HOSTKEY vs TransIP.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, HOSTKEY undercuts TransIP on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.01/GB against $5.77/GB. The cheapest way in is HOSTKEY at $2.84/mo (vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Both providers cover a similar number of locations (1).

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is HOSTKEY vm.mini at $5.93/mo, against TransIP at $23.08/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 ↗

TransIPall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  V1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 100 GB NVMe

  $5.77/moView at TransIP ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricHOSTKEYTransIP

Plans tracked215

Cheapest plan$2.84/mo$5.77/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.01/GB$5.77/GB

Avg value score81/10061/100

Locations11

Dedicated-vCPU plans30

NVMe share67%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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HOSTKEYwins

vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $3.55/mo

TransIP

V2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $11.54/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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HOSTKEYwins

vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB SSD · $5.93/mo

TransIP

V3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $23.08/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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HOSTKEYwins

vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

TransIP

V4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $57.69/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

TransIP

• V1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 90/100$5.77
• V2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 80/100$11.54
• V3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 72/100$23.08
• V4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 36/100$57.69
• V5 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 27/100$115.39

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). TransIP data: Live web · VPS product blocks on transip.eu (prices exclude VAT).