Best cheap VPS plans.
Prices checked
Scaleway STARDUST1-S leads 27 qualifying plans at $0.49 a month, checked .
Top 10
all 527 plans- 1
STARDUST1-S
Scaleway · 1C · 1 GB · Value 100/100$0.49/mo - 2
VPS 1 · 4 vCPU / 6 GB · Europe
Leaseweb · 4C · 6 GB · Value 99/100also in Australia, Singapore, UK and US
$5.02/mo - 3
Slice 512 · 0.5 GB
BuyVM · 1C · 512 MB · Value 96/100$2/mo - 4$5.02/mo
- 5
VPS S
STRATO · 1C · 2 GB · Value 94/100$3.75/mo - 6
VPS Essential
Webdock · 1C · 2 GB · Value 91/100$2.40/mo - 7
Slice 1024
BuyVM · 1C · 1 GB · Value 90/100$3.50/mo - 8
V1
TransIP · 1C · 1 GB · Value 90/100$5.59/mo - 9
VPS Linux S+
IONOS · 1C · 2 GB · Value 87/100$6/mo - 10
VPS O1I1
Aruba Cloud · 1C · 1 GB · Value 87/100$2.78/mo
OVHcloud · 2C · 4 GB · Value 95/100How we count
We track 527 VPS plans across 25 providers, and 27 of them cost $6/mo or less with a disk included. They're ranked by value, meaning how much RAM, CPU, disk and bandwidth each dollar buys, not by sticker price alone. Today's winner costs $0.49/GB RAM, against a typical $5.25/GB.
Value is hardware per dollar: RAM, vCPU, disk and bandwidth for the price, scored out of 100 the same way for every plan in the index.
Every price is the standard monthly rate for a plan with a disk included, before VAT. A plan whose provider was last read more than three days ago, or that the provider shows as sold out, keeps its place but cannot be first.
A plan a provider sells from several price lists, one per currency, is one row at its best-placed price, and the row names the other lists. No provider holds more than 2 of the top 10, so the list shows the market rather than one catalogue; the plans that would have placed are named under the list.
Frequently asked
- What is the cheapest of the cheap VPS plans right now?
- STARDUST1-S from Scaleway at $0.49 a month before VAT, checked 31 Oct 2026.
- Which provider leads this ranking?
- Scaleway holds first place, and BuyVM the most places, 2 of the top 10. No provider holds more than 2.
- How is this ranking calculated, and how fresh is it?
- Prices are read every 3 days from 25 providers' own APIs and public price pages, converted to dollars at ECB rates, and the list is ranked again with them. Last refresh: 31 Oct 2026. Prices exclude VAT; confirm the final price on the provider's site.