HOSTKEY vs IONOS.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, HOSTKEY undercuts IONOS on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.01/GB against $2.75/GB. The cheapest way in is HOSTKEY at $2.84/mo (vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). IONOS counters with broader reach: 5 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is HOSTKEY vm.mini at $5.93/mo, against IONOS at $11/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

HOSTKEYall plans →

• Cheapest

  vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 40 GB SSD

  $2.84/moView at HOSTKEY ↗
• Best value

  vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

  4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB SSD

  $5.93/moView at HOSTKEY ↗

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 →

MetricHOSTKEYIONOS

Plans tracked214

Cheapest plan$2.84/mo$11/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.01/GB$2.75/GB

Avg value score81/10085/100

Locations15

Dedicated-vCPU plans30

NVMe share67%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

full comparison →

HOSTKEYwins

vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $3.55/mo

IONOS

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

full comparison →

HOSTKEYwins

vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB SSD · $5.93/mo

IONOS

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

full comparison →

HOSTKEYwins

vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $7.58/mo

IONOS

VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $21/mo

Top value plans from each

HOSTKEY

• vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GBvalue 98/100$5.93
• vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 97/100$7.58
• vm.medium · 6 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 96/100$11.70
• vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 95/100$3.55
• vm.v2-medium · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 95/100$16.15

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. HOSTKEY data: Live web · preconfigured VPS/VDS cards on hostkey.com (Amsterdam price list, net). IONOS data: Live web · embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps.