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VPS Hosting · $22/mo (6 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB SSD, 4000 GB transfer)
Liquid Web's $22/mo Compute 4 is significantly overpriced compared to feature-matched alternatives. Multiple providers offer 4GB RAM / 2 vCPU / 100GB+ NVMe plans for $4-7/mo intro rates, though renewal pricing and contract lock-ins are common across the industry. Even accounting for hidden costs, you can save 70-80% on year-one spend.
Nearly identical specs (4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 100GB NVMe) at 1/5 the price, plus unmetered bandwidth vs Liquid Web's 4TB cap.
Caveat: Requires 36-month prepay to get $4.18 rate; renewal jumps to $9.99-15.99/mo; free domain only year 1; aggressive upsells at checkout.
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40GB NVMe at $4.54/mo with 99.99% SLA and daily backups included.
Caveat: 40GB storage is smaller than Liquid Web; IPv4 addresses billed separately; Windows license adds $0.039/vCore/hour surcharge.
Superior specs (8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100GB SSD, unlimited traffic) for $5.94/mo, more than double the resources at 1/4 the price.
Caveat: $5.94 is the effective 24-month prepay rate; 1-month terms cost significantly more; fair usage policy on unlimited traffic; ticket-only support.
4GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB NVMe, 4TB transfer at $6.49/mo intro rate with AMD EPYC and 1 Gbps port.
Caveat: Only 1 vCPU vs Liquid Web's 2; renewal jumps to $11.99/mo; requires 12-48 month prepay for intro price; weekly (not daily) backups.
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120GB NVMe (larger disk than Liquid Web), unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s, 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Intro pricing requires 1-year contract; renewal is 2-6x higher; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/month each; outbound data beyond 2TB tiered.
Before you switch
| 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 |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS M | $6.67/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 1 OCPU / 6GB | $8.76/mo | 6 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD vCPU Servers · vCPU - per core | $9.36/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Self-Managed) · VPS XS | $9.99/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | VPS Hosting · VPS 4 vCPU | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube S | $10.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS M+ | $11/mo | 4 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-2-4 | $12.32/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Contabo | Performance VPS · Cloud VPS Plus 4 | $12.39/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Quasar | $12.88/mo | 6 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB SSD | Visit |
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