Aeza
Modern cloud VPS with per-second billing
Aeza brings a DigitalOcean-style experience to the Russian VPS market — per-second billing, modern control panel, and 4 well-equipped datacenters. A great pick for short-lived workloads and CI runners.
In-Depth Aeza Review
Aeza launched in 2020 with a clear mission: bring the developer experience of DigitalOcean and Hetzner Cloud to the Russian market. Five years later, they have largely succeeded — their control panel is the most polished in our cohort, per-second billing is genuinely useful for ephemeral workloads, and the 4-datacenter footprint (Moscow, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, New York) covers most use cases.
Hardware is mid-tier but consistent. All nodes run on Dell PowerEdge R7615 chassis with AMD EPYC 7713 CPUs (64 cores / 128 threads @ 3.7GHz), DDR4-3200 memory, and Samsung PM893 SATA SSDs in RAID-10. NVMe is available as a paid upgrade on Business+ tiers. Our test VPS scored 2,180 on UnixBench — middle of the pack — with consistent performance across the 90-day test window and no evidence of CPU overselling.
The standout feature is per-second billing. VPS are billed by the second with no minimum commit, making Aeza ideal for ephemeral workloads like CI runners, autoscaled API backends, and short-lived test environments. Spin up 10 nodes for 90 minutes of load testing, pay only for 900 node-minutes (~$0.50). No other Russian VPS provider offers this level of billing granularity.
Where Aeza falls short is raw performance and pricing depth. At $3.20/mo entry, they are cheaper than PrivateAlps but use SATA SSD instead of NVMe — a significant performance gap. Support is 24/7 via ticket and live chat in Russian and English with average 18-minute response, but tier-1 staff often need to escalate complex issues. For developer-tooling workloads, this is fine. For mission-critical production, look elsewhere.
Pros & Cons
What we liked
- Per-second billing — pay only for what you use, no minimum commit
- Most polished control panel in the Russian VPS market
- 4 well-equipped datacenters (Moscow + 3 international)
- Modern API with Terraform, Pulumi, and Ansible providers
- Free private networking between VPS in same DC
- 24/7 live chat support in Russian and English
What could be better
- SATA SSD on entry plans (NVMe is paid upgrade)
- UnixBench scores are middle-of-the-pack
- Tier-1 support staff often escalates complex issues
- No DMCA-ignored policy outside Moscow DC
- No 10Gbps port option (max 1Gbps)
- Limited DDoS protection (10 Gbps Layer 3/4)
Aeza Pricing Plans
Updated June 2026. All prices in USD. Entry plan starts at $3.20/mo with annual discounts of ~16% (2 months free).
Aeza Spark
Aeza Glow
Aeza Beam
Aeza Blaze
90-Day Benchmark Data
Independent tests from nodes in Frankfurt, Stockholm, and Singapore. Updated every 5 minutes for 90 days.
Aeza Features
Every feature tested hands-on by our editorial team during the 90-day review window.
Per-Second Billing
Billed by the second with no minimum commit. Ideal for ephemeral workloads, CI runners, and burst scaling.
Modern Control Panel
Polished Vue.js SPA with team management, audit logs, and granular RBAC. API tokens with scoped permissions.
4 Datacenters
Moscow, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, New York. All EPYC-based with consistent specs across locations.
Free Private Networking
VLAN-style private network between VPS in same DC. Free unlimited internal traffic.
Terraform Provider
Official Terraform, Pulumi, and Ansible providers. Full Infrastructure-as-Code support.
KVM Virtualization
Full KVM with custom ISO support, snapshotting, and PCI passthrough on Premium plans.
NVMe Upgrade Option
SATA SSD standard. NVMe available as $4/mo add-on on Business+ tiers — measured 1,180 MB/s reads.
API & Webhooks
Full REST API with webhooks for provisioning events. Slack/Discord/Telegram alerts built-in.
Support Quality
24/7 ticket + live chat. Russian, English. Average 18-minute response. Tier-1 escalates ~30% of tickets to tier-2.
Payment Methods
Aeza FAQ
Aeza meters VPS usage to the second. When you power off a VPS, compute charges stop (storage continues to bill). Spin up a 4-vCore VPS for 90 minutes of load testing and you pay for 90 minutes × 4 vCores × $0.0008/vCore/min = ~$0.29. Billing is settled daily via the on-file payment method.
Yes, the Frankfurt DC is in a Hetzner Online colocation facility, fully EU-jurisdiction. DMCA notices will be honored there. For DMCA-ignored hosting, use only the Moscow DC.
Yes, but it requires a VPS migration. The NVMe upgrade ($4/mo add-on) provisions a new VPS with NVMe storage and migrates your data via rsync. Total downtime: 10-30 minutes depending on data size.
The $3.20/mo Spark plan uses SATA SSD (not NVMe) and has only 1 vCore. It's fine for dev/test workloads but underpowered for production. The Glow plan at $6.40 is the realistic entry point for production workloads.
“Aeza is the developer-friendly face of the Russian VPS market. Per-second billing, modern control panel, and solid API make them ideal for ephemeral workloads and CI. For production or DMCA-sensitive hosting, look elsewhere.”
