BuyVM vs Hostwinds.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, BuyVM undercuts Hostwinds on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $3.75/GB against $4.81/GB. The cheapest way in is BuyVM at $2/mo (Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB). Both providers cover a similar number of locations (3).

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is BuyVM Slice 4096 at $15/mo, against Hostwinds at $18.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

BuyVMall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2/moView at BuyVM ↗

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 →

MetricBuyVMHostwinds

Plans tracked109

Cheapest plan$2/mo$4.99/mo

Median $/GB RAM$3.75/GB$4.81/GB

Avg value score77/10062/100

Locations33

Dedicated-vCPU plans70

NVMe share0%0%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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BuyVMwins

Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB SSD · $7/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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BuyVMwins

Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GB

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $15/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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BuyVMwins

High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $30/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

BuyVM

• Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GBvalue 98/100$2
• Slice 1024 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 92/100$3.50
• Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 84/100$7
• Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 76/100$15
• High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 73/100$30

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. BuyVM data: Live web · KVM Slice and High Volume plan text on buyvm.net (flat list prices). Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate).