# Cloud Recommend

> Cloud Recommend is a static VPS recommendation tool. It ranks measured basic VPS and cloud VM shapes by workload, budget, stability, operations needs, and Cloud Bench performance using local browser-side logic and bundled JSON data. The dataset uses Cloud Bench benchmark data and ECB-based exchange rates.

Official website: [cloud-recommend.at](https://cloud-recommend.at/)

## Privacy

- No accounts
- No tracking
- No cookies
- No submitted answers
- Answers are processed in the visitor's browser tab
- Share links are created only when the visitor uses Copy link
- Opened share-link URLs can appear in browser history, referrers, and server logs

## Methodology

- Ranks measured VPS and cloud VM shapes using Cloud Bench benchmark data, provider catalogs, public prices, resource requirements, region, architecture, stability, and operations-fit scoring.
- The bundled dataset is static and can be checked against provider pages before a server is ordered.

## Data

- Cloud Bench benchmark data
- Provider catalog and public pricing data
- ECB-based exchange rates through the Frankfurter API

## Questions answered

- Which VPS fits a small website or app?
- Which low-cost European VPS plans are worth comparing?
- Which Hetzner alternatives fit similar workloads?
- Which result is cheap, fast, stable, or easier to operate?

## License

- Site content and recommendation logic are published as part of the webhosting deployment.
- Provider names and benchmark sources remain owned by their respective owners.

## Public pages

- [App](https://cloud-recommend.at/)
- [Legal notice and privacy](https://cloud-recommend.at/privacy-imprint/)