Aruba Cloud review

Pros and cons

Who it suits

• Developers placing workloads in Europe who need data residency in Italy, DE, FR, GB, PL or CZ.
• Teams running game servers, one of the listed use cases, that need 2 TB/month of traffic.
• Anyone comparing vps and bare metal on price and wants a low starting point of €1.99.

Who should look elsewhere

• Buyers who need hourly billing and stop after a few hours, since monthly is the only model listed.
• Teams outside Europe that need a wide global footprint, as regions are limited to IT, CZ and FR.
• Those wanting phone support, since help centre and chat lists only a help centre and chat.

Core features

The entry plan gives 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB storage at €1.99, billed on monthly terms. That plan carries 2 TB/month of included traffic, a generous starting allowance for small sites and services. Servers span vps and bare metal, so the same provider covers a first virtual machine and a dedicated box later. Operating systems listed for the VPS range cover Linux and Windows, and object and block storage are both offered, which keeps a small stack under one provider. Hosting spreads across 9 locations, with regions in Italy, CZ and FR. Compared with the site median entry price of €5.83, the starting figure sits in the cheaper part of the field, and it comes in under $2.50 and $5.34 for the same kind of entry tier.

Where and what you run

Plan sizes start at 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB storage, so the smallest footprint is a single core with a small amount of memory and disk. That is enough for a control panel, a build agent or a small database, and larger sizes sit above it on the same family. The vps and bare metal range means a team can move from virtual to dedicated hardware without changing suppliers. Footprint matters here: 9 locations keep traffic inside Europe, and the listed regions are IT, CZ and FR. Storage options span object and block, and the object service is S3-compatible, so existing tooling and buckets carry over. For anyone weighing cost, the entry figure of €1.99 sits against a site median of €5.83 and a top quartile of €11.52, so the starting point is competitive even for buyers who plan to grow.

How your data is kept safe

Compliance certifications listed include ISO 27001, ISO/IEC 27017 and ISO/IEC 27018. That set covers information security management, cloud security, privacy and data centre design standards, which matters for buyers handling customer records in Europe. DDoS protection is included at the network level, so a flood on a public IP does not have to be handled by the customer. The provider is headquartered in Italy and contracts through Aruba S.p.A., which keeps the contracting entity European. For regulated workloads, the combination of the listed certifications and included DDoS protection covers the questions buyers usually ask first, though buyers needing a specific licence should check their own requirements.

How Aruba Cloud compares

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Frequently asked questions

Sources

• aruba.it/en/about-us.aspx checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Founded

  “Founded in 1994, Aruba S.p.A. is one of Europe's primary providers of cloud services, data centers, web hosting, email services, domain registration services and PEC certified email.”

• arubacloud.com checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Compliance certifications, Server types, Storage types, Support channels

  “CISPE code compliant - Cloud Infrastructure Services Provider Europe ... Rating 4 ANSI/TIA-942-C ... ISO 22237 ... ISO 27001 ... ISO/IEC 27017 ... ISO/IEC 27018 ... ISO/IEC 27035”

• arubacloud.com/cloud-storage/cloud-object-storage checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Free egress, Free egress (GB), Price per GB per month, Regions, S3-compatible

  “Outgoing traffic: from 40 TB”

• arubacloud.com/pricing/public-cloud/aruba-managed-kubernetes checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Control plane price, Free control plane, HA control plane price, Node price from

  “K2A4 2 vCPUs 4 GB RAM 40 GB - EUR 0.026 + VAT / hour”

• arubacloud.com/pricing/public-cloud/cloud-object-storage checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Egress price per GB

  “Outgoing traffic 0.50 EUR + VAT every 10 GB”

• arubacloud.com/terms-and-conditions/supply-services-aruba... checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Headquarters, Legal entity

  “Aruba S.p.A., with registered office in Ponte San Pietro (BG), via San Clemente n. 53, tax code 04552920482, VAT number 01573850516”

• arubacloud.com/vps checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Bandwidth allowance, Billing models, Entry plan, Entry price, Operating systems, Use cases

  “Data transfer 2 TB/month”

• arubacloud.com/why-choose-aruba/datacenter checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: Locations, Regions

  “IT1 Italy Arezzo, IT2 Italy Arezzo, IT3 Italy Bergamo, IT4 Italy Rome, CZ1 Czech Republic Prague, FR1 France Paris, DE1 Germany Frankfurt, UK1 United Kingdom London, PL1 Poland Warsaw”

• arubacloud.com/why-choose-aruba/security checked September 26, 2026

  Backs: DDoS protection

  “Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection: A system is implemented that analyses incoming data, detecting abnormal traffic and, where possible, blocking potentially dangerous packages.”