In the 12 months up to August 2024, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 29 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 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 |
Virtual Server E16+ Tests started on Mar 02 2024 |
26.79€ ($29.47) | 88 | A | A | A | A | B |
2 |
NVMe 32GB Tests started on Sep 15 2023 |
$29.00 | 85 | A | A | B | A | B |
3 |
Ryzen VPS-4 Tests started on Jul 08 2024 |
$33.00 | 74 | A | B | B | B | C |
4 |
Value VPS-6 Tests started on Aug 24 2024 |
$33.00 | 73 | B | B | B | B | C |
5 |
CPU Optimized 2-4-50 Tests started on Dec 17 2023 |
$40.00 | 71 | B | C | C | B | B |
6 |
st1.large 2023 Tests started on Mar 28 2024 |
$40.00 | 70 | B | B | A | D | B |
7 |
HP-16 Tests started on May 07 2024 |
36.99€ ($40.69) | 67 | C | B | D | B | B |
8 |
c6s.xlarge Tests started on Mar 10 2024 |
$33.20 | 64 | B | C | B | C | C |
9 |
C3-4 Tests started on May 10 2024 |
$32.62 | 63 | B | C | B | B | D |
10 |
4GB 2 cores Tests started on Dec 05 2023 |
26.00€ ($28.60) | 61 | B | C | A | D | D |
11 |
PRO O4A8 Tests started on Mar 24 2024 |
31.20€ ($34.32) | 61 | C | C | B | E | B |
12 |
b3-8 Tests started on Jun 24 2024 |
$36.58 | 60 | C | D | B | C | D |
13 |
ROCK-6 Tests started on Feb 06 2024 |
£30.00 ($37.80) | 60 | C | C | D | B | C |
14 |
C3-4 Tests started on Feb 22 2024 |
30.60€ ($33.66) | 58 | B | C | C | B | D |
15 |
VPS XL2 Tests started on Jul 03 2024 |
$40.00 | 58 | B | B | D | D | D |
16 |
R108-TP Tests started on Jan 24 2024 |
$28.06 | 58 | C | D | C | B | E |
17 |
B3-8 Tests started on Apr 06 2024 |
33.48€ ($36.83) | 57 | B | C | D | B | D |
18 |
GP-16 NVMe Tests started on Nov 03 2023 |
32.99€ ($36.29) | 50 | D | B | F | B | D |
19 |
KVM 4 Tests started on Mar 01 2024 |
$29.99 | 48 | D | B | D | C | D |
20 |
Premium 1Gbps Tests started on Nov 08 2023 |
30.00€ ($33.00) | 45 | C | B | D | F | D |
21 |
Cloud VPS 4 Tests started on Jan 17 2024 |
29.00€ ($31.90) | 44 | C | C | C | F | D |
22 |
2vCPUs 4GB Tests started on Aug 15 2024 |
$31.86 | 39 | B | E | D | F | D |
23 |
8GB 4 cores Tests started on Jun 25 2024 |
28.00€ ($30.80) | 32 | E | C | E | E | E |
24 |
VPS.LG Tests started on Apr 05 2024 |
$27.00 | 32 | E | C | F | E | D |
Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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1 |
vm.v3-heavy Tests started on Aug 12 2024 |
26.00€ ($28.60) | 76 | A | B | B | C | C |
2 |
8 cores 16GB Tests started on Feb 15 2024 |
$40.00 | 55 | D | C | C | C | D |
3 |
E5 2 threads 4GB Tests started on Nov 28 2023 |
$27.36 | 48 | B | C | B | F | D |
4 |
Dedicated 4GB Tests started on Dec 25 2023 |
$36.00 | 42 | E | E | E | C | B |
5 |
B2als v2 Tests started on Sep 06 2023 |
$27.44 | 41 | B | D | E | F | C |