Vultr enables quick out-of-the-box building
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Vultr to host various research projects and team infrastructure (websites, databases, etc.) Vultr is highly unique in that they provide BGP speaking capability if you BYO prefix, along with a live real-time view of Vultr's routing table - invaluable if you are doing research on network conditions, want to monitor BGP logs, or fine-tune your own BGP announcements.
Pros
- wide arrange of offerings utilizing open-source OSes and APIs
- BGP speaking capability
- fast and response customer service
Cons
- better user management. currently creating a user under another person's account requires using an email address that is not registered with Vultr already. It would be nice to have a single account login with separate profiles/UI views when associated with different organizations or groups.
Return on Investment
- Vultr has enabled many of our research projects because of its ease to use and its BGP features. Thumbs up!
- Price is lower than most competitors
- Vultr's user management system has made it a little clunky to keep track of user logins and permissions
Alternatives Considered
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Fastly Compute@Edge
Other Software Used
Let's Encrypt, Cloudflare, Squarespace





