Find the cheapest VPS that actually works
Independent, honest comparisons of budget VPS hosting — Hostinger, RackNerd, BandwagonHost and more. Real prices, real specs, no fake top-10 fluff.
The providers we actually recommend
Hostinger
Best for beginners who want a managed feel and a huge feature set.
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RackNerd
The value king — a whole year of a KVM VPS for the price of one month elsewhere.
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BandwagonHost (搬瓦工)
Premium CN2 GIA routes to China and rock-solid uptime, famous in the Chinese community.
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Vultr
A developer-friendly cloud VPS with 30+ datacenters, hourly billing, and NVMe tiers.
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Contabo
The specs-per-dollar king — 4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM for under $5/mo, with flat renewal pricing.
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Featured plans at a glance
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Bandwidth | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| racknerd | 1GB KVM | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB SSD | 3 TB | $21.99/yr |
| racknerd | 2GB KVM | 2 | 2 GB | 80 GB SSD | 10 TB | $35.99/yr |
| bandwagonhost | Basic 20G KVM | 2 | 1 GB | 20 GB SSD | 1 TB | $49.99/yr |
| hostinger | KVM 1 | 1 | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 4 TB | $6.99/mo |
| vultr | Cloud Compute 1GB | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | 1 TB | $5/mo |
| contabo | Cloud VPS 10 | 4 | 8 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 32 TB | $4.5/mo |
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