Cherry Servers vs Hostwinds.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Cherry Servers undercuts Hostwinds on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $3.46/GB against $4.81/GB. The cheapest way in is Cherry Servers at $3.46/mo (Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2) · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Cherry Servers counters with broader reach: 7 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Cherry Servers Cloud VPS 4 (Gen 2) at $10.39/mo, against Hostwinds at $18.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Cherry Serversall plans →

• Cheapest

  Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2) · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 20 GB SSD

  $3.46/moView at Cherry Servers ↗
• Best value

  Cloud VPS 4 (Gen 2) · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

  4 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD

  $10.39/moView at Cherry Servers ↗

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 →

MetricCherry ServersHostwinds

Plans tracked349

Cheapest plan$3.46/mo$4.99/mo

Median $/GB RAM$3.46/GB$4.81/GB

Avg value score66/10062/100

Locations73

Dedicated-vCPU plans220

NVMe share65%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Cherry Serverswins

Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2) · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB SSD · $6.92/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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Cherry Serverswins

Cloud VPS 4 (Gen 2) · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

4 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $10.39/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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Cherry Serverswins

Cloud ARM VDS 2 · 2 vCPU · 12 GB

2 vCPU · 12 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $21.92/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

Cherry Servers

• Cloud VPS 4 (Gen 2) · 4 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 85/100$10.39
• Cloud VPS 6 (Gen 2) · 6 vCPU · 6 GBvalue 85/100$15
• Cloud ARM VDS 4 · 4 vCPU · 24 GBvalue 83/100$33.46
• Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2) · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 82/100$3.46
• Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2) · 2 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 81/100$6.92

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. Cherry Servers data: Public API · api.cherryservers.com/v1/plans (virtual plans only). Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate).