Best VPS for e-commerce.
prices as of · re-ranked daily · 195 qualifying plans
Carts and checkouts are the least forgiving workload here: every uncached, personalized request hits PHP/Node and the database, and slow checkouts are abandoned checkouts. We only include plans with 4 GB+ RAM, 2+ vCPU, NVMe storage and a disk included in the price. Today 195 of the 524 plans qualify, and the top pick costs $20.78/mo. They're ranked by how much of the hardware this workload relies on you get for each dollar.
The plan to start with is netcup RS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GB at $20.78/mo, 8 vCPU and 16 GB of RAM, picked from 195 plans that clear the minimums, checked 16 Sept 2026.
What actually matters here
- 4 GB+ RAM, NVMe required
- WooCommerce or Medusa with MySQL or Postgres and Redis needs memory, and checkout queries are sensitive to disk latency, so this list only includes NVMe plans.
- Dedicated vCPU at peak
- Black-Friday-style bursts on shared cores mean throttled checkouts exactly when it hurts most.
- Plan for backups
- Whatever you pick, budget for the provider's snapshot or backup add-on. Order data is the one thing you can't get back.
- 1
netcupRS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GB
8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 512 GB NVMe · value 97/100
✓ dedicated vCPU✓ NVMe
$20.78/mo
- 2
$18.67/mo
- 3
$7.58/mo
- 4
$10.05/mo
- 5
$46.49/mo
- 6
$5.73/mo
- 7netcup
RS 1000 G12 · 4 dedicated cores · 8 GB
4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 256 GB NVMe · value 95/100
✓ dedicated vCPU✓ NVMe
$12.40/mo
- 8
$31.43/mo
- 9
$16.15/mo
- 10netcup
RS 4000 G12 · 12 dedicated cores · 32 GB
12 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 1024 GB NVMe · value 92/100
✓ dedicated vCPU✓ NVMe
$38.71/mo
One-click stacks for this workload
Everything below runs on any VPS if you set it up yourself. These providers also offer it as a one-click install in their official catalog (verified 20 Jul 2026).
- WordPress
- one-click on Hetzner, Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, Scaleway, AWS Lightsail, Hostinger
- Docker
- one-click on Hetzner, Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Contabo, Hostinger, IONOS
- PostgreSQL
- one-click on DigitalOcean, Linode, Hostinger
Frequently asked
- What is the cheapest VPS that qualifies for e-commerce?
- OVHcloud VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU at $5.18/mo (excl. VAT) meets the minimum requirements as of 16 Sept 2026.
- How are these requirements chosen?
- The minimums (4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, NVMe storage) 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 re-fetched from all 26 providers daily and this ranking recomputes automatically. Last refresh: 16 Sept 2026.