In the 12 months up to December 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 20 VPS hosting plans in the $40/month to $60/month price range. We evaluated them on their CPU power, network, disk speed, web performance and stability.
This Best VPS 2025 rankings are updated approximately every other month. Check out the list of current and past rankings in all price ranges.
This is the 7th revision of the Best VPS under $60 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:
1st
Price per month: 64.99€
Number of CPU cores: 16
Disk space: 320 GB
Memory: 32.0 GB
Trial Data: Oct 14 2021
75
4th in Web Performance
1st in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
6th in Disk IO Performance
12th in Network Performance
2nd
Price per month: 41.15€
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 100 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Oct 27 2021
75
1st in Web Performance
12th in Raw CPU Power
4th in Performance Stability
8th in Disk IO Performance
8th in Network Performance
3rd
Price per month: $49.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 400 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Feb 25 2021
74
2nd in Web Performance
5th in Raw CPU Power
5th in Performance Stability
3rd in Disk IO Performance
11th in Network Performance
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 |
GP-32 NVMe Tests started on Oct 14 2021 |
64.99€ ($66.94) | 75 | B | A | B | B | D |
2 |
w6asx.2xlarge Tests started on Feb 25 2021 |
$49.00 | 74 | A | A | B | B | D |
3 |
VDS M (Off rankings) Tests started on Jun 01 2021 |
47.99€ ($49.43) | 73 | B | A | C | A | C |
4 |
DC208-HK Tests started on Aug 19 2021 |
$60.00 | 71 | B | B | D | B | A |
5 |
VDS S (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 02 2021 |
36.99€ ($38.10) | 71 | A | A | C | A | D |
6 |
PRO VMware 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Feb 03 2021 |
43.80€ ($45.11) | 66 | C | D | B | B | B |
7 |
General 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Nov 02 2021 |
$42.00 | 66 | B | C | B | B | D |
8 |
Enterprise Tests started on Aug 07 2021 |
40.00€ ($41.20) | 56 | D | B | C | C | E |
9 |
VPS Elite Tests started on Aug 23 2021 |
$49.50 | 54 | E | B | F | B | B |
10 |
12GB 6 cores Tests started on Nov 09 2021 |
42.00€ ($43.26) | 52 | C | A | C | E | E |
11 |
Cloud VDS 2 Tests started on Sep 02 2021 |
49.00€ ($50.47) | 46 | D | C | D | E | C |
12 |
8GB 4cores Tests started on Oct 28 2021 |
$42.05 | 45 | E | B | F | C | C |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Mars (Off rankings) Tests started on Oct 27 2021 |
41.15€ ($42.38) | 75 | A | B | B | B | C |
2 |
Smart M Tests started on Jan 26 2021 |
$60.00 | 65 | C | A | E | B | B |
3 |
8GB 4 cores Tests started on Sep 12 2021 |
46.44€ ($47.83) | 64 | C | B | B | E | B |
4 |
m.16 Tests started on Oct 07 2021 |
$56.00 | 57 | C | B | D | C | D |
5 |
BL2.2x4 Tests started on Feb 10 2021 |
$62.68 | 56 | B | D | B | C | E |
6 |
Dedicated 8GB Tests started on May 11 2021 |
$72.00 | 55 | D | B | D | C | C |
7 |
CPU Optimized 4GB Tests started on Jan 14 2021 |
$47.00 | 51 | C | C | C | D | E |
8 |
VM.Standard2.1 (X7) Tests started on May 31 2021 |
$47.00 | 36 | D | D | D | E | D |