In the 12 months up to May 2022, 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 2022 rankings are updated approximately every other month. Check out the list of current and past rankings in all price ranges.
This is the 3rd revision of the Best VPS under $5 ranking in 2022. These are the older revisions:
1st
Price per month: 3.33€
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Nov 15 2021
60
4th in Web Performance
1st in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
1st in Disk IO Performance
8th in Network Performance
3rd
Price per month: $5.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Dec 15 2021
53
1st in Web Performance
5th in Raw CPU Power
9th in Performance Stability
2nd in Disk IO Performance
6th 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-2 Tests started on Nov 15 2021 |
3.33€ ($3.66) | 60 | C | D | B | B | D |
2 |
1GB 1core Tests started on Oct 19 2021 |
$5.00 | 57 | B | D | B | B | D |
3 |
Shared 1 core 1GB Tests started on Dec 15 2021 |
$5.00 | 53 | B | E | D | B | D |
4 |
vm.t5sd.2xlarge Tests started on Oct 16 2021 |
$5.00 | 53 | B | D | B | E | B |
5 |
Cloud Server S Tests started on Nov 12 2021 |
$5.00 | 41 | D | F | C | D | C |
6 |
Availability 1GB 1core Tests started on Sep 19 2021 |
$4.00 | 40 | D | E | E | B | E |
7 |
Shared 1GB Tests started on Mar 06 2022 |
$5.00 | 37 | E | E | E | D | C |
8 |
Regular 1GB 1 core Tests started on Jun 05 2021 |
$5.00 | 37 | E | E | E | B | D |
9 |
m.1s Tests started on Dec 21 2021 |
$3.50 | 36 | E | E | C | C | E |
10 |
Cloud VPS Small Tests started on Jan 31 2022 |
2.79€ ($3.07) | 34 | F | F | D | C | D |
11 |
VPS Starter Tests started on Feb 24 2022 |
$3.50 | 28 | F | F | D | D | D |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Slice 1024 Tests started on Nov 05 2021 |
$3.50 | 50 | C | D | C | D | C |
2 |
CX11 Tests started on Aug 17 2021 |
4.15€ ($4.56) | 43 | D | F | E | D | A |
3 |
VPS 200 G10s Tests started on May 09 2022 |
2.99€ ($3.29) | 34 | E | E | D | D | D |
4 |
G3.1GB Tests started on Apr 02 2022 |
$4.00 | 27 | E | F | E | D | E |
5 |
1GB 1core Tests started on Jul 12 2021 |
$5.00 | 25 | D | F | D | F | E |