In the 12 months up to March 2023, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 29 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 2nd revision of the Best VPS under $40 ranking in 2023. These are the older revisions:
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 |
Virtual Server L 2023 Tests started on Mar 20 2022 |
24.79€ ($27.27) | 68 | C | A | D | A | C |
2 |
c6s.xlarge Tests started on Jan 21 2023 |
$33.20 | 68 | B | C | A | C | C |
3 |
CPU Optimized 1-2-25 Tests started on Jan 27 2023 |
$28.00 | 63 | B | D | B | B | C |
4 |
VPS Comfort Tests started on Jul 07 2022 |
$27.30 | 63 | C | C | C | B | B |
5 |
NVMe 32GB Tests started on Jul 30 2022 |
$29.00 | 61 | C | A | C | C | D |
6 |
R108-HK Tests started on May 21 2022 |
$28.06 | 56 | D | C | C | B | C |
7 |
HP-8 NVMe 2022 (Off rankings) Tests started on Oct 03 2022 |
31.96€ ($35.16) | 50 | C | B | D | D | D |
8 |
VPS V4I8 Tests started on Sep 17 2022 |
25.00€ ($27.50) | 47 | E | D | C | C | D |
9 |
LS 2x6 Tests started on Feb 16 2023 |
$40.00 | 47 | C | D | D | C | D |
10 |
VPS XXL Tests started on Feb 21 2023 |
$35.00 | 47 | E | B | D | D | D |
11 |
8GB 4 cores Tests started on Aug 08 2022 |
28.00€ ($30.80) | 46 | C | B | D | F | C |
12 |
Cloud VPS 4 Tests started on Dec 04 2022 |
29.00€ ($31.90) | 46 | C | C | B | F | E |
13 |
GP-16 NVMe Tests started on Feb 03 2023 |
32.99€ ($36.29) | 44 | D | B | F | C | D |
14 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Jul 19 2022 |
26.00€ ($28.60) | 44 | D | D | D | D | C |
15 |
B2-7 Tests started on Jan 13 2023 |
$29.04 | 43 | D | E | C | C | D |
16 |
Cloud Server RAM L Tests started on Jan 05 2023 |
$30.00 | 32 | E | E | C | E | D |
17 |
B2-7 Tests started on Feb 14 2023 |
24.20€ ($26.62) | 32 | E | E | C | E | D |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
5GHz-NVMe-4 Tests started on Jan 03 2023 |
36.00€ ($39.60) | 71 | C | A | D | B | A |
2 |
Shared 8GB Tests started on Jan 31 2023 |
$48.00 | 69 | C | B | B | B | B |
3 |
KVM Premium 4GB Tests started on May 28 2022 |
$26.00 | 54 | B | C | C | D | C |
4 |
m.8 Tests started on Aug 05 2022 |
$28.00 | 53 | D | C | B | C | D |
5 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Sep 10 2022 |
26.96€ ($29.66) | 52 | E | D | E | A | B |
6 |
c7g.medium Tests started on Jun 30 2022 |
$27.74 | 49 | C | E | B | F | C |
7 |
DEV1-L Tests started on May 30 2022 |
40.47€ ($44.52) | 48 | E | C | D | D | B |
8 |
Basic Premium AMD 4GB 2cores Tests started on Oct 14 2022 |
$28.00 | 43 | E | D | D | C | C |
9 |
PLAY2-NANO Tests started on Nov 14 2022 |
26.08€ ($28.69) | 42 | D | D | C | F | C |
10 |
Dedicated 4GB Tests started on May 19 2022 |
$36.00 | 38 | E | E | E | D | B |
11 |
Advanced Linux VPS London Tests started on Dec 09 2022 |
$29.95 | 35 | E | D | D | E | D |
12 |
C1.1x1 Tests started on Mar 26 2022 |
$25.21 | 24 | D | F | E | F | E |