Best VPS 2023 under $40

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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:


1st

0ping

0ping.eu

5GHz-NVMe-4

Price per month: 36.00€
Number of CPU cores: 8
Disk space: 240 GB
Memory: 32.0 GB
Trial Data: Jan 03 2023


Score

71


Ranks per Category

5th in Web Performance

C

3rd in Raw CPU Power

A

18th in Performance Stability

D

4th in Disk IO Performance

B

1st in Network Performance

A


2nd

Linode

Linode

Shared 8GB

Price per month: $48.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 160 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Jan 31 2023


Score

69


Ranks per Category

11th in Web Performance

C

5th in Raw CPU Power

B

6th in Performance Stability

B

7th in Disk IO Performance

B

4th in Network Performance

B


3rd

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

9th in Web Performance

C

1st in Raw CPU Power

A

17th in Performance Stability

D

1st in Disk IO Performance

A

12th in Network Performance

C


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

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

Other Providers

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

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

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