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VPS Hosting · $5/mo (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30 GB SSD, 1000 GB transfer)
Liquid Web's $5/mo Compute 1 plan is competitively priced on paper, but several providers offer equivalent or better specs at lower cost with fewer renewal-price traps. IONOS Cloud VPS XS at $2/mo and Bluehost NVMe 2 at $2.09/mo both undercut significantly on sticker price, though all three carry steep renewal increases.
Matches 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU at 60% lower intro price, with unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s versus Liquid Web's 1TB cap.
Caveat: Renewal pricing jumps 2-6x after the 1-year promo term; storage is only 10GB NVMe versus Liquid Web's 30GB SSD.
Exceeds Liquid Web's specs with 2GB RAM, 50GB NVMe SSD, and unmetered bandwidth for $2.09/mo intro rate.
Caveat: Renewal pricing increases steeply to $9.99-$15.99/mo; requires 36-month contract to lock in lowest intro price.
Offers 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20GB SSD, and 1TB transfer at $3.88/mo unmanaged, with transparent per-tier management add-ons.
Caveat: Renewal pricing is substantially higher; management is unmanaged by default (add $10-$25/mo for managed support).
Matches 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU at $3.50/mo with 10GB SSD, plus industry-leading 99.999% SLA and no renewal trap.
Caveat: Backup add-ons carry steep surcharges (20-60% of instance price); storage is 10GB versus Liquid Web's 30GB.
Matches Liquid Web's $5/mo price exactly with identical 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, and 1TB transfer, plus 99.99% SLA and no renewal increase.
Caveat: Storage is 25GB SSD (smaller than Liquid Web's 30GB); backups are a separate add-on at roughly 20-25% of monthly price.
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 |
| Linode (Akamai) | Shared CPU Compute · Nanode 1 GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
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