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Standard Instances · $11.49/mo (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 400 GB SSD)
Exoscale's Tiny at $11.49/mo is significantly more expensive than several comparable 1GB/1vCPU alternatives, even after accounting for renewal traps and hidden costs. IONOS Cloud VPS XS and Bluehost NVMe 2 both undercut it by 80%+ on introductory pricing, though renewal rates and contract lock-ins apply.
Matches 1GB RAM and 1vCPU at $2/mo intro, with 10GB NVMe (vs Exoscale's 400GB SSD) and unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s.
Caveat: Intro pricing is locked to a 1-year contract; renewal jumps to $6-12/mo; outbound data transfer beyond 2TB pooled free tier is metered at $0.036/GB.
1vCPU with 2GB RAM (better than Exoscale's 1GB) and 50GB NVMe SSD at $2.09/mo intro, plus unmetered bandwidth.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo after intro term; 36-month contract required for lowest advertised rate; free domain and SSL only in year one.
Exact 1GB/1vCPU match with 10GB Standard SSD at $3.5/mo, backed by industry-leading 99.999% SLA and no renewal trap.
Caveat: Backup add-ons are surcharges (10-60% of base price); data transfer beyond Fair Transfer Policy may incur overages despite 'free egress' marketing.
1vCPU with 1GB RAM and 20GB SSD at $3.88/mo intro, includes 1TB bandwidth and unmanaged root access.
Caveat: Renewal pricing is substantially higher; management add-ons cost $10-$25/mo extra; free domain and SSL are first-year-only.
1vCPU with 10GB SSD and 500GB transfer at $4/mo, no contract lock-in, and transparent $0.01/GB overage billing.
Caveat: Only 512MB RAM (half of Exoscale); bandwidth overages are metered; no free domain or SSL included.
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 |
| Bluehost | VPS Hosting · NVMe 2 | $2.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 512MB | $3.32/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | 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 |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Liquid Web | VPS Hosting · Compute 1 | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30 GB SSD | Visit |
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