Best VPS for Static Sites

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Static sites — HTML, CSS, and JS with no backend — are the lightest thing you can host. A VPS is overkill, which is exactly why a cheap one is perfect.

What a static site needs

• Almost no RAM — Nginx serving files uses a few dozen MB.
• A little disk for the built site.
• A dedicated IPv4 and a free SSL certificate.

The pick: RackNerd 1GB

RackNerd’s 1 GB plan at $21.99/yr serves a static site (or dozens) with ease, with full root and a dedicated IPv4. Add Nginx caching and it handles serious traffic on that same dollar.

Deploy with a simple workflow

rsync -avz public/ root@your-vps:/var/www/example.com/

• Generate locally (Hugo, Astro, Next.js static export) and only ship the public/ folder.
• Enable gzip and browser caching in Nginx.
• Automate with a git hook or CI so deploys are one command.

Bottom line: don’t pay for compute you don’t use. A 1 GB KVM VPS hosts static sites faster than most shared hosting, for about $1.83 a month.