Best VPS 2023 under $40

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In the 12 months up to January 2023, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 24 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.


1st

Vultr

Price per month: $40.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 160 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Jan 23 2022


Score

75


Ranks per Category

2nd in Web Performance

B

3rd in Raw CPU Power

B

5th in Performance Stability

B

3rd in Disk IO Performance

B

2nd in Network Performance

B


2nd

Alwyzon

Price per month: 24.79€
Number of CPU cores: 8
Disk space: 240 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 20 2022


Score

68


Ranks per Category

8th in Web Performance

C

1st in Raw CPU Power

A

15th in Performance Stability

D

1st in Disk IO Performance

A

8th in Network Performance

C


3rd

LayerStack

LayerStack

DC108-SG

Price per month: $32.00
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 200 GB
Memory: 6.0 GB
Trial Data: Feb 19 2022


Score

64


Ranks per Category

5th in Web Performance

C

9th in Raw CPU Power

C

6th in Performance Stability

C

2nd in Disk IO Performance

A

17th in Network Performance

D


All Grades in a Chart

How are grades calculated?

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 2023

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

1

Regular 8GB 4 cores
Tests started on Jan 23 2022
$40.00 75 B B B B B

2

Virtual Server L 2023
Tests started on Mar 20 2022
24.79€ ($27.27) 68 C A D A C

3

DC108-SG
Tests started on Feb 19 2022
$32.00 64 C C C A D

4

Cloud VDS S NVMe
Tests started on Sep 07 2022
42.99€ ($47.29) 63 B B B C E

5

VPS Comfort
Tests started on Jul 07 2022
$27.30 63 C C C B B

6

NVMe 32GB
Tests started on Jul 30 2022
$29.00 61 C A C C D

7

R108-HK
Tests started on May 21 2022
$28.06 56 D C C B C

8

Cloud Server XL
Tests started on Feb 13 2022
$35.00 52 D C C D C

9

GP-16 NVMe
Tests started on Jan 03 2022
32.99€ ($36.29) 51 D C D C D

10

HP-8 NVMe 2022 (Off rankings)
Tests started on Oct 03 2022
31.96€ ($35.16) 50 C B D D D

11

VPS V4I8
Tests started on Sep 17 2022
25.00€ ($27.50) 47 E D C C D

12

8GB 4 cores
Tests started on Aug 08 2022
28.00€ ($30.80) 46 C B D F C

13

Cloud VPS 4
Tests started on Dec 04 2022
29.00€ ($31.90) 46 C C B F E

14

4GB 2 cores
Tests started on Jul 19 2022
26.00€ ($28.60) 44 D D D D C

15

Cloud VPS 6
Tests started on Feb 02 2022
39.00€ ($42.90) 41 C B D F D

16

LS 2x4
Tests started on Dec 30 2022
$25.00 37 D E D E E

Other Providers

Plan Price Score Web Perf Raw CPU Power Perf Stability Disk IO Perf Network Perf

1

KVM Premium 4GB
Tests started on May 28 2022
$26.00 54 B C C D C

2

m.8
Tests started on Aug 05 2022
$28.00 53 D C B C D

3

c7g.medium
Tests started on Jun 30 2022
$27.74 49 C E B F C

4

DEV1-L
Tests started on May 30 2022
40.47€ ($44.52) 48 E C D D B

5

Basic Premium AMD 4GB 2cores
Tests started on Oct 14 2022
$28.00 43 E D D C C

6

Dedicated 4GB
Tests started on May 19 2022
$36.00 38 E E E D B

7

Advanced Linux VPS London
Tests started on Dec 09 2022
$29.95 35 E D D E D

8

C1.1x1
Tests started on Mar 26 2022
$25.21 24 D F E F E

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