IONOS vs netcup.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, netcup undercuts IONOS on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.21/GB against $2.75/GB. The cheapest way in is netcup at $5.73/mo (VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB). Both providers cover a similar number of locations (5).

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is netcup VPS 500 G12 at $5.73/mo, against IONOS at $11/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

IONOSall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe

  $11/moView at IONOS ↗

netcupall plans →

• Cheapest

  VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe

  $5.73/moView at netcup ↗
• Best value

  VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

  4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe

  $10.05/moView at netcup ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricIONOSnetcup

Plans tracked49

Cheapest plan$11/mo$5.73/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.75/GB$1.21/GB

Avg value score85/10095/100

Locations55

Dedicated-vCPU plans04

NVMe share100%100%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)20

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

full comparison →

IONOS

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

full comparison →

IONOS

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

full comparison →

IONOS

VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $21/mo

netcupwins

VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe · $10.05/mo

Top value plans from each

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

netcup

• VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GBvalue 98/100$10.05
• VPS 2000 G12 · 8 vCore · 16 GBvalue 98/100$18.67
• VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GBvalue 97/100$5.73
• RS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GBvalue 97/100$20.78
• VPS 4000 G12 · 12 vCore · 32 GBvalue 96/100$31.43

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. IONOS data: Live web · embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps. netcup data: Live web · server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server.