IONOS vs Vultr.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, IONOS undercuts Vultr on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.75/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 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is IONOS VPS Linux M+ at $11/mo, against Vultr at $20/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 ↗

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 →

MetricIONOSVultr

Plans tracked466

Cheapest plan$11/mo$2.50/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.75/GB$6/GB

Avg value score85/10040/100

Locations533

Dedicated-vCPU plans022

NVMe share100%70%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)27

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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IONOS

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

Vultrwins

Cloud Compute 1C · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 55 GB SSD · $10/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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IONOSwins

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $20/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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IONOSwins

VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $21/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 4C · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $40/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

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. IONOS data: Live web · embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps. Vultr data: Public API · api.vultr.com/v2/plans.