Cherry Servers vs SSD Nodes: Which Is Better?
We track Cherry Servers and SSD Nodes prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
About Cherry ServersCherry Servers is a Lithuanian bare metal cloud provider since 2014. API-driven dedicated servers + NVIDIA GPU for AI. Own DC in Vilnius.
About SSD NodesSSD Nodes is a budget-focused VPS provider founded in 2011 and headquartered in Tustin, California. It rents capacity from the Hivelocity data center network and runs its own Vippy virtualization stack, which lets it offer KVM plans with 8 GB RAM and up from just $5.50/mo on 3-year terms. The company is deliberately VPS-only and covers 14 locations across the US, Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Cherry Servers | SSD Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $3.48 | $3.25 win |
| Renewal price | — | — |
| Datacenters | 1 | 14 win |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Backups | — | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | — | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.05% | 99.20% win |
Price History
Cherry Servers · Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2)Collecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
SSD Nodes · SSL CertificateCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Cherry Servers 99.05% SSD Nodes 99.20%Pros & Cons
Cherry Servers- API-driven bare metal cloud
- NVIDIA GPU: A100, H100
- European data sovereignty
- Hourly billing
- 24/7 on-site support
- Competitive pricing
- Single data center
- No VPS or managed services
- Small team
- Limited payment methods
- No ISO/SOC certifications
SSD Nodes- Rock-bottom VPS pricing — KVM / SMALL from $5.50/mo on a 3-year term
- NVMe storage on 4X-LARGE and up (720 GB – 1.92 TB) at prices far below the market
- 14 locations across the US, Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific (Hivelocity network)
- Free IPv6, 10 Gbps ports and full root access on every plan
- No bandwidth overage fees — soft caps with upgrade recommendations
- 14-day money-back guarantee with 24/7 support
- Best prices require 3-year prepayment — monthly billing costs ~25% more
- VPS only — no dedicated servers, cloud, or managed hosting
- Entry tiers still run SATA SSDs — NVMe starts at the 4X-LARGE tier
- Aging Intel Silver CPUs — no AMD EPYC/Ryzen or newer Xeon options
- Bandwidth capped at 4–48 TB/mo — no unmetered plans
- No phone or live-chat support — tickets and email only
The Verdict
On the data we track, SSD Nodes wins more rows in the comparison table above (3 vs 0). That said, the right pick depends on which rows matter most for your use case — price, uptime, datacenters or backups.
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FAQ
Right now Cherry Servers has the lower entry price across the plans we track. Prices update every few hours — the live snapshot above always shows the current starting price for both.
Over the last 30 days of our monitoring, SSD Nodes had the higher measured uptime. We ping both providers every few minutes from multiple locations — see the uptime graph above.
Yes. Both run standard KVM virtualization, so you can snapshot your server, export the image, and import it on the other provider. For most stacks a fresh deploy plus a data copy is simpler.
It depends on your priority: pick the one that wins on the rows that matter most to you in the table above (price, uptime, datacenters, backups). For latency-sensitive apps favour uptime and network; for value favour price and specs.