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Monthly VPSBilled in US dollars

RackNerd, a California hosting company, rents unmanaged KVM VPS, mostly on yearly terms, in the US, Canada and Europe.

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Cheapest, with IPv4
$1.83/mo
1 GB KVM VPS (special), 1 vCPU, 1 GB, 20 GB SSD
Public IPv4
Included
Automatic backups
Not stated
Billing
12-month term
Billed in US dollars
Datacenters
12 in 5 countries
North America, Europe
Run by
RackNerd LLC
United States

Entry plans and the real monthly bill

In US dollars, per month, as listed by RackNerd (All VPS locations). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.

Swipe the table sideways for the price and the bill.

PlanServerTrafficPlan priceWith IPv4The bill
1 GB KVM VPS (special)Listed as a special 'while available'1 vCPU, 1 GB, 20 GB SSDCPU share not stated3 TB$1.8312-month term$1.83

plan $1.83IPv4 included

512 MB KVM VPSRAID-10 SSD1 vCPU, 0.5 GB, 30 GB SSDCPU share not stated0.5 TB$2.2512-month term$2.25

plan $2.25IPv4 included

2 GB KVM VPS (special)Listed as a special 'while available'2 vCPU, 2 GB, 35 GB SSDCPU share not stated5 TB$3.0012-month term$3.00

plan $3.00IPv4 included

4 GB KVM VPS (special)Listed as a special 'while available'3 vCPU, 4 GB, 60 GB SSDCPU share not stated7 TB$5.0012-month term$5.00

plan $5.00IPv4 included

Good to know

  • A public IPv4 address is included in every entry plan
  • The cheapest price needs a 12-month term

Where RackNerd has datacenters

12 in 5 countries, as listed by RackNerd.

Los Angeles, United StatesSan Jose, United StatesSeattle, United StatesDallas, United StatesAtlanta, United StatesChicago, United StatesNew York, United StatesAshburn, United StatesToronto, CanadaAmsterdam, NetherlandsStrasbourg, FranceDublin, Ireland

Europe 3

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Strasbourg, France
  • Dublin, Ireland

North America 9

  • Los Angeles, United States
  • San Jose, United States
  • Seattle, United States
  • Dallas, United States
  • Atlanta, United States
  • Chicago, United States
  • New York, United States
  • Ashburn, United States
  • Toronto, Canada

Where it stands among 43

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

Kind of host

Monthly VPS

Cloud servers 14

Monthly VPS 25

Big cloud 4

Bills in

US dollars

Euros 10

US dollars 32

Swiss francs 1

Public IPv4 address

In the plan price

In the plan price 36

Charged on top 5

Not stated 2

Price after the first term

Same price

Same price 28

Goes up on renewal 11

Not stated 4

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

Not stated 24

Datacenters on

2 or 3 continents

One continent 10

2 or 3 continents 13

4 or more 20

ARM servers

Not stated

Offered 7

Not offered 10

Not stated 26

Add-ons and extra charges

Public IPv4
Included One IPv4 address on every plan
Automatic backups
Not stated Not included by default
Snapshots
Not stated No snapshot offer or price stated
Extra traffic
Not stated What happens past the monthly transfer isn't stated

How you pay

Hourly billing
NoNo Billing cycles are monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual
Minimum term
12 months for the listed prices The listed plans are priced per year; standard orders also offer monthly cycles
Setup fee
Not stated 'Instant setup' is included; no setup-fee wording
Always-free server
None None listed
New-account credit
None None listed
Payment methods
Card, PayPal, Crypto, Bank transfer Wire transfer; the KB says more methods may show at checkout
Signup checks
Customer details and an account at checkout; no ID or phone check stated
Refunds
None; case by case only No refunds or money-back guarantee per the terms

What you get

Processors
Intel Xeon Model not stated; a separate Ryzen VPS line uses AMD Ryzen 3900X
ARM servers
Not statedNot stated No Arm option mentioned
IPv6 included
YesYes Free native IPv6 on request, only in some locations (such as Los Angeles, Utah, Toronto, Strasbourg, Dublin)

What comes with it

Block storage
Not statedNot stated No extra volumes mentioned
Object storage
Not statedNot stated Not mentioned
Private network
Not statedNot stated Not mentioned
Cloud firewall
YesYes ctrl Network Firewall for inbound traffic
Load balancers
Not statedNot stated Load-balanced setups only by custom quote
DDoS protection included
Not statedNot stated Only a 2020 announcement for a separate DDoS-protected VPS line
Managed databases
Not stated Not mentioned; the VPS is unmanaged
Managed Kubernetes
Not statedNot stated Not mentioned
API
Not statedNot stated No public API mentioned
Terraform provider
Not statedNot stated Not mentioned
Custom ISO
YesYes Custom ISO installs on request by ticket
Windows
Not stated A separate Windows VPS line exists; licence cost not stated

Who you're renting from

Company
RackNerd LLC Delaware company
Owned by
Independent No parent company named
Based in
United States Office in Rancho Cucamonga, California
Founded
Not stated Start year not stated on RackNerd's pages
Support
24/7 tickets Unmanaged; phone and chat not stated as support channels
Certifications
Not stated Only the Singapore facility lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI-DSS, and Singapore isn't a listed KVM VPS location

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