Founded in 2014, Vultr is a US cloud computing provider and a brand of Constant. Vultr offers data centers in 27 regions, one of the larger regional selections among cloud providers, and BGP support for distributing traffic to nearby locations for global deployments.
Vultr offers new users $100 in trial credit after registration to try its services.
Vultr has locations in Singapore, Tokyo in Japan, and Seoul in South Korea. You can use Vultr’s official Looking Glass to test connectivity and choose a location. You can ping the following hostnames:
- Singapore: sgp-ping.vultr.com
- Tokyo, Japan: hnd-jp-ping.vultr.com
- Seoul, South Korea: sel-kor-ping.vultr.com
Vultr supports PayPal and other payment methods for account funding.
Vultr instances are billed hourly on a pay-as-you-go basis, and billing stops when an instance is destroyed. Windows support has also been added, so you can purchase a server with Windows preinstalled.
$100 credit for new users
New users can receive $100 in trial credit after registration to try the platform’s services.
View the Vultr new-user offer
After following the link, users can register through the form in the center of the page or at the top right.
After registering and signing in, new users need to make an initial deposit to claim the $100 trial credit to prevent abusive registrations.
Open “Billing” in the left-hand console menu to fund your account. You can use PayPal or another available payment method.
After funding, you can see your deposit and promotional credit under “History”. The credit is valid for 14 days. You can then buy products from “Products” in the left-hand menu.
