Best VPS 2021 under $100
In the 12 months up to March 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 21 VPS hosting plans in the $60/month to $100/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 2nd revision of the Best VPS under $100 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:
- 1st revision published in January 2021
1st
Kamatera
Availability 16GB 8 cores
Price per month: $99.00
Number of CPU cores: 8
Disk space: 150 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 06 2020
Score
85
Ranks per Category
2nd in Web Performance
2nd in Raw CPU Power
7th in Performance Stability
3rd in Disk IO Performance
3rd in Network Performance
2nd
Vultr
High Frequency 16GB
Price per month: $96.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 384 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 02 2020
Score
80
Ranks per Category
5th in Web Performance
11th in Raw CPU Power
6th in Performance Stability
4th in Disk IO Performance
6th in Network Performance
3rd
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12GB 6cores
Price per month: $62.75
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 120 GB
Memory: 12.0 GB
Trial Data: Sep 17 2020
Score
76
Ranks per Category
7th in Web Performance
7th in Raw CPU Power
4th in Performance Stability
2nd in Disk IO Performance
13th in Network Performance
All Grades in a Chart
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.
Rankings for all VPS tested during 2021
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| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Availability 16GB 8 cores Tests started on Aug 06 2020 |
$99.00 | 85 | A | A | C | B | A |
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High Frequency 16GB Tests started on Aug 02 2020 |
$96.00 | 80 | A | A | C | B | A |
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3
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12GB 6cores Tests started on Sep 17 2020 |
$62.75 | 76 | B | A | B | A | C |
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4 
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vm.c6sd.3xlarge (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 10 2021 |
$78.00 | 75 | A | A | A | D | C |
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5 
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VDS L (Off rankings) Tests started on Oct 10 2020 |
68.99€ ($75.89) | 75 | B | A | C | A | C |
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16GB 6 cores Tests started on Oct 24 2020 |
96.00€ ($105.60) | 71 | B | A | C | B | C |
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24GB 12 cores Tests started on Oct 01 2020 |
84.00€ ($92.40) | 66 | A | A | C | E | C |
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General 8GB 4 cores Tests started on May 15 2020 |
$90.00 | 66 | C | A | E | B | A |
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Cloud Server XXL Tests started on Jul 05 2020 |
$85.00 | 61 | C | A | D | B | E |
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10
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16GB 8 cores Tests started on Jan 29 2021 |
$84.85 | 59 | D | A | E | B | B |
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11
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16GB 8 cores Tests started on Jul 02 2020 |
56.00€ ($61.60) | 59 | B | A | D | E | C |
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12
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Regular 16GB 6 cores Tests started on Oct 26 2020 |
$80.00 | 58 | D | B | D | C | C |
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13 
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C2-15 Tests started on Nov 15 2020 |
$81.83 | 56 | A | A | C | D | F |
Other Providers
| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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D2a v4 Tests started on Jul 17 2020 |
$69.12 | 64 | B | C | B | F | A |
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2
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D2ds v4 Tests started on Sep 29 2020 |
$81.36 | 61 | B | C | D | E | A |
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3 
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GP1-XS Tests started on Oct 28 2020 |
82.27€ ($90.50) | 59 | C | B | D | D | B |
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4 
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m5a.large Tests started on May 21 2020 |
$65.90 | 57 | C | D | C | D | A |
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5
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D2 v3 Tests started on May 10 2020 |
$69.12 | 56 | C | D | B | E | B |
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F2s v2 Tests started on Dec 15 2020 |
$61.00 | 53 | B | C | D | F | B |
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7
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c5.large Tests started on Jul 26 2020 |
$65.20 | 52 | B | B | C | E | D |
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8 
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cx2-2x4 Tests started on Aug 22 2020 |
$71.28 | 39 | C | E | D | E | D |