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VPS Hosting (VPS+) · $5/mo (2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe)
IONOS VPS S+ at $5/mo intro pricing looks competitive on specs, but renewal pricing jumps 2-6x higher and hidden costs (extra IPs, overage data transfer) add up quickly. Several alternatives offer better long-term value with more transparent pricing and comparable or superior hardware.
Matches IONOS specs (2GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50GB NVMe) at less than half the intro price with unmetered bandwidth and root SSH access included.
Caveat: Renewal pricing jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo after intro term; requires 36-month contract for lowest advertised rate.
Exceeds IONOS specs (4GB RAM vs 2GB, 2 vCPU, 40GB NVMe) at $0.46/mo less, includes daily backups and unlimited traffic.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; Windows licensing adds per-vCore surcharge.
Undercuts IONOS by $1/mo with 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20GB NVMe, and 5TB transfer allowance; flexible scaling up to 32 vCPU/128GB.
Caveat: Non-dedicated CPU thread; bandwidth overage at $0.01/GB; Windows/SQL licensing surcharges not disclosed upfront.
Premium tier with current-gen AMD EPYC, MaxIOPS SSD, and industry-leading 99.999% SLA; only $1/mo more than IONOS intro.
Caveat: Specs are lower (1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB SSD); backups are a separate add-on surcharge (10-60% of instance price).
Matches IONOS intro price with 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB NVMe SSD, and 1TB transfer; transparent per-location bandwidth overage rates.
Caveat: Lower specs than IONOS (1GB vs 2GB RAM, 1 vCPU vs 2 vCPU); Windows licensing not included.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · STARDUST1-S | $0.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Bluehost | VPS Hosting · NVMe 2 | $2.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Spark | $3.88/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 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 |
| OVHcloud | VPS · VPS-1 | $4.54/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/1GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 1GB (Linux, IPv6) | $5/mo | 1 GB 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 |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 1GB | $5.92/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Droplets · Basic 1GB | $6/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Premium · PREMIUM-1xCPU-1GB | $6/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB MaxIOPS SSD | Visit |
| Google Cloud | Compute Engine · e2-micro | $6.11/mo | 1 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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