Leaseweb Review
Leaseweb in its own words
Leaseweb stands out as a premier provider of Cloud services and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), catering to a diverse global clientele of 20,000 customers that range from small and medium businesses to large enterprises. Their extensive suite of services encompasses Virtual Private Servers, Public Cloud solutions, Kubernetes management, Private Cloud infrastructure, Hybrid Hosting, Colocation, Content Delivery Networks, Cyber Security Services, and Dedicated Servers. All offerings are backed by exceptional customer service and technical support, ensuring clients receive reliable and expert assistance at every step.
Leaseweb was founded as a VPS provider in 1997.
It is headquartered in Netherlands.
It offers VPS, dedicated servers, web hosting, colocation, CDN and Storage hosting products.
- Canada
- Germany
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
- United States
Quick Links
| Leaseweb plans specs and prices | Plans |
| Leaseweb instance types | Instance Types |
| How fast are Leaseweb servers? Check them out in the Screener | Screener |
| List of Leaseweb trials | Trials |
| Review CPU models found in Leaseweb trials | CPUs |
| List of Leaseweb yabs.sh results | Yabs |
Leaseweb VPS Features
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Mixed | |
| DDOS Protection | Yes |
"Standard DDoS protection is included with every VPS. Our service uses globally located detectors to protect your servers from volumetric and protocol-based DDoS attacks, mitigating malicious traffic and forwarding clean traffic with minimal impact on the end user." |
| Backups | Yes |
One free snapshot per VPS: https://kb.leaseweb.com/kb/virtual-private-server/virtual-private-server-managing-vps-snapshot/. |
| Control Panel | Custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | No | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 8 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 3 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes |
Data traffic only. |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | Yes | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit/debit cards, Paypal, ACH direct debit | |
| Hidden CPU Model | Yes | |
| Affiliate Program | No | |
| IPv6 support | No | |
| Firewall | Yes | |
| Shelving | No |
Leaseweb Extra Services
In addition to features included in VPS plans, Leaseweb also sells the services marked green in the following table:
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer |
| Floating IP addresses | Team Management | Managed databases | Serverless |
| DDoS protection | Kubernetes | GPU instances | Private network |
Control Panel Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage Prices page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Description | Restriction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object | 0.017€ |
Leaseweb offers a cost-effective and scalable Object Storage solution for storing large amounts of data. It utilizes standard protocols and S3 APIs to organize data into buckets.
Additional fees for APi calls apply.
Leaseweb object storage |
Minimum 500GB |
| Block | 0.100€ |
Block Storage solution is ideal for high-performance and mission-critical applications. It divides data into independent blocks for exceptional speed and low latency, making it perfect for transactional workloads, production databases, and data-intensive applications.
Leaseweb block storage |
Minimum 500GB |
| Block | 0.030€ |
Pricing is based on peak usage per gigabyte per month for monthly billing and per gigabyte-hour for hourly billing, ensuring you only pay for the exact resources you use.
Prices go down to €0.027/GB/month as storage size increases.
Leaseweb block storage |
Public Cloud servers local storage |
Network Bandwidth Prices
These are the network bandwidth prices charged by Leaseweb for outbound transfers from VPS to the internet.
For a comparison of bandwidth prices from all providers, go to the Network Bandwitdh Prices page.
| Description | Price / GB |
|---|---|
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Pricing model: Allowance Then Charged
(the provider gives a free bandwidth allowance with each server. Bandwidth above the free allowance is charged by the provider.)
Free allowance: 1 TB / month
(for a 2 core 4GB instance or closest available)
Product range: This pricing is for the Leaseweb Public Cloud.
Transfer pool: yes
1 TB of free pooled Internet traffic per month, shared across all instances under a single contract. Incoming traffic is always free.
Leaseweb networking |
Between 0TB and 1TB: 0.0000€/GB Between 1TB and 15TB: 0.0022€/GB Between 15TB and 30TB: 0.0019€/GB Between 30TB and 100TB: 0.0015€/GB Above 100TB: 0.0010€/GB |
Leaseweb Instance Types and Plans
Note: All VPS prices reported at VPSBenchmarks are for one month without any further commitment and before promotions unless noted otherwise. The IPv4 charge is added to the VPS monthly price in case the provider doesn't include it by default.
| Plan | Number of CPU cores | RAM | Storage | Monthly Price |
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| Family: Public Cloud Instance Type: Compute Optimized |
Compute-optimized instances are designed for applications with higher processing requirements. These instances provide a higher CPU-to-memory ratio, making them ideal for workloads that benefit from high-performance processors.
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.leaseweb.com/en/products-services/cloud/public-cloud/pricing
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| LSW.C6A.LARGE | 2 | 4.0GB | 5GB | 33.20€ / month ($34.20 / month) |
| Family: Public Cloud Instance Type: General Purpose |
General Purpose instances provide a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources, and can be used for a wide range of workloads.
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.leaseweb.com/en/products-services/cloud/public-cloud/pricing
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| LSW.M3.LARGE | 2 | 7.0GB | 5GB | 29.44€ / month ($30.32 / month) |
| Family: Leaseweb VPS Instance Type: General purpose |
Leaseweb VPS provides highly efficient infrastructure for your business by delivering exceptional price-performance, fast local storage and easy deployment.
Provider page for instance type:
https://www.leaseweb.com/en/products-services/cloud/virtual-private-server
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| Leaseweb VPS 1 | 4 | 6.0GB | 100GB | $4.50 / month |
| Leaseweb VPS 2 | 6 | 16.0GB | 200GB | $10.00 / month |
| Leaseweb VPS 3 | 8 | 24.0GB | 300GB | $15.60 / month |
| Leaseweb VPS 5 | 16 | 64.0GB | 500GB | $37.70 / month |
