Best VPS 2026 under $8

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In the 12 months up to March 2026, VPSBenchmarks tested 26 VPS hosting plans in the $0/month to $8/month price range for all providers reviewed at VPSBenchmarks. We evaluated them on their CPU power, network, disk speed, web performance and stability.

This Best VPS 2026 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 $8 ranking in 2026. These are the older revisions:


1st

Nobull

Nobull Networks

Nano 1X VPS

Price per month: $4.99
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 30 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Jan 02 2026


Score

72


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

B

1st in Raw CPU Power

D

1st in Performance Stability

A

1st in Disk IO Performance

A

5th in Network Performance

C


2nd

GS WEBSERVICES

GS WEBSERVICES

nG-Cloud 2GB

Price per month: 3.16€
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Dec 02 2025


Score

56


Ranks per Category

3rd in Web Performance

C

11th in Raw CPU Power

E

2nd in Performance Stability

B

6th in Disk IO Performance

C

8th in Network Performance

C


3rd

HostUp

HostUp

VPS XS

Price per month: 3.90€
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 50 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 22 2025


Score

55


Ranks per Category

5th in Web Performance

C

4th in Raw CPU Power

D

3rd in Performance Stability

B

10th in Disk IO Performance

C

3rd 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.


Ranking for all VPS tested during 2026

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

Nano 1X VPS
Tests started on Jan 02 2026
$4.99 72 B D A A C

2

nG-Cloud 2GB
Tests started on Dec 02 2025
3.16€ ($3.70) 56 C E B C C

3

VPS XS
Tests started on Mar 22 2025
3.90€ ($4.56) 55 C D B C C

4

VM-1
Tests started on Feb 25 2026
$5.99 53 B E C B D

5

Availability 1GB 1core
Tests started on Feb 09 2026
$4.00 48 C F D B C

6

VPS M
Tests started on Sep 28 2025
$8.00 46 D E C E C

7

Medium HKG
Tests started on Sep 10 2025
$7.20 46 C D C D D

8

1 vCPU 2GB
Tests started on Jan 28 2026
$7.30 43 D F C C C

9

Cloud Server S 4.0
Tests started on Sep 02 2025
5.99€ ($7.01) 41 D E D C E

10

High Frequency 1GB
Tests started on Apr 18 2025
$6.00 40 D F D C D

11

VPS 1
Tests started on Apr 14 2025
£4.05 ($5.39) 40 E F C D C

12

Starter
Tests started on Aug 27 2025
5.00€ ($5.85) 40 D E D C E

13

VPS-1
Tests started on Feb 04 2026
$4.90 36 E E D C E

14

Cloud VPS 2 Gen 2
Tests started on May 06 2025
6.00€ ($7.02) 36 C E C F E

15

VPS-1
Tests started on Sep 08 2025
6.49€ ($7.59) 36 E D F C D

16

e3.medium
Tests started on Feb 07 2026
4.71€ ($5.51) 35 F E D C D

17

Starter HKG
Tests started on Dec 11 2025
$4.60 33 D F D D E

18

e3.small
Tests started on Nov 09 2025
3.22€ ($3.77) 33 E F E D C

19

VPS O1I2
Tests started on Feb 06 2026
4.49€ ($5.25) 30 F F C D E

20

1vCPU 2 GB
Tests started on May 13 2025
$5.00 28 E F D D E

21

Availability 2GB 1 core
Tests started on Nov 11 2025
$6.00 24 F F F D C

22

VDS-1-SSD
Tests started on Mar 11 2025
3.90€ ($4.56) 24 F F E D D

23

2vCPU 4 GB
Tests started on Aug 02 2025
$8.00 24 F F F D E

24

1GB 0.5 core
Tests started on Aug 09 2025
4.50€ ($5.26) 22 E F D F F

25

Cloud VPS 10
Tests started on Dec 12 2025
4.50€ ($5.26) 22 F D F E E

26

Express Linux VPS
Tests started on Feb 04 2026
$6.99 19 F F E D E

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