Best VPS 2021 under $25
In the 12 months up to March 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested 45 VPS hosting plans in the $10/month to $25/month price range for all providers reviewed at VPSBenchmarks. We evaluated them on their CPU power, network, disk speed, web performance and stability.
This Best VPS 2025 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 $25 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:
- 1st revision published in January 2021
1st
Vultr
High Frequency 4GB
Price per month: $24.00
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 128 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Sep 13 2020
Score
81
Ranks per Category
3rd in Web Performance
14th in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
6th in Disk IO Performance
6th in Network Performance
2nd
Genesis Public Cloud
w6asx.xlarge
Price per month: $24.00
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 200 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Nov 25 2020
Score
81
Ranks per Category
6th in Web Performance
9th in Raw CPU Power
5th in Performance Stability
3rd in Disk IO Performance
4th in Network Performance
3rd
UpCloud
4GB 2 cores
Price per month: 26.00€
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 80 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Sep 11 2020
Score
79
Ranks per Category
4th in Web Performance
12th in Raw CPU Power
4th in Performance Stability
15th in Disk IO Performance
3rd 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
Click on a grade letter to review detailed performance metrics.
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| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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High Frequency 4GB Tests started on Sep 13 2020 |
$24.00 | 81 | B | B | A | B | B |
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2
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w6asx.xlarge Tests started on Nov 25 2020 |
$24.00 | 81 | B | B | A | B | A |
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3
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4GB 2 cores Tests started on Sep 11 2020 |
26.00€ ($26.78) | 79 | B | B | A | B | A |
|
4 
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Availability 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Jun 22 2020 |
$19.00 | 73 | B | B | D | B | A |
|
5
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Regular 4GB 2 cores Tests started on May 03 2020 |
$20.00 | 71 | C | B | C | B | B |
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6 
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VPS Comfort Tests started on Feb 17 2021 |
$27.30 | 71 | B | B | D | A | B |
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7 
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Cloud Server L (Off rankings) Tests started on May 04 2020 |
$20.00 | 69 | B | B | A | B | D |
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8
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w6as.large (Off rankings) Tests started on Apr 25 2020 |
$24.60 | 68 | B | D | A | B | C |
|
9 
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4GB 2 cores 60GB (Off rankings) Tests started on May 25 2020 |
16.00€ ($16.48) | 63 | B | B | B | E | C |
|
10
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General 2GB 1 core Tests started on Sep 21 2020 |
$15.00 | 60 | C | D | D | B | A |
|
11
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VPS M RAM Tests started on Oct 08 2020 |
$15.00 | 58 | C | C | B | B | E |
|
12
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High Frequency 2GB Tests started on May 12 2020 |
$12.00 | 58 | C | E | C | B | B |
|
13
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VPS XL Tests started on Aug 19 2020 |
$25.00 | 57 | C | B | C | B | F |
|
14 
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4GB 2cores Tests started on Oct 30 2020 |
$22.75 | 56 | C | C | C | B | E |
|
15
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VPS L Tests started on Feb 14 2021 |
$15.00 | 55 | C | D | B | C | D |
|
16 
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Premium Tests started on Nov 07 2020 |
20.00€ ($20.60) | 44 | D | C | C | D | E |
|
17 
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VPS L SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Nov 23 2020 |
14.99€ ($15.44) | 44 | D | A | E | D | E |
|
18
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VPS M SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Aug 24 2020 |
8.99€ ($9.26) | 43 | D | B | E | D | E |
|
19 
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VPS V2I4 Tests started on Aug 04 2020 |
12.50€ ($12.88) | 43 | E | E | E | B | D |
|
20
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Basic Tests started on Dec 21 2020 |
10.00€ ($10.30) | 35 | E | E | C | D | E |
|
21
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VPS Essential Tests started on Oct 05 2020 |
$14.70 | 34 | E | E | D | C | E |
Other Providers
| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 
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Shared 4GB Tests started on Sep 27 2020 |
$24.00 | 71 | B | B | C | A | B |
|
2 
|
CPX31 Tests started on Jul 13 2020 |
13.60€ ($14.01) | 67 | C | A | D | B | B |
|
3 
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Smart Core 8 Tests started on Mar 07 2021 |
19.00€ ($19.57) | 58 | C | B | D | C | D |
|
4
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CCX11 Tests started on Jan 07 2021 |
21.85€ ($22.51) | 56 | D | D | C | C | B |
|
5 
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KVM Premium 2GB Tests started on May 18 2020 |
$15.00 | 56 | B | D | B | D | D |
|
6
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KVM Premium 4GB Tests started on Oct 18 2020 |
$26.00 | 55 | B | B | C | D | E |
|
7 
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m.4 Tests started on Mar 31 2020 |
$14.00 | 50 | D | C | D | B | D |
|
8 
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e2-medium Tests started on Apr 14 2020 |
$24.46 | 49 | D | C | B | E | D |
|
9 
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4GB 2cores Tests started on May 16 2020 |
$24.00 | 48 | B | E | D | E | C |
|
10
|
CX31 Tests started on Oct 17 2020 |
9.70€ ($9.99) | 46 | D | C | E | C | C |
|
11 
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t3.small Tests started on Apr 17 2020 |
$14.98 | 46 | D | C | E | D | B |
|
12 
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Basic Regular 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Aug 20 2020 |
$24.00 | 46 | E | C | D | C | D |
|
13 
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Runway 2 (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 17 2021 |
$14.99 | 43 | C | D | C | E | C |
|
14 
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B1MS Tests started on Mar 21 2020 |
$15.11 | 42 | C | E | D | F | B |
|
15 
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DEV1-M Tests started on Aug 09 2020 |
20.82€ ($21.44) | 40 | E | C | D | E | D |
|
16
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g1-small Tests started on Jul 21 2020 |
$13.13 | 34 | D | E | C | E | E |
|
17 
|
gp1.lightspeed Tests started on Nov 20 2020 |
$24.00 | 34 | E | E | D | F | C |
|
18 
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Cloud 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Aug 26 2020 |
$18.99 | 32 | E | E | D | D | E |
|
19
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gp1_supersonic Tests started on Mar 13 2020 |
$12.00 | 30 | E | F | B | E | F |
|
20 
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ecs.n4.small Tests started on Sep 01 2020 |
$13.66 | 26 | E | E | C | E | F |
|
21
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c.1 Tests started on Dec 08 2020 |
$20.00 | 17 | F | F | E | F | E |