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Best Vps Hosting (2026)
The cheapest vps hosting is Kamatera at $4/mo. This page compares 7 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
7 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Kamatera at $4/mo (Basic (Availability 1 GB)).
- Typical paid price: from $4/mo, median $5/mo, up to $6.49/mo — across 6 with published pricing.
- HIPAA-ready: OVHcloud, Vultr, DigitalOcean.
- Tracked: 7 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | Vps Hosting | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamatera | $4/mo Basic (Availability 1 GB) | No | — | — | teams needing flexible custom server specs | kamatera.com |
| 2 | OVHcloud | $4.54/mo VPS-1 | No | Yes | Yes | European regulated industries (healthcare, finance) | ovhcloud.com |
| 3 | Akamai Cloud (Linode) | $5/mo Nanode 1 GB | No | — | — | developers needing edge-adjacent compute | akamai.com |
| 4 | Vultr | $5/mo Cloud Compute Regular — 1 GB | No | Yes | Yes | compliance-sensitive workloads | vultr.com |
| 5 | DigitalOcean | $6/mo Basic Droplet — 1 GB | No | Yes | Yes | SMB SaaS builders | digitalocean.com |
| 6 | Hostinger VPS | $6.49/mo KVM 1 | No | No | No | developers wanting AI-augmented VPS management | hostinger.com |
| 7 | Hetzner Cloud | — | No | No | No | EU privacy-first workloads | quote-only |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest vps hosting?
Kamatera has the lowest published entry price at $4/mo (Basic (Availability 1 GB)), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does vps hosting cost per month?
Across the 6 vps hosting with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $5/mo, ranging from $4/mo to $6.49/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 1 are quote-only.
Which vps hosting support HIPAA?
OVHcloud, Vultr, DigitalOcean state HIPAA support (a BAA). Always confirm current scope with the vendor.
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How we compiled this
Self-serve USD pricing collected from each vendor's official pricing page where accessible (2026-06-15). Akamai/Linode: linode.com/pricing redirects to akamai.com/cloud/pricing; Shared CPU prices confirmed from official page. Vultr: official vultr.com/pricing page confirmed plan tiers and prices. DigitalOcean: official digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets page confirmed Basic Droplet tiers. OVHcloud: official ovhcloud.com/en/vps/ confirmed VPS 2027 plan prices — listed prices reflect the annual (upfront-12-month) billing cycle; no separate month-to-month USD rate was published on page. Hetzner Cloud: official hetzner.com/cloud page is JavaScript-rendered and returned only placeholder text. On adversarial re-verification (2026-06-17) the prior vpsbenchmarks-derived USD figures did not reconcile with two concordant independent sources (bitdoze.com, betterstack.com) reporting post-1-Apr-2026 EUR prices (CX23 €3.99, CX43 €11.99, CPX22 €7.99, CAX11 €4.49; CCX13 €12.49–15.99 — sources conflict), and a further Hetzner price adjustment took effect 15 Jun 2026. All Hetzner plan monthlyUsd values therefore set to null with per-plan notes; no USD price asserted. Kamatera: official kamatera.com/pricing page returned three preset plan tiers (Basic/Standard/Pro); deeper plan matrix sourced from vpsbenchmarks.com (Availability and General Purpose families). Hostinger: official hostinger.com/vps-hosting page confirmed KVM plan promotional pricing on 2-year term. minutesIncluded/callsIncluded/overagePerMin/overagePerCall = null on all plans (non-telephony vertical). Only representative entry-level and mid-tier plans recorded per vendor to keep dataset actionable; higher tiers noted in methodologyNotes. hipaa/baa/bilingual null unless explicitly stated on pricing page. annualDiscountPct null unless both monthly and annual rates were explicitly published.
Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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