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What a VPS really costs

The price on a host's front page is the server on its own. The bill can add an IPv4 address, backups, VAT and, after a first term, a higher renewal price. Here is each of those across 43 hosts, as they state them.

Prices checked 18 October 2026, in the currency each host bills.

1. The IPv4 address

Without a public IPv4 address, most people can't reach your server. 36 of 43 hosts include one in every entry plan; 5 charge for it on top.

In the plan price 36

Charged on top 5

Not stated 2

Some plans come without an IPv4 address and the host doesn't state the price of adding one.

2. The price after the first term

11 hosts sell their cheapest plan at a first-term price that rises on renewal. The jump for each one's cheapest promoted plan:

  • IONOS logoIONOS VPS S+$2.00 → $6.00 a month×3
  • hosting.com logohosting.com Managed cPanel 4GB$23.20 → $58.00 a month×2.5
  • Time4VPS logoTime4VPS Linux 2€2.88 → €5.77 a month×2
  • DreamHost logoDreamHost Stack 4$8.99 → $15.99 a month×1.8
  • Hostinger logoHostinger KVM 1$6.49 → $11.99 a month×1.8
  • InMotion Hosting logoInMotion Hosting Self-Managed VPS 4 vCPU$9.99 → $16.99 a month×1.7
  • Contabo logoContabo Cloud VPS 4€4.40 → €5.50 a month×1.3
  • Hivelocity logoHivelocity pro.md.amd$15.00 → $20.00 a month×1.3
  • Namecheap logoNamecheap Spark$3.88 → $4.88 a month×1.3
  • ScalaHosting logoScalaHosting Self-managed Config #1$19.95 → $24.95 a month×1.3
  • Bluehost logoBluehost NVMe 2$4.69 → $5.69 a month×1.2

3. Three years of the cheapest plan

The stated monthly price times 36, with the IPv4 address. Where a first-term price applies, it counts for its term and the renewal price for the rest. Each currency has its own scale; they're never ranked against each other.

Billed in US dollars

  1. RackNerd logoRackNerd$65.88
  2. InterServer logoInterServer$108.00
  3. Alibaba Cloud logoAlibaba Cloud$126.00
  4. Vultr logoVultr$126.00
  5. DigitalOcean logoDigitalOcean$144.00
  6. HostHatch logoHostHatch$144.00
  7. Kamatera logoKamatera$144.00
  8. Tencent Cloud logoTencent Cloud$151.20
  9. Namecheap logoNamecheap$163.68
  10. Servers.com logoServers.com$178.92
  11. Hostwinds logoHostwinds$179.64
  12. Amazon Lightsail logoAmazon Lightsail$180.00
  13. Linode logoLinode$180.00
  14. Bluehost logoBluehost$180.84
  15. Civo logoCivo$195.48
  16. IONOS logoIONOS$204.00
  17. GreenCloud logoGreenCloud$216.00
  18. SSD Nodes logoSSD Nodes$252.00
  19. Hostinger logoHostinger$299.64
  20. GoDaddy logoGoDaddy$323.64
  21. Google Cloud logoGoogle Cloud$351.36
  22. Hivelocity logoHivelocity$360.00
  23. Liquid Web logoLiquid Web$396.00
  24. Microsoft Azure logoMicrosoft Azure$404.64
  25. InMotion Hosting logoInMotion Hosting$443.64
  26. Oracle Cloud logoOracle Cloud$499.32
  27. Cloudways logoCloudways$504.00
  28. DreamHost logoDreamHost$554.64
  29. ScalaHosting logoScalaHosting$838.20
  30. hosting.com logohosting.com$1,670.40

Not stated after the first term: OVHcloud, UltaHost.

Billed in euros

  1. Webdock logoWebdock€77.40
  2. netcup logonetcup€79.56
  3. HOSTKEY logoHOSTKEY€88.56
  4. UpCloud logoUpCloud€108.00
  5. Time4VPS logoTime4VPS€138.36
  6. Scaleway logoScaleway€146.88
  7. Contabo logoContabo€171.60
  8. Exoscale logoExoscale€189.00
  9. Hetzner logoHetzner€215.64
  10. Aruba Cloud logoAruba Cloud€226.44

Billed in Swiss francs

  1. Infomaniak logoInfomaniakCHF 97.20

4. Backups

What automatic backups add to each host's cheapest plan. Many price them as a share of the server price; a few include them.

Billed in US dollars

Alibaba Cloud logoAlibaba Cloud
Not stated
Amazon Lightsail logoAmazon Lightsail
Not stated
Bluehost logoBluehost
Not stated
Civo logoCivo
Not stated
Cloudways logoCloudways
Not stated
DigitalOcean logoDigitalOcean
+$0.80/mo (20%)
DreamHost logoDreamHost
Not stated
GoDaddy logoGoDaddy
Included
Google Cloud logoGoogle Cloud
Not stated
GreenCloud logoGreenCloud
Included
Hivelocity logoHivelocity
Not stated
HostHatch logoHostHatch
+$0.80/mo (20%)
hosting.com logohosting.com
Included
Hostinger logoHostinger
Included
Hostwinds logoHostwinds
+$1.00/mo
InMotion Hosting logoInMotion Hosting
Not stated
InterServer logoInterServer
Not stated
IONOS logoIONOS
Not stated
Kamatera logoKamatera
Not stated
Linode logoLinode
+$2.00/mo
Liquid Web logoLiquid Web
Not stated
Microsoft Azure logoMicrosoft Azure
+$5.00/mo
Namecheap logoNamecheap
Included
Oracle Cloud logoOracle Cloud
Not stated
OVHcloud logoOVHcloud
Included
RackNerd logoRackNerd
Not stated
ScalaHosting logoScalaHosting
Included
Servers.com logoServers.com
Not stated
SSD Nodes logoSSD Nodes
+$0.94/mo
Tencent Cloud logoTencent Cloud
Not stated
UltaHost logoUltaHost
Included
Vultr logoVultr
+$0.70/mo (20%)

Billed in euros

Aruba Cloud logoAruba Cloud
Not stated
Contabo logoContabo
Not stated
Exoscale logoExoscale
Not stated
Hetzner logoHetzner
+€1.10/mo (20%)
HOSTKEY logoHOSTKEY
Included
netcup logonetcup
Not stated
Scaleway logoScaleway
Not stated
Time4VPS logoTime4VPS
+€1.49/mo
UpCloud logoUpCloud
+€0.60/mo (20%)
Webdock logoWebdock
Included

Billed in Swiss francs

Infomaniak logoInfomaniak
Not stated

Two more things on the bill

  • VAT. Some hosts list prices with VAT and some without. EU VAT rates run from 17% to 27%, added on top of a price listed excluding it.
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