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VPS Hosting · $17/mo (4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB SSD, 3000 GB transfer)
Liquid Web's $17/mo Compute 3 is significantly overpriced compared to stronger-spec alternatives at half the cost or less. Multiple providers offer 4GB RAM + 2 vCPU configurations for $5-7/mo with better storage (NVMe) and unlimited or higher bandwidth, though renewal pricing traps are common across the industry.
Doubles your RAM (8GB vs 4GB) and vCPU (4 vs 2), adds 25% more storage (100GB vs 80GB), and includes unlimited traffic for 65% less than Liquid Web.
Caveat: Quoted price is the effective 24-month prepay rate; 1 or 12-month terms cost more per month, and fair-usage policy can throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage.
Matches your 4GB RAM and adds 1 vCPU (2 total), includes 50GB NVMe SSD and 4TB transfer for 62% less, with weekly backups and 1 Gbps port.
Caveat: Intro price requires 12/24/48-month prepay; renewal jumps to $11.99/mo (85% increase), and month-to-month billing is dramatically higher.
Matches your 4GB RAM and 2 vCPU, includes 40GB SSD and 20TB transfer (6.7x Liquid Web's allowance) for 62% less, with 99.9% SLA.
Caveat: Prices exclude VAT; traffic overage billed per GB beyond 20TB in EU (much lower in USA/Singapore), and recent price increases on other product lines signal potential future hikes.
Matches your 4GB RAM and 2 vCPU, includes 40GB NVMe, daily backups, and unlimited traffic for 73% less than Liquid Web.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; Windows license adds $0.039/vCore/hour surcharge; APAC outbound traffic loses free-egress status after mid-2026.
Offers 2GB RAM and 2 vCPU with 80GB NVMe and unlimited traffic (up to 1 Gbit/s) for 75% less; cheapest option if you can work with 2GB RAM.
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 3-month or 1-year promo on 1-year contract; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher, and outbound data beyond 2TB pooled allowance is tiered at $0.036/GB.
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 |
| GoDaddy | VPS Hosting · 1 vCPU / 2 GB | $8.99/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 40 GB NVMe | Visit |
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