Best VPS 2021 under $25

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In the 12 months up to March 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 45 VPS hosting plans in the $10/month to $25/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 $25 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:


1st

Vultr

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

B

14th in Raw CPU Power

B

3rd in Performance Stability

A

6th in Disk IO Performance

B

6th in Network Performance

B


2nd

Genesis PC

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

B

9th in Raw CPU Power

B

5th in Performance Stability

A

3rd in Disk IO Performance

B

4th in Network Performance

A


3rd

UpCloud

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

B

12th in Raw CPU Power

B

4th in Performance Stability

A

15th in Disk IO Performance

B

3rd in Network Performance

A


All Grades in a Chart

How are grades calculated?

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

1

High Frequency 4GB
Tests started on Sep 13 2020
$24.00 81 B B A B B

2

w6asx.xlarge
Tests started on Nov 25 2020
$24.00 81 B B A B A

3

4GB 2 cores
Tests started on Sep 11 2020
26.00€ ($28.60) 79 B B A B A

4

Availability 4GB 2 cores
Tests started on Jun 22 2020
$19.00 73 B B D B A

5

Regular 4GB 2 cores
Tests started on May 03 2020
$20.00 71 C B C B B

6

VPS Comfort
Tests started on Feb 17 2021
$27.30 71 B B D A B

7

Cloud Server L
Tests started on May 04 2020
$20.00 69 B B A B D

8

w6as.large (Off rankings)
Tests started on Apr 25 2020
$24.60 68 B D A B C

9

4GB 2 cores 60GB (Off rankings)
Tests started on May 25 2020
16.00€ ($17.60) 63 B B B E C

10

General 2GB 1 core
Tests started on Sep 21 2020
$15.00 60 C D D B A

11

VPS M RAM
Tests started on Oct 08 2020
$15.00 58 C C B B E

12

High Frequency 2GB
Tests started on May 12 2020
$12.00 58 C E C B B

13

VPS XL
Tests started on Aug 19 2020
$25.00 57 C B C B F

14

4GB 2cores
Tests started on Oct 30 2020
$22.75 56 C C C B E

15

VPS L
Tests started on Feb 14 2021
$15.00 55 C D B C D

16

Premium
Tests started on Nov 07 2020
20.00€ ($22.00) 44 D C C D E

17

VPS L SSD (Off rankings)
Tests started on Nov 23 2020
14.99€ ($16.49) 44 D A E D E

18

VPS M SSD (Off rankings)
Tests started on Aug 24 2020
8.99€ ($9.89) 43 D B E D E

19

VPS V2I4
Tests started on Aug 04 2020
12.50€ ($13.75) 43 E E E B D

20

Basic
Tests started on Dec 21 2020
10.00€ ($11.00) 35 E E C D E

21

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

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€ ($14.96) 67 C A D B B

3

Smart Core 8
Tests started on Mar 07 2021
19.00€ ($20.90) 58 C B D C D

4

CCX11
Tests started on Jan 07 2021
21.85€ ($24.04) 56 D D C C B

5

KVM Premium 2GB
Tests started on May 18 2020
$15.00 56 B D B D D

6

KVM Premium 4GB
Tests started on Oct 18 2020
$26.00 55 B B C D E

7

m.4
Tests started on Mar 31 2020
$14.00 50 D C D B D

8

e2-medium
Tests started on Apr 14 2020
$24.46 49 D C B E D

9

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€ ($10.67) 46 D C E C C

11

t3.small
Tests started on Apr 17 2020
$14.98 46 D C E D B

12

Basic Regular 4GB 2 cores
Tests started on Aug 20 2020
$24.00 46 E C D C D

13

Runway 2 (Off rankings)
Tests started on Jan 17 2021
$14.99 43 C D C E C

14

B1MS
Tests started on Mar 21 2020
$15.11 42 C E D F B

15

DEV1-M
Tests started on Aug 09 2020
20.82€ ($22.90) 40 E C D E D

16

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

Cloud 4GB 2 cores
Tests started on Aug 26 2020
$18.99 32 E E D D E

19

gp1_supersonic
Tests started on Mar 13 2020
$12.00 30 E F B E F

20

ecs.n4.small
Tests started on Sep 01 2020
$13.66 26 E E C E F

21

c.1
Tests started on Dec 08 2020
$20.00 17 F F E F E

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