Best VPS over the years
All the annual Best VPS rankings ever published at VPSBenchmarks
2025
So far, VPSBenchmarks has run 16
performance trials from 16 providers in 2025.
The following providers all won first place in one of the
Best VPS 2025
6 price ranges at some point during the year.
2024
VPSBenchmarks ran 248
performance trials from 55 providers in 2024.
The following providers all won first place in one of the
Best VPS 2024
6 price ranges at some point during the year.
2023
VPSBenchmarks ran 213
performance trials from 55 providers in 2023.
The following providers all won first place in one of the
Best VPS 2023
6 price ranges at some point during the year.
2022
VPSBenchmarks ran 198
performance trials from 48 providers in 2022.
The following providers all won first place in one of the
Best VPS 2022
6 price ranges at some point during the year.
2021
VPSBenchmarks ran 181
performance trials from 44 providers in 2021.
The following providers all won first place in one of the
Best VPS 2021
6 price ranges at some point during the year.
2020
VPSBenchmarks ran 167
performance trials from 36 providers in 2020.
The following providers all won first place in one of the
Best VPS 2020
6 price ranges at some point during the year.
Monthly Rankings
We also publish a new ranking every month with just the VPS that were tested during the previous 30 days. It's declined in 2 variants: "Best VPS" and "Best Value VPS". The same products have been tested in both but in the Value ranking, the grades and scores are price weighted.
These are the rankings for all servers tested in December 2024 at any price.
These are the rankings for all servers tested in November 2024 at any price.
These are the rankings for all servers tested in October 2024 at any price.
Special Mentions
Special Mentions are awards granted to featured providers for being the fastest in a performance category. In addition to grade categories (Web, CPU, Disk IO, Stability and Network), a Special Mention is also awarded to the fastest VPS that costs less than $5/month.
All winners were the fastest in their category based on all public trials run during the 12 months up to January 1st 2025.
| Category | Provider | Plan | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest overall for less than $5/month |
 Contabo |
Cloud VPS 1 Cores: 4 RAM: 6.0 GB Price: $4.64 Trial: Oct 25 2024 |
Overall Score: 86 / 100 (Price Weighted) |
| Fastest CPU in single threaded test |
 Snakecraft Hosting |
Ryzen VPS-2 Cores: 1 RAM: 4.0 GB Price: $17.00 Trial: Jan 07 2024 |
2555 ops/sec |
| Fastest Disk IO |
 LayerStack |
PRO300-HK Cores: 8 RAM: 16.0 GB Price: $64.00 Trial: Dec 04 2024 |
Disk IO Performance Score: 95 / 100 |
| Fastest Web Server |
Snakecraft Hosting |
Ryzen VPS-7 Cores: 6 RAM: 24.0 GB Price: $97.00 Trial: Apr 07 2024 |
Web Performance Score: 97 / 100 |
| Most Stable |
 MoonQube |
st1.large 2023 Cores: 4 RAM: 8.0 GB Price: $40.00 Trial: Mar 28 2024 |
Performance Stability Score: 95 / 100 |
| Fastest Network Transfers |
 HostUp |
VPS XXL Cores: 32 RAM: 128.0 GB Price: $108.00 Trial: May 05 2024 |
Network Performance Score: 86 / 100 |
