Best VPS 2021 under $25
In the 12 months up to June 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 42 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 4th revision of the Best VPS under $25 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:
- 1st revision published in January 2021
- 2nd revision published in March 2021
- 3rd revision published in May 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
1st in Web Performance
9th in Raw CPU Power
1st in Performance Stability
6th in Disk IO Performance
3rd 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
2nd in Web Performance
6th in Raw CPU Power
2nd in Performance Stability
3rd in Disk IO Performance
2nd in Network Performance
3rd
OVHcloud US
D2-8
Price per month: $23.67
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 50 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: May 17 2021
Score
72
Ranks per Category
6th in Web Performance
7th in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
12th 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
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 |
|
3
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D2-8 Tests started on May 17 2021 |
$23.67 | 72 | B | B | B | B | C |
|
4
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VPS Comfort Tests started on Feb 17 2021 |
$27.30 | 71 | B | B | D | A | B |
|
5 
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Availability 4GB 2 cores Tests started on May 04 2021 |
$19.00 | 66 | B | C | C | B | C |
|
6 
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4GB 2 cores Tests started on Apr 18 2021 |
26.00€ ($28.60) | 66 | B | B | C | B | C |
|
7
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General 2GB 1 core Tests started on Sep 21 2020 |
$15.00 | 60 | C | D | D | B | A |
|
8
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w6asx.large Tests started on Apr 12 2021 |
$12.00 | 59 | B | D | B | B | E |
|
9 
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VPS M RAM Tests started on Oct 08 2020 |
$15.00 | 58 | C | C | B | B | E |
|
10
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VPS XL Tests started on Aug 19 2020 |
$25.00 | 57 | C | B | C | B | F |
|
11 
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4GB 2cores Tests started on Oct 30 2020 |
$22.75 | 56 | C | C | C | B | E |
|
12
|
VPS L Tests started on Feb 14 2021 |
$15.00 | 55 | C | D | B | C | D |
|
13
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Cloud Server L Tests started on Mar 29 2021 |
$20.00 | 52 | C | D | C | C | C |
|
14 
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4GB 2 cores 60GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 26 2021 |
16.00€ ($17.60) | 51 | B | B | C | E | E |
|
15
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Regular 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Apr 21 2021 |
$20.00 | 50 | E | D | C | C | B |
|
16 
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VPS L SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Nov 23 2020 |
14.99€ ($16.49) | 44 | D | A | E | D | E |
|
17
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VPS M SSD (Off rankings) Tests started on Aug 24 2020 |
8.99€ ($9.89) | 43 | D | B | E | D | E |
|
18 
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VPS V2I4 Tests started on Aug 04 2020 |
12.50€ ($13.75) | 43 | E | E | E | B | D |
|
19 
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Premium Tests started on May 07 2021 |
20.00€ ($22.00) | 41 | D | B | D | E | E |
|
20
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Basic Tests started on Dec 21 2020 |
10.00€ ($11.00) | 35 | E | E | C | D | E |
|
21
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2GB 1 core Tests started on Apr 28 2021 |
$13.70 | 34 | E | F | D | C | D |
|
22
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VPS Essential Tests started on Oct 05 2020 |
$14.70 | 34 | E | E | D | C | E |
|
23 
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Cloud VPS 2 Tests started on May 21 2021 |
19.00€ ($20.90) | 29 | E | E | E | F | C |
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€ ($14.96) | 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
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CCX11 Tests started on Jan 07 2021 |
21.85€ ($24.04) | 56 | D | D | C | C | B |
|
5 
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KVM Premium 4GB Tests started on Oct 18 2020 |
$26.00 | 55 | B | B | C | D | E |
|
6 
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m.4 Tests started on May 06 2021 |
$14.00 | 47 | C | D | D | C | D |
|
7
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CX31 Tests started on Oct 17 2020 |
9.70€ ($10.67) | 46 | D | C | E | C | C |
|
8 
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Basic Regular 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Aug 20 2020 |
$24.00 | 46 | E | C | D | C | D |
|
9 
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Runway 2 (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 17 2021 |
$14.99 | 43 | C | D | C | E | C |
|
10
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Basic VPS Tests started on May 24 2021 |
15.00€ ($16.50) | 43 | C | D | D | D | D |
|
11 
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G3.4GB (Off rankings) Tests started on May 15 2021 |
$20.00 | 42 | D | D | E | C | D |
|
12 
|
LIN-SSD-M Tests started on May 01 2021 |
$15.00 | 40 | E | C | F | D | B |
|
13 
|
DEV1-M Tests started on Aug 09 2020 |
20.82€ ($22.90) | 40 | E | C | D | E | D |
|
14 
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4GB 2cores Tests started on Mar 21 2021 |
$24.00 | 39 | C | E | C | F | C |
|
15 
|
g1-small Tests started on Jul 21 2020 |
$13.13 | 34 | D | E | C | E | E |
|
16 
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gp1.lightspeed Tests started on Nov 20 2020 |
$24.00 | 34 | E | E | D | F | C |
|
17 
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Cloud 4GB 2 cores Tests started on Aug 26 2020 |
$18.99 | 32 | E | E | D | D | E |
|
18 
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ecs.n4.small Tests started on Sep 01 2020 |
$13.66 | 26 | E | E | C | E | F |
|
19
|
c.1 Tests started on Dec 08 2020 |
$20.00 | 17 | F | F | E | F | E |