CLAWCLOUD US West (California) Intel Xeon Platinum Cheap Cloud VPS Test and Review
We recently tested CLAWCLOUD‘s budget-friendly $3/month VPS, located in California. This server uses an Intel Xeon Platinum processor, and it comes with 1GB of RAM, a 20GB SSD, a 200 Mbps internet connection, and 500GB of monthly data transfer. It also includes both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. We wanted to see how this low-cost option stacks up in real-world conditions.
About CLAWCLOUD
ClawCloud is a cutting-edge hosting provider specializing in high-performance, low-cost Virtual Private Servers (VPS). ClawCloud offers a robust and reliable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution built on KVM virtualization technology and high-availability SSD storage arrays. Their VPS products come with dedicated CPU, memory, and storage, ensuring no resource contention and optimal performance for developers and businesses.
ClawCloud supports multiple Linux distributions and will soon offer Windows systems and application images, providing flexibility and scalability for various use cases. Whether you’re building development environments, personal blogs, online forums, small e-commerce websites, or personal learning and testing environments, ClawCloud has you covered.
One of ClawCloud’s standout features is its commitment to stability and reliability. With service availability of 99.975% and data reliability of 99.9999999%, users can trust that their applications and data are in safe hands. Additionally, ClawCloud offers free basic DDoS protection to safeguard against malicious attacks.
Pricing
1. Cloud VPS Products
| vCPU | RAM | Storage | Transfer | Bandwidth | Public IP | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU | 1 GiB | 20 GiB | 500 GB | 200 Mbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $3/mo |
| 2 vCPUs | 4 GiB | 60 GiB | 1 TB | 200 Mbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $8/mo |
| 4 vCPUs | 8 GiB | 100 GiB | 2 TB | 200 Mbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $18/mo |
| 8 vCPUs | 16 GiB | 240 GiB | 4 TB | 200 Mbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $38/mo |
2. Cloud VDS Products
| vCPU | RAM | Storage | Transfer | Bandwidth | Public IP | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPUs | 8 GiB | 100 GiB | 2 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $14/mo |
| 4 vCPUs | 16 GiB | 200 GiB | 4 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $30/mo |
| 8 vCPUs | 32 GiB | 360 GiB | 6 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $54/mo |
| 16 vCPUs | 64 GiB | 480 GiB | 10 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $102/mo |
| 32 vCPUs | 128 GiB | 960 GiB | 15 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $204/mo |
| 64 vCPUs | 256 GiB | 1200 GiB | 20 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $386/mo |
3. Cloud Windows Products
| vCPU | RAM | Storage | Transfer | Bandwidth | Public IP | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPUs | 4 GiB | 8 GiB | 1 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $16/mo |
| 2 vCPUs | 8 GiB | 120 GiB | 2 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $20/mo |
| 4 vCPUs | 8 GiB | 160 GiB | 3 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $28/mo |
| 4 vCPUs | 16 GiB | 240 GiB | 4 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $36/mo |
| 8 vCPUs | 16 GiB | 300 GiB | 5 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $48/mo |
| 8 vCPUs | 32 GiB | 400 GiB | 6 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $66/mo |
4. China Optimized Products
| vCPU | RAM | Storage | Transfer | Bandwidth | Public IP | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPUs | 1 GiB | 40 GiB | 1 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $6/mo |
| 2 Dedicated vCPUs | 2 GiB | 40 GiB | 1 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $10/mo |
| 2 Dedicated vCPUs | 4 GiB | 80 GiB | 1 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $14/mo |
| 2 Dedicated vCPUs | 8 GiB | 100 GiB | 2 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $20/mo |
| 4 Dedicated vCPUs | 8 GiB | 200 GiB | 2 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $30/mo |
| 4 Dedicated vCPUs | 16 GiB | 400 GiB | 2 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $56/mo |
| 8 Dedicated vCPUs | 16 GiB | 600 GiB | 4 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $80/mo |
| 2 Dedicated vCPUs | 4 GiB | 60 GiB | 1 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $20/mo |
| 4 Dedicated vCPUs | 8 GiB | 100 GiB | 4 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $48/mo |
| 8 Dedicated vCPUs | 16 GiB | 400 GiB | 6 TB | 1 Gbps | 1 IPv4 / 1 IPv6 | $110/mo |
Official Website: https://CLAW.CLOUD
Coupon
Cloud VPS 1GB
1 vCPU
1 GB RAM
20 GB Storage
500 GB Transfer @ 200Mbps
After Discount: $12.6/year $36/year
Promo code: W8A0EKAA41 (Lifetime recurring discount)
Locations: Asia (Hong Kong / Japan / Singapore), Europe (Frankfurt / UK ), US (North Virginia / North California)
Purchase Link: https://claw.cloud/link.php?id=118
Cloud VPS 2GB
2 vCPUs
2 GB RAM
40 GB Storage
1 TB Transfer @ 200Mbps
After Discount: $25.2/year $72/year
Promo code: L204UYZHE7 (Lifetime recurring discount)
Locations: Asia (Hong Kong / Japan / Singapore), Europe (Frankfurt / UK ), US (North Virginia / North California)
Purchase Link: https://claw.cloud/link.php?id=119
Cloud VPS 8GB
4 vCPUs
8 GB RAM
80 GB Storage
2 TB Transfer @ 200Mbps
After Discount: $67.2/year $192/year
Promo code: PKA7FOY4G7 (Lifetime recurring discount)
Locations: Asia (Hong Kong / Japan / Singapore), Europe (Frankfurt / UK ), US (North Virginia / North California)
Purchase Link: https://claw.cloud/link.php?id=120
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Basic Information
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum
CPU Numbers : 1
CPU Frequency : 2500.002 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 64.00 KB / L2: 1.00 MB / L3: 33.00 MB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✘ Disabled
RAM : 210.43 MiB / 929.51 MiB
Swap : [ no swap partition or swap file detected ]
Disk Space : 1.33 GiB / 24.44 GiB
Boot Disk : /dev/vda1
Uptime : 2 days, 19 hour 32 min
Loads : 0.44, 0.11, 0.04
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 5.10.0-33-cloud-amd64
TCP Acceleration : bbr
VM Type : KVM
NAT Type : Full Cone
IPV4 ASN : AS45102 Alibaba (US) Technology Co., Ltd.
IPV4 Location : San Jose / California / US
GB6 Benchmark
Geekbench 6 test failed and low memory was detected. Add at least 1GB of SWAP or use GB4 instead (higher compatibility with low memory systems).
YABS completed in 3 min 38 secGeekbench 5 test failed and low memory was detected. Add at least 1GB of SWAP or use GB4 instead (higher compatibility with low memory systems).
YABS completed in 1 min 9 sec
Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 2705
Multi Core | 2666
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/18528491
YABS completed in 3 min 41 sec
RAM Read/Write Tests
----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 3079.26 MB/s
Single Write Test: 2967.50 MB/s
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: read
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 62755408 (6273942.87 per second)
61284.58 MiB transferred (6126.90 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0001s
total number of events: 62755408
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 9.47
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3265.00
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 62755408.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.2650/0.00
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: write
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 47425688 (4741610.06 per second)
46314.15 MiB transferred (4630.48 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0001s
total number of events: 47425688
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 13.56
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 4862.47
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 47425688.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 4.8625/0.00
Disk Read/Write Tests
------------------------Disk-dd-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
-> Disk test in progress (4K Block/1M Block, Direct Mode)
Block Size Write Test Read Test
100MB-4K Block 28.7 MB/s (7010 IOPS, 3.65s) 46.1 MB/s (11263 IOPS, 2.27s)
1GB-1M Block 232 MB/s (221 IOPS, 4.52s) 209 MB/s (199 IOPS, 5.02s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 20.67 MB/s (5.1k) | 96.25 MB/s (1.5k)
Write | 20.68 MB/s (5.1k) | 96.75 MB/s (1.5k)
Total | 41.35 MB/s (10.3k) | 193.00 MB/s (3.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 92.14 MB/s (179) | 91.65 MB/s (89)
Write | 97.04 MB/s (189) | 97.75 MB/s (95)
Total | 189.18 MB/s (368) | 189.41 MB/s (184)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 204 Mbits/sec | 210 Mbits/sec | 134 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 206 Mbits/sec | 204 Mbits/sec | 142 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 189 Mbits/sec | 196 Mbits/sec | 238 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 193 Mbits/sec | 170 Mbits/sec | 224 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 226 Mbits/sec | 220 Mbits/sec | 13.4 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 217 Mbits/sec | 212 Mbits/sec | 64.1 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 196 Mbits/sec | 201 Mbits/sec | 183 ms UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Mon Feb 17 2025 06:01:29 - 06:29:36
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 39592459.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6058.1 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3676.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 445172.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 148058.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 786603.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 835727.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 179722.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 11040.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4939.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 670.2 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 482672.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 39592459.9 3392.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6058.1 1101.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 3676.5 855.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 445172.0 1124.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 148058.0 894.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 786603.4 1356.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 835727.1 671.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 179722.9 449.3
Process Creation 126.0 11040.2 876.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4939.3 1164.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 670.2 1117.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 482672.4 321.8
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 941.1
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Error: )
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: US)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: US)
OneTrust Region: US [California]
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Bing Region: US
Apple Region: US
YouTube CDN: Failed (Network Connection)
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: Yes (Region: USA)
Claude: Yes
Wikipedia Editability: No
Google Play Store: United States
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: USD
---Forum---
Reddit: No
=======================================
IP Quality Detection
Data for reference only, does not represent 100% accurate, if and the actual situation is not consistent with the manual query multiple database comparison
The following is the number of each database, the output will come with the corresponding number of the database source
ipinfo databases [0] | scamalytics databases [1] | virustotal databases [2] | abuseipdb databases [3] | ip2location databases [4]
ip-api databases [5] | ipwhois databases [6] | ipregistry databases [7] | ipdata databases [8] | db-ip databases [9]
ipapiis databases [A] | ipapicom databases [B] | bigdatacloud databases [C] | cheervision databases [D] | ipqualityscore databases [E]
IPV4:
Security Score:
Reputation: 0 [2]
TrustScore: 0 [8]
VpnScore: 100 [8]
ProxyScore: 100 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 100 [8]
FraudScore: 17 [1] 93 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0012 (Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0091 (Elevated) [A]
ThreatLevel: low [9 B]
Blacklist_Records_Statistics(how many blacklisted websites have records):
HarmlessnessRecords: 0 [2] MaliciousRecords: 0 [2] SuspiciousRecords: 0 [2] NoRecords: 94 [2]
Security Info:
UsageType: hosting - high probability [C] hosting [0 7 9 A] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3] business [8]
CompanyType: business [A] hosting [0 7]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7 D]
IsDatacenter: Yes [0 1 5 6 A] No [8 C]
IsMobile: No [5 A C] Yes [E]
IsProxy: No [0 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D] Yes [E]
IsVpn: No [0 1 6 7 C D] Yes [A E]
IsTor: No [0 1 3 6 7 8 A B C D E]
IsTorExit: No [1 7 D]
IsCrawler: No [9 A B E]
IsAnonymous: No [1 6 7 8 D]
IsAttacker: No [7 8 D]
IsAbuser: Yes [E] No [7 8 A C D]
IsThreat: No [7 8 C D]
IsRelay: No [0 7 8 C D]
IsBogon: No [7 8 A C D]
IsBot: No [E]
DNS-BlackList: 313(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 4(Blacklisted) 18(Other)
Google search feasibility: NO
Email Port Detection
Platform SMTP SMTPS POP3 POP3S IMAP IMAPS
LocalPort ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
QQ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
163 ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sohu ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yandex ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Gmail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Outlook ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Office365 ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yahoo ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MailCOM ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
MailRU ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
AOL ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
GMX ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sina ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Apple ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
FastMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ProtonMail✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MXRoute ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Namecrane ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
XYAMail ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ZohoMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Inbox_eu ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘
Free_fr ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ Looking Glass
● 47.79.18.247 – 240b:4001:278:8402::ffff – https://lg.cn-hongkong-intl.claw.cloud/ – Hong Kong, China
● 47.79.32.210 – 240b:4009:25a:1801::ffff – https://lg.ap-northeast-1-intl.claw.cloud/ – Tokyo, Japan
● 47.79.122.185 – 240b:4000:93:de01::ffff – https://lg.ap-southeast-1-intl.claw.cloud/ – Singapore
● 8.209.70.255 – 240b:4005:13c:2a00:ffff:: – https://lg.eu-central-1.claw.cloud/ – Frankfurt, Germany
● 47.253.157.212 – 240b:4002:131:bc00:ffff:: – https://lg.us-east-1.claw.cloud/ – N.Virginia, USA
● 47.251.75.195 – 240b:4004:108:7f00:ffff:: – https://lg.us-west-1.claw.cloud/ – N.California, USA
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 47.254.29.110, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 47.254.29.110 – APNIC /18 AS45102 ALIBABA-CN-NET – United States, California [hosting]
CloudFlare Internet Tests
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Conclusion
Our initial tests focused on the basics. We confirmed the server runs Debian 11 and uses KVM virtualization. The server showed good uptime, and the system load was low, indicating it wasn’t under heavy stress. We also verified that AES-NI encryption is enabled, which is good for the security and performance of encrypted connections. However, virtualization extensions (VM-x/AMD-V) are disabled, which could limit the ability to run certain types of virtual machines within this VPS.
Next, we moved on to performance benchmarks. Unfortunately, the 1GB of RAM proved to be a bottleneck. Geekbench 6 and Geekbench 5 tests failed due to insufficient memory. Geekbench 4 did run, giving a single-core score of 2705 and a multi-core score of 2666. These scores are modest, as expected for a single-core, low-RAM configuration. RAM read/write speeds were decent, clocking in around 3079 MB/s for reads and 2967 MB/s for writes.
Disk I/O performance was a mixed bag. While the 1GB block size dd test showed respectable speeds (232 MB/s write, 209 MB/s read), the 4K block size tests, which are more representative of real-world server workloads, were significantly slower (around 20-28 MB/s). The Fio tests confirmed this, showing lower IOPS for smaller block sizes. Network speed tests using iperf3 were good, consistently hitting the advertised 200 Mbps limit across various global locations. The server also showed good streaming service compatibility, unlocking US-based content for Netflix, YouTube Premium, and Amazon Prime Video.
Finally, IP quality checks revealed the IP address is flagged as belonging to a hosting provider, which is expected. Some databases also flagged it as a potential VPN/proxy, and it had a high fraud score on a couple of databases, which could be a concern for some applications. Email port tests showed that while the server itself can connect to common email ports, many popular email providers block connections from the server’s IP, likely due to its hosting provider status.
The CLAWCLOUD $3 VPS offers basic functionality at a very low price. While its limited RAM restricts benchmark performance and may impact resource-intensive applications, it delivers acceptable network speeds and decent disk speeds for larger file transfers. It’s best suited for lightweight tasks like hosting a small website, a personal blog, or a simple development environment, where high performance isn’t the top priority. If you need to run memory-intensive applications or require a pristine IP reputation, you’ll likely need to consider a higher-tier plan.
Official Website: https://CLAW.CLOUD
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