Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

Unmanaged Linux VPS

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 costs $18.99/mo for 2 vCPU, 4 GB of RAM and 75 GB SSD, cheaper than 76% of the 524 VPS plans we track, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Price

$18.99/mo

$4.75 per GB RAM

Cheaper than 76% of tracked offers

Specs vs the whole index

RAM
4 GB> 16% of offers
vCPU
2 shared> 14% of offers
Disk
75 GB SSD> 49% of offers
Bandwidth
2 TB/mo

Standard monthly rate before tax · 1 IPv4 included

Value score

64/100

RAM · 4 GB
4.0
vCPU · 2
3.0
Disk · 75 GB SSD
2.4
Traffic · 2 TB
0.6
10.0 points ÷ $18.99
0.53 per $

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.

The score ranks 0.53 points per dollar against the 524 tracked VPS plans, whose median is 0.43. A higher score means more machine for the money.

Data provenance

Hostwinds · Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate)

Fetched 16 Sept 2026

Prices exclude VAT. Always confirm on the provider's site.

Where this sits in the market

At $18.99/mo, Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB is cheaper than 76% of the 524 VPS plans in our index. It delivers 4 GB of RAM at $4.75/GB, 12% below the $5.42/GB market median. Its value score of 64/100 ranks it #173 among VPS plans that include a disk, and it is the 3rd cheapest of Hostwinds's 9 tracked plans.

Open models this box runs comfortably · CPU inference

how we compute this →

Largest two per lineup that fit 4 GB with 20% headroom at Q4_K_M and an 8K context; speeds are bandwidth-bound estimates for 2 shared vCPU.

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