In the 12 months up to May 2022, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 31 VPS hosting plans in the $25/month to $40/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 $40 ranking in 2022. 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 |
c6s.xlarge Tests started on Dec 02 2021 |
$33.20 | 76 | A | B | B | B | C |
2 |
Regular 8GB 4 cores Tests started on Jan 23 2022 |
$40.00 | 75 | B | B | B | B | B |
3 |
Virtual Server E8 Tests started on Oct 20 2021 |
34.99€ ($38.49) | 74 | A | B | B | A | C |
4 |
vm.c5sd.2xlarge Tests started on May 31 2021 |
$40.00 | 71 | A | A | B | E | B |
5 |
vm.c6sd.xlarge Tests started on Jul 14 2021 |
$26.00 | 70 | A | B | A | E | B |
6 |
VPS XXL Tests started on Oct 06 2021 |
$35.00 | 67 | B | A | C | C | C |
7 |
DC108-SG Tests started on Feb 19 2022 |
$32.00 | 64 | C | C | C | A | D |
8 |
8GB 4 cores Tests started on Apr 19 2022 |
52.00€ ($57.20) | 63 | C | B | C | C | C |
9 |
8GB 4 cores Tests started on Sep 24 2021 |
28.00€ ($30.80) | 59 | A | B | B | E | E |
10 |
R108-SG Tests started on Nov 19 2021 |
$28.06 | 58 | C | C | C | B | E |
11 |
VPS V4I8 Tests started on Oct 31 2021 |
25.00€ ($27.50) | 57 | D | C | D | B | C |
12 |
R108-HK Tests started on May 21 2022 |
$28.06 | 56 | D | C | C | B | C |
13 |
Cloud Server RAM L Tests started on Jun 27 2021 |
$30.00 | 53 | C | D | C | C | C |
14 |
Cloud Server XL Tests started on Feb 13 2022 |
$35.00 | 52 | D | C | C | D | C |
15 |
GP-16 NVMe Tests started on Jan 03 2022 |
32.99€ ($36.29) | 51 | D | C | D | C | D |
16 |
VPS XL NVMe (Off rankings) Tests started on Dec 07 2021 |
31.00€ ($34.10) | 46 | D | B | F | D | C |
17 |
B2-7 Tests started on Oct 09 2021 |
$29.04 | 45 | D | D | C | E | D |
18 |
Cloud VPS 4 Tests started on Nov 17 2021 |
29.00€ ($31.90) | 38 | D | C | E | F | C |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
Shared 4 cores 8GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Sep 14 2021 |
$40.00 | 85 | A | A | A | A | B |
2 |
Smart S Tests started on Nov 25 2021 |
$40.00 | 72 | A | B | D | C | A |
3 |
Shared 8GB Tests started on Oct 13 2021 |
$48.00 | 58 | E | B | D | C | B |
4 |
m.8 Tests started on Jul 21 2021 |
$28.00 | 56 | C | B | C | D | C |
5 |
Smart XS Tests started on Jun 24 2021 |
$30.00 | 54 | E | B | E | B | B |
6 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Dec 10 2021 |
26.96€ ($29.66) | 53 | D | C | C | E | B |
7 |
Dedicated 2 cores 4GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Oct 30 2021 |
$40.00 | 50 | C | C | E | D | C |
8 |
t2d-standard-1 Tests started on Nov 20 2021 |
$34.24 | 47 | E | D | C | D | B |
9 |
U1.2x4 Tests started on Oct 12 2021 |
$30.24 | 46 | C | E | B | E | D |
10 |
8GB 2cores Tests started on Nov 14 2021 |
$44.00 | 43 | C | E | C | F | C |
11 |
Dedicated 4GB Tests started on May 19 2022 |
$36.00 | 38 | E | E | E | D | B |
12 |
C1.1x1 Tests started on Mar 26 2022 |
$25.21 | 24 | D | F | E | F | E |
13 |
A1 v2 Tests started on Jul 24 2021 |
$31.39 | 14 | F | F | E | F | E |