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Velstash vs VPS Snaps

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Velstash compared with VPS Snaps
DetailVelstash logo VelstashVPS Snaps logo VPS Snaps
What it doesManaged memcached hosting dramatically cheaper than major cloud providers Automated backups for servers, databases, Docker and Kubernetes to storage you own
StageNot given Not given
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree plan: €0 (100MB, time-limited one-week trial, no credit card required). Starter: €12/month (500MB). Basic: €30/month (2GB). Advanced: €50/month (4GB). Pro: €80/month (8GB). Business: €130/month (16GB). All paid plans billed by the minute with no long-term commitment. Prices exclude VAT. Free: 1 server, 1 backup job, daily backups, 1-day retention, 1 storage destination. Starter: $10/month (billed $120/year) for 5 servers, 3 backup jobs, 24-hour backups, 3-day retention, 1 storage destination. Standard: $30/month (billed $360/year) for 15 servers, 20 backup jobs, 12-hour backups, 14
Key features
  • Dedicated network-accessible cache instances with no cluster tuning required
  • Real-time dashboard with hit rate, memory usage, and connection monitoring
  • Read/write latency tracking with P50, P90, and P99 percentiles
  • Top keys and prefixes analytics with per-prefix statistics
  • Email alerts for memory usage and hit rate thresholds
  • Multiple scoped credentials with granular permissions per environment
  • TLS encryption support on separate port (11212)
  • Standard memcached protocol compatibility
  • Free egress traffic on all plans
  • 1MB maximum item size by default
  • VPS snapshots from eight cloud providers (DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, Linode, AWS EC2, AWS Lightsail, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure)
  • Docker volume backups with compose files and container inspect output
  • File and directory backups over SSH with exclude patterns
  • Kubernetes namespace manifests and CSI volume snapshots
  • WordPress site backups through official plugin with application detection
  • Scheduled backup jobs with configurable retention and pruning
  • Archives written to your own S3-compatible bucket or Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive
  • Backup failure and missed-run alerting on email, Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord
What makes it different
  • Roughly 30% cheaper than comparable GCP Memorystore instances
  • No credit card required for free 100MB trial
  • Minute-level billing with no long-term commitment
  • No node-hour billing or VPC setup complexity
  • Free egress with no surprise costs
  • Backups stored only in your own bucket or cloud storage, never in VPS Snaps infrastructure
  • Free plan with no credit card, no trial countdown, covering one server and one backup job forever
  • All credentials encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and decrypted only in memory at runtime
  • Multi-cloud provider support with OAuth connections and IP-allowlisting for security
  • Backup jobs schedule to your timezone and preserve timestamps across DST changes
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)18 +1 (up) since last check20 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)287
Citation Flow (Majestic)2122
Referring domains (Majestic)5058

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