VDS vs VPS:
what “dedicated” really changes.
Both are virtual servers with full root access. The difference is what sits underneath: a VPS reserves resources on a shared node, a virtual dedicated server (VDS) gives you dedicated vCPU and RAM on single-tenant hardware. Here is what that buys you, what it costs, and when it is worth it.
VDS or VPS — the short answer
- TL;DR
- A Cloud VPS reserves vCPU, RAM and NVMe for you on a node shared with other customers — from ₹584/month, live in about 60 seconds
- A VDS (also sold as a dedicated cloud server) pins dedicated vCPU and RAM on single-tenant hardware with SSD — from ₹1,799/month, live in 90 minutes, 99.95% SLA
- Pick VDS for steady, latency-sensitive loads: trading, databases, busy e-commerce, game servers with many players; pick VPS for everything that benefits from instant resize and the lowest price
- Both run in the same Tier IV datacenter in Greater Noida with DDoS scrubbing included
On a Cloud VPS the hypervisor guarantees your share of CPU and memory, but the physical cores, cache and disk queues are shared with neighbours. On a VDS the cores and memory are pinned to you on single-tenant hardware, so there is no contention for them at all — closer to bare metal, without the hours or days a physical server takes to provision. The trade is price and flexibility: a VDS costs more per GB and resizes in hours, not seconds.
- VPS from
- ₹584/mo
- VDS from
- ₹1,799/mo
- VPS deploy
- ~60 seconds
- VDS deploy
- ≤ 90 minutes
- VPS SLA
- 99.5%
- VDS SLA
- 99.95%
- Datacenter
- Tier IV · Greater Noida
VPS vs VDS, line by line.
URLStart’s published plans only.
| Cloud VPS | Virtual dedicated (VDS) | |
|---|---|---|
| Underlying hardware | Shared node, resources reserved | Single-tenant hardware |
| CPU | 2 – 10 vCPU, guaranteed share | 2 – 16 dedicated vCPU, pinned |
| RAM | 4 – 64 GB | 8 – 64 GB, dedicated |
| Storage | NVMe SSD, RAID | Enterprise SSD, RAID |
| Sizes | Nine | Four |
| Starting price | ₹584/mo (annual) · ₹749 monthly | ₹1,799/mo |
| Price at 16 GB | ₹1,749/mo (annual) | ₹3,199/mo |
| Price at 64 GB | ₹7,999/mo | ₹8,999/mo |
| Deployment | About 60 seconds | Within 90 minutes |
| Resize | Instant | Hours |
| Uptime SLA | 99.5% | 99.95% |
| Noisy-neighbour risk | Low (dedicated vCPU) but present on cache and disk | None |
| DDoS protection | Included | Included |
| Port | 1 Gbps, up to 10 Gbps available | 1 Gbps, up to 10 Gbps available |
| Best for | Websites, staging, CI, small apps, learning | Trading platforms, databases, busy stores, game servers, anything latency-sensitive |
What you are paying extra for.
Four measurable differences, not marketing words.
Flat CPU latency
Pinned cores mean no scheduler waiting behind a neighbour’s burst. Response times stay the same at 3 a.m. and at peak.
Predictable disk queues
No other tenant’s backup job can saturate the array under your database.
A tighter SLA
99.95% versus 99.5% — about 4 hours a year of allowed downtime instead of about 44.
Single-tenant on paper
When an audit asks “who else is on this hardware?”, the VDS answer is “nobody”.
Still fast to get
90 minutes, automated. A physical dedicated server takes hours to days.
Cheaper than bare metal
The 64 GB VDS is ₹8,999; the smallest dedicated server is ₹9,999 with 64 GB and 28 physical cores — compare both before deciding.
Three questions.
The first “yes” decides.
Is the workload latency-sensitive or always busy?
Trading bots, production databases, 50-player game servers, stores with constant traffic → VDS.
Will the size change often, or is the budget under ₹1,800 a month?
Yes → Cloud VPS. Resize up in seconds when you need to.
Do you need more than 16 vCPU, or your own hypervisor?
Yes → skip both and look at a dedicated server.
Open the plan tables.
Same facility, same edge, both products.
VPS and VDS share the Tier IV datacenter in Greater Noida, the DDoS-scrubbed ingress and the 10 Gbps core. Only the hardware tenancy changes.
Frequently asked.
What the extra price buys and when it matters.