Best VPS 2023 under $5

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In the 12 months up to January 2023, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 7 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.


1st

Kamatera

Price per month: $4.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Nov 01 2022


Score

42


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

C

3rd in Raw CPU Power

E

6th in Performance Stability

E

6th in Disk IO Performance

D

1st in Network Performance

C


2nd

Linode

Linode

Shared 1GB

Price per month: $5.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 25 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 06 2022


Score

37


Ranks per Category

3rd in Web Performance

E

1st in Raw CPU Power

E

5th in Performance Stability

E

3rd in Disk IO Performance

D

2nd in Network Performance

C


3rd

netcup

netcup

VPS 200 G10s

Price per month: 3.25€
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: May 09 2022


Score

34


Ranks per Category

4th in Web Performance

E

2nd in Raw CPU Power

E

3rd in Performance Stability

D

2nd in Disk IO Performance

D

3rd 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 2023

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

Availability 1GB 1core
Tests started on Nov 01 2022
$4.00 42 C E E D C

2

VPS V1I1
Tests started on Jan 31 2022
2.79€ ($3.07) 34 F F D C D

3

VPS Starter
Tests started on Feb 24 2022
$4.20 28 F F D D D

Other Providers

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

1

Shared 1GB
Tests started on Mar 06 2022
$5.00 37 E E E D C

2

VPS 200 G10s
Tests started on May 09 2022
3.25€ ($3.58) 34 E E D D D

3

G3.1GB
Tests started on Apr 02 2022
$4.00 27 E F E D E

4

1GB 2cores
Tests started on Dec 28 2022
$7.00 18 D F E F E

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