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Essential or Power: which KVM VPS should you pick?

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Essential or Power: which KVM VPS should you pick?


  • Root access
  • High Availability
  • Tier III data centre

We have refreshed the Redfox Cloud KVM VPS offering and split it into two clear choices — Essential KVM VPS and Power KVM VPS. The reason is simple: not every project needs the same thing. One needs a stable server that quietly runs a company website; for another, every millisecond turns into a sale or a lost player.

Until now every virtual server sat in one long list, and it was up to the customer to work out how VPS-5 differed from a more powerful option. Now the difference is visible straight away: Essential plans run on Intel® Xeon® servers with RAID1 SSD storage, while Power plans run on high-frequency AMD Ryzen™ 9 processors with RAID1 NVMe SSD storage and networking up to 2.5 Gbps.

Below is what actually sits behind those names, who each option is for, and what it costs.

What stays the same in every plan

Whichever plan you pick, the foundation is identical. You get full KVM virtualisation — Root access lets you install any operating system and configure it the way your project needs, rather than the way a shared environment allows.

Every KVM VPS plan also runs our High Availability solution: if physical hardware fails, the virtual server is automatically started on another node, so downtime is measured in minutes rather than hours. The servers live in a Tier III data centre connected to a low-latency 10 Gbps network. Each plan includes one IPv4 address, traffic is unmetered, and ordering for a longer period brings an additional discount.

Essential KVM VPS — the affordable route to your own server

Essential is for anyone who needs a dependable server without paying for headroom they will not use. These plans run on Intel® Xeon® processors with DDR4 memory and SSD drives in a RAID1 array. This is maturity rather than novelty: the Xeon platform has been proven in server rooms for years, and RAID1 means data is written to two drives at once — if one fails, the server keeps running.

Network speed is 1 Gbps with unmetered traffic. In practice that is more than enough for a website, a blog, a medium-traffic online store, an internal company system, or a development and testing environment. The range is wide: from VPS-1 with 1 vCPU and 1 GB of memory at €4.99 a month up to VPS-9 with 8 vCPU and 16 GB.

In short, Essential is the logical first step once shared hosting is no longer enough but a high-budget server is not yet justified.

Power KVM VPS — when every millisecond matters

Power plans are built on AMD Ryzen™ 9 5950x and 9950x processors clocking up to 5.7 GHz. That matters more than it might seem: a large share of web workloads — PHP execution, database queries, game server logic — depends on single-core performance. The higher the clock speed, the faster the same operation completes.

Add DDR4/DDR5 memory, RAID1 NVMe SSD storage and networking up to 2.5 Gbps. NVMe drives talk to the system directly over the PCIe bus, so database and file operations finish noticeably faster than on conventional SSDs. That is exactly what you feel in a store with hundreds of people browsing at the same time.

Power starts at €12.99 a month and reaches 8 vCPU with 16 GB of memory. Choose it when response time is tied directly to the result: high-traffic online stores, APIs, databases, game servers and real-time applications.

Where the difference lies

Switch between the two and watch the hardware change.

An affordable start on a stable foundation.

Processor
Intel® Xeon®
Memory
DDR4 RAM
Storage
RAID1 SSD
Network
1 Gbps, unmetered
From
€4.99 / mo.

Best suited for

  • Company websites and blogs
  • WordPress and medium-traffic online stores
  • Test and development environments
CPU frequency
Disk speed
Network speed

Indicative comparison based on published specifications.

How to choose between them

A simple rule: if your project reads more than it computes — a website, a blog, a brochure site, a small store — Essential will very likely fit and will cost less. If there are many database queries, many concurrent users, or response time is critical, Power is worth the difference.

Still undecided? Answer the three questions below.

Three plans from each line

Below are the entry, the most popular and the top plan from each line. The full list is on the service pages.

Essential KVM VPS

Intel® Xeon® · RAID1 SSD · 1 Gbps

Showing 3 of 9 plans

VPS-1

€4.99/ mo.

  • 1 × Intel® Xeon® vCPU
  • 1 GB DDR4 RAM
  • 20 GB (RAID1 SSD)
  • 1 Gbps, unmetered
  • 1 IPv4 included
Choose plan
Most popular

VPS-5

€9.99/ mo.

  • 4 × Intel® Xeon® vCPU
  • 4 GB DDR4 RAM
  • 50 GB (RAID1 SSD)
  • 1 Gbps, unmetered
  • 1 IPv4 included
Choose plan

VPS-9

€39.99/ mo.

  • 8 × Intel® Xeon® vCPU
  • 16 GB DDR4 RAM
  • 150 GB (RAID1 SSD)
  • 1 Gbps, unmetered
  • 1 IPv4 included
Choose plan

Power KVM VPS

AMD Ryzen™ 9 · RAID1 NVMe SSD · 2.5 Gbps

Showing 3 of 6 plans

Power Start VPS

€12.99/ mo.

  • 3 × Ryzen™ 9 5950x/9950x (max. 5.7 GHz)
  • 3 GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM
  • 35 GB (RAID1 NVMe SSD)
  • 2.5 Gbps, unmetered
  • 1 IPv4 included
Choose plan
Most popular

Power Pro VPS

€28.99/ mo.

  • 6 × Ryzen™ 9 5950x/9950x (max. 5.7 GHz)
  • 8 GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM
  • 70 GB (RAID1 NVMe SSD)
  • 2.5 Gbps, unmetered
  • 1 IPv4 included
Choose plan

Power Enterprise VPS

€53.99/ mo.

  • 8 × Ryzen™ 9 5950x/9950x (max. 5.7 GHz)
  • 16 GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM
  • 150 GB (RAID1 NVMe SSD)
  • 2.5 Gbps, unmetered
  • 1 IPv4 included
Choose plan

Prices include VAT. * Port speed is for burst traffic. A Fair Usage Policy applies.

Frequently asked questions

How is an NVMe drive different from an SSD?

Both are solid-state drives with no moving parts, but NVMe connects directly over the PCIe bus, reaching higher throughput and lower latency. The difference shows most where there are many small read and write operations, such as in databases.

Is traffic really unmetered?

Yes, traffic is not counted. The stated port speed applies to burst traffic, and a Fair Usage Policy keeps speeds stable for everyone.

Does High Availability work on both lines?

Yes. HA is deployed across the whole Redfox Cloud KVM VPS infrastructure at no extra cost — there is nothing for you to configure.

What if my project outgrows the plan?

Contact our support team. We will look at whether a larger Essential plan is enough or whether moving to Power makes more sense, and arrange the most convenient way to do it.

Are the listed prices final?

The listed prices include VAT. Ordering for 3, 6 or 12 months adds a further discount, which is shown in the cart.

Want to see every KVM VPS plan?

Essential has nine plans from €4.99 / mo. Power has six plans from €12.99 / mo. Pick the one that matches your project.

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