Best VPS 2026
In the 12 months up to January 2026, VPSBenchmarks put 8 cloud servers from 8 providers through a demanding suite of benchmarks to evaluate their performance as web servers, their capacity to handle heavy loads, their stability and the speed at which they can transfer data through the network. These are the Best VPS in 6 price ranges.
See also Best VPS 2025.
A few words about the winners
IONOS is a large German provider with data centers in four European countries and in the United States.
Alwyzon is a provider based in Austria with fast hardware, very competitive prices and a central location in Europe.
HostHatch is available in 13 data center locations all over the world and is based in the USA.
Genesis Hosting Solutions is a provider based in the USA with a data center in Illinois, a wide range of products, a comprehensive set of features based on OpenStack and some of the most cutting edge hardware in the VPS market.
HostArmada is based in the US but offers locations on 4 continents.
Hostup is a Swedish provider with 10 years of hosting experience, attractive pricing and fast storage.
0ping.eu is a provider based in Europe with a location in Germany.
Server Optima is a new entrant based in the United States who offers VPS, Dedicated servers, GPUs, Cloud storage and CDN hosting products.
TakeHost.Biz, with locations in Germany and Sweden, cutting edge hardware and generous bandwidth.
NoBull Networks runs AMD EPYC 4000 Series processors in all its VPS and VDS. Its data center is located in Washington, USA.
Hexabyteis a provider from Sweden with a no-nonsense control panel and fast affordable VPS.
GS Webservicesoperates from Germany and offers Cloud Servers, colocation and dedicated servers.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Monthly Rankings
We also publish a new ranking every month with just the VPS that were tested during the previous 30 days. It's declined in 2 variants: "Best VPS" and "Best Value VPS". The same products have been tested in both but in the Value ranking, the grades and scores are price weighted.
These are the rankings for all servers tested in December 2025 at any price.
These are the rankings for all servers tested in November 2025 at any price.
These are the rankings for all servers tested in October 2025 at any price.
Special Mentions
Special Mentions are awards granted to featured providers for being the fastest in a performance category. In addition to grade categories (Web, CPU, Disk IO, Stability and Network), a Special Mention is also awarded to the fastest VPS that costs less than $5/month.
All winners were the fastest in their category based on all public trials run during the 12 months up to January 1st 2025.
| Category | Provider | Plan | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest overall for less than $5/month |
 Contabo |
Cloud VPS 1 Cores: 4 RAM: 6.0 GB Price: $5.26 Trial: Oct 25 2024 |
Overall Score: 85 / 100 (Price Weighted) |
| Fastest CPU in single threaded test |
 RackGenius |
4GB Premium KVM VPS Cores: 1 RAM: 4.0 GB Price: $17.00 Trial: Jan 07 2024 |
2555 ops/sec |
| Fastest Disk IO |
 LayerStack |
PRO300-HK Cores: 8 RAM: 16.0 GB Price: $64.00 Trial: Dec 04 2024 |
Disk IO Performance Score: 95 / 100 |
| Fastest Web Server |
RackGenius |
24GB Premium KVM VPS Cores: 6 RAM: 24.0 GB Price: $97.00 Trial: Apr 07 2024 |
Web Performance Score: 97 / 100 |
| Most Stable |
 MoonQube |
st1.large 2023 Cores: 4 RAM: 8.0 GB Price: $40.00 Trial: Mar 28 2024 |
Performance Stability Score: 95 / 100 |
| Fastest Network Transfers |
 HostUp |
VPS XXL Cores: 32 RAM: 128.0 GB Price: $140.40 Trial: May 05 2024 |
Network Performance Score: 86 / 100 |