LayerStack vs ScalaHosting
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We have tested 11 VPS plans from LayerStack and ScalaHosting. We'll show which one is best based on a detailed performance analysis, on features and prices.
LayerStack
LayerStack was founded in 2017.
It is headquartered in Singapore.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Singapore
- United States
ScalaHosting
ScalaHosting was founded in 2007.
It is headquartered in the United States.
It employs 55 people.
It offers Managed Hosting, VPS, Web Hosting and Wordpress hosting products.
- Europe
- United States
VPS Plans
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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ARM108-HK (preview) (Off rankings) | $10.00 | 4 | 8.0 | 100 | 2000 | Sep 27 2022 |
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2 cores 4GB | $20.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 50 | 3000 | Feb 24 2023 |
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R108-HK | $28.06 | 2 | 4.0 | 150 | 5000 | May 21 2022 |
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DC108-SG | $32.00 | 2 | 6.0 | 200 | 5000 | Feb 19 2022 |
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4 cores 8GB | $43.00 | 4 | 8.0 | 80 | 3000 | Apr 10 2023 |
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R208-SG | $53.80 | 4 | 12.0 | 250 | Unlimited | Jan 04 2022 |
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HM24-HK | $65.00 | 2 | 24.0 | 200 | 6000 | Jul 11 2022 |
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6 cores 12GB | $67.00 | 6 | 12.0 | 120 | 3000 | Jan 10 2023 |
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R308-HK | $68.00 | 6 | 16.0 | 300 | 8000 | Apr 04 2022 |
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8 cores 16GB | $91.00 | 8 | 16.0 | 160 | 3000 | May 25 2023 |
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R408-HK | $92.41 | 8 | 18.0 | 350 | 9000 | Sep 27 2022 |
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Note: "Off rankings" plans are not included in the Screener and are not considered for Best VPS rankings. They may either be previews where the VPS have been directly provisioned by the provider, they may be too old or they may exceed the maximum number of plans that can be listed for each provider.
Performance Grades
To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.
Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Screen all VPS from LayerStack and ScalaHosting| Plan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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ARM108-HK (preview) (Off rankings)
$10.00 |
D | B | D | B | D |
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2 cores 4GB
$20.00 |
E | E | D | C | F |
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R108-HK
$28.06 |
D | C | C | B | C |
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DC108-SG
$32.00 |
C | C | C | A | D |
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4 cores 8GB
$43.00 |
D | C | C | C | F |
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R208-SG
$53.80 |
C | B | C | B | D |
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HM24-HK
$65.00 |
E | C | E | B | C |
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6 cores 12GB
$67.00 |
D | B | D | B | F |
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R308-HK
$68.00 |
B | A | C | A | C |
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8 cores 16GB
$91.00 |
E | B | E | C | F |
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R408-HK
$92.41 |
D | A | B | B | D |
Features and Datacenters
This list is a subset of the features each provider may offer.
CPUs
These are the CPUs we have seen in LayerStack and ScalaHosting instances in the past 18 months.
| LayerStack | ScalaHosting |
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| All LayerStack CPUs by plan | All ScalaHosting CPUs by plan |
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AMD EPYC Processor (with IBPB) AMD EPYC-Milan Processor Neoverse-N1 |
QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+ |
Performance Consistency
The provider consistency score shows how much variation can be expected between 2 servers of the same type at the same provider. A high consistency score (>65) means the performance of all servers of the provider is consistent over many trials and many plans.
Providers who don't have enough data yet at VPSBenchmarks don't have a consistency score.
Screenshots
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
This is the average time it took to create an instance for LayerStack and ScalaHosting from instance order to instance accepting connections.
| LayerStack | ScalaHosting | |
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| Number of instance creations in sample | 7 | 11 |
| Average provisioning time | 105s | 84s |
Performance in Depth...
These are some of the test results that are used to determine the grades above.
Web Response Times
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from LayerStack and ScalaHosting. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.
Local Response Time per Plan
Lower is better
Maximum HTTP Load
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from LayerStack and ScalaHosting. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without timing out.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
Sysbench CPU Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of LayerStack and ScalaHosting. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench Disk IO Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of LayerStack and ScalaHosting. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for LayerStack and ScalaHosting.
Network Transfers
We have performed large file transfers from the LayerStack and ScalaHosting VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.
The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.
Download Speed per Plan
Higher is better
Sustained CPU Endurance Tests
We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.
This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.
Average number of operations per hour
Higher is better
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