Hostwinds vs Vultr.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hostwinds undercuts Vultr on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $4.81/GB against $6/GB. The cheapest way in is Vultr at $2.50/mo (Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB). Vultr counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 at $18.99/mo, against Vultr at $20/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 ↗

Vultrall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2.50/moView at Vultr ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricHostwindsVultr

Plans tracked966

Cheapest plan$4.99/mo$2.50/mo

Median $/GB RAM$4.81/GB$6/GB

Avg value score62/10040/100

Locations333

Dedicated-vCPU plans022

NVMe share0%70%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% 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

Vultr

Cloud Compute 1C · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 55 GB SSD · $10/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB SSD · $18.99/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $20/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

Vultr

Cloud Compute 4C · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $40/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

Vultr

• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 82/100$2.50
• Cloud Compute 1C · 1 GBvalue 76/100$5
• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 75/100$3.50
• High Performance 1C · 1 GBvalue 75/100$6
• High Frequency 1C · 1 GBvalue 74/100$6

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). Vultr data: Public API · api.vultr.com/v2/plans.