Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2.

Prices checked

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 costs $9.99 a month for 1 vCPU, 2 GB of RAM and 50 GB SSD, cheaper than 87% of the 527 VPS plans we track, checked .

Price

Hostwinds

$9.99/mo

$5 per GB of RAM a month

Cheaper than 87% of the 527 plans we track.

Value

68/100

hardware per dollar

It ranks #155 of the 374 plans that include a disk.

Unmanaged Linux VPSshared vCPU

What you get

RAM
2 GBmore than 6% of plans
vCPU
1 sharedmore than 0% of plans
Disk
50 GB SSDmore than 40% of plans
Traffic
2 TB a month

Standard monthly rate before tax · 1 IPv4 included

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How it scores

Value 68/100 is hardware per dollar: 0.57 points for each dollar, against a typical 0.44 across the 527 plans we track.

RAM, 2 GB
2.0
vCPU, 1
1.5
Disk, 50 GB SSD
1.6
Traffic, 2 TB
0.6
5.7 points for $9.99
0.57 a dollar

1 point per GB of RAM, 1.5 per vCPU, 1 per 25 GB of disk up to 500 GB (SSD × 0.8, HDD × 0.4), and 0.3 per TB of traffic up to 20 TB.

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Frequently asked

How much does Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 cost?
$9.99 a month excl. VAT, which is $5 for each GB of RAM. Checked 31 Oct 2026 on Hostwinds's own site.
What do you get with Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2?
1 shared vCPU, 2 GB of RAM, 50 GB SSD of disk and 2 TB of traffic a month.
Where does Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 run?
In 3 locations: Seattle, US, Dallas, US, Amsterdam, NL.
How does Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 compare with other VPS plans?
It is cheaper than 87% of the 527 plans we track, and a GB of RAM costs 5% less than the $5.25 typical across them. It scores Value 68/100 on hardware per dollar, #155 of the 374 plans that include a disk.

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