How this site works

vpsmeter compares virtual private server pricing across 4 providers, so you can see what a given amount of CPU, memory and storage actually costs.

What counts as a VPS here

Plenty of things can be called a virtual server. For a price comparison to mean anything, the prices have to be comparable, so a plan is listed only if all four of these hold:

1. One price covers processor, memory and storage. If the disk is billed separately per gigabyte, there is no single monthly price to put in the table.
2. Traffic is included, either as a stated allowance or as unmetered transfer — not charged purely per gigabyte.
3. The monthly figure is a ceiling, not an estimate. Most providers bill by the hour and stop at the monthly rate; that is fine, and the rate we list is what a full month costs at most. A price that merely multiplies an hourly rate by the length of the month is not the same promise, and is not listed.
4. It is a persistent virtual machine with root access, sold on its own.

This is why the large cloud platforms are absent. An AWS or Google Compute instance fails the first three: disk and bandwidth are metered separately, a public IPv4 address costs extra, and nothing caps the bill. A number could be invented for them by assuming some amount of disk and traffic, but it would not mean what every other number on this page means.

The same rule excludes products from providers we do list: bare-metal and GPU machines, plans whose storage is sold as separate block storage, sizes a provider lists but cannot yet sell, and DigitalOcean's per-resource droplets, which have no monthly cap. The rule is enforced in the code that collects prices, so a plan that stops meeting it drops out by itself rather than waiting for someone to notice.

Where the data comes from

Prices are collected directly from each provider, once a day:

• Vultr — the public Vultr API
• OVHcloud — the public OVHcloud order catalogue
• DigitalOcean — their public pricing page
• Akamai (Linode) — the public Linode API

Every response is archived exactly as received, so a figure on this site can always be traced back to what the provider published.

How each provider bills

Criterion three above only means something if it can be checked, so here is the basis for every provider listed, with their own documentation where they state it:

• Vultr — Billed hourly, capped at the monthly rate (672 hours). Source.
• OVHcloud — Monthly subscription; no hourly rate published.
• DigitalOcean — Billed hourly, capped at the monthly rate (672 hours). Source.
• Akamai (Linode) — Billed hourly, capped at the monthly rate. Source.

How prices are compared

• No commitment. Where a provider offers a discount for paying 12 or 24 months up front, we list the standard monthly price instead. A prepaid annual rate is not comparable to a monthly one.
• Excluding VAT and other local taxes, which depend on where you are.
• Converted at ECB reference rates for ranking only — the headline price is always the provider's own currency and amount. Today's conversion uses the rates of 28 September 2026.
• Standard regions. Some providers charge more in certain locations; the listed price is the standard one, and regional surcharges are recorded but not shown yet.

Accuracy

Pricing pages change, and any automated collection can be wrong. Prices here are a guide, not an offer: confirm with the provider before you buy. If you spot something wrong, it is worth telling us — a wrong number is the only thing that makes a comparison site useless.

vpsmeter is independent and not affiliated with any provider listed. Plan names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.