14 cloud hosting providers ranked by what you get for the money: resources per dollar over three years, how much the price rises on renewal, uptime guarantee, refund window and support. Every price is checked against the provider daily, and affiliate deals never change the order.
IONOS's best cloud hosting plan is IONOS Cloud Memory Cube XL with a value score of 87/100 (16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 960 GB NVMe). Its 14 cloud hosting plans start at $5.76/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, phone.
netcup's best cloud hosting plan is netcup Managed Cloud 4000 G12 with a value score of 87/100 (1536 GB RAM · 30.7 TB NVMe). Its 4 cloud hosting plans start at $741.37/mo with a 1-year term, with no renewal increase. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by phone.
OVHcloud's best cloud hosting plan is OVHcloud Public Cloud r2-240 with a value score of 84/100 (16 vCPU · 240 GB RAM · 400 GB SSD). Its 46 cloud hosting plans start at $6.42/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, phone.
UpCloud's best cloud hosting plan is UpCloud Cloud Native 384 GB / 32 CPU with a value score of 83/100 (32 vCPU · 384 GB RAM · 0 GB). Its 75 cloud hosting plans start at $3.37/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 100% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat.
Linode's best cloud hosting plan is Linode High Memory 300 GB with a value score of 79/100 (16 vCPU · 300 GB RAM · 340 GB SSD). Its 56 cloud hosting plans start at $5.00/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 99.99% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, phone.
Hetzner's best cloud hosting plan is Hetzner Cloud CX53 with a value score of 77/100 (16 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 320 GB NVMe). Its 25 cloud hosting plans start at $6.74/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7.
Hostinger's best cloud hosting plan is Hostinger Cloud Enterprise with a value score of 76/100 (6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe). Its 3 cloud hosting plans start at $7.99/mo with a 4-year term and renew at $25.99/mo. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat.
Scaleway's best cloud hosting plan is Scaleway BASIC2-A12C-48G with a value score of 73/100 (12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 0 GB). Its 120 cloud hosting plans start at $0.48/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7.
Vultr's best cloud hosting plan is Vultr VX1 Memory Optimized 384 GB / 48 vCPU (block storage boot) with a value score of 73/100 (48 vCPU · 384 GB RAM · 0 GB NVMe). Its 119 cloud hosting plans start at $2.50/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 100% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7.
Cloudways's best cloud hosting plan is Cloudways DigitalOcean Standard 8XL with a value score of 73/100 (24 vCPU · 128 GB RAM · 2.6 TB SSD). Its 141 cloud hosting plans start at $11.00/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 99.99% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat.
IONOS, whose IONOS Cloud Memory Cube XL plan scores 87/100 on our value score, the highest of the 14 cloud hosting providers we compare. netcup and OVHcloud follow.
Scaleway has the lowest starting price: Scaleway STARDUST1-S at $0.48/mo. See every plan ranked by price on our cheapest cloud hosting page.
Scaleway: its cheapest cloud hosting plan renews at $0.48/mo. Intro prices often double or triple on renewal, so the renewal price decides what you pay from year two.
IONOS, with 30 days.
Each provider is ranked by the value score of its best plan of this kind: 40% resources per dollar over three years, 20% renewal fairness, 15% resources, 10% uptime guarantee and refund window, 10% support, 5% free extras. Plans are compared only with plans of the same kind, and affiliate commissions never change the order.
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