VPS comparisons

VPS comparisons

Comparisons that explain the trade-offs behind the table: what is included, what is unknown and which workload each plan actually fits.

Hetzner CPX22 vs DigitalOcean Basic 4 GB vs Linode 4 GB

Three popular 4 GB shared plans compared on recorded price, renewal, transfer, backups and region coverage — without inventing a performance winner.

Comparison question: Which of these three 4 GB shared plans fits an EU or US web workload in this dataset?

  • Hetzner Cloud · Hetzner CPX22
  • DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Basic 4 GB
  • Akamai Cloud (Linode) · Linode 4 GB

Recorded data: 2026-10-25

Four US budget plans in the same price band

RackNerd, CloudCone, BuyVM and Hostwinds entry plans compared on price, transfer, IPv6 evidence and backup terms.

Comparison question: What do US-focused entry plans actually differ on when the monthly price is similar?

  • RackNerd · RackNerd 1 GB KVM VPS
  • CloudCone · CloudCone SC2 Starter
  • BuyVM · BuyVM Slice 1024
  • Hostwinds · Hostwinds 1 GB Unmanaged Linux VPS

Recorded data: 2026-10-25

Contabo vs Netcup: two EU value approaches

Contabo's 24-month Cloud VPS pricing compared with Netcup's 12-month VPS plans on term, VAT treatment, transfer policy and renewal.

Comparison question: How do the two best-known German value providers structure their commitments?

  • Contabo · Contabo Cloud VPS 4
  • netcup · Netcup VPS 1000 G12.5
  • netcup · Netcup VPS 500 G12.5

Recorded data: 2026-10-25

OVHcloud vs Scaleway: French providers, different products

OVHcloud's committed VPS pricing compared with Scaleway's BASIC2 instances and STARDUST entry plan, including the block-storage caveat.

Comparison question: What changes when a French VPS is committed for 12 months versus billed as a bare instance?

  • OVHcloud · OVHcloud VPS-2 2027
  • Scaleway · Scaleway Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G
  • Scaleway · Scaleway STARDUST1-S

Recorded data: 2026-10-25

IPv6-first shortlist: documented allocation versus unknown

BuyVM, Linode, DigitalOcean and Vultr 2 GB plans compared on IPv6 evidence, allocation size and what remains unstated.

Comparison question: Which 2 GB plans can actually be verified as dual-stack before purchase?

  • BuyVM · BuyVM Slice 2048
  • Akamai Cloud (Linode) · Linode 2 GB
  • DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Basic 2 GB
  • Vultr · Vultr Cloud Compute 2 vCPU · 2 GB

Recorded data: 2026-10-25

arm64 vs x86 for a small service

Scaleway's arm64 BASIC2 plan compared with x86 plans from Contabo and UpCloud on price, architecture risk and what must be tested.

Comparison question: When is an arm64 VPS the better small-plan choice, and what breaks if you guess?

  • Scaleway · Scaleway Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G
  • Contabo · Contabo Cloud VPS 4
  • UpCloud · UpCloud Starter 2gb / 2core

Recorded data: 2026-10-25

Annual vs monthly billing: four plans, real cash cost

Netcup, Hostinger, GreenCloudVPS and VPSBG plans compared on promotional cash cost versus the planning figure, with term risk.

Comparison question: How much does a commitment actually save once promo periods and renewals are included?

  • netcup · Netcup VPS 1000 G12.5
  • Hostinger · Hostinger KVM 2
  • GreenCloudVPS · GreenCloudVPS BudgetKVM-2
  • VPSBG · VPSBG Cloud VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB

Recorded data: 2026-10-25

Backup terms compared: percentage, fixed add-on and included

DigitalOcean, Linode, Hostinger and BuyVM backup terms compared on price structure, retention and what you still need to add.

Comparison question: Which backup model fits a small production service, and what does each one leave out?

  • DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Basic 2 GB
  • Akamai Cloud (Linode) · Linode 2 GB
  • Hostinger · Hostinger KVM 1
  • BuyVM · BuyVM Slice 1024

Recorded data: 2026-10-25