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Shared Hosting · $2.99/mo (512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD, 0 GB transfer)
InMotion's Core plan appears cheap at $2.99/mo intro, but renewal jumps to $11.99/mo (4x markup) and you're locked into 24-36 month terms to get that rate. Several VPS providers offer better specs (more RAM, NVMe storage, higher bandwidth) at comparable or lower intro prices with more transparent renewal pricing.
1GB RAM and 10GB NVMe for $2/mo intro (vs InMotion's 512MB and 100GB SSD on shared hosting), with unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s and a published 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Renewal pricing also jumps 2-6x after the promo period; requires 1-year contract minimum.
Slightly cheaper than InMotion at $2.02/mo with per-second billing (no long-term lock-in required) and ability to scale up RAM on demand.
Caveat: Only 256MB RAM base (half of InMotion); stopped machines still incur storage charges; no published platform SLA; regional pricing varies.
Same 512MB RAM as InMotion but adds 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe SSD, and 512GB monthly transfer; published 100% network uptime SLA and no long-term contract required.
Caveat: Slightly higher sticker price ($3.50 vs $2.99 intro), but no renewal trap since pricing is consistent; bandwidth overages charged by data center.
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD, 500GB transfer with transparent $0.01/GB overage pricing and 99.99% SLA; no renewal surprises.
Caveat: Higher sticker price ($4/mo) but no long-term commitment and renewal pricing is stable; lower monthly transfer (500GB vs InMotion's 0GB stated).
1GB RAM (2x InMotion), 1 vCPU, 25GB SSD, 1000GB transfer, and 99.99% SLA with transparent overage rates ($0.005/GB); no long-term contract trap.
Caveat: Higher monthly cost ($5 vs $2.99 intro), but renewal price is the same; backups are a separate add-on (~$1/mo).
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 |
| 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 |
| Exoscale | Standard Instances · Micro | $5.75/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 200 GB SSD | Visit |
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