HOSTKEY VPS

HOSTKEY

Monthly VPSBilled in euros

HOSTKEY B.V., a Dutch hosting company, rents shared-vCPU virtual servers in Europe, Turkey and the US by the hour, month or year.

Visit HOSTKEY Compare with anotherChecked 18 October 2026

Cheapest, with IPv4: €2.46/mo; vm.pico, 1 vCPU, 1 GB, 40 GB SSD
Public IPv4: Included
Automatic backups: Included
Billing: Hourly; Billed in euros
Datacenters: 12 in 12 countries; Europe, North America
Run by: HOSTKEY B.V.; Netherlands

Entry plans and the real monthly bill

In euros, per month, as listed by HOSTKEY (Basic VPS list prices, same in Germany and the Netherlands). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.

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Plan	Server	Traffic	Plan price	With IPv4	The bill
vm.picoBasic group, shared vCPU on Intel Xeon E5 or similar	1 vCPU, 1 GB, 40 GB SSDShared CPU	3 TB	€2.46Monthly, excl. VAT	€2.46	plan €2.46IPv4 included
vm.nanoBasic group, shared vCPU on Intel Xeon E5 or similar	2 vCPU, 2 GB, 60 GB SSDShared CPU	3 TB	€3.08Monthly, excl. VAT	€3.08	plan €3.08IPv4 included
vm.miniBasic group, shared vCPU on Intel Xeon E5 or similar	4 vCPU, 6 GB, 120 GB SSDShared CPU	3 TB	€5.14Monthly, excl. VAT	€5.14	plan €5.14IPv4 included
vm.mediumBasic group, shared vCPU on Intel Xeon E5 or similar	6 vCPU, 12 GB, 160 GB SSDShared CPU	3 TB	€10.14Monthly, excl. VAT	€10.14	plan €10.14IPv4 included

Good to know

A public IPv4 address is included in every entry plan
Billed by the hour, so a test server costs cents
Listed prices exclude VAT

Where HOSTKEY has datacenters

12 in 12 countries, as listed by HOSTKEY.

Europe 11

Amsterdam, Netherlands
London, United Kingdom
Madrid, Spain
Paris, France
Frankfurt, Germany
Helsinki, Finland
Keflavík, Iceland
Milan, Italy
Warsaw, Poland
Zürich, Switzerland
Istanbul, Turkey

North America 1

New York, United States

Where it stands among 43

Each fact with every host's answer. HOSTKEY is outlined.

Kind of host

Monthly VPS

Public IPv4 address

In the plan price

Price after the first term

Same price

Hourly billing

Billed by the hour

Dedicated CPU in entry plans

Shared CPU only

Datacenters on

2 or 3 continents

ARM servers

Not offered

Add-ons and extra charges

Public IPv4: Included One IPv4 on every plan; extra addresses €2 each a month
Automatic backups: Included Beta; Basic plans in the Netherlands only
Snapshots: Not stated No snapshot price stated; one snapshot can be stored
Extra traffic: Not stated The run reports €2 per extra TB, but the traffic page excerpt is cut off before the VPS rate

How you pay

Hourly billing: YesYes Hourly billing per started hour
Minimum term: None (hourly) or 1 month Prepaying 3, 6 or 12 months gives 3%, 6% or 12% off
Setup fee: Not stated Not stated
Always-free server: None No trial period for VPS; a test server can be requested from sales
New-account credit: None HOSTKEY says it doesn't offer a VPS trial period
Payment methods: Card, PayPal, Alipay, Crypto, Bank transfer, SEPA debit, Prepaid credit Crypto via BitPay; Alipay for customers in China; payments go to an account balance
Signup checks: Email and phone (SMS or call) verification; KYC checks, ID may be requested
Refunds: No money-back period; unused time returned on early cancellation of monthly VPS

What you get

Processors: Intel Xeon E5, AMD EPYC Basic plans: Intel Xeon E5-26xx or similar AMD EPYC 7xx1
ARM servers: NoNo No Arm plan in the VPS list
IPv6 included: NoNo HOSTKEY says it doesn't provide IPv6 addresses for VPS

What comes with it

Block storage: Not statedNot stated No extra volumes for VPS stated
Object storage: YesYes S3-compatible; final per-GB price not clear while in beta
Private network: NoNo The network service is for dedicated servers and colocation; for VPS the section is empty
Cloud firewall: Not statedNot stated No cloud firewall stated; firewall setup is a paid admin service
Load balancers: Not statedNot stated No load balancer product stated for VPS
DDoS protection included: YesYes Basic protection free in the Netherlands, Finland and Germany; not in the USA, Iceland or Turkey
Managed databases: Not stated No managed database stated; database software is in the app marketplace
Managed Kubernetes: Not statedNot stated No managed Kubernetes stated; cluster setup is a paid DevOps service
API: YesYes curl-based API covering the control panel
Terraform provider: YesYes
Custom ISO: Not statedNot stated Install from HOSTKEY's ISO library; uploading your own ISO isn't stated
Windows: Extra licence fee, or your own SPLA licence Price not stated

Who you're renting from

Company: HOSTKEY B.V.
Owned by: Independent No parent company named
Based in: Netherlands HOSTKEY B.V. is a Dutch company
Founded: 2006 'From its foundation in 2006'
Support: Email and tickets 24/7; phone and chat on paid support packages (€30 or €50 a month)
Certifications: Not stated HOSTKEY says certifications depend on each data-centre operator and aren't its own

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