Civo vs IONOS.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, IONOS undercuts Civo on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.75/GB against $5.43/GB. The cheapest way in is Civo at $5.43/mo (Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Both providers cover a similar number of locations (5).

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is IONOS VPS Linux M+ at $11/mo, against Civo at $21.73/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Civoall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB NVMe

  $5.43/moView at Civo ↗

IONOSall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe

  $11/moView at IONOS ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricCivoIONOS

Plans tracked114

Cheapest plan$5.43/mo$11/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5.43/GB$2.75/GB

Avg value score44/10085/100

Locations55

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share100%100%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Civowins

Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 25 GB NVMe · $10.86/mo

IONOS

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Civo

Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $21.73/mo

IONOSwins

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Civo

Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $43.45/mo

IONOSwins

VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $21/mo

Top value plans from each

Civo

• Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 84/100$5.43
• Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 75/100$10.86
• Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 68/100$21.73
• Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 59/100$43.45
• Standard Extra Large · 6 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 42/100$86.91

IONOS

• VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 87/100$11
• VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 86/100$21
• VPS Linux XL+ · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 84/100$44
• VPS Linux XXL+ · 12 vCPU · 24 GBvalue 81/100$68

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Civo data: Live web · compute instance tables on civo.com/pricing (USD, all regions). IONOS data: Live web · embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps.