Best Value VPS May 2023

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This May, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 17 VPS hosting plans. We judged them on their speed, stability and affordability. These are the best 3 VPS with the best value.

This ranking is Price Weighted and favors the VPS that generate the most power for every dollar you spend. Plans with high performance and low price are ranked higher than high price plans with the same performance. For the ranking that ignores prices, go to Best VPS May 2023.


The VPS tested in May 2023 are a subset of all the VPS we have reviewed over the past 12 months. Go to the Screener to get the entire list of cloud server plans available today, ranked and graded.

We build a new ranking every month with all the VPS tested during the interval. Check out the list of all current and past rankings.


1st

HostHatch

HostHatch

NVMe 8GB

Price per month: $9.00
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 35 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Apr 29 2023


Price Weighted Score

84


Ranks per Category

1st in Web Performance

2nd in Raw CPU Power

1st in Performance Stability

6th in Disk IO Performance

4th in Network Performance



2nd

ionos

IONOS

VPS Linux M

Price per month: $9.00
Number of CPU cores: 2
Disk space: 160 GB
Memory: 4.0 GB
Trial Data: May 19 2023


Price Weighted Score

79


Ranks per Category

4th in Web Performance

5th in Raw CPU Power

4th in Performance Stability

9th in Disk IO Performance

2nd in Network Performance



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


Price Weighted Score

76


Ranks per Category

7th in Web Performance

8th in Raw CPU Power

7th in Performance Stability

1st in Disk IO Performance

1st in Network Performance



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.

All grades in this chart are price weighted.


Rankings for all VPS tested during May 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

NVMe 8GB
Tests started on Apr 29 2023
$9.00 84 PW PW PW PW PW

2

VPS Linux M
Tests started on May 19 2023
$9.00 79 PW PW PW PW PW

3

Business
Tests started on May 23 2023
40.00€ ($44.00) 72 PW PW PW PW PW

4

Premium
Tests started on May 07 2023
20.00€ ($22.00) 59 PW PW PW PW PW

5

Cloud VPS 1
Tests started on May 04 2023
9.00€ ($9.90) 57 PW PW PW PW PW

6

D2-2
Tests started on May 28 2023
$6.57 56 PW PW PW PW PW

7

PRO O8A16
Tests started on May 08 2023
55.50€ ($61.05) 52 PW PW PW PW PW

8

VPS Elite
Tests started on May 14 2023
44.00€ ($48.40) 52 PW PW PW PW PW

9

NVME 8 VPS
Tests started on May 22 2023
$89.99 46 PW PW PW PW PW

10

Availability 16GB 8 cores
Tests started on May 05 2023
$99.00 43 PW PW PW PW PW

11

GP-32 NVMe
Tests started on May 03 2023
64.99€ ($71.49) 37 PW PW PW PW PW

12

24GB 12 cores
Tests started on May 12 2023
84.00€ ($92.40) 30 PW PW PW PW PW

13

Build #3
Tests started on May 25 2023
$95.95 24 PW PW PW PW PW

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) 76 PW PW PW PW PW

2

Slice 1024
Tests started on May 18 2023
$3.50 66 PW PW PW PW PW

3

G3.2GB
Tests started on May 16 2023
$10.00 48 PW PW PW PW PW

4

EliteVPS
Tests started on May 10 2023
£30.00 ($37.80) 41 PW PW PW PW PW

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