netcup Review
netcup was founded as a VPS provider in 2008.
It is headquartered in Germany.
It offers VPS, webhosting and domains hosting products.
- Austria
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- United States
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netcup plans specs and prices
Plans
netcup instance types
Instance Types
How fast are netcup servers? Check them out in the Screener
Screener
List of netcup trials
Trials
Review CPU models found in netcup trials
CPUs
List of netcup yabs.sh results
Yabs
netcup VPS Features
| netcup plans specs and prices | Plans |
| netcup instance types | Instance Types |
| How fast are netcup servers? Check them out in the Screener | Screener |
| List of netcup trials | Trials |
| Review CPU models found in netcup trials | CPUs |
| List of netcup yabs.sh results | Yabs |
Features not included in VPS prices or that can't be managed from the provider control panel are marked as missing in the table below.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | Yes |
Anexia DDoS Guard with up to 2Tbps protection: |
| Backups | Yes |
Snapshots can be created and stored on the server itself. They can then be exported. The number of snapshots is only limited by the space available on the server root storage. |
| Control Panel | Custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total number of data centers | 5 | |
| Number of data center continents | 3 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes |
CPU, disk IO, network. |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | Yes | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Paypal, wire transfers | |
| Hidden CPU Model | No | |
| Affiliate Program | Yes | |
| IPv6 support | Yes |
The standard subnet with IPv6 is /64. |
| Firewall | No | |
| Shelving | No |
netcup Extra Services
In addition to features included in VPS plans, netcup also sells the services marked green in the following table:
| 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 netcup 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 | Median Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150s | 150s | 150s | 150s | 1 |
Control Panel Screenshots
netcup Coupons
This provider offers the following coupons:
Code: 6877nc17911471720
Value: 14.01€
One month off on the VPS 1000 G12.5: 4 vCore (x86), 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD.
New customers only.
The vouchers can be redeemed at the following URL:
https://www.netcup.com/en/checkout/cart
Code: 6876nc179114691919
Value: 143.43€
1 month free on the RS 8000 G12.5 root server plan powered by 16 AMD EPYC™ 9645 cores with 64GB RAM.
The voucher can be redeemed at the following URL:
https://www.netcup.com/en/checkout/cart
New customers only.
Code: 6875nc17911467250
Value: 39.33€
1 month free on the RS 2000 G12.5 root server plan powered by 8 AMD EPYC™ 9645 cores with 16GB RAM.
The voucher can be redeemed at the following URL:
https://www.netcup.com/en/checkout/cart
New customers only.
Code: 6874nc17911466122
Value: 42€
2 months free on the RS 1000 G12.5 root server plan powered by 4 AMD EPYC™ 9645 cores with 8GB RAM.
The voucher can be redeemed at the following URL:
https://www.netcup.com/en/checkout/cart
New customers only.
Code: 36nc17790641640
Value: 5€
5€ rebate on any order excluding domains.
The voucher can be redeemed at the following URL:
https://www.netcup.com/en/checkout/cart
New customers only.
Recent Performance Trials
| Instance Type | Plan | Date | Score | PW Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Purpose / Root Server | RS 1000 G12 (Off rankings) | Jul 23 2026 | 51 | 86 |
| VPS 1000 G10 (Off rankings) | Aug 27 2023 | 40 | 76 |
netcup Instance Types and Plans
Note: All VPS prices reported at VPSBenchmarks are for one month without any further commitment and before promotions unless noted otherwise. The IPv4 charge is added to the VPS monthly price in case the provider doesn't include it by default.
Cloud Server Plans
| Plan | Number of CPU cores | RAM | Storage | Monthly Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family: General Purpose | ||||
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Instance Type: Virtual Server (ARM64) |
KVM-based virtual servers (VPS) on energy-efficient ARM64 (Ampere Altra Max) processors with selectable resources such as CPU, RAM or NVMe SSD storage, a traffic flat rate, DDoS protection, pre-configured images, snapshots and a remote console. |
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| VPS 500 ARM G12.5 | 2 | 4.0GB | 64GB | 7.98€ / month ($8.95 / month) |
| VPS 1000 ARM G12.5 | 4 | 8.0GB | 128GB | 14.01€ / month ($15.71 / month) |
| VPS 2000 ARM G12.5 | 8 | 16.0GB | 256GB | 26.01€ / month ($29.17 / month) |
| VPS 4000 ARM G12.5 | 12 | 32.0GB | 512GB | 43.84€ / month ($49.16 / month) |
| VPS 8000 ARM G12.5 | 16 | 64.0GB | 1000GB | 64.84€ / month ($72.71 / month) |
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Instance Type: Root Server |
The netcup Root Server line (currently G12.5) consists of powerful, KVM-based virtual machines with dedicated AMD EPYC™ cores and guaranteed RAM resources. They are ideal for applications requiring stable, high performance, such as complex web applications, game servers, or database-intensive scenarios, and feature fast NVMe SSD storage and a 2.5 Gbit/s network connection. |
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| RS 500 G12.5 | 2 | 4.0GB | 64GB | 12.49€ / month ($14.01 / month) |
| RS 1000 G12.5 | 4 | 8.0GB | 128GB | 21.00€ / month ($23.55 / month) |
| RS 2000 G12.5 | 8 | 16.0GB | 256GB | 39.33€ / month ($44.10 / month) |
| RS 4000 G12.5 | 12 | 32.0GB | 512GB | 75.21€ / month ($84.33 / month) |
| RS 8000 G12.5 | 16 | 64.0GB | 1000GB | 143.43€ / month ($160.83 / month) |
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Instance Type: Virtual Server |
KVM-based virtual servers (VPS) with selectable resources such as CPU, RAM or SSD storage, a traffic flat rate, DDoS protection, pre-configured images, snapshots and a remote console. |
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| VPS 500 G12.5 | 2 | 4.0GB | 64GB | 7.98€ / month ($8.95 / month) |
| VPS 1000 G12.5 | 4 | 8.0GB | 128GB | 14.01€ / month ($15.71 / month) |
| VPS 2000 G12.5 | 8 | 16.0GB | 256GB | 26.01€ / month ($29.17 / month) |
| VPS 4000 G12.5 | 12 | 32.0GB | 512GB | 43.83€ / month ($49.15 / month) |
| VPS 8000 G12.5 | 16 | 64.0GB | 1000GB | 64.84€ / month ($72.71 / month) |
| Family: Other | ||||