Best VPS 2021 under $60

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In the 12 months up to June 2021, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 23 VPS hosting plans in the $40/month to $60/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 $60 ranking in 2021. These are the older revisions:


1st

LayerStack

LayerStack

R208-HK (Off rankings)

Price per month: $53.80
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 250 GB
Memory: 12.0 GB
Trial Data: Oct 07 2020


Score

79


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

A

10th in Raw CPU Power

B

6th in Performance Stability

B

8th in Disk IO Performance

B

2nd in Network Performance

A


2nd

GenVMs

Genesis VMs

vm.c5sd.3xlarge (Off rankings)

Price per month: $60.00
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 300 GB
Memory: 24.0 GB
Trial Data: Jul 27 2020


Score

78


Ranks per Category

4th in Web Performance

A

1st in Raw CPU Power

A

4th in Performance Stability

B

16th in Disk IO Performance

D

1st in Network Performance

A


3rd

Genesis PC

Genesis Public Cloud

w6asx.2xlarge

Price per month: $49.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 400 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Feb 25 2021


Score

74


Ranks per Category

2nd in Web Performance

A

7th in Raw CPU Power

A

5th in Performance Stability

B

3rd in Disk IO Performance

B

10th in Network Performance

D


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

R208-HK (Off rankings)
Tests started on Oct 07 2020
$53.80 79 A B B B A

2

vm.c5sd.3xlarge (Off rankings)
Tests started on Jul 27 2020
$60.00 78 A A B D A

3

w6asx.2xlarge
Tests started on Feb 25 2021
$49.00 74 A A B B D

4

VDS M (Off rankings)
Tests started on Jun 01 2021
47.99€ ($52.79) 73 B A C A C

5

High Frequency 04 (Off rankings)
Tests started on Dec 03 2020
$48.00 72 A B C B D

6

VDS S (Off rankings)
Tests started on Mar 02 2021
36.99€ ($40.69) 71 A A C A D

7

VPS Elite
Tests started on Jul 09 2020
$49.50 67 C A C B C

8

PRO VMware 4GB 2 cores
Tests started on Feb 03 2021
43.80€ ($48.18) 66 C D B B B

9

Cloud Server XL
Tests started on Jan 02 2021
$35.00 60 C B C C D

10

12GB 6 cores
Tests started on Dec 27 2020
42.00€ ($46.20) 55 B A C E E

11

8GB 4cores
Tests started on Dec 13 2020
$42.05 54 D B D C C

12

General 4GB 2 cores
Tests started on Dec 19 2020
$42.00 52 D C D B D

13

B2-15
Tests started on Sep 02 2020
$55.44 47 C B C E E

14

Enterprise
Tests started on Feb 07 2021
40.00€ ($44.00) 39 D B E E E

Other Providers

Plan Price Score Web Perf Raw CPU Power Perf Stability Disk IO Perf Network Perf

1

Smart M
Tests started on Jan 26 2021
$60.00 65 C A E B B

2

c6g.large
Tests started on Nov 22 2020
$52.96 59 C C A E B

3

BL2.2x4
Tests started on Feb 10 2021
$62.68 56 B D B C E

4

Dedicated 8GB
Tests started on May 11 2021
$72.00 55 D B D C C

5

CPU Optimized 4GB
Tests started on Jan 14 2021
$47.00 51 C C C D E

6

m.16
Tests started on Jul 11 2020
$56.00 49 D A D C E

7

ecs.c6e.large
Tests started on Nov 09 2020
$41.32 46 B C C E F

8

VM.Standard2.1 (X7)
Tests started on May 31 2021
$47.00 36 D D D E D

9

n2d-standard-2
Tests started on Oct 14 2020
$63.35 31 E D D E E

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