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| $/GB RAM ▲ | Plan | Type | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Bandwidth | $/mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBEST VALUE | Oracle Cloud Always Free | Managed | 2 | 12 GB | 200GBNVMe | 10 TB egress | $0 | Visit → |
| $0.605 | HostHatch | Unmanaged | 2 | 4 GB | 50GBNVMe | Unmetered | $2.42 | Visit → |
| $0.75 | Contabo | Unmanaged | 4 | 8 GB | 75GB SSD | Unlimited | $6 | Visit → |
| $1.09 | Netcup | Unmanaged | 2 | 4 GB | 128GBNVMe | Unlimited | $4.35 | Visit → |
| $1.23 | Hetzner | Unmanaged | 2 | 4 GB | 40GBNVMe | 20 TB | $4.9 | Visit → |
| $1.35 | Tencent Cloud CVM | Managed | 4 | 8 GB | 100GBNVMe | 500 GB-1 TB | $10.8 | Visit → |
| $1.5 | PulseHeberg | Unmanaged | 2 | 4 GB | 80GBNVMe | Unlimited | $5.99 | Visit → |
| $1.5 | RackNerd | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 21GBNVMe | 1.5 TB | $1.5 | Visit → |
| $1.5 | IONOS VPS | Unmanaged | 2 | 4 GB | 160GBNVMe | Unlimited | $6 | Visit → |
| $1.87 | SiteGround Grow | Managed | 4 | 8 GB | 100GBNVMe | Unlimited | $14.99 | Visit → |
| $2 | Servarica | Unmanaged | 2 | 2 GB | 60GBNVMe | Unlimited | $4 | Visit → |
| $2 | Exoscale | Unmanaged | 2 | 4 GB | 80GBNVMe | Unlimited | $8 | Visit → |
| $2.17 | Time4VPS | Unmanaged | 1 | 2 GB | 20GBNVMe | 2 TB | $4.35 | Visit → |
| $2.44 | Namecheap VPS | Unmanaged | 2 | 2 GB | 40GBNVMe | 1000 GB | $4.88 | Visit → |
| $2.5 | Hostinger VPS | Unmanaged | 1 | 2 GB | 40GBNVMe | 1 TB | $4.99 | Visit → |
| $2.5 | Latency.at | Unmanaged | 2 | 2 GB | 40GBNVMe | Unlimited | $4.99 | Visit → |
| $2.73 | GreenCloud | Unmanaged | 1 | 2 GB | 30GBNVMe | Unmetered | $5.45 | Visit → |
| $2.75 | SSD Nodes | Unmanaged | 1 | 2 GB | 40GBNVMe | 2 TB | $5.5 | Visit → |
| $2.99 | A2 Hosting | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 25GBNVMe | 500 GB | $2.99 | Visit → |
| $3.23 | OVHcloud VPS | Unmanaged | 2 | 2 GB | 50GBNVMe | Unlimited | $6.46 | Visit → |
| $3.45 | Scaleway | Unmanaged | 2 | 2 GB | 50GBNVMe | 200Mbps | $6.9 | Visit → |
| $3.5 | Liquid Web | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 30GBNVMe | 1 TB | $3.5 | Visit → |
| $3.75 | Nexcess | Managed | 2 | 4 GB | 80GBNVMe | Unlimited | $15 | Visit → |
| $4 | BuyVM (Frantech) | Unmanaged | 1 | 0 GB | 10GBNVMe | Unmetered 1Gbps | $2 | Visit → |
| $4 | Kamatera | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 20GBNVMe | 5 TB | $4 | Visit → |
| $4 | Linode Dedicated | Managed | 4 | 8 GB | 160GBNVMe | 5 TB | $32 | Visit → |
| $4.17 | Cloudzy | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 25GBNVMe | 1 TB | $4.17 | Visit → |
| $4.99 | Hostwinds | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 30GBNVMe | Unlimited | $4.99 | Visit → |
| $5 | Linode (Akamai) | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 25GBNVMe | 1 TB | $5 | Visit → |
| $5 | Vultr | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 32GBNVMe | 1 TB | $5 | Visit → |
| $5 | UpCloud | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 25GBNVMe | Unmetered | $5 | Visit → |
| $5 | DreamHost VPS | Unmanaged | 2 | 2 GB | 60GBNVMe | Unlimited | $10 | Visit → |
| $5 | Vultr Cloud Compute | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 25GBNVMe | 1 TB | $5 | Visit → |
| $5 | WP Engine | Managed | 2 | 4 GB | 80GBNVMe | Unlimited | $20 | Visit → |
| $6 | InterServer | Unmanaged | 1 | 1 GB | 15GBNVMe | 1 TB | $6 | Visit → |
| $6 | Alibaba Cloud ECS | Managed | 2 | 2 GB | 50GBNVMe | 500 GB | $12 | Visit → |
| $6.11 | Google Cloud (e2-micro) | Managed | 0 | 1 GB | 10GBNVMe | 1 GB free, then $0.12/ GB | $6.11 | Visit → |
| $7 | AWS Lightsail | Managed | 2 | 0 GB | 20GBNVMe | 1 TB | $3.5 | Visit → |
| $7.5 | Flywheel | Managed | 2 | 2 GB | 50GBNVMe | Unlimited | $15 | Visit → |
| $7.59 | Microsoft Azure (B1s) | Managed | 1 | 1 GB | 30GBNVMe | Metered | $7.59 | Visit → |
| $8 | DigitalOcean Droplet | Managed | 1 | 0 GB | 10GBNVMe | 500 GB | $4 | Visit → |
| $9.49 | Bluehost VPS | Managed | 2 | 2 GB | 60GBNVMe | Unmetered | $18.99 | Visit → |
| $10 | Heroku Eco | Managed | 1 | 0 GB | 10GBNVMe | Metered | $5 | Visit → |
| $12.5 | Kinsta | Managed | 4 | 8 GB | 160GBNVMe | Unlimited | $100 | Visit → |
| $12.5 | Pressidium | Managed | 2 | 2 GB | 50GBNVMe | Unlimited | $25 | Visit → |
| $12.99 | Forge by Laravel | Managed | 1 | 1 GB | 25GBNVMe | 1 TB | $12.99 | Visit → |
| $17.5 | Kinsta Starter | Managed | 1 | 2 GB | 50GBNVMe | Unlimited | $35 | Visit → |
| $25 | Pagely | Managed | 4 | 8 GB | 160GBNVMe | Unlimited | $200 | Visit → |
| $25 | Pantheon | Managed | 2 | 2 GB | 50GBNVMe | Unlimited | $50 | Visit → |
| $37.5 | Acquia Cloud | Managed | 2 | 4 GB | 80GBNVMe | Unlimited | $150 | Visit → |
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Common questions
What's the cheapest VPS?
By $/GB RAM, Contabo and Hetzner, often 5-7× cheaper per GB than US providers. Contabo is lowest per GB; Hetzner is close but adds NVMe and better CPU.
Is Contabo good?
Most RAM and storage per dollar, but it oversells hardware so CPU varies and disk I/O is slow vs Hetzner. Fine for storage-heavy or non-critical workloads; bursty/I/O-heavy apps will feel it.
Hetzner vs DigitalOcean?
Hetzner is 3-5× cheaper compute with faster NVMe and more bandwidth. DigitalOcean costs more but adds a polished dashboard, managed databases, US regions and stronger support.
What's $/GB RAM?
Monthly price ÷ RAM in GB, it normalises different plan sizes. RAM is usually the binding constraint for self-hosting, so it's the most useful single VPS value metric.
Or run it on your own box
A VPS is rented hardware, and past a certain monthly spend owning the thing outright wins. These track what that hardware costs used.
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