Best VPS 2021 under $40
In the 12 months up to December 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 39 VPS hosting plans in the $25/month to $40/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 $40 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:
- 1st revision published in January 2021
- 2nd revision published in March 2021
- 3rd revision published in May 2021
- 4th revision published in July 2021
- 5th revision published in September 2021
1st
IDrive Compute
Shared 4 cores 8GB (Off rankings)
Price per month: $40.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 160 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Sep 14 2021
Score
85
Ranks per Category
6th in Web Performance
3rd in Raw CPU Power
1st in Performance Stability
1st in Disk IO Performance
7th in Network Performance
2nd
Genesis Public Cloud
c6s.xlarge
Price per month: $33.20
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Dec 02 2021
Score
76
Ranks per Category
2nd in Web Performance
12th in Raw CPU Power
5th in Performance Stability
7th in Disk IO Performance
16th in Network Performance
3rd
Alwyzon
Virtual Server E8
Price per month: 34.99€
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 400 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Oct 20 2021
Score
74
Ranks per Category
4th in Web Performance
15th in Raw CPU Power
11th in Performance Stability
2nd in Disk IO Performance
14th in Network Performance
All Grades in a Chart
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.
Rankings for all VPS tested during 2021
Click on a grade letter to review detailed performance metrics.
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| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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c6s.xlarge Tests started on Dec 02 2021 |
$33.20 | 76 | A | B | B | B | C |
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2
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Virtual Server E8 Tests started on Oct 20 2021 |
34.99€ ($37.79) | 74 | A | B | B | A | C |
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3 
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vm.c5sd.2xlarge Tests started on May 31 2021 |
$40.00 | 71 | A | A | B | E | B |
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4
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vm.c6sd.xlarge Tests started on Jul 14 2021 |
$26.00 | 70 | A | B | A | E | B |
|
5 
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DC108-HK Tests started on Jan 18 2021 |
$32.00 | 69 | A | C | C | A | C |
|
6 
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VPS XXL Tests started on Oct 06 2021 |
$35.00 | 67 | B | A | C | C | C |
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7 
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PRO VMware 2GB 1 core Tests started on May 02 2021 |
21.90€ ($23.65) | 65 | B | E | B | B | A |
|
8 
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Regular 8GB 4 cores Tests started on Jan 24 2021 |
$40.00 | 63 | C | B | D | B | B |
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9 
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8GB 4 cores Tests started on Sep 05 2021 |
52.00€ ($56.16) | 62 | C | B | C | B | C |
|
10
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Cloud Server XL Tests started on Jan 02 2021 |
$35.00 | 60 | C | B | C | C | D |
|
11 
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8GB 4 cores Tests started on Sep 24 2021 |
28.00€ ($30.24) | 59 | A | B | B | E | E |
|
12 
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Shared 8GB Tests started on Oct 13 2021 |
$48.00 | 58 | E | B | D | C | B |
|
13
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R108-SG Tests started on Nov 19 2021 |
$28.06 | 58 | C | C | C | B | E |
|
14
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VPS V4I8 Tests started on Oct 31 2021 |
25.00€ ($27.00) | 57 | D | C | D | B | C |
|
15
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Cloud Server RAM L Tests started on Jun 27 2021 |
$30.00 | 53 | C | D | C | C | C |
|
16 
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Jelastic 5.2GHz Tests started on Mar 16 2021 |
$30.10 | 52 | C | D | B | B | F |
|
17
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Dedicated 4GB Tests started on Feb 25 2021 |
$36.00 | 49 | E | D | D | B | B |
|
18 
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VPS XL SSD Tests started on Jan 12 2021 |
31.49€ ($34.01) | 48 | D | B | F | C | C |
|
19 
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C2-7 Tests started on Dec 29 2020 |
$42.24 | 48 | B | D | C | E | D |
|
20
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B2-7 Tests started on Oct 09 2021 |
$29.04 | 45 | D | D | C | E | D |
|
21 
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Cloud VPS 4 Tests started on Nov 17 2021 |
29.00€ ($31.32) | 38 | D | C | E | F | C |
Other Providers
| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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Shared 4 cores 8GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Sep 14 2021 |
$40.00 | 85 | A | A | A | A | B |
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2 
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Smart S Tests started on Nov 25 2021 |
$40.00 | 72 | A | B | D | C | A |
|
3 
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c6gd.medium Tests started on Feb 28 2021 |
$28.44 | 57 | B | E | A | D | C |
|
4 
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m.8 Tests started on Jul 21 2021 |
$28.00 | 56 | C | B | C | D | C |
|
5 
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CCX11 Tests started on Jan 07 2021 |
21.85€ ($23.60) | 56 | D | D | C | C | B |
|
6
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Smart XS Tests started on Jun 24 2021 |
$30.00 | 54 | E | B | E | B | B |
|
7
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CCX12 Tests started on Mar 31 2021 |
21.85€ ($23.60) | 53 | D | C | E | B | B |
|
8
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Dedicated 2 cores 4GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Oct 30 2021 |
$40.00 | 50 | C | C | E | D | C |
|
9 
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t2d-standard-1 Tests started on Nov 20 2021 |
$34.24 | 47 | E | D | C | D | B |
|
10 
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U1.2x4 Tests started on Oct 12 2021 |
$30.24 | 46 | C | E | B | E | D |
|
11 
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8GB 2cores Tests started on Nov 14 2021 |
$40.00 | 43 | C | E | C | F | C |
|
12 
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ecs.n4.large Tests started on Feb 21 2021 |
$35.41 | 41 | D | C | B | E | F |
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13 
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B2s Tests started on Mar 13 2021 |
$30.37 | 41 | C | D | D | F | C |
|
14
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e2-highcpu-2 Tests started on Mar 24 2021 |
$36.11 | 40 | D | D | D | E | D |
|
15 
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DEV1-L Tests started on Feb 09 2021 |
40.47€ ($43.71) | 40 | E | C | E | F | B |
|
16
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n1-standard-1 Tests started on Jan 04 2021 |
$27.67 | 38 | D | E | C | D | E |
|
17
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t3a.medium Tests started on May 28 2021 |
$31.00 | 23 | F | E | F | E | C |
|
18
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A1 v2 Tests started on Jul 24 2021 |
$31.39 | 14 | F | F | E | F | E |
