In the 12 months up to February 2024, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 25 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 2nd revision of the Best VPS under $40 ranking in 2024. 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 |
NVMe 32GB Tests started on Sep 15 2023 |
$29.00 | 85 | A | A | B | A | B |
2 |
Virtual Server L 2023 Tests started on Apr 16 2023 |
24.79€ ($27.27) | 79 | B | A | C | B | B |
3 |
CPU Optimized 2-4-50 Tests started on Dec 17 2023 |
$40.00 | 71 | B | C | C | B | B |
4 |
PRO200-HK Tests started on Jun 07 2023 |
$32.00 | 69 | B | B | D | A | C |
5 |
VPS Linux XL Tests started on Aug 19 2023 |
$28.00 | 68 | B | A | B | D | B |
6 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Dec 05 2023 |
26.00€ ($28.60) | 61 | B | C | A | D | D |
7 |
KVM 4 Tests started on Oct 23 2023 |
$29.99 | 61 | A | B | A | E | E |
8 |
ROCK-6 Tests started on Feb 06 2024 |
£30.00 ($37.80) | 60 | C | C | D | B | C |
9 |
C3-4 Tests started on Feb 22 2024 |
30.60€ ($33.66) | 58 | B | C | C | B | D |
10 |
R108-TP Tests started on Jan 24 2024 |
$28.06 | 58 | C | D | C | B | E |
11 |
VPS Comfort Tests started on Jun 29 2023 |
23.50€ ($25.85) | 57 | C | C | D | C | C |
12 |
VPS O16A32 Tests started on Aug 08 2023 |
31.29€ ($34.42) | 57 | D | A | C | E | B |
13 |
GP-16 NVMe Tests started on Nov 03 2023 |
32.99€ ($36.29) | 50 | D | B | F | B | D |
14 |
Premium 1Gbps Tests started on Nov 08 2023 |
30.00€ ($33.00) | 45 | C | B | D | F | D |
15 |
VPS XL NVMe (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 08 2023 |
31.00€ ($34.10) | 45 | D | A | F | D | D |
16 |
Cloud VPS 4 Tests started on Jan 17 2024 |
29.00€ ($31.90) | 44 | C | C | C | F | D |
17 |
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 |
8 cores 16GB Tests started on Feb 15 2024 |
$40.00 | 55 | D | C | C | C | D |
2 |
PerformanceVPS C2 Tests started on Aug 13 2023 |
36.50€ ($40.15) | 51 | C | D | B | E | C |
3 |
m7g.medium Tests started on Jul 28 2023 |
$30.98 | 50 | C | E | A | F | C |
4 |
E5 2 threads 4GB Tests started on Nov 28 2023 |
$27.36 | 48 | B | C | B | F | D |
5 |
CO-4 Tests started on Aug 15 2023 |
$36.00 | 43 | D | D | B | D | E |
6 |
Dedicated 4GB Tests started on Dec 25 2023 |
$36.00 | 42 | E | E | E | C | B |
7 |
B2als v2 Tests started on Sep 06 2023 |
$27.44 | 41 | B | D | E | F | C |
8 |
BladeVPS X4 Tests started on Jan 12 2024 |
25.99€ ($28.59) | 25 | F | E | E | F | C |