# BuyVM review (2026): is it worth $24.00 a year? > Low-cost KVM VPS slices with unmetered bandwidth and block storage Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. BuyVM, a division of Cloudzy, sells KVM virtual servers it calls slices, plus block storage, storage VPS and DDoS protection in Las Vegas, New York and Luxembourg. A DirectAdmin license is included with every service, and prices start at $24 a year for the smallest slice. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** BuyVM (a division of Cloudzy) - **Website:** https://buyvm.net - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want help running the server, as slices are unmanaged. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, BuyVM is a paid product, starting at $24.00 per year (Slice 512). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Slice 512 | $24.00 per year | 1 core at 3.50+ GHz on fair-share CPU, 512 MB memory, 10 GB SSD, unmetered bandwidth and 1 IPv4 address. | | Slice 1024 | $3.50 per month | 1 core on fair-share CPU, 1024 MB memory, 20 GB SSD, unmetered bandwidth and 1 IPv4 address. | | Slice 2048 | $7.00 per month | 1 core on fair-share CPU, 2048 MB memory, 40 GB SSD, unmetered bandwidth and 1 IPv4 address. | | Slice 4096 | $15.00 per month | 1 core with dedicated CPU usage, 4096 MB memory, 80 GB SSD, unmetered bandwidth and 1 IPv4 address. | | High-volume VPS | $30.00 per month and up | From 2 cores, 8 GB memory and 160 GB SSD at an unlimited 1000 Mbps; larger sizes are $45 and $60 a month. | Read from https://buyvm.net/kvm-dedicated-server-slices/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with BuyVM before buying. ## Key features - **KVM slices:** Virtual servers described as dedicated slices, running Linux, BSD or Windows with SSD storage and unmetered bandwidth. - **Block storage slabs:** Add-on block storage is sold from $1.25 a month for 256 GB of HDD and can be attached for backups, media or a self-built object store. - **Free DirectAdmin license:** A DirectAdmin control panel license comes with every service, alongside the Softaculous installer and Blesta billing panel as free software. - **Stallion control panel:** BuyVM's own panel is used to manage servers, and the site lists a wiki and a community Discord for help. - **DDoS protection:** Protection of 3500Gbps and more is sold as a paid add-on, along with managed database servers and nightly backups. - **Three locations:** Servers are offered in Las Vegas, New York and Luxembourg. ## Good for - Developers who want a very cheap self-managed VPS - Backups or media storage that pairs a small server with block storage - Users who want DirectAdmin included at no extra cost ## Worth knowing - The cheapest slice is billed yearly, and the others are billed monthly. - The Slice 512 to 2048 plans share CPU on a fair-share basis; only the 4096 slice lists dedicated CPU usage. - DDoS protection, managed databases and nightly backups are paid add-ons. - The shared hosting page linked from the product list returned a page-not-available message when read, so only VPS pricing is recorded. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. BuyVM sells KVM slices from $24 a year, with block storage and three locations. Slices are unmanaged and the cheaper ones share CPU, and DDoS protection, backups and managed databases cost extra. - **Value for money: A.** Slice 512 is $24 a year, or $2 a month, and Slice 1024 is $3.50 a month, both under the $5 cheaper-quarter start. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on the pages read, so you pay from day one. - **Features: C.** KVM slices, block storage, a free DirectAdmin license and a control panel. Only three locations, and backups and DDoS protection are add-ons. - **Ease of use: D.** Unmanaged servers you set up and secure yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web panel only, with no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from BuyVM's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among web hosts - BuyVM's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 29 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 19. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 105 of 122) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $2 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 7 of the 107 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** BuyVM sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. At $24 a year it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Databases, File management ## Alternatives - [RackNerd](https://toolgpa.com/tools/racknerd): Low-cost KVM VPS, shared hosting and dedicated servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buyvm-vs-racknerd) - [RamNode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ramnode): Hourly-billed OpenStack cloud VPS, NVMe and storage servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buyvm-vs-ramnode) - [Hetzner](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hetzner): German hosting: web hosting, cloud servers and dedicated servers. 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