Koyeb

eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB

Container instanceEco (shared vCPU)

Koyeb eSmall costs $5.36/mo for 0.5 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB, cheaper than 67% of the 13 container instances we track, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Price

$5.36/mo

$0.0072/hour

$5.36 per GB RAM

Cheaper than 67% of tracked offers

Specs vs the whole index

RAM
1 GB> 42% of offers
vCPU
0.5 shared> 25% of offers
Disk
8 GB> 92% of offers
Bandwidth
1 TB/mo

Container instance (no OS or root) · billed per second, Koyeb's monthly figure · 8 GB local disk is ephemeral · 1 TB egress included

Value score

83/100

RAM · 1 GB
1.0
vCPU · 0.5
0.8
Disk · 8 GB disk
0.3
Traffic · 1 TB
0.3
2.3 points ÷ $5.36
0.43 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 0.43 points per dollar against the 13 tracked container instances, whose median is 0.22. A higher score means more machine for the money. It is computed within this kind only, so it can't be compared with a VPS value score.

Data provenance

Koyeb · Public API · app.koyeb.com/v1/catalog/instances + /regions

Fetched 16 Sept 2026

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

Where this sits in the market

At $5.36/mo, eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB is cheaper than 67% of the 13 container instances in our index. It delivers 1 GB of RAM at $5.36/GB. For reference, the VPS market median is $5.42/GB, but a VPS is a different product, so treat that as context rather than a verdict. Its value score of 83/100 ranks it #3 among container instances, and it is the 4th cheapest of Koyeb's 6 tracked sizes.

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