In the 12 months up to September 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 49 VPS hosting plans in the $10/month to $25/month price range. We evaluated them on their CPU power, network, disk speed, web performance and stability.
This Best VPS 2024 rankings are updated approximately every other month. Check out the list of current and past rankings in all price ranges.
This is the 6th revision of the Best VPS under $25 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:
Each horizontal bar section in the chart below represents a grade value: A: [16-20], F: [0-3]. The total bar length is the Score.
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Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
w6asx.xlarge Tests started on Nov 25 2020 |
$24.00 | 81 | B | B | A | B | A |
2 |
High Frequency 4GB Tests started on Sep 07 2021 |
$24.00 | 76 | B | C | A | B | B |
3 |
D2-8 Tests started on May 17 2021 |
$23.67 | 72 | B | B | B | B | C |
4 |
VPS Comfort Tests started on Feb 17 2021 |
$27.30 | 71 | B | B | D | A | B |
5 |
Availability 4GB 2 cores Tests started on May 04 2021 |
$19.00 | 66 | B | C | C | B | C |
6 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Apr 18 2021 |
26.00€ ($28.60) | 66 | B | B | C | B | C |
7 |
D2-4 Tests started on Jul 02 2021 |
$13.15 | 62 | B | D | B | C | D |
8 |
VPS XL Tests started on Aug 12 2021 |
$25.00 | 61 | C | B | B | C | D |
9 |
General 2GB 1 core Tests started on Aug 04 2021 |
$15.00 | 61 | B | D | B | B | D |
10 |
w6asx.large Tests started on Apr 12 2021 |
$12.00 | 59 | B | D | B | B | E |
11 |
VPS M RAM Tests started on Oct 08 2020 |
$15.00 | 58 | C | C | B | B | E |
12 |
VPS L Tests started on Feb 14 2021 |
$15.00 | 55 | C | D | B | C | D |
13 |
VPS V2I4 Tests started on Jun 17 2021 |
12.50€ ($13.75) | 53 | D | E | C | B | C |
14 |
Cloud Server L Tests started on Mar 29 2021 |
$20.00 | 52 | C | D | C | C | C |
15 |
VPS M SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Jul 16 2021 |
8.99€ ($9.89) | 51 | D | A | E | C | C |
16 |
4GB 2 cores 60GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 26 2021 |
16.00€ ($17.60) | 51 | B | B | C | E | E |
17 |
Regular 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Apr 21 2021 |
$20.00 | 50 | E | D | C | C | B |
18 |
GP-8 Tests started on Jul 29 2021 |
16.99€ ($18.69) | 47 | D | B | E | D | D |
19 |
4GB 2cores Tests started on Jul 28 2021 |
$22.75 | 45 | D | D | D | C | D |
20 |
VPS L SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Nov 23 2020 |
14.99€ ($16.49) | 44 | D | A | E | D | E |
21 |
Premium Tests started on May 07 2021 |
20.00€ ($22.00) | 41 | D | B | D | E | E |
22 |
2GB 1 core Tests started on Apr 28 2021 |
$13.70 | 34 | E | F | D | C | D |
23 |
Basic Tests started on Jun 22 2021 |
10.00€ ($11.00) | 34 | E | E | C | D | E |
24 |
VPS Essential Tests started on Oct 05 2020 |
$14.70 | 34 | E | E | D | C | E |
25 |
Cloud VPS 2 Tests started on May 21 2021 |
19.00€ ($20.90) | 29 | E | E | E | F | C |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Shared 2 cores 4GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Jul 30 2021 |
$20.00 | 58 | B | C | D | D | C |
2 |
Start L Tests started on Sep 10 2021 |
$15.00 | 58 | D | C | D | B | B |
3 |
Smart Core 8 Tests started on Mar 07 2021 |
19.00€ ($20.90) | 58 | C | B | D | C | D |
4 |
CCX11 Tests started on Jan 07 2021 |
21.85€ ($24.04) | 56 | D | D | C | C | B |
5 |
KVM Premium 4GB Tests started on Oct 18 2020 |
$26.00 | 55 | B | B | C | D | E |
6 |
DEV1-M Tests started on Aug 26 2021 |
20.82€ ($22.90) | 54 | D | C | C | D | C |
7 |
Basic Premium Intel 4GB 2cores Tests started on Aug 21 2021 |
$32.00 | 54 | D | C | E | B | B |
8 |
CCX12 Tests started on Mar 31 2021 |
21.85€ ($24.04) | 53 | D | C | E | B | B |
9 |
m.4 Tests started on May 06 2021 |
$14.00 | 47 | C | D | D | C | D |
10 |
CX31 Tests started on Oct 17 2020 |
9.70€ ($10.67) | 46 | D | C | E | C | C |
11 |
2GB 1 core Tests started on Jul 27 2021 |
12.73€ ($14.00) | 45 | E | D | C | E | B |
12 |
E4 2 cores 4GB Tests started on Sep 21 2021 |
$22.32 | 43 | D | C | C | E | D |
13 |
Runway 2 (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 17 2021 |
$14.99 | 43 | C | D | C | E | C |
14 |
Basic VPS Tests started on May 24 2021 |
15.00€ ($16.50) | 43 | C | D | D | D | D |
15 |
G3.4GB (Off rankings) Tests started on May 15 2021 |
$20.00 | 42 | D | D | E | C | D |
16 |
LIN-SSD-M Tests started on May 01 2021 |
$15.00 | 40 | E | C | F | D | B |
17 |
ecs.t6-c1m2.large Tests started on Jul 07 2021 |
$20.91 | 39 | B | D | C | E | F |
18 |
4GB 2cores Tests started on Mar 21 2021 |
$24.00 | 39 | C | E | C | F | C |
19 |
U1.1x2 Tests started on Jul 09 2021 |
$13.93 | 35 | E | F | C | E | D |
20 |
gp1.lightspeed Tests started on Nov 20 2020 |
$24.00 | 34 | E | E | D | F | C |
21 |
t4g.small Tests started on Aug 27 2021 |
$16.10 | 30 | D | E | E | F | D |
22 |
LIN-SSD-L Tests started on Jul 17 2021 |
$25.00 | 27 | F | F | E | E | C |
23 |
e2-small Tests started on Aug 16 2021 |
$16.23 | 26 | F | E | F | E | D |
24 |
c.1 Tests started on Dec 08 2020 |
$20.00 | 17 | F | F | E | F | E |