In the 12 months up to August 2023, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 24 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 5th revision of the Best VPS under $40 ranking in 2023. 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 |
Virtual Server L 2023 Tests started on Apr 16 2023 |
24.79€ ($27.27) | 79 | B | A | C | B | B |
2 |
PRO200-HK Tests started on Jun 07 2023 |
$32.00 | 69 | B | B | D | A | C |
3 |
VPS Linux XL Tests started on Aug 19 2023 |
$28.00 | 68 | B | A | B | D | B |
4 |
c6s.xlarge Tests started on Jan 21 2023 |
$33.20 | 68 | B | C | A | C | C |
5 |
CPU Optimized 1-2-25 Tests started on Jan 27 2023 |
$28.00 | 63 | B | D | B | B | C |
6 |
VPS Comfort Tests started on Jun 29 2023 |
23.50€ ($25.85) | 57 | C | C | D | C | C |
7 |
VPS O16A32 Tests started on Aug 08 2023 |
31.29€ ($34.42) | 57 | D | A | C | E | B |
8 |
HP-8 NVMe 2022 (Off rankings) Tests started on Oct 03 2022 |
31.96€ ($35.16) | 50 | C | B | D | D | D |
9 |
VPS V4I8 Tests started on Sep 17 2022 |
25.00€ ($27.50) | 47 | E | D | C | C | D |
10 |
LS 2x6 Tests started on Feb 16 2023 |
$40.00 | 47 | C | D | D | C | D |
11 |
VPS XXL Tests started on Feb 21 2023 |
$35.00 | 47 | E | B | D | D | D |
12 |
Cloud VPS 4 Tests started on Dec 04 2022 |
29.00€ ($31.90) | 46 | C | C | B | F | E |
13 |
VPS XL NVMe (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 08 2023 |
31.00€ ($34.10) | 45 | D | A | F | D | D |
14 |
GP-16 NVMe Tests started on Feb 03 2023 |
32.99€ ($36.29) | 44 | D | B | F | C | D |
15 |
B2-7 Tests started on Jan 13 2023 |
$29.04 | 43 | D | E | C | C | D |
16 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Apr 18 2023 |
26.00€ ($28.60) | 37 | E | D | D | D | D |
17 |
Cloud Server RAM L Tests started on Jan 05 2023 |
$30.00 | 32 | E | E | C | E | D |
18 |
B2-7 Tests started on Feb 14 2023 |
24.20€ ($26.62) | 32 | E | E | C | E | D |
19 |
8GB 4 cores Tests started on Jun 26 2023 |
28.00€ ($30.80) | 28 | E | C | F | F | E |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
PerformanceVPS C2 Tests started on Aug 13 2023 |
36.50€ ($40.15) | 51 | C | D | B | E | C |
2 |
m7g.medium Tests started on Jul 28 2023 |
$30.98 | 50 | C | E | A | F | C |
3 |
Basic Premium AMD 4GB 2cores Tests started on Oct 14 2022 |
$28.00 | 43 | E | D | D | C | C |
4 |
CO-4 Tests started on Aug 15 2023 |
$36.00 | 43 | D | D | B | D | E |
5 |
PLAY2-NANO Tests started on Nov 14 2022 |
26.08€ ($28.69) | 42 | D | D | C | F | C |