Hostwinds vs OVHcloud.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, OVHcloud undercuts Hostwinds on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.23/GB against $4.81/GB. The cheapest way in is Hostwinds at $4.99/mo (Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). OVHcloud counters with broader reach: 28 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is OVHcloud VPS-1 2027 at $5.18/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 ↗

OVHcloudall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $5.18/moView at OVHcloud ↗

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MetricHostwindsOVHcloud

Plans tracked910

Cheapest plan$4.99/mo$5.18/mo

Median $/GB RAM$4.81/GB$1.23/GB

Avg value score62/10094/100

Locations328

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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Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $9.99/mo

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EU

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $9.80/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

OVHcloud

• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EUvalue 96/100$5.18
• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · USvalue 95/100$5.35
• VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · USvalue 94/100$10

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). OVHcloud data: Public API · order/catalog/public/vps for the US subsidiary (api.us.ovhcloud.com, USD) and the EU one (api.ovh.com, FR, EUR).