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VPS Provider Compare
Calculate true monthly & annual hosting bills across 16 cloud VPS & dedicated server providers. Compare CPU architecture, NVMe storage, port speed, DDoS mitigation, and EU data sovereignty in one comprehensive, transparent table.
Prices & hardware specs verified 2026-09-02 · Engine v2.5
Workload Studio & Quick Presets
Select an architectural profile or dial your exact compute requirements below:
Compute Capacity Profile
🇪🇺 Hetzner, Contabo, OVHcloud have native sovereign EU hosting.
Full-core guarantee (dedicated servers & bare metal) — the spec is what you get, no noisy neighbours. Default view.
Selected workload: 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 5 TB bandwidth · Target: EU
Compute Pricing (6 ranked · 1 unscored)
Ranked by direct CPU Mark per $ (measured CPU throughput value first) for the selected workload — the best-value fitting plan is #1. In All view, dedicated and shared are grouped separately and ranked within their class — filter by CPU class for a global ranking. Use the optional calculated USD/mo range to narrow the list, or the sortable Calculated Cost column to compare invoices; neither changes the value ranking. Rows without a usable benchmark remain visible but are not ranked; explicit dual-socket captures are proportionally allocated and labeled estimates.
About this ranking — method, disclosure & shared vs dedicated (expand)
Best-value plans for 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 5 TB BW, ranked by direct CPU Mark per $ (the best-value fitting plan is #1). Click column headers to re-sort by calculated invoice or specs. CPU Mark / $ = effective PassMark CPU Mark ÷ calculated monthly USD invoice (plan plus any bandwidth overage) — direct measured CPU throughput per dollar, graded A–F within each CPU class and sortable via the "CPU Mark/$" column. A whole-machine row receives the full sourced CPU Mark; a dedicated slice receives CPU Mark × (assigned plan allocation ÷ the benchmark's matching host allocation unit). RAM, disk and bandwidth are shown for sizing but carry zero weight. Each provider is represented by its highest-scoring fitting plan; a lower-cost fitting plan is shown only as optional price context. Rows without a usable exact benchmark remain visible but are not ranked. Explicit multi-socket captures are allocated over their recorded host topology and labeled as estimates.
Method & caveats
CPU Mark / $ score: this is a direct PassMark CPU Mark divided by the calculated monthly USD invoice, not a normalized factor or a RAM/disk score. RAM, storage and bandwidth remain sizing columns and carry zero weight, so a storage-heavy plan cannot game the ranking. Shared-vCPU rows are burst ceilings that may be throttled; dedicated-core rows are closer to guaranteed throughput. Each scored row links its own PassMark capture and verified date. If the exact CPU or topology cannot be verified, the row stays visible as unscored and is excluded from the numeric ranking. Topology matters: a WHOLE dedicated server receives the named machine's full sourced PassMark score, including its logical threads. A DEDICATED SLICE receives only its percentage of the host, using the plan's explicit allocation unit: generic vCPU plans use logical threads, while a vendor promise of dedicated physical cores uses physical cores. When a multi-socket capture includes explicit socket count and host topology, we allocate that aggregate score proportionally and label the result as an estimate; for netcup the current basis is 4/192 physical cores of the two-CPU capture (equivalent to halving the aggregate and using 4/96 of one CPU), not 4/384 threads. Unknown topology remains unscored rather than being guessed. The score uses the captured PassMark result as-is; no release-year adjustment is added.
Coverage: the catalog now has sourced single-CPU PassMark records for the named OVH Eco, OVH Dedicated, Hetzner Robot and InterServer CPUs, plus the BuyVM Ryzen 9 3900X. netcup's RS G12 plans run EPYC 9645, and PassMark currently exposes a dual-socket n=1 record; those slices receive a proportional host allocation marked as an estimate (the raw 159,591 aggregate and 3,165 single-thread-per-CPU figure remain visible). The OVH Eco dual-CPU labels and unresolved Ryzen 9 9950X label are left unscored because their usable host topology is not captured. Shared tiers without a published CPU model are shown for price/spec context but do not receive a made-up CPU score. The selected scored plan is always the highest direct CPU Mark/$ fitting plan; its invoice is the sortable Calculated Cost.
Tax basis: displayed amounts are USD-equivalents, while each provider row keeps its captured VAT/sales-tax basis. Some source quotes include tax and others exclude it; conversion does not make those tax bases identical. VAT may still be added at invoice at the rate that applies to your country/status — use the linked vendor sheet for an ex-VAT comparison.
Disclosure: we may earn a referral commission when you sign up with some listed providers via the “Visit” links. Rankings, prices, and scores are computed independently of referrals — providers without programs are ranked on identical terms.
Shared vs dedicated — what you actually get
A fair-share (shared) vCPU is a nominal burst ceiling: the row says “2 vCPU”, but that capacity is pooled with other tenants and only guaranteed while nobody else loads the host. A dedicated core is pinned to your server — the spec on the price tag is the spec under load. Neither class can go over its ceiling, but with fair-share you can land far under it at exactly the moment you need the headroom most.
Running any server carries the same administrative overhead — updates, monitoring, firewall, backups. That fixed effort amortizes better against capacity you can rely on, which is why our rankings default to dedicated-class plans and keep fair-share plans in an explicitly labelled budget section rather than crowning them as overall winners.
The practical ladder: start free, then buy dedicated. Oracle's Always Free tier, for example, includes two always-free micro instances plus Arm capacity — enough to measure a real workload before spending anything. Once your load is measured and persistent, buy the smallest dedicated plan that covers it. Fair-share makes sense mainly for bursty, light workloads (blogs, low-traffic apps) where even a fraction of a core at peak is enough — and where the price gap to entry-level dedicated (~3–4×) outweighs the variance.
| Rankbest value first▲ | Providervendor / plan | ComputevCPU / model | CPU Scoreraw PassMark / allocated | MemoryRAM | StorageNVMe / disk | Networkbandwidth / port | ProtectionDDoS / IP | Availabilityuptime SLA | ResidencyEU sovereignty | CPU Mark / $direct value score | Calculated costUSD invoice | Actionvisit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | OE OVHcloud Eco (Kimsufi) Best value KS-C | 6 vCPU Intel Xeon E5-1650v2 | 32 GB ECC RAM | 120 GB 480 GB–2 TB NVMe/SSD (KS/SYS variants) | ♾️ Unmetered 100 Mbit/s–1 Gbit/s (unmetered/burst) | 🛡️ None IPv6 not captured | Not captured | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | Direct CPU value 664.9 CPU Mark / $ A ↓ Cheapest fit: KS-B (4c/32GB · $11.65/mo calculated) | Calculated invoice $13.98 / mo | Visit | |
| #2 | ID InterServer Dedicated Ryzen 9900X | 12 vCPU AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | 64 GB ECC RAM | Config. 80 GB–960 GB SSD/NVMe (OpenVZ/KVM) | ♾️ Unmetered 100 Mbit/s–10 Gbit/s (varies, per plan) | 🛡️ None 1x IPv4 | 99.9% VPS uptime guarantee | US Jurisdiction | Direct CPU value 364.6 CPU Mark / $ A ↓ Cheapest fit: EPYC 4344P (Buy It Now) (8c/32GB · $112.00/mo calculated) | Calculated invoice $149.00 / mo | Visit | |
| #3 | NR netcup Root Server Estimate RS 2000 G12 | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9645 | 16 GB ECC RAM | 512 GB 320 GB–2048 GB NVMe/SSD (RS G12 line) | ♾️ Unmetered 2.5 Gbit/s (per RS G12) | 🛡️ None 1x IPv4 | ≥ 99.9% guaranteed average annual minimum availability | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | Direct CPU value 316.7 CPU Mark / $ allocated estimate B ↓ Cheapest fit: RS 1000 G12 (4c/8GB · $12.53/mo calculated) | Calculated invoice $21.00 / mo | Visit | |
| #4 | HD Hetzner Dedicated EX63 | 20 vCPU Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | 64 GB ECC RAM | 2048 GB NVMe SSD + Enterprise SATA/NVMe (varies by model, per vendor page) | ♾️ Unmetered 1 Gbit/s (unmetered) | 🛡️ None 1x IPv4 | Not captured | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | Direct CPU value 285.9 CPU Mark / $ C ↓ Cheapest fit: AX42 (8c/64GB · $115.43/mo calculated) | Calculated invoice $173.73 / mo | Visit | |
| #5 | OA OVHcloud Advance ADVANCE-3 | 12 vCPU AMD EPYC 4464P | 64 GB ECC RAM | Config. 400 GB–3.84 TB NVMe/SSD (per model) | ♾️ Unmetered 1 Gbit/s (unmetered on Eco, 1 TB cap on Kimsufi) | 🛡️ None 1x IPv4 | 99.95% monthly availability (Advance range) | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | Direct CPU value 203.8 CPU Mark / $ D ↓ Cheapest fit: ADVANCE-1 (6c/32GB · $134.08/mo calculated) | Calculated invoice $233.19 / mo | Visit | |
| #6 | BU BuyVM KVM Slice 8GB | 2 vCPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | 8 GB ECC RAM | 160 GB Enterprise NVMe SSD | ♾️ Unmetered 1 Gbps unmetered burst port | 🛡️ Included 1x /48 IPv6 Subnet | Not captured | US Jurisdiction | Direct CPU value 90.2 CPU Mark / $ F | Calculated invoice $30.00 / mo | Visit | |
| — | HC Hetzner Cloud CCX13 | 2 vCPU AMD EPYC 7002 | Benchmark status unscored | 8 GB ECC RAM | 80 GB NVMe SSD (RAID-10) | 20 TB 1 Gbps – 10 Gbps redundant | 🛡️ Included 1x /64 Subnet (Free) | 99.9%/mo per Cloud Server, credit-based | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | Direct CPU value Unscored no CPU Mark / $ | Calculated invoice $50.71 / mo | Visit |
Not Ranked (9)
These providers either lack a plan matching your exact input threshold or have uncaptured pricing:
- DigitalOcean — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- Vultr — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- Contabo — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- Hostinger VPS — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- Linode (Akamai) — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- OVHcloud — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- UpCloud — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- IONOS VPS — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
- RackNerd — Shared-class only — switch to Fair-share vCPU or All classes to see this provider ranked. pricing sheet ↗
Master Infrastructure Specification Matrix
Side-by-side technical breakdown across all 16 providers:
| Provider | Processor / CPU Model | Storage Technology | Uplink Port Speed | DDoS Mitigation | IP Subnets | Hourly Billing | Automated Backups | Datacenters | EU Sovereignty | Signup Credits / Perks | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HC Hetzner Cloud Hetzner Online GmbH | AMD EPYC 7002/7003 & Intel Xeon Gold | NVMe SSD (RAID-10) | 1 Gbps – 10 Gbps redundant | 🛡️ Free Always-On Anti-DDoS | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + 1x /64 IPv6 · 1x /64 Subnet (Free) | ✓ Yes (Hourly) | 20% server base price | 5 locations (Nuremberg, Falkenstein, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro) | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | $23.32 free credit via customer referral | Visit |
DI DigitalOcean DigitalOcean LLC | Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC (2nd/3rd Gen) | NVMe SSD | 1 Gbps – 2.5 Gbps | 🛡️ Cloud Firewall & L3/L4 DDoS included | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + /16 IPv6 · 1x /16 IPv6 Subnet | ✓ Yes (Hourly) | 20% server cost | 15 locations (NYC, SFO, AMS, FRA, LON, SGP, BLR, SYD, TOR) | US Jurisdiction | $200 free credit (valid 60 days) | Visit |
VU Vultr Vultr Holdings Company | AMD EPYC / Intel Skylake / High-Frequency | High-Performance NVMe SSD | 1 Gbps – 10 Gbps | 🛡️ Native 10Gbps DDoS included | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + /64 IPv6 · 1x /64 IPv6 Subnet | ✓ Yes (Hourly) | 20% server cost | 32+ locations globally (Americas, EMEA, APAC, Latin America) | US Jurisdiction | $100–$500 promotional credits (varies by tier) | Visit |
CO Contabo Contabo GmbH | AMD EPYC 7282 / Intel Xeon | Fast NVMe SSD | 200 Mbps – 1 Gbps | 🛡️ Free Permanent DDoS Protection | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + /64 IPv6 · 1x /64 IPv6 Subnet | Monthly | Snapshots from $1.46 | 9 locations (Germany, UK, US East/Central/West, Singapore, Japan, Australia) | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | Frequent $0.00 setup fee promotions | Visit |
HV Hostinger VPS Hostinger International Ltd. | AMD EPYC / Intel Xeon Gold | Enterprise NVMe SSD | 300 Mbps – 1 Gbps | 🛡️ Free Cloudflare WAF & Anti-DDoS protection | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + /64 IPv6 · 1x /64 IPv6 Subnet | Monthly | Weekly automated backups included (Daily snapshot $1.99 | 7 locations (US, UK, France, Lithuania, Singapore, Brazil, India) | US Jurisdiction | 30-day money-back guarantee / 40-60% first-term savings | Visit |
L( Linode (Akamai) Akamai Technologies, Inc. | AMD EPYC 7713/7542 & Intel Xeon E5 | Fast NVMe / SSD | 1 Gbps – 40 Gbps aggregate network | 🛡️ Free Advanced Anti-DDoS across all DCs | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + /64 IPv6 · 1x /64 IPv6 Subnet | ✓ Yes (Hourly) | 20% server price | 11 core + 15 distributed locations worldwide | US Jurisdiction | $100 free credit (valid 60 days) | Visit |
OV OVHcloud OVH Groupe SAS | AMD EPYC / Intel Xeon (2.6 GHz+) | NVMe SSD | 500 Mbps – 3 Gbps unthrottled | 🛡️ Free Anti-DDoS VAC | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + /128 IPv6 · 1x /128 IPv6 | ✓ Yes (Hourly) | Daily automated 24h rolling backup included free | 40+ datacenters across 9 countries (France, Germany, UK, Poland, US, Canada, APAC) | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | SecNumCloud sovereignty shield / Pay-as-you-go | Visit |
BU BuyVM FranTech Solutions | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (3.8 GHz+ / 4.6 GHz Turbo) | Enterprise NVMe SSD | 1 Gbps unmetered burst port | 🛡️ Free DDoS Filtering via Path.net | 1x Dedicated IPv4 + /48 IPv6 · 1x /48 IPv6 Subnet | Monthly | Snapshots in Stallion | 4 locations (Las Vegas, New York, Miami, Luxembourg) | US Jurisdiction | 25% recurring affiliate discount / Unmetered 1Gbps | Visit |
HD Hetzner Dedicated Hetzner Online GmbH | AMD Ryzen (Zen4) / Intel Core Ultra / AMD EPYC 9454P (Genoa) | NVMe SSD + Enterprise SATA/NVMe (varies by model, per vendor page) | 1 Gbit/s (unmetered) | Not captured | 1 IPv4 incl., additional €3.50/mo | Not captured | Not captured | Nuremberg / Falkenstein / Helsinki (Hetzner DCs) | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | — | Visit |
OA OVHcloud Advance OVH SAS | AMD EPYC 4244P / 4344P / 4464P (4005 series) | 400 GB–3.84 TB NVMe/SSD (per model) | 1 Gbit/s (unmetered on Eco, 1 TB cap on Kimsufi) | Not captured | 1 IPv4 incl., failover IPs €3/mo | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | — | Visit |
ID InterServer Dedicated InterServer LLC | AMD Ryzen 9900X / AMD EPYC 4545P | 80 GB–960 GB SSD/NVMe (OpenVZ/KVM) | 100 Mbit/s–10 Gbit/s (varies, per plan) | Not captured | 1 IPv4 incl., extra $3/mo | Not captured | Not captured | Secaucus NJ / Los Angeles CA (Interserver DCs) | US Jurisdiction | — | Visit |
NR netcup Root Server netcup GmbH | AMD EPYC 9645 (Zen 5 'Turin', DDR5 ECC) | 320 GB–2048 GB NVMe/SSD (RS G12 line) | 2.5 Gbit/s (per RS G12) | Not captured | 1 IPv4 incl., extra €4.50/mo | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | — | Visit |
UP UpCloud UpCloud Ltd. | Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC (UpCloud Gen) | 25 GB–400 GB MaxIOPS (per plan) | 1 Gbit/s (capped per tier) | Not captured | 1 IPv4 + 1 IPv6, extra $3/mo | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | — | Visit |
IV IONOS VPS IONOS SE | Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC (IONOS vCPU) | 10 GB–640 GB SSD (VPS tiers) | 1 Gbit/s (unmetered) | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | Germany / UK / US / Spain (IONOS DCs) | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | — | Visit |
RA RackNerd RackNerd LLC | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X / Intel Xeon E5 (per LA/DC) | 20 GB–350 GB SSD (KVM tiers) | 1 Gbit/s (5 TB–15 TB caps) | Not captured | 1 IPv4 incl., extra $2/mo | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | US Jurisdiction | — | Visit |
OE OVHcloud Eco (Kimsufi) OVHcloud | Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC / Ryzen 7 (Eco line) | 480 GB–2 TB NVMe/SSD (KS/SYS variants) | 100 Mbit/s–1 Gbit/s (unmetered/burst) | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | Not captured | Roubaix / Gravelines / Strasbourg (OVH DCs) | 🇪🇺 Sovereign | — | Visit |
GPU instances
Hourly-billed GPU plans, ranked and displayed in USD-equivalents. Priced separately from CPU plans — monthly figures are the vendors' own advertised prices (their hour multipliers differ).
| Provider | GPU | VRAM | vCPU / RAM | Storage | $ / hr | $ / mo (advertised) | Verified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linode (Akamai) | RTX 4000 Ada | 16 GB | 4 vCPU / 16 GB | 0.50 TB | $0.520 | $379.60 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
| DigitalOcean | RTX 4000 Ada | 20 GB | 8 vCPU / 32 GB | 0.49 TB | $0.760 | $565.44 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
| Linode (Akamai) | RTX 6000 Ada | 48 GB | 8 vCPU / 32 GB | 0.63 TB | $1.50 | $1095.00 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
| DigitalOcean | L40S | 48 GB | 8 vCPU / 64 GB | 0.49 TB | $1.57 | $1168.08 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
| DigitalOcean | RTX 6000 Ada | 48 GB | 8 vCPU / 64 GB | 0.49 TB | $1.57 | $1168.08 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
| Vultr | L40S | 48 GB | 16 vCPU / 180 GB | 1.17 TB | $1.67 | $1122.91 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
| DigitalOcean | AMD MI300X | 192 GB | 20 vCPU / 240 GB | 5.70 TB | $2.59 | $1926.96 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
| DigitalOcean | H100 | 80 GB | 20 vCPU / 240 GB | 5.70 TB | $4.41 | $3281.04 | 2026-08-27 | Source ↗ |
GPU pricing rotates faster than CPU plans — every row carries its capture date and links to the vendor pricing page (or public API) it was verified against. Only live-verified rows are shown: Hetzner, OVHcloud, and Contabo had no verifiable hourly cloud-GPU offering at capture time.
Head-to-Head & Guides
Pre-computed comparisons and workload guides from the same verified dataset.
Provider Head-to-Head
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the cheapest VPS in 2026?
- For a 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM server, the lowest displayed USD-equivalent depends on the captured plan and your bandwidth requirements. Use our interactive calculator to compare the current provider rows for your specific workload; the linked vendor sheet remains the source for the invoice currency.
- Hetzner vs DigitalOcean: which is cheaper?
- Hetzner is often cheaper per vCPU/RAM in the calculator, while DigitalOcean offers more global regions and a richer managed Kubernetes and DB ecosystem. Compare the USD-equivalent totals for the exact 2 vCPU / 4 GB / bandwidth workload rather than relying on a stale plan headline.
- What does EU-sovereign hosting mean?
- EU-sovereign means the hosting provider is incorporated and headquartered within the European Union, governed strictly by GDPR, and outside the direct reach of extraterritorial surveillance laws like the US CLOUD Act (which can still reach EU subsidiaries of US companies — these providers are EU-incorporated). Nine providers in this catalog are EU-sovereign: Hetzner Cloud/Robot (DE), Contabo (DE), OVHcloud Advance and OVH Eco/Kimsufi (FR), netcup (DE), UpCloud (FI), and IONOS (DE) — all flagged in the EU Sovereign column.
- How does VPS bandwidth and overage pricing work?
- Most cloud providers bundle an outbound bandwidth quota (1 TB to 20 TB) with free inbound traffic. Overage beyond this quota is displayed in USD-equivalents across this catalog. Providers like Contabo, OVHcloud, and BuyVM provide unmetered bandwidth with zero overage charges, governed only by port uplink speeds.
- Shared vs dedicated vCPU: what is the difference?
- Shared vCPU instances share physical host CPU time with other tenants and are ideal for general web servers, APIs, and microservices. Dedicated vCPU plans pin physical cores exclusively to your virtual machine for 100% sustained high-performance computing without noisy-neighbor throttling.
- What is the best VPS for high bandwidth streaming and storage?
- For high bandwidth workloads, Contabo (fully unmetered traffic on a shared port), OVHcloud (unmetered up to 3 Gbps port), and BuyVM (unmetered 1 Gbps port with $1.25/256GB block storage slabs) offer the most cost-effective hosting without bandwidth penalty fees.