In the 12 months up to April 2024, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 24 VPS hosting plans in the $0/month to $8/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 3rd revision of the Best VPS under $8 ranking in 2024. These are the older revisions:
1st
Price per month: $6.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 32 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Jun 16 2023
65
1st in Web Performance
6th in Raw CPU Power
4th in Performance Stability
2nd in Disk IO Performance
3rd in Network Performance
2nd
Price per month: $5.50
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 31 2023
63
2nd in Web Performance
2nd in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
8th in Disk IO Performance
8th in Network Performance
3rd
Price per month: 75.00 kr
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 100 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Feb 03 2024
61
7th in Web Performance
4th in Raw CPU Power
1st in Performance Stability
3rd in Disk IO Performance
10th 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 |
High Frequency 1GB Tests started on Jun 16 2023 |
$6.00 | 65 | B | E | B | B | C |
2 |
VLE-2 Tests started on Aug 31 2023 |
$5.50 | 63 | B | C | B | C | D |
3 |
VPS SM Tests started on Feb 03 2024 |
75.00 kr ($6.75) | 61 | C | D | A | B | D |
4 |
VPS.SM Tests started on Feb 21 2024 |
$7.00 | 53 | D | C | D | B | C |
5 |
VLE-2 Tests started on Dec 29 2023 |
5.00€ ($5.15) | 52 | B | D | D | C | D |
6 |
Availability 1GB 1core Tests started on Nov 05 2023 |
$4.00 | 51 | C | F | E | B | C |
7 |
Availability 2GB 1 core Tests started on Sep 20 2023 |
$6.00 | 49 | C | F | D | A | D |
8 |
Starter Tests started on Oct 08 2023 |
5.00€ ($5.15) | 47 | C | E | C | D | D |
9 |
Cloud Server S Tests started on Oct 03 2023 |
$5.00 | 32 | F | F | C | D | D |
10 |
D2-2 Tests started on May 28 2023 |
$6.57 | 31 | E | F | C | D | E |
11 |
VM-1 Tests started on Jul 11 2023 |
$5.99 | 31 | F | E | E | D | D |
12 |
1GB 1core Tests started on Oct 18 2023 |
7.00€ ($7.21) | 29 | E | E | D | E | D |
13 |
Start Tests started on Mar 23 2024 |
5.00€ ($5.15) | 28 | E | E | D | E | F |
14 |
VPS O1I1 Tests started on Dec 24 2023 |
2.49€ ($2.56) | 27 | F | F | D | D | D |
15 |
VPS Value Tests started on Jul 17 2023 |
$7.00 | 27 | F | F | D | D | D |
16 |
2GB 1 core Tests started on Feb 11 2024 |
7.00€ ($7.21) | 24 | E | E | E | F | E |
17 |
1GB 0.5 core Tests started on Nov 12 2023 |
4.50€ ($4.64) | 19 | F | F | E | F | E |
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 Nov 09 2023 |
$5.00 | 50 | C | E | D | B | C |
2 |
CAX11 Tests started on May 02 2023 |
3.79€ ($3.90) | 48 | D | D | E | C | B |
3 |
S-2 Tests started on Oct 31 2023 |
$8.00 | 46 | D | E | B | C | E |
4 |
Slice 1024 Tests started on May 18 2023 |
$3.50 | 34 | D | E | E | D | C |
5 |
2 cores 4GB Tests started on Nov 29 2023 |
$8.00 | 34 | E | E | D | D | E |
6 |
1 core 2GB Tests started on Jun 28 2023 |
$4.00 | 28 | F | F | D | D | E |