GreenCloudVPS BudgetKVM-3
Scenario score 87.81 · Confidence 80%
Why this ranked here: Highest weighted fit for mail-server under the hard constraints.
- Evidence confidence is 80%; see known unknowns before relying on it.
A mail host with confirmed IPv4, at least 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU and 40 GB storage.
Keep the effective monthly cost at or below $20.
Mail transfer agents and spam filtering need at least 2 GB RAM.
Mailboxes, queues and logs need at least 40 GB.
At least one vCPU is required.
IPv4 support must be provider-confirmed.
Last verifiedOct 24, 2026 · Methodology review-methodology-v1
This is a verified validation corpus of 30 providers and 210 offers, not a market census. Coverage goals are tracked separately.
Suitable for: Small personal or team mail servers; Mail relay experiments; Self-hosted mailing lists
Not suitable for: High-volume bulk email; Users who cannot manage IP reputation; Workloads without port-25 verification
The ranking is reproducible from the stated constraints and the current verified dataset. Built from dataset 2026.10.25-v7; last verified Oct 25, 2026.
Scenario score 87.81 · Confidence 80%
Why this ranked here: Highest weighted fit for mail-server under the hard constraints.
Scenario score 79.88 · Confidence 85%
Why this ranked here: Ranked below greencloudvps-budget-kvm-3 by 7.93 points; the largest weighted gap is flexibility.
Scenario score 79.87 · Confidence 90%
Why this ranked here: Ranked below contabo-cloud-vps-4 by 0.01 points; the largest weighted gap is cost.
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