Best VPS for CI runners.
Prices checked
For CI runners, Leaseweb VPS 1 · 4 vCPU / 6 GB · Europe at $5.02 a month is the plan to start with, of 216 that clear the minimums, checked .
Top 10
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VPS 1 · 4 vCPU / 6 GB · Europe
Leaseweb · 4C · 6 GB · 100 GB NVMe$5.02/mo - 2
VPS 2 · 6 vCPU / 16 GB · Europe
Leaseweb · 6C · 16 GB · 200 GB NVMe$9.04/mo - 3
VPS 2 · 6 vCPU / 16 GB · UK
Leaseweb · 6C · 16 GB · 200 GB NVMe$9.63/mo - 4
VPS 2 · 6 vCPU / 16 GB · US
Leaseweb · 6C · 16 GB · 200 GB NVMe$9.89/mo - 5
VPS 3 · 8 vCPU / 24 GB · Europe
Leaseweb · 8C · 24 GB · 300 GB NVMe$14.07/mo - 6
VPS 1 · 4 vCPU / 6 GB · UK
Leaseweb · 4C · 6 GB · 100 GB NVMe$6.02/mo - 7
VPS 1 · 4 vCPU / 6 GB · US
Leaseweb · 4C · 6 GB · 100 GB NVMe$6.29/mo - 8
VPS 2 · 6 vCPU / 16 GB · Singapore
Leaseweb · 6C · 16 GB · 200 GB NVMe$11.18/mo - 9
VPS 4 · 12 vCPU / 48 GB · Europe
Leaseweb · 12C · 48 GB · 400 GB NVMe$26.13/mo - 10
VPS 5 · 16 vCPU / 64 GB · Europe
Leaseweb · 16C · 64 GB · 500 GB NVMe$34.18/mo
What matters
- Cores over everything
- Compiles and parallel test suites scale almost linearly with vCPUs, so this ranking weights CPU three times as heavily as RAM.
- Hourly billing is a feature
- Plans billed hourly (flagged below) can run during the workday and be deleted at night, cutting the effective monthly cost by about 70%.
- Disk for caches
- Docker layer and dependency caches are what make the second build fast, and 80 GB or more keeps them warm.
One-click stacks
Full stack-support matrixEverything here runs on any VPS you set up yourself. These providers also offer it as a one-click install, verified 20 Jul.
- Docker
- One-click on Hetzner, Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, OVHcloud, Scaleway, contabo, Hostinger, IONOS
How we count
Build machines are all about cores: compiles and test suites scale with vCPUs, run in bursts and don't care where they live, so the cheapest fast cores win. We only include plans with 4 GB+ RAM, 4+ vCPU and a disk included in the price. Today 216 of the 527 plans qualify, and the top pick costs $5.02/mo. They're ranked by how much of the hardware this workload relies on you get for each dollar.
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.
Frequently asked
- What is the cheapest VPS that qualifies for CI runners?
- Leaseweb VPS 1 · 4 vCPU / 6 GB · Europe at $5.02/mo (excl. VAT) meets the minimum requirements as of 31 Oct 2026.
- How are these requirements chosen?
- The minimums (4 GB RAM, 4 vCPU) reflect what the workload actually stresses, as explained under "what matters", and the ranking weights those dimensions rather than raw price.
- How fresh is this list?
- Prices are read again from all 25 providers every 3 days and this ranking recomputes automatically. Last refresh: 31 Oct 2026.