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Cloud Compute · $3.5/mo (512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB, 500 GB transfer)
Vultr's $3.50/mo plan is competitively priced but several alternatives offer better specs or lower cost with fewer hidden gotchas. IONOS and DigitalOcean deliver more RAM or disk for similar money, while Fly.io undercuts on base price if you tolerate shared CPU and minimal RAM.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe, and unlimited traffic (up to 1 Gbit/s) for $2/mo - double Vultr's RAM and better storage, $1.50 cheaper.
Caveat: Intro pricing; renewal after 1-year contract jumps to $6-12/mo, and outbound data beyond 2TB pooled is metered at $0.036/GB.
Matches Vultr's RAM and transfer (512MB/500GB) at the same $4/mo price point, but DigitalOcean has a stronger reputation for reliability and simpler pricing.
Caveat: No material savings; bandwidth overage at $0.01/GB is identical to Vultr's variable rate structure.
Cheapest option at $2.02/mo with per-second billing; good for low-traffic or bursty workloads that don't need always-on resources.
Caveat: Only 256MB RAM (half Vultr's), shared CPU (not dedicated), stopped machines still charge for rootfs storage, and regional pricing varies significantly.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB SSD, 1000GB transfer with 99.99% SLA and strong uptime track record; $1.50 more but significantly more generous specs.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage at $0.005/GB after allowance; backups are a separate add-on (~$1/mo).
Identical price to Vultr but includes 2 vCPU (vs Vultr's 1), 20GB SSD (vs 10GB), and 1000GB transfer (vs 500GB) - substantially better specs.
Caveat: Data transfer overage varies by region ($0.09-$0.132/GB); Windows bundles cost 70-90% more.
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 |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB 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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