In the 12 months up to January 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 16 VPS hosting plans in the $0 to $5 price range. We evaluated them on their CPU power, network, disk speed, web performance and stability.
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This Best VPS 2021 rankings are updated approximately every other month. Check out the list of current and past rankings in all price ranges.
2nd
Price per month: $4.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Nov 04 2020
62
3rd in Web Performance
7th in Raw CPU Power
11th in Performance Stability
1st in Disk IO Performance
1st in Network Performance
3rd
Price per month: $5.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 50 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Oct 12 2020
54
4th in Web Performance
3rd in Raw CPU Power
1st in Performance Stability
16th in Disk IO Performance
6th in Network Performance
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Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1GB 1core Tests started on Jul 30 2020 |
$5.00 | 66 | B | D | C | B | A |
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Availability 1GB 1core Tests started on Nov 04 2020 |
$4.00 | 62 | C | E | D | B | A |
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vm.t5sd.2xlarge Tests started on Oct 12 2020 |
$5.00 | 54 | C | D | B | E | C |
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SKVM-1G Tests started on Oct 20 2020 |
$5.00 | 46 | D | D | D | D | B |
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VC2 1GB $5 Tests started on Jun 20 2020 |
$5.00 | 41 | E | F | B | C | D |
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Cloud VPS Small Tests started on May 11 2020 |
2.79€ ($3.24) | 39 | E | F | C | C | D |
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1GB $5 Tests started on Dec 11 2020 |
$5.00 | 32 | E | E | F | D | C |
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m.1s Tests started on Sep 24 2020 |
$3.50 | 17 | F | F | E | E | F |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Basic 1GB 1 core Tests started on Oct 22 2020 |
$5.00 | 50 | D | E | D | C | B |
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KVM SSD Standard 1GB Tests started on Mar 07 2020 |
$5.00 | 44 | D | D | D | C | E |
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Slice 1024 Tests started on Aug 14 2020 |
$3.50 | 43 | D | D | C | D | D |
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CX11 Tests started on Feb 05 2020 |
2.49€ ($2.89) | 43 | E | E | C | D | B |
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KVM Server M Tests started on Sep 20 2020 |
4.10€ ($4.76) | 40 | D | D | E | C | D |
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1GB 1core Tests started on Jul 19 2020 |
$5.00 | 37 | B | F | D | E | D |
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Cloud 1GB 1 core Tests started on Apr 27 2020 |
$4.99 | 24 | F | F | D | E | D |
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Starter 1GB 1 core Tests started on Mar 15 2020 |
$4.50 | 21 | E | E | E | D | F |