Kamatera

Platform

Products

name: Kamatera Cloud Servers; category: self_service_root_virtual_machine; service model: KVM virtual machines configurable by CPU type, vCPU/core count, RAM, NVMe SSD storage, image, network and billing mode. Cloud Servers, Cloud VPS, VM Hosting and Virtual Dedicated Servers are overlapping presentations of this platform rather than four silently duplicated compute families.; billing: Customers can select monthly prepaid or hourly postpaid operation. The comparison offers use current monthly plans because they are directly published recurring charges and rank ahead of uncapped hourly estimates.; location scope: The live calculator currently exposes Toronto, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Amsterdam, Stockholm and eight United States cities in this directory's geographic universe. Asian, Australian, Israeli, Romanian and United Kingdom sites are outside the requested country scope., name: CPU Types A, B, T and D; category: cloud_server_cpu_allocation_modes; service model: Type A Availability uses a non-dedicated physical CPU thread with no guaranteed compute resources. Type B General Purpose reserves a physical CPU thread. Type T Burstable reserves a physical CPU thread but charges for sustained use above its stated average threshold. Type D assigns a dedicated physical core whose two hardware threads are exposed to the guest.; pricing reconciliation: The live calculator's component data and the current Type T FAQ do not agree on the minimum burstable charge: calculator components imply USD 4/month-equivalent for 1T/1 GiB/20 GB and hourly-only billing, while the FAQ states USD 0.0123/hour plus USD 0.041/hour/CPU above 10% average use. Type T is documented but intentionally has no ranked benchmark until Kamatera reconciles the two current publications.; limit reconciliation: The embedded live calculator offers as many as 40 Type D cores, while the CPU FAQ text says up to 32. The orderable calculator is recorded as current configuration evidence; the contradiction is retained rather than normalized away., name: Windows VPS; category: self_service_windows_server_virtual_machine; service model: The same KVM cloud platform with Windows Server licensing, Administrator access, RDP, selectable CPU/RAM/storage and the normal network controls. Current images include Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025 Standard and Datacenter editions.; benchmark boundary: The smallest current Windows Server 2022 Datacenter configuration allowed by the live data—1 Type A vCPU, 2 GiB RAM and 30 GB NVMe SSD—is recorded separately because its USD 19 license materially changes the recurring price., name: Windows Cloud Desktop; category: self_service_administrator_windows_desktop_virtual_machine; service model: Full Windows desktop VM with Administrator control and Remote Desktop access on the same configurable cloud-server platform. The live image catalog includes Windows 10 and Windows 11 Desktop.; benchmark boundary: The minimum live Windows 11 configuration—1 Type A vCPU, 2 GiB RAM and 30 GB NVMe SSD—is recorded because the desktop license differs materially from Windows Server and Linux., name: Managed Cloud Services; category: optional_managed_guest_operating_system_service; service model: A paid management layer for OS installation and updates, monitoring, security, troubleshooting, backup/restore work, firewall/network administration, DNS, databases and load balancing. Unmanaged service covers the physical, network and virtualization infrastructure while the customer owns guest OS, application, patch and security administration.; benchmark boundary: The live calculator currently adds USD 50/month for management. One minimum Type A Linux server plus this add-on is shown as a distinct managed benchmark; it does not imply that every listed VM includes guest administration., name: Application and control-panel images; category: preconfigured_vm_templates; service model: Current marketplace/calculator material exposes deployable application images including Nginx, LAMP, WordPress, Joomla, Directus, GitLab, databases, observability tools, VPN/firewall appliances, ERP and virtual-desktop workloads. Cloud-server material also names common administration panels such as cPanel, Plesk, CloudPanel, CyberPanel, Webmin, ISPConfig, Vesta and Cloudron.; integration boundary: A self-hosted GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes or registry image is guest software, not evidence of a native Git-provider account connection or managed external-container-registry integration.

Operating systems

linux server images: Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 9, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 8, Rocky Linux 9, Rocky Linux 10, Debian 11, Debian 12, Debian 13, CentOS Stream 9, CentOS Stream 10, Arch Linux, Alpine Linux, Gentoo 25.12, CloudLinux 8, FreeBSD 14.1, FreeBSD 14.2; windows server images: Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter, Windows Server 2019 Standard and Datacenter, Windows Server 2022 Standard and Datacenter, Windows Server 2025 Standard and Datacenter; desktop images: Windows 10 Desktop, Windows 11 Desktop, Ubuntu Desktop 22.04, Ubuntu Desktop 24.04, Debian Desktop 13, Fedora Desktop 43; custom media: Custom ISO deployment is available through support; customers remain responsible for compatibility and licenses for proprietary or BYOL systems.; catalog boundary: Versions are transcribed from the live pricing-page data checked on the snapshot date; image availability can vary by resource minimum and location.

Virtualization

virtualizer: KVM with full virtualization support; guest control: Linux root and Windows Administrator access are supported; browser console and RDP/SSH paths depend on the chosen image.; storage platform: Current infrastructure and calculator material identifies NVMe SSD cloud storage.; nested virtualization: Explicitly unsupported.

CPU isolation

type a availability: shared; a non-dedicated physical CPU thread with no guaranteed compute resources.; type b general purpose: guaranteed; a dedicated physical CPU thread with reserved resources, but not an exclusive physical core under this directory's strict dedicated-core definition.; type t burstable: guaranteed thread/reserved resources with a usage threshold and overage charge; no benchmark is ranked because current pricing sources conflict.; type d dedicated: dedicated; one exclusive physical CPU core exposes two hardware threads/logical vCPUs to the guest.; oversubscription ratio: not_found

Features

• App installation guest control: Full root or Administrator control permits compatible customer-installed software.; marketplace: Preconfigured application, database, monitoring, web-stack, control-panel, firewall/VPN and collaboration images can be selected during deployment.; automation: Server creation and lifecycle operations are exposed through the cloud console and API.; managed boundary: Optional managed service can install and maintain supported guest software; this is a separately billed responsibility layer.
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• Templates & images images: Current Linux, BSD, Windows Server, Windows Desktop, desktop Linux and application images are selectable in the live catalog.; custom media: Support can attach a custom ISO for customer-managed installation.; lifecycle: Servers can be cloned in the same or another data center and resized; console/API controls manage creation and deletion.; backup: Optional daily backup runs once per day with retention selectable up to 14 days. It is paid protection, not included in every benchmark.
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• Network orchestration control plane: Console and API manage cloud servers, public/private networking, addresses, VLAN attachment and scaling.; topology: Virtual Private Cloud, private VLANs, multiple network interfaces, dedicated public IPs and optional IPv6 are available. Moving an existing server between sites requires support coordination rather than a claimed live migration.; adjacent resources: Paid cloud firewall, cloud load balancer, block storage and managed operations can be attached around the VM.; transfer accounting: Monthly plans include 5 TB measured as combined inbound and outbound traffic in every in-scope region; a 50 Mbit/s unmetered option is subject to the published inbound-share condition. Hourly servers instead pay per GB after trial.
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• Firewall service: A deployable virtual cloud firewall can be placed in a Kamatera data center and connected to server NICs/VLANs; a single appliance can protect an entire customer cloud.; capabilities: Packet filtering, VPN use and provider-preconfigured or customer-selected virtual appliances are supported.; management: Kamatera specialists can configure and monitor the firewall under a separately purchased service; the raw VM price includes neither that appliance nor managed policy work.
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• Load balancer service: Separately billed virtual load balancers distribute HTTP, TCP or UDP traffic to Kamatera or external servers and can be resized through the console/API.; capabilities: Health checks, round robin, least connections, session persistence and SSL offload are published.; current sizes: The current product page lists Small USD 19/month, Medium USD 25, Large USD 64 and Extra Large USD 114; none is included in the VM benchmarks.
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• DNS management managed scope: Managed Cloud Services includes DNS setup and administration and support for third-party DNS, CDN and WAF services.; self service boundary: No current standalone self-service Kamatera authoritative-DNS product or public DNS price was found. Current how-to material otherwise directs customers to their registrar's DNS panel or teaches them to run DNS inside a guest.; benchmark boundary: Managed DNS work is not included in unmanaged VM benchmark prices.
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• Git integrations
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• Container registry
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