Best VPS 2024 under $8

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In the 12 months up to August 2024, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 26 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.


This is the 5th revision of the Best VPS under $8 ranking in 2024. These are the older revisions:


1st

HostUp

HostUp

VPS SM

Price per month: 75.00 kr
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 100 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Feb 03 2024


Score

61


Ranks per Category

6th in Web Performance

C

5th in Raw CPU Power

D

1st in Performance Stability

A

2nd in Disk IO Performance

B

16th in Network Performance

D


2nd

OVHcloud_us

OVHcloud US

VLE-2

Price per month: $5.50
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 40 GB
Memory: 2.0 GB
Trial Data: Aug 09 2024


Score

55


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

B

2nd in Raw CPU Power

C

6th in Performance Stability

C

9th in Disk IO Performance

C

15th in Network Performance

D


3rd

Hivelocity

Hivelocity

VPS.SM

Price per month: $7.00
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 80 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: Feb 21 2024


Score

53


Ranks per Category

11th in Web Performance

D

1st in Raw CPU Power

C

20th in Performance Stability

D

3rd in Disk IO Performance

B

8th 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

VPS SM
Tests started on Feb 03 2024
75.00 kr ($7.20) 61 C D A B D

2

VLE-2
Tests started on Aug 09 2024
$5.50 55 B C C C D

3

VPS.SM
Tests started on Feb 21 2024
$7.00 53 D C D B C

4

VLE-2
Tests started on Dec 29 2023
5.00€ ($5.50) 52 B D D C D

5

Availability 1GB 1core
Tests started on Nov 05 2023
$4.00 51 C F E B C

6

Availability 2GB 1 core
Tests started on Sep 20 2023
$6.00 49 C F D A D

7

VPS XS
Tests started on Jun 20 2024
39.00 kr ($3.74) 48 E D D C C

8

Cubes M
Tests started on Nov 17 2023
$7.70 44 D E D D B

9

VPS O2A4
Tests started on May 11 2024
6.29€ ($6.92) 43 E D C E B

10

Developer 1GB 1core
Tests started on Jul 22 2024
4.50€ ($4.95) 43 D E B E D

11

st1.micro 2023
Tests started on May 13 2024
$5.00 43 C E D D C

12

Starter
Tests started on Aug 24 2024
5.00€ ($5.50) 40 B E D E D

13

1GB 1core
Tests started on Jun 06 2024
7.00€ ($7.70) 32 E E D D D

14

Cloud Server S
Tests started on Oct 03 2023
$5.00 32 F F C D D

15

Start
Tests started on Mar 23 2024
5.00€ ($5.50) 28 E E D E F

16

VPS O1I1
Tests started on Dec 24 2023
2.49€ ($2.74) 27 F F D D D

17

Cubes S
Tests started on Jul 01 2024
$4.39 25 F F D E D

18

VM-1
Tests started on May 14 2024
$5.99 24 F E E D E

19

2GB 1 core
Tests started on Feb 11 2024
7.00€ ($7.70) 24 E E E F E

20

VPS.XS
Tests started on May 19 2024
$4.00 24 F F E E D

21

1GB 0.5 core
Tests started on Nov 12 2023
4.50€ ($4.95) 19 F F E F E

Other Providers

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

1

Shared 1GB
Tests started on Nov 09 2023
$5.00 50 C E D B C

2

S-2
Tests started on Oct 31 2023
$8.00 46 D E B C E

3

2 cores 4GB
Tests started on Nov 29 2023
$8.00 34 E E D D E

4

Slice 2048
Tests started on May 28 2024
$7.00 29 F F E E C

5

1 core 2GB
Tests started on Jul 17 2024
$4.00 28 F F D D E

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