Best Value VPS August 2021

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This August, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 14 VPS hosting plans. We judged them on their speed, stability and affordability. These are the best 3 VPS with the best value.

This ranking is Price Weighted and favors the VPS that generate the most power for every dollar you spend. Plans with high performance and low price are ranked higher than high price plans with the same performance. For the ranking that ignores prices, go to Best VPS August 2021.


The VPS tested in August 2021 are a subset of all the VPS we have reviewed over the past 12 months. Go to the Screener to get the entire list of cloud server plans available today, ranked and graded.

We build a new ranking every month with all the VPS tested during the interval. Check out the list of all current and past rankings.


1st

Alwyzon

Price per month: 9.49€
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 100 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 05 2021


Price Weighted Score

88


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

6th in Raw CPU Power

1st in Performance Stability

1st in Disk IO Performance

2nd in Network Performance



2nd

Kamatera

Price per month: $15.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 04 2021


Price Weighted Score

75


Ranks per Category

3rd in Web Performance

11th in Raw CPU Power

2nd in Performance Stability

2nd in Disk IO Performance

10th in Network Performance



3rd

Hetzner

Hetzner

CX11

Price per month: 3.79€
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 17 2021


Price Weighted Score

71


Ranks per Category

5th in Web Performance

13th in Raw CPU Power

6th in Performance Stability

3rd in Disk IO Performance

1st in Network Performance



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.

All grades in this chart are price weighted.


Rankings for all VPS tested during August 2021

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 E2
Tests started on Aug 05 2021
9.49€ ($10.34) 86 PW PW PW PW PW

2

General 2GB 1 core
Tests started on Aug 04 2021
$15.00 75 PW PW PW PW PW

3

VPS XL
Tests started on Aug 12 2021
$25.00 66 PW PW PW PW PW

4

c6s.3xlarge
Tests started on Aug 30 2021
$99.60 64 PW PW PW PW PW

5

PRO VMware 8GB 4 cores
Tests started on Aug 02 2021
87.60€ ($95.48) 62 PW PW PW PW PW

6

DC208-HK
Tests started on Aug 19 2021
$60.00 58 PW PW PW PW PW

7

24GB 12 cores
Tests started on Aug 10 2021
84.00€ ($91.56) 48 PW PW PW PW PW

8

VPS Elite
Tests started on Aug 23 2021
$49.50 45 PW PW PW PW PW

9

Enterprise
Tests started on Aug 07 2021
40.00€ ($43.60) 47 PW PW PW PW PW

Other Providers

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

1

CX11
Tests started on Aug 17 2021
3.79€ ($4.13) 70 PW PW PW PW PW

2

DEV1-M
Tests started on Aug 26 2021
15.77€ ($17.19) 68 PW PW PW PW PW

3

Basic Premium Intel 4GB 2cores
Tests started on Aug 21 2021
$28.00 56 PW PW PW PW PW

4

t4g.small
Tests started on Aug 27 2021
$16.10 46 PW PW PW PW PW

5

e2-small
Tests started on Aug 16 2021
$16.23 40 PW PW PW PW PW

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