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Standard Instances · $5.75/mo (512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 200 GB SSD)
Exoscale's Micro at $5.75/mo is moderately priced but undercut by several stronger alternatives with better specs or lower cost. IONOS Cloud VPS XS ($2/mo) and Scaleway STARDUST1-S ($0.43/mo, though end-of-life) offer dramatically lower entry points, while Vultr, AWS Lightsail, and UpCloud deliver comparable or superior specs at the same $3.50 price point.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe, unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s for $2/mo—significantly more storage and bandwidth than Exoscale's 512MB/200GB offering.
Caveat: Intro pricing renews at 2-6x higher after contract; verify renewal cost and contract lock-in terms before committing.
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe SSD, 512GB transfer for $3.50/mo—matches Exoscale's RAM but adds 50x more storage and includes transfer allowance.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage rates vary by data center; Windows licensing not included.
512MB RAM, 2 vCPU (double Exoscale), 20GB SSD, 1000GB transfer for $3.50/mo—better CPU and transfer at lower cost.
Caveat: Data transfer overage varies by AWS region ($0.09-$0.132/GB); Windows bundles cost 70-90% more.
1GB RAM (double Exoscale), 1 vCPU, 10GB Standard SSD, 99.999% SLA for $3.50/mo—superior uptime guarantee and RAM at lower cost.
Caveat: Backups are a separate add-on (10-60% surcharge); data transfer overages possible despite 'fair use' marketing.
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD, 500GB transfer for $4/mo—$1.75 cheaper than Exoscale with comparable specs and transparent pricing.
Caveat: Bandwidth overages billed at $0.01/GB past 500GB allowance; no NVMe storage.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · STARDUST1-S | $0.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS XS | $2/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 256MB | $2.02/mo | 256 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/0.5GB | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 0.5GB (Linux, IPv6) | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Virtual Machines · B1ls | $3.8/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Spark | $3.88/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Droplets · Basic 512MB | $4/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Type A base (Availability, 1 vCPU/1GB) | $4/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Alibaba Cloud | Simple Application Server · economy-e-2c-0.5g | $4.55/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Liquid Web | VPS Hosting · Compute 1 | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30 GB SSD | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Shared CPU Compute · Nanode 1 GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| Civo | Compute Instances · xSmall | $5.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe | Visit |
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