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VPS Hosting · $17.99/mo (4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB NVMe)
GoDaddy's $17.99/mo intro price is significantly higher than comparable 2vCPU/4GB alternatives, even accounting for the 36-month lock-in. Several providers offer matching or superior specs at 1/3 to 1/4 the cost, though all share similar renewal-price traps and promotional-term requirements.
Delivers 2vCPU/2GB/80GB NVMe at $4.33/mo (cheapest exact-match alternative), with unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s.
Caveat: Only 2GB RAM vs GoDaddy's 4GB; renewal pricing 2-6x higher; outbound data beyond 2TB pooled allowance is metered at $0.036/GB.
Exceeds GoDaddy's specs (4vCPU/8GB/100GB SSD vs 2vCPU/4GB/80GB NVMe) for 67% less, with unlimited traffic and 200 Mbit/s port.
Caveat: Quoted price is for 24-month prepaid term; 1 or 12-month terms cost significantly more per month; SLA is 99.90% vs 99.99% on competitors.
Offers 1vCPU/4GB/50GB NVMe at $6.49/mo intro (64% cheaper), with weekly backups and 1 Gbps port; renewal jumps to $11.99/mo.
Caveat: Only 1 vCPU vs GoDaddy's 2; renewal price is 1.85x intro; bandwidth capped at 4TB/month; free domain only year one.
Matches 2vCPU/4GB spec with 40GB SSD and 20TB transfer for $6.49/mo (64% savings), no long-term contract required.
Caveat: VAT excluded from listed price; traffic overage billed per GB beyond 20TB EU pool; recent price increases on other lines suggest future hikes possible.
Before you switch
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube XS | $5.76/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 60 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Contabo | Core VPS · Cloud VPS 4 | $5.94/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Sample: 1 vCPU / 2GB / 20GB | $6/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-1-2 | $6.15/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 1 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX23 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · DEV1-S | $6.55/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Pulsar | $6.88/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 1 OCPU / 6GB | $8.76/mo | 6 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Public Cloud Compute Instances · d2-2 | $8.98/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB local disk | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD vCPU Servers · vCPU - per core | $9.36/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
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