Fasthosts vs Hostwinds.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Fasthosts undercuts Hostwinds on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.95/GB against $4.81/GB. The cheapest way in is Hostwinds at $4.99/mo (Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Hostwinds counters with broader reach: 3 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Fasthosts VPS 4 at $12.13/mo, against Hostwinds at $18.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Fasthostsall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

  4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe

  $12.13/moView at Fasthosts ↗

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 ↗

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MetricFasthostsHostwinds

Plans tracked89

Cheapest plan$12.13/mo$4.99/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.95/GB$4.81/GB

Avg value score82/10062/100

Locations13

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share100%0%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Fasthosts

VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $12.13/mo

Hostwindswins

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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Fasthostswins

VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $12.13/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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Fasthostswins

RAM VPS 2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $22.92/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

Fasthosts

• VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 88/100$12.13
• VPS 6 · 6 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 85/100$24.27
• RAM VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 83/100$32.36
• RAM VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 83/100$60.67
• VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 81/100$51.24

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. Fasthosts data: Live web · VPS package cards on fasthosts.co.uk (data-price-exc-vat, standard not promo). Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate).