Namecheap VPS Hosting
Namecheap
Monthly VPSBilled in US dollars
Namecheap, a US domain registrar and web host in Phoenix, sells SSD VPS plans from its Phoenix datacenter on monthly, quarterly or yearly terms.
- Cheapest, with IPv4
- $3.88/mo
- Spark, 1 vCPU, 1 GB, 20 GB SSD
- Public IPv4
- Included
- Automatic backups
- Included
- Billing
- 12-month term
- Billed in US dollars
- Datacenters
- 1 in 1 country
- North America
- Run by
- Namecheap, Inc.
- United States
Entry plans and the real monthly bill
In US dollars, per month, as listed by Namecheap (Phoenix (US)). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.
Swipe the table sideways for the price and the bill.
| Plan | Server | Traffic | Plan price | With IPv4 | The bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark1 IPv4 included; RAID 10 SSD | 1 vCPU, 1 GB, 20 GB SSDCPU share not stated | 1 TB | $3.8812-month termRenews at $4.88 | $3.88 | plan $3.88IPv4 included |
| Pulsar1 IPv4 included; RAID 10 SSD | 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 40 GB SSDCPU share not stated | 1 TB | $6.8812-month termRenews at $8.88 | $6.88 | plan $6.88IPv4 included |
| QuasarUp to 2 IPv4; paid Basic or Complete management available | 4 vCPU, 6 GB, 120 GB SSDCPU share not stated | 3 TB | $12.8812-month termRenews at $15.88 | $12.88 | plan $12.88IPv4 included |
| MagnetarUp to 2 IPv4; paid Basic or Complete management available | 8 vCPU, 12 GB, 240 GB SSDCPU share not stated | 6 TB | $24.8812-month termRenews at $28.88 | $24.88 | plan $24.88IPv4 included |
Good to know
- A public IPv4 address is included in every entry plan
- Spark renews at $4.88, 1.3× the first-term price
- The cheapest price needs a 12-month term
Where Namecheap has datacenters
1 in 1 country, as listed by Namecheap.
North America 1
- Phoenix, United States
Where it stands among 43
Each fact with every host's answer. Namecheap is outlined.
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Monthly VPS 25
Bills in
US dollars
US dollars 32
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Public IPv4 address
In the plan price
In the plan price 36
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Charged on top 5
Not stated 2
Price after the first term
Goes up on renewal
Same price 28
Goes up on renewal 11
Hourly billing
Monthly or longer
Billed by the hour 19
Monthly or longer 21
Not stated 3
Dedicated CPU in entry plans
Not stated
A dedicated-CPU plan 6
Shared CPU only 13
Datacenters on
One continent
One continent 10
2 or 3 continents 13
ARM servers
Not stated
Add-ons and extra charges
- Public IPv4
- Included 1 IPv4 on Spark and Pulsar, up to 2 on larger plans; extra IPs $4.00/month
- Automatic backups
- Included Off-site backup storage only with Complete management on Quasar and up; extra $10/month per 10 GB
- Snapshots
- Not stated Not stated
- Extra traffic
- $100.00 per TB Extra bandwidth $10.00/month per 100 GB (unit arithmetic); what happens at the limit isn't stated
How you pay
- Hourly billing
- NoNo Terms of 1 month, 3 months or 1 year
- Minimum term
- 1 month No contract required; cancel any time
- Setup fee
- Not stated Not stated; setup can take up to 4 hours
- Always-free server
- None No free VPS listed; free trials are for Private Email only
- New-account credit
- None No VPS trial
- Payment methods
- Card, PayPal, Crypto, Prepaid credit Cards, PayPal and Bitcoin; account funds can be topped up. Charged in USD only
- Signup checks
- First orders are contacted to verify details; flagged accounts may need ID and a selfie
- Refunds
- 30 days for first-time hosting customers Renewals refundable within 48 hours
What you get
- Processors
- Not stated CPU model not stated
- ARM servers
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- IPv6 included
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
What comes with it
- Block storage
- YesYes Extra disk space $3.00/month per 10 GB, added to the server rather than a separate volume (unit arithmetic)
- Object storage
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Private network
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Cloud firewall
- Not statedNot stated Software firewalls mentioned; no customer cloud firewall stated
- Load balancers
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- DDoS protection included
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Managed databases
- Not stated Not stated
- Managed Kubernetes
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- API
- Not statedNot stated The public API covers domains and account functions, not VPS
- Terraform provider
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Custom ISO
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Windows
- Not offered OS list is AlmaLinux, Ubuntu and Debian
Who you're renting from
- Company
- Namecheap, Inc.
- Owned by
- Independent No parent company named
- Based in
- United States Phoenix, Arizona
- Founded
- 2000 Company start; VPS start year not stated
- Support
- 24/7 live chat and tickets; no phone support; paid management from $10/month on larger plans
- Certifications
- Not stated None stated for VPS; the hosting AUP says the services aren't a PCI-compliant environment
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