In the 12 months up to May 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 28 VPS hosting plans in the $5/month to $10/month price range. We evaluated them on their CPU power, network, disk speed, web performance and stability.
This Best VPS 2024 rankings are updated approximately every other month. Check out the list of current and past rankings in all price ranges.
This is the 3rd revision of the Best VPS under $10 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:
Each horizontal bar section in the chart below represents a grade value: A: [16-20], F: [0-3]. The total bar length is the Score.
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Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
SSD VPS #2 (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 15 2021 |
$10.00 | 67 | B | C | C | A | C |
2 |
General 1GB 1 core Tests started on Feb 04 2021 |
$9.00 | 56 | C | D | D | B | C |
3 |
KVM Server L (Off rankings) Tests started on Dec 02 2020 |
7.80€ ($8.58) | 52 | D | C | E | C | B |
4 |
Regular 2GB 1 core Tests started on Dec 09 2020 |
$10.00 | 52 | E | E | D | B | A |
5 |
2GB 1core Tests started on Dec 05 2020 |
13.00€ ($14.30) | 49 | B | D | C | C | E |
6 |
High Frequency 1GB Tests started on Mar 08 2021 |
$6.00 | 47 | C | E | C | B | E |
7 |
VPS V1I2 Tests started on Nov 02 2020 |
6.50€ ($7.15) | 42 | E | F | B | B | D |
8 |
Cloud Server S Tests started on Nov 17 2020 |
$5.00 | 42 | D | E | C | C | E |
9 |
2GB 1 core Tests started on Aug 17 2020 |
7.00€ ($7.70) | 41 | C | D | C | E | E |
10 |
1GB 1core Tests started on Aug 03 2020 |
$10.50 | 41 | E | F | D | B | D |
11 |
VPS Value Tests started on Apr 02 2021 |
$7.00 | 39 | E | F | C | C | D |
12 |
VPS S SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Apr 16 2021 |
4.99€ ($5.49) | 36 | E | C | F | D | D |
13 |
VPS 1 Tests started on Jun 26 2020 |
$8.99 | 30 | E | E | D | C | F |
14 |
1GB 0.5 core 25GB Tests started on Feb 11 2021 |
5.00€ ($5.50) | 25 | E | F | D | E | E |
15 |
Start Tests started on Mar 22 2021 |
5.00€ ($5.50) | 21 | F | F | E | D | F |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
OpenVZ SSD Standard 2GB Tests started on Aug 07 2020 |
$7.00 | 48 | D | D | D | A | C |
2 |
Slice 2048 Tests started on Jan 01 2021 |
$7.00 | 48 | C | D | C | C | D |
3 |
G3.2GB Tests started on Jan 22 2021 |
$10.00 | 46 | C | F | C | C | D |
4 |
Start S Tests started on Apr 09 2021 |
$8.00 | 41 | F | E | E | B | B |
5 |
G2 1GB Tests started on Jun 01 2020 |
$10.00 | 40 | E | E | C | D | D |
6 |
m.2 Tests started on Feb 23 2021 |
$7.00 | 39 | E | E | C | C | D |
7 |
2GB 1core Tests started on Dec 23 2020 |
$10.00 | 33 | D | F | C | E | D |
8 |
DEV1-S Tests started on Apr 23 2021 |
11.07€ ($12.18) | 31 | F | E | E | F | B |
9 |
KVM 2GB Tests started on Feb 01 2021 |
$8.00 | 31 | E | E | D | C | F |
10 |
KVM Standard 2GB Tests started on Feb 01 2021 |
$12.00 | 28 | E | E | E | D | E |
11 |
Basic Premium AMD 1GB 1core Tests started on Apr 04 2021 |
$7.00 | 27 | E | E | E | C | F |
12 |
gp1_subsonic Tests started on Jun 10 2020 |
$6.00 | 21 | F | F | D | E | F |