Best VPS Winter 2020
This Winter, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 43 VPS hosting plans. We judged them on their speed, stability and affordability. These are the best 3 VPS.
For price weighted rankings, go to Best Value VPS Winter 2020.
The VPS tested between January and March 2020 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
Genesis Public Cloud
c6s.3xlarge
Price per month: $99.60
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 120 GB
Memory: 24.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 27 2020
Score
91
Ranks per Category
1st in Web Performance
1st in Raw CPU Power
2nd in Performance Stability
1st in Disk IO Performance
9th in Network Performance
2nd
Kamatera
General 4GB 2 cores
Price per month: $42.00
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Feb 03 2020
Score
82
Ranks per Category
10th in Web Performance
10th in Raw CPU Power
6th in Performance Stability
8th in Disk IO Performance
1st in Network Performance
3rd
Kamatera
Availability 4GB 4 cores (Off rankings)
Price per month: $24.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 17 2020
Score
80
Ranks per Category
5th in Web Performance
3rd in Raw CPU Power
30th in Performance Stability
3rd in Disk IO Performance
2nd in Network Performance
All Grades in a Chart
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.
Rankings for all VPS tested during Winter 2020
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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c6s.3xlarge Tests started on Mar 27 2020 |
$99.60 | 91 | A | A | A | A | B |
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2
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General 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Feb 03 2020 |
$42.00 | 82 | A | B | A | B | B |
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3
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Availability 4GB 4 cores (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 17 2020 |
$24.00 | 80 | A | A | C | B | B |
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4 
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Cloud Server XL Tests started on Feb 27 2020 |
$35.00 | 78 | A | A | A | B | C |
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5 
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vm.c5sd.xlarge Tests started on Feb 25 2020 |
$20.00 | 77 | A | B | A | D | C |
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6
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Cloud Server RAM L Tests started on Jan 11 2020 |
$30.00 | 72 | A | B | B | B | C |
|
7 
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4GB 2 cores Tests started on Mar 06 2020 |
26.00€ ($28.08) | 72 | A | C | A | B | D |
|
8 
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12GB 6 cores Tests started on Jan 18 2020 |
42.00€ ($45.36) | 71 | B | A | A | C | D |
|
9 
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VPS V4I8 Tests started on Feb 11 2020 |
25.00€ ($27.00) | 71 | B | B | A | B | D |
|
10
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vm.t5sd.4xlarge (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 26 2020 |
$9.00 | 70 | A | C | B | D | B |
|
11 
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High Frequency 1GB Tests started on Mar 19 2020 |
$6.00 | 67 | B | D | B | C | B |
|
12
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Regular 8GB 4 cores Tests started on Feb 07 2020 |
$40.00 | 66 | C | B | B | C | C |
|
13 
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Enterprise Tests started on Mar 11 2020 |
40.00€ ($43.20) | 64 | D | A | A | C | D |
|
14
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2GB 1 core Tests started on Mar 02 2020 |
7.00€ ($7.56) | 59 | A | D | B | C | D |
|
15 
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Dedicated 4GB Tests started on Jan 28 2020 |
$36.00 | 58 | B | D | B | C | C |
|
16
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1GB 1core Tests started on Jan 22 2020 |
7.00€ ($7.56) | 53 | C | E | C | C | C |
|
17 
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S1-8 (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 08 2020 |
$15.59 | 51 | C | D | A | D | E |
|
18
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C2-7 Tests started on Feb 24 2020 |
$42.24 | 51 | C | C | B | D | E |
|
19 
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VPS M SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 31 2020 |
8.99€ ($9.71) | 49 | E | A | C | D | D |
|
20
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VPS V1I2 Tests started on Mar 23 2020 |
6.50€ ($7.02) | 43 | D | F | B | C | D |
|
21
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Basic Tests started on Jan 24 2020 |
10.00€ ($10.80) | 37 | E | D | C | E | E |
Other Providers
| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 
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m5.large Tests started on Feb 21 2020 |
$73.12 | 72 | A | C | A | D | B |
|
2 
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8GB 2cores Tests started on Feb 13 2020 |
$40.00 | 70 | A | C | A | C | C |
|
3 
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6GB $7 Tests started on Jan 20 2020 |
$7.00 | 62 | E | B | C | B | B |
|
4 
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e2-highcpu-2 Tests started on Dec 30 2019 |
$36.11 | 62 | A | C | A | E | D |
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5 
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ecs.g6.large Tests started on Jan 15 2020 |
$43.19 | 61 | A | B | B | D | E |
|
6 
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GP1-XS Tests started on Feb 17 2020 |
82.27€ ($88.85) | 60 | C | B | D | C | C |
|
7 
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s.1 Tests started on Feb 09 2020 |
$7.00 | 59 | C | C | C | B | D |
|
8 
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CPU Optimized 4GB Tests started on Feb 29 2020 |
$47.00 | 57 | B | D | D | C | B |
|
9
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t3-medium Tests started on Jan 04 2020 |
$29.95 | 56 | C | C | C | D | C |
|
10 
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OpenVZ SSD Standard 2GB Tests started on Jan 13 2020 |
$7.00 | 54 | D | D | C | B | D |
|
11
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n1-standard-2 (Off rankings) Tests started on Feb 20 2020 |
$48.55 | 54 | C | D | B | E | C |
|
12
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Basic Regular 1GB 1 core Tests started on Jan 06 2020 |
$6.00 | 53 | C | D | C | D | B |
|
13 
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G2.8GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 02 2020 |
$80.00 | 51 | E | C | B | D | D |
|
14
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G2 4GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Feb 15 2020 |
$40.00 | 49 | D | D | B | D | D |
|
15 
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Standard 2GB Tests started on Mar 09 2020 |
$29.99 | 48 | D | D | C | C | D |
|
16 
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B1MS Tests started on Mar 21 2020 |
$15.11 | 48 | B | E | D | E | B |
|
17 
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Small-2 Tests started on Mar 25 2020 |
$10.00 | 48 | D | E | D | C | C |
|
18 
|
CX11 Tests started on Feb 05 2020 |
3.79€ ($4.09) | 47 | D | E | C | D | C |
|
19
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F1s Tests started on Feb 02 2020 |
$36.50 | 45 | C | E | C | F | C |
|
20
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Premium 8GB Tests started on Mar 04 2020 |
$40.00 | 42 | E | D | D | D | C |
|
21 
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gp1_supersonic Tests started on Mar 13 2020 |
$12.00 | 37 | D | F | B | E | E |
|
22
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Starter 1GB 1 core Tests started on Mar 15 2020 |
$4.50 | 31 | C | E | D | E | E |
