DreamHost vs Vultr.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, DreamHost undercuts Vultr on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.47/GB against $6/GB. The cheapest way in is Vultr at $2.50/mo (Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB). Vultr counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is DreamHost Stack 4 at $15.99/mo, against Vultr at $20/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

DreamHostall plans →

• Cheapest

  Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe

  $15.99/moView at DreamHost ↗
• Best value

  Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GB

  8 vCPU · 32 GB · 450 GB NVMe

  $59.99/moView at DreamHost ↗

Vultrall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2.50/moView at Vultr ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDreamHostVultr

Plans tracked466

Cheapest plan$15.99/mo$2.50/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.47/GB$6/GB

Avg value score81/10040/100

Locations133

Dedicated-vCPU plans022

NVMe share100%70%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

full comparison →

DreamHost

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/mo

Vultrwins

Cloud Compute 1C · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 55 GB SSD · $10/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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DreamHostwins

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $20/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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DreamHostwins

Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB NVMe · $21.99/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 4C · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $40/mo

Top value plans from each

DreamHost

• Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 83/100$59.99
• Stack 16 · 4 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 82/100$34.99
• Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 80/100$21.99
• Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 78/100$15.99

Vultr

• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 82/100$2.50
• Cloud Compute 1C · 1 GBvalue 76/100$5
• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 75/100$3.50
• High Performance 1C · 1 GBvalue 75/100$6
• High Frequency 1C · 1 GBvalue 74/100$6

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. DreamHost data: Live web · VPS Stack cards on dreamhost.com (auto-renewal rate, intro promo ignored). Vultr data: Public API · api.vultr.com/v2/plans.