Best VPS 2024 under $40

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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:


1st

Alwyzon

Price per month: 26.79€
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 320 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 02 2024


Score

88


Ranks per Category

2nd in Web Performance

A

2nd in Raw CPU Power

A

2nd in Performance Stability

A

2nd in Disk IO Performance

A

1st in Network Performance

B


2nd

HostHatch

HostHatch

NVMe 32GB

Price per month: $29.00
Number of CPU cores: 8
Disk space: 125 GB
Memory: 32.0 GB
Trial Data: Sep 15 2023


Score

85


Ranks per Category

3rd in Web Performance

A

1st in Raw CPU Power

A

7th in Performance Stability

B

1st in Disk IO Performance

A

4th in Network Performance

B


3rd

HOSTKEY

HOSTKEY

vm.v3-heavy

Price per month: 26.00€
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 120 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 12 2024


Score

76


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

A

3rd in Raw CPU Power

B

6th in Performance Stability

B

14th in Disk IO Performance

C

11th in Network Performance

C


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 2024

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

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

Other Providers

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

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

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