Which is cheaper, Amazon EBS or Vultr Block Storage?

Vultr is cheaper in 4 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 76.6%.

How do Amazon EBS and Vultr Block Storage compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: AWS: $694.96/mo, Vultr: $50.01/mo. Vultr is cheaper.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSVultr

Overall Winner

Vultr

AWS Wins

Vultr Wins

Ties

vultr wins 4 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 76.6% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0137/hr to $2.00/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Compute Optimized workloads

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Best for General Purpose workloads

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Best for HPC workloads

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Best for Storage Optimized workloads

Comparing Amazon EBS and Vultr Block Storage across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon EBS	Vultr Block Storage	Diff	Cheapest
Compute Optimized - c5n.4xlarge	$0.8640/hr c5n.4xlarge ($630.72/mo)	$0.0137/hr vultr-block-100gb ($10.00/mo)	+98.4%	Vultr
General Purpose - m5n.4xlarge	$0.9520/hr m5n.4xlarge ($694.96/mo)	$0.0685/hr vultr-block-500gb ($50.01/mo)	+92.8%	Vultr
HPC - hpc7g.4xlarge	$1.6832/hr hpc7g.4xlarge ($1,228.74/mo)	$0.2740/hr vultr-block-2000gb ($200.02/mo)	+83.7%	Vultr
Storage Optimized - d3.4xlarge	$1.9980/hr d3.4xlarge ($1,458.54/mo)	$1.3699/hr vultr-block-10000gb ($1,000.03/mo)	+31.4%	Vultr