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
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'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'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
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
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
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
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