In the 12 months up to May 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 17 VPS hosting plans in the $0/month to $5/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 $5 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 |
Availability 1GB 1core Tests started on Nov 04 2020 |
$4.00 | 62 | C | E | D | B | A |
2 |
1GB 1core Tests started on Mar 04 2021 |
7.00€ ($7.70) | 56 | B | D | B | C | D |
3 |
vm.t5sd.2xlarge Tests started on Oct 12 2020 |
$5.00 | 54 | C | D | B | E | C |
4 |
Regular 1GB 1 core Tests started on Jun 20 2020 |
$5.00 | 41 | E | F | B | C | D |
5 |
KVM Server M (Off rankings) Tests started on Sep 20 2020 |
4.10€ ($4.51) | 40 | D | D | E | C | D |
6 |
VPS V1I1 Tests started on Mar 18 2021 |
2.79€ ($3.07) | 39 | E | F | C | B | E |
7 |
NVMe 2GB Tests started on Mar 10 2021 |
$4.00 | 29 | E | F | D | E | D |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Basic Regular 1GB 1 core Tests started on Oct 22 2020 |
$6.00 | 50 | D | E | D | C | B |
2 |
Slice 1024 Tests started on Aug 14 2020 |
$3.50 | 43 | D | D | C | D | D |
3 |
Shared 1 core 1GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Apr 30 2021 |
$5.00 | 39 | C | E | E | C | F |
4 |
1GB 2cores Tests started on Jul 19 2020 |
$7.00 | 37 | B | F | D | E | D |
5 |
Shared 1GB Tests started on Dec 11 2020 |
$5.00 | 32 | E | E | F | D | C |
6 |
LIN-SSD-S Tests started on Feb 16 2021 |
$3.50 | 27 | F | F | E | C | D |
7 |
KVM Standard 1GB Tests started on May 19 2021 |
$6.00 | 21 | E | E | F | E | F |
8 |
Cloud 1GB 1 core Tests started on Apr 07 2021 |
$4.99 | 20 | F | F | E | E | E |
9 |
m.1s Tests started on Sep 24 2020 |
$3.50 | 17 | F | F | E | E | F |