Best VPS Winter 2019
This Winter, VPSBenchmarks tested and reviewed 30 VPS hosting plans. We judged them on their speed, stability and affordability. These are the best 3 VPS.
For price weighted rankings, go to Best Value VPS Winter 2019.
The VPS tested between January and March 2019 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
UpCloud
16GB 6 cores
Price per month: 96.00€
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 320 GB
Memory: 16.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 09 2019
Score
84
Ranks per Category
1st in Web Performance
1st in Raw CPU Power
3rd in Performance Stability
1st in Disk IO Performance
15th in Network Performance
2nd
Vultr
Regular 8GB 4 cores
Price per month: $40.00
Number of CPU cores: 4
Disk space: 160 GB
Memory: 8.0 GB
Trial Data: Mar 02 2019
Score
76
Ranks per Category
4th in Web Performance
2nd in Raw CPU Power
18th in Performance Stability
2nd in Disk IO Performance
2nd in Network Performance
3rd
Scaleway
Pro X64-15GB
Price per month: 24.99€
Number of CPU cores: 6
Disk space: 200 GB
Memory: 15.0 GB
Trial Data: Jan 31 2019
Score
72
Ranks per Category
8th in Web Performance
5th in Raw CPU Power
4th in Performance Stability
12th in Disk IO Performance
12th in Network Performance
All Grades in a Chart
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 Winter 2019
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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16GB 6 cores Tests started on Mar 09 2019 |
96.00€ ($105.60) | 86 | A | A | A | A | C |
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2
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Regular 8GB 4 cores Tests started on Mar 02 2019 |
$40.00 | 78 | B | A | C | A | B |
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3 
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VPS V4I8 Tests started on Jan 17 2019 |
25.00€ ($27.50) | 71 | B | B | A | B | D |
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4
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2GB 1core Tests started on Jan 23 2019 |
13.00€ ($14.30) | 64 | B | D | B | B | D |
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5 
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4GB 2 cores 60GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 14 2019 |
16.00€ ($17.60) | 65 | A | B | B | D | D |
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6 
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B2-7 Tests started on Jan 04 2019 |
$29.04 | 60 | B | C | A | D | D |
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7 
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General 1GB 2 cores Tests started on Jan 11 2019 |
$19.00 | 56 | C | B | D | C | C |
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8
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General 2GB 4 cores (Off rankings) Tests started on Mar 11 2019 |
$50.00 | 55 | D | B | D | C | C |
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9
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Regular 1GB 1 core Tests started on Dec 29 2018 |
$5.00 | 50 | D | E | C | C | B |
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10
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2GB 1 core Tests started on Mar 16 2019 |
7.00€ ($7.70) | 50 | B | E | B | D | D |
|
11 
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Cloud Server S Tests started on Feb 13 2019 |
$5.00 | 46 | C | E | B | D | D |
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12
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VPS SSD 2 Tests started on Mar 06 2019 |
$7.99 | 32 | D | E | C | E | E |
Other Providers
| Plan | Price | Score | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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Pro X64-15GB Tests started on Jan 31 2019 |
24.99€ ($27.49) | 70 | B | A | A | C | C |
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2 
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OpenVZ SSD Premium 1GB Tests started on Jan 09 2019 |
$10.00 | 73 | B | A | C | B | D |
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3 
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CPU Optimized 4GB Tests started on Feb 03 2019 |
$47.00 | 71 | B | B | C | B | C |
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4 
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12GB $14 Tests started on Feb 27 2019 |
$14.00 | 64 | E | A | D | A | B |
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5 
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s.1 Tests started on Jan 07 2019 |
$7.00 | 62 | C | C | C | B | C |
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6
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s.2 Tests started on Mar 04 2019 |
$14.00 | 63 | C | A | D | B | C |
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7
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KVM NVMe Premium 2GB Tests started on Mar 25 2019 |
$12.00 | 59 | C | B | E | C | B |
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8 
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KVM 8GB Tests started on Feb 06 2019 |
$30.00 | 54 | E | B | C | B | D |
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9 
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t3.small Tests started on Jan 29 2019 |
$14.98 | 54 | B | C | D | D | C |
|
10 
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G2 2GB (Off rankings) Tests started on Feb 16 2019 |
$20.00 | 53 | D | D | B | C | C |
|
11 
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n1-standard-2 (Off rankings) Tests started on Jan 27 2019 |
$48.55 | 51 | D | C | D | D | C |
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12 
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Dedicated 4GB Tests started on Feb 20 2019 |
$36.00 | 54 | D | D | C | B | C |
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13 
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CX11 Tests started on Feb 25 2019 |
3.79€ ($4.17) | 48 | D | D | D | C | C |
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14 
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2GB 1core Tests started on Jan 20 2019 |
$10.00 | 45 | B | E | D | D | C |
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15 
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F1 Tests started on Mar 19 2019 |
$36.00 | 45 | C | E | D | E | B |
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16 
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gp1.lightspeed Tests started on Mar 13 2019 |
$24.00 | 42 | D | D | C | D | E |
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17 
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Starter 1GB 1 core Tests started on Feb 10 2019 |
$4.50 | 38 | C | E | B | E | E |
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18
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1GB 2cores Tests started on Mar 22 2019 |
$7.00 | 17 | F | F | F | E | D |
