So, what is the difference between VPS and VDS?
For years, the market has become accustomed to extremely cheap VPS services, often without realizing they were cheap because they were extremely oversold.
In practice, many of these services use overselling, meaning they sell more resources than physically exist on the server. This leads customers to see high numbers (CPU, RAM, etc.), but experience inconsistent performance, since those resources are not truly available at all times.
Recently, a new term has started gaining traction: VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server).
In practice, a VDS is simply a VPS with truly reserved resources, or at least with minimal overselling. This results in more stability, predictability, and real-world performance.
In other words: something we have already been delivering since 2013, when one of our main highlights was "no overselling".
What we have always done vs what the market used to do
| BH Servers (since 2013) | Traditional market (cheap VPS) |
|---|---|
| Truly reserved resources | Shared resources (overselling) |
| High and stable performance | Variable performance |
| Fewer clients per server | High density of clients per server |
| No artificially inflated specs | High numbers, but not guaranteed |
| Focus on consistency | Focus on low price |
This model has been validated in practice by thousands of clients over the years, consistently using their resources without unexpected performance issues.
A new market "rebranding": VDS
Recently, some providers have started offering plans with less overselling, using the term VDS.
But in doing so, one thing became clear: when resources become real, prices increase significantly.
For example, a plan from a well-known low-cost provider includes:
- 3 physical cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 180 GB NVMe
With a cost of €142.50 setup and €92.50/month, because there is no longer room for excessive sharing.
In other words, the market itself is now demonstrating the real cost of delivering consistent performance.
So why such a difference?
Because for years, the standard approach — which we never agreed with — was selling "theoretical" resources.
This allows for very low prices, but at the cost of unstable performance.
When switching to reserved resources (VDS), costs increase, and that is simply the real cost of delivering what is promised.
The key point
While the market is now adopting the concept of VDS, we have been operating this way for over a decade.
In the past, we even used terms like "semi-dedicated" to describe this model.
At the time, this was not well understood and often compared to low-cost VPS services.
Today, with the rise of the term VDS, this difference is finally becoming clear.
Summary
Cheap VPS: more numbers, less real guarantee.
VDS (as we have always delivered): no inflated promises, only real and consistent performance.
If your project requires stability and predictable performance, BH Servers has always worked this way. Following today’s terminology, you have always relied — and will continue to rely — on what is now called VDS.
Here, we do not work with overselling or unrealistic resources. You get exactly what you pay for, with consistent performance across all our high-performance plans.
