VPS Provider Guide

Choose the right VPS

Compare popular VPS providers for AI consultants, solo founders, indie hackers, and agencies shipping client apps. Key entry prices, specs, and locations in one place.

Hetzner

Best price-performance ratio for European deployments

Starting from

€5.99/mo

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD

Locations

6

Plans

4

Bandwidth

20 TB

Vultr

Broad global footprint for worldwide reach

Starting from

$5.00/mo

1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

Locations

20

Plans

4

Bandwidth

1 TB

DigitalOcean

Developer-first experience with the best docs in the industry

Starting from

$6.00/mo

1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

Locations

9

Plans

4

Bandwidth

1 TB

Linode / Akamai

Rock-solid reliability from a proven cloud provider

Starting from

$5.00/mo

1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

Locations

12

Plans

4

Bandwidth

1 TB

Contabo

Unbeatable specs-to-price ratio for resource-heavy apps

Starting from

€5.50/mo

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 75 GB NVMe

Locations

6

Plans

4

Bandwidth

Unlimited*

Side-by-side comparison

ProviderStarting priceEntry vCPUEntry RAMEntry StorageBandwidthLocations
Hetzner€5.99/mo2 vCPU4 GB40 GB SSD20 TB6Details →
Vultr$5.00/mo1 vCPU1 GB25 GB SSD1 TB20Details →
DigitalOcean$6.00/mo1 vCPU1 GB25 GB SSD1 TB9Details →
Linode / Akamai$5.00/mo1 vCPU1 GB25 GB SSD1 TB12Details →
Contabo€5.50/mo4 vCPU8 GB75 GB NVMeUnlimited*6Details →

Prices shown are indicative entry-level plans and may vary.