In the 12 months up to March 2023, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 6 VPS hosting plans in the $0/month to $5/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 2nd revision of the Best VPS under $5 ranking in 2023. These are the older revisions:
1st
Price per month: $4.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Nov 01 2022
42
1st in Web Performance
3rd in Raw CPU Power
4th in Performance Stability
4th in Disk IO Performance
1st in Network Performance
2nd
Price per month: $5.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 25 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 06 2022
37
3rd in Web Performance
1st in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
2nd in Disk IO Performance
2nd in Network Performance
3rd
Price per month: 3.25€
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: May 09 2022
34
4th in Web Performance
2nd in Raw CPU Power
1st in Performance Stability
1st in Disk IO Performance
4th in Network Performance
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Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Availability 1GB 1core Tests started on Nov 01 2022 |
$4.00 | 42 | C | E | E | D | C |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Shared 1GB Tests started on Mar 06 2022 |
$5.00 | 37 | E | E | E | D | C |
2 |
VPS 200 G10s Tests started on May 09 2022 |
3.25€ ($3.35) | 34 | E | E | D | D | D |
3 |
G3.1GB Tests started on Apr 02 2022 |
$4.00 | 27 | E | F | E | D | E |
4 |
Starter Dallas Tests started on Feb 06 2023 |
$4.95 | 21 | F | F | E | E | D |
5 |
1GB 2cores Tests started on Dec 28 2022 |
$7.00 | 18 | D | F | E | F | E |