Server hosting
Vultr privacy rating
US cloud provider of virtual machines, bare metal servers and GPUs in many locations worldwide.
Summary
Vultr scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the server hosting criteria. It meets 4 of 12 criteria: TLS configuration, Reverse DNS, IPv6 and anonymous payment. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit and mail-friendly (port 25). It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C+.
Score 38 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy policy lists Google Analytics and third-party targeting cookies.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Information is shared with third-party advertising partners for targeted advertising.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audit documents are only available to customers in the control panel.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Partial
Mail-friendly (port 25) Weight 1 of 3
Is outbound port 25 open by default, or opened on request?
Port 25 is blocked by default, and unblocking is reviewed case by case on request.
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Yes
Reverse DNS Weight 1 of 3
Can reverse DNS (PTR) records be set for IPv4 and IPv6?
Reverse DNS for IPv4 and IPv6 is set in the Vultr Console.
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Yes
Anonymous payment Weight 1 of 3
Can servers be paid for with cryptocurrency or without identity checks?
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are accepted through BitPay.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C+ (60/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.
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