Hostwinds vs IONOS.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, IONOS undercuts Hostwinds on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.75/GB against $4.81/GB. The cheapest way in is Hostwinds at $4.99/mo (Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). IONOS counters with broader reach: 5 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is IONOS VPS Linux M+ at $11/mo, against Hostwinds at $18.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

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 ↗

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 →

MetricHostwindsIONOS

Plans tracked94

Cheapest plan$4.99/mo$11/mo

Median $/GB RAM$4.81/GB$2.75/GB

Avg value score62/10085/100

Locations35

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $9.99/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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Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB SSD · $18.99/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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Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB SSD · $38.99/mo

IONOSwins

VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $21/mo

Top value plans from each

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

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. Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate). IONOS data: Live web · embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps.