# VULTR-Chicago is the best VPS location / SoftLayer is the best CDN?

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**Created:** [9 Setembro , 2015 16:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vultr-chicago-is-the-best-vps-location-softlayer-is-the-best-cdn/33072 "2015-09-09T16:24:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [9 Setembro , 2015 22:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vultr-chicago-is-the-best-vps-location-softlayer-is-the-best-cdn/33072/3 "2015-09-09T22:03:04Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Pricing seems good, but I am not sure it’s fair to say these guys are as big / well-known / reliable as Amazon or Digital Ocean..
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> Basically save $4 per month, or $8 per month, over Digital Ocean with a fair bit more disk? (45gb / 90gb vs 30gb / 40gb)

They were definitely third to the party after Amazon and DO among the big boys (of the U.S.), but they are very large as well. Vultr and its parent, Choopa, have between [166,000 IPs](http://fixedorbit.com/AS/20/AS20473.htm) and [439,000 IPs](https://ipinfo.io/AS20473) under their control, depending on whom you ask.

And yeah, the Vultr pricing is based off a **20% discount to DO** , across the board, despite having many more node options (e.g., Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, Miami) to choose from. For example, the 16 GB RAM and 8 CPU plan is $128 at Vultr and $160 at DO, for a savings of $32. After that point, of course, maybe you’re better off going with a dedicated server or even colocating.

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