VPS Provider Comparison

USD/mo · Oct 27, 2026
Level
Providers
Notes & sources

Levels: 1 is each provider's cheapest plan. Levels 2 to 5 show the cheapest plan with at least 2, 4, 8 or 16 GB of RAM. When a provider's smallest plan already exceeds a level, the same plan appears again.

Excluded: Fly.io and Railway (metered billing, no fixed specs). DigitalOcean Premium NVMe Droplets start at $7 (AMD) and $8 (Intel) for 1 GiB, but full specs were not confirmed, so they are not listed. DigitalOcean figures are Basic Regular (SSD) Droplets.

Hetzner prices are the USD new-order prices from its June 15, 2026 price adjustment, for EU locations, excluding VAT and IPv4. On Oct 27, 2026, Hetzner's site showed the CX and CAX plans as currently unavailable to order, so check stock first. Hostinger prices need a 24-month prepay. OVH prices assume 12 months paid upfront; confirm on the OVHcloud VPS page before ordering. Vultr blocks automated checks of its pricing page, so Vultr figures for levels 2 to 5 come from third-party price trackers.

Sources: Hetzner price adjustment and cloud pages, Akamai (Linode) CPU pricing, DigitalOcean Droplet pricing, Hostinger VPS, OVHcloud US VPS, plus third-party trackers for Vultr.

Insights · L1 Entry

Lowest price
$2.50
Vultr Regular Performance, but only 0.5 GB RAM.
Most RAM per dollar
4 GB
Hostinger KVM 1 and Hetzner CX23 at $6.49; OVH VPS-1 from $4.54 on prepay.
Watch the renewal
$11.99
Hostinger rises from $6.49 to $11.99. OVH renewal is reported near double.

Lowest price by level

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Data centers

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Plans

Cheapest plan per provider: tests, a static site or a small bot.

LevelProviderPrice (USD/mo)vCPU / RAM / StorageBandwidthNotes
L1Vultr
Regular Performance		 $2.50$3.50 IPv6-only is not cheaper 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB / 10 GBSSD0.5 TB
Cheapest SSD plan here. Too small for most agent workloads.
L1DigitalOcean
Basic Droplet		 $4.00$0.00595/hr 1 vCPU / 512 MiB / 10 GiBSSD500 GiB
Next step up is $6 for 1 GiB RAM / 25 GiB SSD / 1 TB.
L1OVHcloud
VPS-1		 from $4.5412-month prepay; month-to-month USD rate not confirmed 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GBNVMeUnlimited
Best specs for the price if you prepay. Daily backup and anti-DDoS included. Renewal is reported to be about double.
L1Linode (Akamai)
Nanode 1 GB		 $5.00 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GBSSD1 TB
Fixed monthly price, no intro rate. Overage $0.005/GB.
L1Vultr
High Performance (AMD / Intel)		 $6.00 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GBNVMe2 TB
32+ locations. High Frequency Intel is $6 with 32 GB NVMe and 1 TB.
L1Hetzner
CX23 (shared x86)		 $6.49CAX11 Arm: $6.99 · CX33 4 vCPU/8 GB: $9.99 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GBNVMe20 TB
Best CPU and RAM per dollar. CX23 is EU only (Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki). US and Singapore sites offer only AMD plans, from about $18 to $20. Stock is limited and prices rose in April and June 2026. Excludes VAT and IPv4.
L1Hostinger
KVM 1		 $6.4924-month prepay, renews at $11.99 1 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GBNVMe4 TB
Black Friday intro price. KVM 2 (2 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB / 8 TB) is $8.79, renews at $14.99. 10 locations. Month-to-month costs far more.
L2OVHcloud
VPS-1		 from $4.5412-month prepay 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GBNVMeUnlimited
Smallest OVH plan already has 4 GB.
L2Hetzner
CX23 (shared x86)		 $6.49excl. VAT 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GBNVMe20 TB
Smallest Hetzner x86 plan already has 4 GB. EU only.
L2Hostinger
KVM 1		 $6.4924-month prepay, renews at $11.99 1 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GBNVMe4 TB
Smallest Hostinger plan already has 4 GB.
L2Vultr
Regular Performance 2 GB		 $10.00 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 55 GBSSD2 TB
Previous-generation Intel CPUs.
L2Vultr
High Performance 2 GB		 $12.00 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 50 GBNVMe3 TB
Newer AMD or Intel CPUs. 2 vCPU / 2 GB is $18.
L2DigitalOcean
Basic Droplet 2 GiB		 $12.00$0.01786/hr 1 vCPU / 2 GiB / 50 GiBSSD2 TB
2 vCPU / 2 GiB / 60 GiB / 3 TB is $18.
L2Linode (Akamai)
Linode 2 GB		 $12.00 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 50 GBSSD2 TB
Same price as DigitalOcean and Vultr High Performance.
L3OVHcloud
VPS-1		 from $4.5412-month prepay 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GBNVMeUnlimited
Cheapest 4 GB here, with unlimited traffic at 500 Mbps.
L3Hetzner
CX23 (shared x86)		 $6.49excl. VAT 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GBNVMe20 TB
Cheapest 4 GB without a prepay. EU only.
L3Hostinger
KVM 1		 $6.4924-month prepay, renews at $11.99 1 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GBNVMe4 TB
Only 1 vCPU at this level.
L3Vultr
Regular Performance 4 GB		 $20.00 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GBSSD3 TB
L3Vultr
High Performance 4 GB		 $24.00 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 100 GBNVMe5 TB
Most transfer of the big-cloud 4 GB plans.
L3DigitalOcean
Basic Droplet 4 GiB		 $24.00$0.03571/hr 2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 80 GiBSSD4 TB
L3Linode (Akamai)
Linode 4 GB		 $24.00 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GBSSD4 TB
L4OVHcloud
VPS-2		 from $8.5012-month prepay 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 75 GBNVMeUnlimited
1 Gbps port.
L4Hostinger
KVM 2		 $8.7924-month prepay, renews at $14.99 2 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GBNVMe8 TB
Most storage per dollar at this level.
L4Hetzner
CX33 (shared x86)		 $9.99excl. VAT · CAX21 Arm: $12.49 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 80 GBNVMe20 TB
Cheapest 8 GB without a prepay. EU only.
L4Vultr
Regular Performance 8 GB		 $40.00 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GBSSD4 TB
L4Vultr
High Performance 8 GB		 $48.00 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 180 GBNVMe6 TB
L4DigitalOcean
Basic Droplet 8 GiB		 $48.00$0.07143/hr 4 vCPU / 8 GiB / 160 GiBSSD5 TB
L4Linode (Akamai)
Linode 8 GB		 $48.00 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GBSSD5 TB
L5Hostinger
KVM 4		 $12.9924-month prepay, renews at $28.99 4 vCPU / 16 GB / 200 GBNVMe16 TB
Cheapest 16 GB, but more than doubles at renewal.
L5Hetzner
CX43 (shared x86)		 $18.49excl. VAT · CAX31 Arm: $24.99 8 vCPU / 16 GB / 160 GBNVMe20 TB
Most vCPU per dollar at this level, with no prepay. EU only.
L5OVHcloud
VPS-4		 from $23.3712-month prepay 8 vCPU / 24 GB / 200 GBNVMeUnlimited
VPS-3 has only 12 GB ($12.32), so VPS-4 is the first OVH plan with 16 GB or more.
L5Vultr
Regular Performance 16 GB		 $80.00 6 vCPU / 16 GB / 320 GBSSD5 TB
Some trackers list 6 TB.
L5Vultr
High Performance 16 GB		 $96.00 8 vCPU / 16 GB / 350 GBNVMe8 TB
L5DigitalOcean
Basic Droplet 16 GiB		 $96.00$0.14286/hr 8 vCPU / 16 GiB / 320 GiBSSD6 TB
L5Linode (Akamai)
Linode 16 GB		 $96.00 6 vCPU / 16 GB / 320 GBSSD8 TB

Data centers

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