Best VPS 2023 under $8

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In the 12 months up to May 2023, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 23 VPS hosting plans in the $0/month to $8/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

Evoxt

Evoxt

VM-1

Price per month: $5.99
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 20 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 31 2022


Score

56


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

B

9th in Raw CPU Power

E

1st in Performance Stability

C

1st in Disk IO Performance

B

14th in Network Performance

D


2nd

Vultr

Price per month: $6.00
Number of CPU cores: 1
Disk space: 25 GB
Memory: 1.0 GB
Trial Data: Jul 24 2022


Score

52


Ranks per Category

5th in Web Performance

C

12th in Raw CPU Power

E

2nd in Performance Stability

C

2nd in Disk IO Performance

B

8th in Network Performance

C


3rd

Hetzner

Hetzner

CAX11

Price per month: 3.79€
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: May 02 2023


Score

48


Ranks per Category

9th in Web Performance

D

6th in Raw CPU Power

D

16th in Performance Stability

E

3rd in Disk IO Performance

C

2nd in Network Performance

B


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

VM-1
Tests started on Aug 31 2022
$5.99 56 B E C B D

2

High Performance 1GB
Tests started on Jul 24 2022
$6.00 52 C E C B C

3

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

4

1GB 1core
Tests started on Mar 02 2023
7.00€ ($7.70) 42 C E D E D

5

Availability 2GB 1 core
Tests started on Aug 02 2022
$6.00 40 D E E C D

6

VPS S NVMe
Tests started on Apr 23 2023
4.50€ ($4.95) 38 E C E D E

7

NVMe 4GB
Tests started on Oct 30 2022
$6.00 36 E C E D D

8

Starter
Tests started on Jan 08 2023
5.00€ ($5.50) 35 C E D D D

9

Start
Tests started on Mar 22 2023
5.00€ ($5.50) 35 C E C F E

10

VPS V1I2
Tests started on Aug 03 2022
6.50€ ($7.15) 30 F F D C D

11

VPS Value
Tests started on Dec 19 2022
5.80€ ($6.38) 26 F F E D D

12

Regular 1GB 1 core
Tests started on Mar 11 2023
$5.00 23 F F E E C

13

1GB 0.5 core 25GB
Tests started on Dec 26 2022
5.00€ ($5.50) 21 F F D F E

14

2GB 1 core
Tests started on Mar 27 2023
7.00€ ($7.70) 20 F F D F E

Other Providers

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

1

CAX11
Tests started on May 02 2023
3.79€ ($4.17) 48 D D E C B

2

6GB $7
Tests started on Aug 11 2022
$7.00 47 E D D C C

3

CX21
Tests started on May 12 2022
5.35€ ($5.88) 45 E D E C B

4

VPS 500 G10s
Tests started on Oct 16 2022
6.03€ ($6.63) 35 E D E C E

5

Slice 2048
Tests started on Jul 14 2022
$7.00 34 F E D E C

6

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

7

VPS Basic
Tests started on Nov 30 2022
$5.67 26 F F E D C

8

Starter Dallas
Tests started on Feb 06 2023
$4.95 21 F F E E D

9

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

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