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Aruba Cloud VPS O8A16 vs HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium takes 2 of 6 spec rounds against Aruba Cloud VPS O8A16. It is also the cheaper plan, at $16.31/mo versus $23.18/mo.

Aruba Cloud

VPS O8A16 · 8 vCPU · 16 GB

$23.18/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 160 GB NVME

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HOSTKEYwins 2 rounds

vm.v2-medium · 8 vCPU · 16 GB

$16.31/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 160 GB NVME

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$23.18/mo

$16.31/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.45

$1.02

RAM

16 GB

16 GB

vCPU

8 shared

8 shared

Disk

160 GB NVME

160 GB NVME

Bandwidth

100 TB/mo

3 TB/mo

Value score

90/100

94/100

Regions

1

1

Countries served by both · 0

No overlap — if location matters, that alone may decide it.

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Aruba Cloud VPS O8A16 or HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium?
HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium at $16.31/mo (excl. VAT) versus $23.18/mo — a difference of $6.87/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium: $1.02 per GB of RAM per month versus $1.45 for Aruba Cloud VPS O8A16.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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