LunaNode VPS Review
LunaNode was founded in 2013.
It is headquartered in Canada.
It offers VPS hosting products.
Quick Links
| LunaNode plans specs and prices | Plans |
| Review LunaNode plan grades in the Screener | Screener |
| Review CPU models found in LunaNode trials | CPUs |
| Performance variations of LunaNode VPS over the long term | Consistency |
LunaNode VPS Features
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | No | |
| Backups | No |
$0.03/GB/mo, billed hourly. |
| Control Panel | Custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 3 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 2 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes |
Network, CPU, IO. |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | Yes | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards, Paypal, Bitcoin | |
| Hidden CPU Model | No | |
| Affiliate Program | Yes | |
| Firewall | Yes |
Called Security Group in LunaNode UI. |
| Shelving | Yes |
Shelving allows you to deactivate a temporarily unneeded virtual machine so that you only pay for the storage space and assigned IP addresses: https://wiki.lunanode.com/index.php/Shelving |
Pros and Cons
Strengths
- No charge other than for storage and IP address for turned off instances.
- Bandwidth pooling.
LunaNode Extra Services
In addition to features included in VPS plans, LunaNode also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Team Management | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances | Private network |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each LunaNode VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server from the moment it was ordered to the moment it accepted SSH connections.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56s | 15s | 170s | 7 |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage Prices page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snapshots | $0.030 |
Snapshots are created on users requests and are images of block storage disk volumes. They can be used to clone VMs
https://www.lunanode.com/features/snapshots |
|
| Block | $0.030 |
HDD volumes.
Also available: SSD volumes only in Toronto: $0.06/GB/month.
LunaNode volumes can be used as boot devices and you will only be charged for the portion of the volume size that exceeds the storage space included with the VM.
https://www.lunanode.com/features/volumes |
This provider offers the following promotion:
Sign up for a new LunaNode account and then go to Billing/Promotions and enter the promo code below to receive a $20 credit.
Users must verify a Canadian or U.S. credit card to validate their account.
Value: $20
LunaNode Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $3.50 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 15 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | Per core CPU allocation: 20% |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 36
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | E | C | C | E |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - m.1s. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the m.1s plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the m.1s plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | D |
| Sep 24 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz | Toronto, Canada | F |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $7.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 2000 |
| Burstable CPU | Per core CPU allocation: 40% |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 54
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | C | D | B | C |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - s.1. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Live Web | Network Transfers | Remote Timings | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the s.1 plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the s.1 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 09 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
| Aug 02 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
| Jan 07 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $7.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 2000 |
| Burstable CPU | Per core CPU allocation: 20% |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 39
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | E | C | C | D |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - m.2. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the m.2 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the m.2 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $14.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 35 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 2500 |
| Burstable CPU | Per core CPU allocation: 80% |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 63
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | A | D | B | C |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - s.2. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Live Web | Network Transfers | Remote Timings | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the s.2 plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the s.2 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
| Mar 04 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $14.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 35 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 2500 |
| Burstable CPU | Per core CPU allocation: 40% |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 47
| Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | D | D | C | D |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - m.4. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the m.4 plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the m.4 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 06 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz | Toronto, Canada | D |
| Mar 31 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $20.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 100 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 5.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 3000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | Yes |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 17
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - c.1. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the c.1 plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the c.1 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 08 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz | Toronto, Canada | E |
| Oct 15 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz | Toronto, Canada | E |
| May 13 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz | Toronto, Canada | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $28.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 70 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 3000 |
| Burstable CPU | Per core CPU allocation: 40% |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 56
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - m.8. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the m.8 plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the m.8 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
| May 05 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.lunanode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $56.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 125 |
| Num Cores | 6 |
| Memory GB | 16.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 57
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for LunaNode - m.16. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the m.16 plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the m.16 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 07 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz | Toronto, Canada | C |
| Jul 11 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz | Toronto, Canada | D |
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