Binary Lane vs Hostwinds.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hostwinds undercuts Binary Lane on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $4.81/GB against $6.41/GB. The cheapest way in is Binary Lane at $3.49/mo (Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Binary Lane counters with broader reach: 6 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Binary Lane Standard std-2vcpu at $13.97/mo, against Hostwinds at $18.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Binary Laneall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 20 GB

  $3.49/moView at Binary Lane ↗

Hostwindsall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 30 GB SSD

  $4.99/moView at Hostwinds ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricBinary LaneHostwinds

Plans tracked189

Cheapest plan$3.49/mo$4.99/mo

Median $/GB RAM$6.41/GB$4.81/GB

Avg value score53/10062/100

Locations63

Dedicated-vCPU plans60

NVMe share33%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Binary Lanewins

Standard std-1vcpu · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB · $6.98/mo

Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $9.99/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Binary Lanewins

Standard std-2vcpu · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 60 GB · $13.97/mo

Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB SSD · $18.99/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Binary Lanewins

Standard std-4vcpu · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB · $27.93/mo

Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB SSD · $38.99/mo

Top value plans from each

Binary Lane

• Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 81/100$3.49
• Storage hdd-500gb · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 78/100$14.25
• Standard std-1vcpu · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 77/100$6.98
• Standard std-2vcpu · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 75/100$13.97
• Standard std-4vcpu · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 74/100$27.93

Hostwinds

• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 77/100$4.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 69/100$9.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 64/100$18.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 6 · 4 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 62/100$49.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 61/100$38.99

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Binary Lane data: Public API · api.binarylane.com.au/v2/sizes + /regions (AUD). Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate).