FXVPS vs OVHcloud
Cheaper raw compute — and a blank Windows box a long way from any exchange.
Established
1999
Rating
Not tracked for trading use (general cloud provider)
FXVPS From
$29/mo
OVHcloud From
$14.14/mo
Overview
OVHcloud is not a trading host, and that is the whole comparison. It sells raw virtual machines cheaply — VPS-1 starts at $4.54/mo. Two things change that picture. MetaTrader needs Windows, which is a $9.60/mo add-on, so the honest entry price is $14.14. And the vCores you are buying are not equivalent to ours: independent Geekbench 6 testing by VPSBenchmarks, who purchase real instances, shows OVH's entry VPS line reporting as virtualized Intel Haswell-class silicon, an architecture from 2013, scoring around 700-770 single-core. Our bare-metal Ryzen 9 hardware scores around 2,900-3,300 on the same test. Because MT4 executes each tick as a single sequential chain on one core, that single-core figure is the number that sets your tick-to-order time, and extra vCores do not help.
OVHcloud is known for: Europe's largest hosting provider, 46 datacenters, industry-leading anti-DDoS, raw compute at low cost.
Plan & Pricing Comparison
2 GB
1 vCPU
40 GB NVMe
4 GB
2 vCore (2013-class)
40 GB NVMe
4 GB
2 vCPU
80 GB NVMe
8 GB
4 vCore (2013-class)
75 GB NVMe
8 GB
4 vCPU
160 GB NVMe
12 GB
6 vCore (2013-class)
100 GB NVMe
Feature Comparison
| Feature | FXVPS | OVHcloud |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Generation | Ryzen 9 (2024-25) | Haswell-class (2013) |
| Geekbench 6 Single-Core | ~2,900-3,300 | ~700-770 |
| Cores MT4 Actually Uses | 1 (at 5.7GHz) | 1 (2013-class) |
| MT4/MT5 Pre-Installed | check_circle | cancel |
| Windows Licence Included | Included | +$9.60/mo |
| Instant Setup (<60s) | check_circle | cancel |
| Auto-Restart Watchdog | check_circle | cancel |
| Built-in Trade Copier | check_circle | cancel |
| NVMe Storage | check_circle | check_circle |
| Equinix Data Centers | check_circle | cancel |
| DDoS Protection | check_circle | check_circle |
| 24/7 Live Chat | check_circle | cancel |
| Provisioning API | check_circle | check_circle |
| White-Label Option | check_circle | cancel |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% | 99.9% |
| Trial / MBG | $1.99 trial | None listed |
| Server Locations | 15+ | 46 (none exchange-adjacent) |
OVHcloud — Pros & Cons
thumb_up Pros
- add_circle Cheapest raw compute here — VPS-1 from $4.54/mo before Windows
- add_circle More RAM and storage per dollar than any trading-specific host, even with Windows added
- add_circle 46 datacenters worldwide and a very large operational footprint
- add_circle Industry-leading anti-DDoS included as standard
- add_circle Full public API, and a free choice of Linux, Windows or BSD images
thumb_down Cons
- remove_circle Windows is a $9.60/mo add-on — MetaTrader needs it, so the advertised price is never the real one
- remove_circle Entry VPS line benchmarks as 2013-era Haswell-class silicon (~700-770 Geekbench 6 single-core, per VPSBenchmarks)
- remove_circle MT4 runs one core per chart, so 4 or 6 slower vCores do not compensate for a 4x single-core deficit
- remove_circle No MT4/MT5 pre-installed, no EA watchdog, no trade copier
- remove_circle 99.9% SLA allows about 8.8 hours of downtime a year, against 52 minutes at 99.99%
- remove_circle Datacenters at Roubaix, Gravelines, Frankfurt, Beauharnois and Paris — none adjacent to a financial exchange
- remove_circle General cloud helpdesk, ticket-based; no trading-specific support
- remove_circle You install, configure, secure, patch and monitor the machine yourself
gavel Our Verdict
Be honest about the parts OVH genuinely wins: RAM and storage per dollar, and they will stay cheaper on both. What does not follow is that you get more machine. MT4 executes each tick on a single core, so a plan advertising 4 or 6 vCores gives you exactly one working core no matter what you pay, and on OVH that core benchmarks around a quarter of ours. Four of their cores does not equal one of ours because you never get to use four — you get one 2013-class core doing the work. Add a datacenter nowhere near an exchange, a 99.9% SLA allowing about 8.8 hours of downtime a year, no MT4 preinstalled, no watchdog to restart your EA after a reboot, and no support who knows what a magic number is. If you want a big cheap Windows box for something other than live execution, OVH is a rational buy. If an EA is trading your money on it, you are optimising the wrong number.
Further reading
- Clock Speed vs Core Count: What Actually Speeds Up Your EA Why MT4 uses one core per chart, and why vCore counts mislead.
- Choosing the Right Forex VPS Provider: Key Considerations What actually matters when comparing hosts, beyond the headline price.
- FXVPS vs OVH: the long-form comparison The full benchmark detail behind the figures on this page.
Methodology
Pricing and specs from each provider's public website as of March 2026. User reviews sourced from Trustpilot and ForexPeaceArmy. "Known issues" reflect patterns from multiple reviews, not isolated incidents. We are an FXVPS page — while we aim to be fair and factual, readers should do their own research.
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