How much does STRATO VPS XL cost?

$36.61 a month excl. VAT, billed as €32.77, which is $2.29 for each GB of RAM. Checked 31 Oct 2026 on STRATO's own site.

What do you get with STRATO VPS XL?

8 shared vCPU, 16 GB of RAM, 480 GB NVMe of disk and traffic the provider does not publish.

How does STRATO VPS XL compare with other VPS plans?

It is cheaper than 63% of the 527 plans we track, and a GB of RAM costs 56% less than the $5.25 typical across them. It scores Value 86/100 on hardware per dollar, #66 of the 374 plans that include a disk.

STRATO VPS XL.

Prices checked 31 Oct

STRATO VPS XL costs $36.61 a month for 8 vCPU, 16 GB of RAM and 480 GB NVMe, cheaper than 63% of the 527 VPS plans we track, checked 31 Oct.

Linux V-Servershared vCPU

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Price

STRATO

$36.61/mo

$2.29 per GB of RAM a month

Cheaper than 63% of the 527 plans we track. You are billed €32.77 a month. Up $3.32 on 11 Sept.

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Value

86/100

hardware per dollar

It ranks #66 of the 374 plans that include a disk.

Linux V-Servershared vCPU

Compare withvs Hetzner CAX31 vs IONOS VPS Linux XL+vs netcup VPS 2000 G12.5 or any plan

What you get

RAM: 16 GBmore than 51% of plans
vCPU: 8 sharedmore than 70% of plans
Disk: 480 GB NVMemore than 89% of plans
Traffic: Unlisted

1 location

Germany

Excl. VAT: net derived from the advertised €39 incl. 19% VAT · 1-month term · €9 setup fee

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How it scores

Value 86/100 is hardware per dollar: 1.35 points for each dollar, against a typical 0.44 across the 527 plans we track.

RAM, 16 GB: 16.0
vCPU, 8: 12.0
Disk, 480 GB NVMe: 19.2
Traffic, unlisted, counted as the typical 7.2 TB: 2.2
49.4 points for $36.61: 1.35 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.

Or a whole server

At 16 GB a dedicated server is worth a look: the cores, disks and port are all yours, not shared. One with 8 to 15 cores starts at $65 a month over the first year, setup fee included. 119 servers from 6 providers. every server with 8 to 15 cores

Models it can run

The largest two per family that fit 16 GB with room to spare, on its 8 shared vCPU at 4-bit. How we work this out

Qwen3 14B, about 2.1–4.3 tok/s DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 14B, about 2.1–4.3 tok/s Phi-4 14B, about 2.2–4.3 tok/s Mistral Nemo 12B, about 2.6–5.2 tok/s Gemma 3 12B, about 2.6–5.2 tok/s Qwen3 8B, about 3.9–7.7 tok/s DeepSeek-R1-0528 Qwen3 8B, about 3.9–7.7 tok/s Llama 3.1 8B, about 3.9–7.9 tok/s

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Frequently asked

How much does STRATO VPS XL cost?: $36.61 a month excl. VAT, billed as €32.77, which is $2.29 for each GB of RAM. Checked 31 Oct 2026 on STRATO's own site.
What do you get with STRATO VPS XL?: 8 shared vCPU, 16 GB of RAM, 480 GB NVMe of disk and traffic the provider does not publish.
Where does STRATO VPS XL run?: In 1 location: Germany.
How does STRATO VPS XL compare with other VPS plans?: It is cheaper than 63% of the 527 plans we track, and a GB of RAM costs 56% less than the $5.25 typical across them. It scores Value 86/100 on hardware per dollar, #66 of the 374 plans that include a disk.

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#9 in Best storage VPS (most disk per dollar)