave you without a clear migration path, especially for production workloads. Your feedback about both service reliability and the lack of an equivalent option is important, and we’ll share it with the appropriate teams.
If you’re still dealing with an unresolved issue, please contact us at [email protected] with your account or ticket details so we can review the circumstances and see how we can assist.
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Alejandra
Very frustrating experience
I initially used the service as part of a course and tested it using the free credits provided. Those credits were fully consumed without any clear notification, and I was subsequently charged.
I contacted support because I was also having trouble accessing my account: the password recovery and account re-entry flows simply didn't work properly for me. At that point, I explicitly told support that I wanted to cancel everything to avoid any further unexpected charges. I also tried to handle this through the dashboard, but I found the interface buggy and the cancellation process far from intuitive.
Despite clearly communicating that I wanted everything cancelled, I continued to be charged. Support later explained that I still had pending/active resources. The problem is that this was not clearly explained to me when I first contacted them asking to cancel everything and prevent additional charges.
Instead of taking responsibility for the really poor user experience (seriously, it's terrible - one of the worst I've encountered both as a user and a developer) and unclear cancellation process, their response ultimately relied on their Terms of Service to justify the charges.
From a customer's perspective, the whole experience felt terrible: buggy account recovery, unclear credit consumption, a confusing cancellation process, unexpected charges, and important information only being provided after further charges occurred.
Regardless of what may technically be covered by the Terms of Service, I expect a trustworthy service to make billing, resource usage, and cancellation transparent and easy to understand. Unfortunately, that was not my experience here, and I wouldn't recommend the platform to anyone based on the way this situation was handled.
Reply from VultrSep 9, 2026
Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the frustrating experience you had with account access, promotional credits, billing, and cancellation.
We understand your concern that simply requesting cancellation did not clearly communicate that active resources could continue generating charges. Customers should be able to understand their resource usage, account balance, and cancellation requirements without navigating a confusing or unintuitive process.
We also regret that you experienced difficulties with password recovery and the dashboard. Your feedback about the overall user experience and the clarity of our cancellation and billing processes is valuable, and we’ll share it with the appropriate teams.
If you’d like us to review the charges and cancellation history for your account, please contact [email protected] with the relevant ticket details. Our team can investigate the specific circumstances and provide further assistance.
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Ognjen D.
Update: Still Scammers
Scammers, unauthorized charges from them, never replied to my ticket so I had to go through the route of contacting my bank to initiate chargeback.
Update: I have reached out to them after my reply, and they supposedly issued a refund that takes 7-10 business days to land. 11 business days later, I've checked with my bank and no transactions from Vultr have been issued. Staying at 1 star, these guys are master scammers :)
Reply from VultrSep 9, 2026
Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re sorry to hear about your frustration with the billing and that you did not receive a timely response to your support ticket.
We take billing concerns seriously, and customers should be able to get clear answers and timely assistance when they believe a charge is incorrect or unexpected. We also regret that you felt you had to contact your bank to resolve the matter.
We’d appreciate the opportunity to review what happened, including the charge and your previous support request. Please contact us at [email protected] with your ticket details so our team can investigate and assist further.
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Paya F.
I should have known better
I should have known better. They are thieves. This is the second time I've been bitten by them, like the first time wasn't enough. They have the worst services across the board.
Reply from VultrSep 9, 2026
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that you’ve had another disappointing experience with Vultr, especially after previously encountering issues.
We take concerns about our services and customer experience seriously, and we understand how frustrating it can be when problems recur. We’d appreciate the opportunity to better understand what happened and address any unresolved issues.
Please contact us at [email protected] with details of your experience or any previous ticket numbers so our team can review the situation and assist further.
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Dmitrii M.
pretty good
pretty good
use their cheap vps as vpn setup for friends for long time.
setup is simple, billing is simple
did not have any issue whatsoever
Reply from VultrSep 9, 2026
Thank you for the great feedback! We’re glad to hear Vultr has been a reliable choice for your VPN setup over the years and that you’ve found the setup and billing processes simple and straightforward.
We really appreciate your continued support and are happy to have you as a long-time customer!