11 VPS 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.
Contabo's best VPS hosting plan is Contabo Cloud VPS 18 SSD with a value score of 86/100 (18 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 600 GB SSD). Its 23 VPS hosting plans start at $4.95/mo with a 2-year term and renew at $6.19/mo. No money-back window, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, phone, live chat.
InterServer's best VPS hosting plan is InterServer Storage VPS 1 TB with a value score of 85/100 (1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 1 TB HDD). Its 95 VPS hosting plans start at $3.00/mo with monthly billing, with no renewal increase. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat, phone.
netcup's best VPS hosting plan is netcup VPS 8000 G12.5 with a value score of 82/100 (16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB SSD). Its 23 VPS hosting plans start at $2.08/mo with a 1-year term, with no renewal increase. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by phone.
DreamHost's best VPS hosting plan is DreamHost VPS Stack 32 with a value score of 76/100 (8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 450 GB NVMe). Its 8 VPS hosting plans start at $5.99/mo with a 2-year term and renew at $10.99/mo. 30-day money-back guarantee, 100% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat.
OVHcloud's best VPS hosting plan is OVHcloud VPS-4 with a value score of 73/100 (8 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe). Its 4 VPS hosting plans start at $4.29/mo with a 1-year term, with no renewal increase. No money-back window, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, phone.
hosting.com's best VPS hosting plan is hosting.com Self Managed Linux 32GB with a value score of 71/100 (16 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB). Its 16 VPS hosting plans start at $6.49/mo with a 3-year term and renew at $19.00/mo. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat, phone.
Hostinger's best VPS hosting plan is Hostinger KVM 8 with a value score of 71/100 (8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe). Its 4 VPS hosting plans start at $6.49/mo with a 2-year term and renew at $11.99/mo. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat.
Bluehost's best VPS hosting plan is Bluehost VPS NVMe 2 with a value score of 62/100 (1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB NVMe). Its 14 VPS hosting plans start at $4.69/mo with a 2-year term and renew at $5.69/mo. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.99% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat, phone.
Namecheap's best VPS hosting plan is Namecheap Hypernova VPS with a value score of 61/100 (12 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD). Its 5 VPS hosting plans start at $3.88/mo with a 1-year term and renew at $4.88/mo. 30-day money-back guarantee, 100% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, live chat.
IONOS's best VPS hosting plan is IONOS VPS XXL+ (Linux) with a value score of 61/100 (12 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 720 GB NVMe). Its 9 VPS hosting plans start at $5.00/mo with a 1-year term and renew at $6.00/mo. 30-day money-back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, support by 24/7, phone.
Contabo, whose Contabo Cloud VPS 18 SSD plan scores 86/100 on our value score, the highest of the 11 VPS hosting providers we compare. InterServer and netcup follow.
netcup has the lowest starting price: netcup VPS pico G11.5s at $2.08/mo. See every plan ranked by price on our cheapest VPS hosting page.
netcup: its cheapest VPS hosting plan renews at $2.08/mo. Intro prices often double or triple on renewal, so the renewal price decides what you pay from year two.
InterServer, 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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