FirstVDS review: KVM VPS in Moscow, Almaty and Amsterdam

What FirstVDS offers

FirstVDS is operated by JSC IOT (АО «ИОТ») and says it has been in the VDS market since 2002. Its servers use KVM virtualization, and the line-up is:

• Ready plans (Прогрев, Старт, Разгон, Отрыв, Улёт): fixed configurations that launch in about two minutes, in Moscow, Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Amsterdam.
• VDS Forsazh and CPU.Turbo: your own CPU, RAM and disk mix; CPU.Turbo runs at up to 5.7 GHz and targets Bitrix and heavy front-ends.
• VDS Atlant: fault-tolerant servers on a Ceph NVMe cluster with three data copies, up to 192 cores, 768 GB RAM and 8 TB, from 1,829 RUB per month, with free daily auto-backups.
• VDS Storage (up to 5,000 GB HDD or NVMe), GPU and vGPU servers (NVIDIA L40S, L4, RTX 4090 and RTX 5090) and Windows servers.
• Extras: S3 object storage, domains (.ru 450 RUB), SSL, DDoS-Guard filtering, server administration and ispmanager licences.

Every VDS includes one dedicated IP, a free month of ispmanager 6 lite, your choice of OS and full SSH access.

Who FirstVDS is for

• Site owners in Russia and Kazakhstan who want a server close to their visitors, billed in rubles.
• Bitrix and PHP projects: the CPU.Turbo line and Bitrix environment templates are built for them.
• Developers and small teams running bots, n8n, GitLab or Docker; the order form has one-click templates for these.
• AI and video workloads that need a GPU by the month.

The site is Russian-only. For a European-registered alternative with English pages see the FirstByte review; for servers in Kazakhstan compare the Hoster.kz review. More providers: our hosting category.

FirstVDS pricing (October 2026, RUB per month)

The price changes with disk type and size. Moscow plans use up to 1 Gbit/s (Прогрев: 100 Mbit/s), Amsterdam up to 200 Mbit/s and Almaty 100 Mbit/s.

Paid extras: Windows at 1,020 RUB per core per month (not in Almaty, Amsterdam, Storage or Прогрев), ispmanager 6 lite at 399 RUB, an extra IPv4 at 180 RUB, DDoS protection from 250 RUB.

Discounts. Via our link you get 25% off the first month of your first server. FirstVDS also offers up to 25% off for a review, a loyalty discount after five years, and for customers moving from another host 40% off the first month or three free months on a yearly prepayment.

Why choose FirstVDS

Prices are low for Moscow servers, and one account covers everything from a 299-ruble VPS to a GPU or fault-tolerant Atlant server. Billing is daily, so you pay only for days used and can resize later. Support works 24/7 in three tiers, with a free Russian phone line, and the knowledge base has over 350 articles.

Good to know: billing, refunds and rules

• Payment is in rubles from a prepaid balance, charged daily; services stop when it runs out.
• Idle accounts: if you neither top up nor use services for a calendar month, the offer charges a 2,000 RUB monthly fee from the remaining balance until it reaches zero. Close the account or request a refund instead of leaving money on it.
• Refunds of unused balance need an original written application with identity documents and go back the way you paid; no cash.
• Identity: FirstVDS may request documents to identify customers, as Russian rules for hosting providers require.
• Trial: a test server is available only by arrangement with the sales team.
• Network: the site warns that traffic filtering by Russian regulators can affect HTTPS, SSH and RDP connections.