Updated October 2026 · 9 compared
9 VPS hosts compared across 29 head-to-heads.
Every matchup is scored round by round on what matters most: what the entry plan includes, how much data you can move, how much disk space you get, what customers say on trustpilot.
Ranked by overall score
Pick IONOS if you want IONOS's edge on what the cheapest plan costs and what the entry plan includes.
Pick Contabo if you want Contabo's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move.
Pick OVHcloud if you want OVHcloud's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move.
Pick Hostinger if you want Hostinger's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move.
Pick Hetzner if you want Hetzner's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move.
Pick Liquid Web if you want Liquid Web's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move.
Pick Akamai Cloud if you want Akamai Cloud's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move.
Pick DigitalOcean if you want DigitalOcean's edge on the uptime promise and what customers say on trustpilot.
Pick Vultr if you want Vultr's edge on the uptime promise.
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| 1IONOSScore 7.6 | 2 GB RAM | Unlimited traffic | 60 GB NVMe | 4.6 out of 5 | 99.99% | 1 vCore | $2 | 1 GB per $1 | 6–0 | 100 % | 87 % | |
| 2ContaboScore 7.1 | 100 GB SSD | Unlimited (fair usage applies) | 100 GB SSD | 4.6 out of 5 | 99.9% | 4 vCPU cores | $6.60 | 1.52 GB per $1 | 6–0 | 100 % | 67 % | |
| 3OVHcloudScore 6.8 | 4 GB RAM | Unlimited traffic | 40 GB NVMe | 3.8 out of 5 | 99.9% | 2 vCores | $4.54 | 0.88 GB per $1 | 5–2 | 71 % | 56 % | |
| 4HostingerScore 6.8 | 4 GB RAM | 4 TB | 50 GB NVMe | 4.6 out of 5 | 99.9% | 1 vCPU core | $6.49 | 0.62 GB per $1 | 4–2 | 67 % | 54 % | |
| 5HetznerScore 6.4 | CX22 | 20 TB | 40 GB NVMe | 3.0 out of 5 | 99.9% | 2 vCPU (AMD) | €3.79 per month | €3.79 per month | 4–4 | 50 % | 40 % | |
| 6Liquid WebScore 6.3 | 1 GB RAM | 1 TB | 30 GB SSD | 3.8 out of 5 | 100% | 1 vCPU | $5 | 0.2 GB per $1 | 1–2 | 33 % | 43 % | |
| 7Akamai CloudScore 6.2 | 1 GB RAM | 1 TB | 25 GB | 2.5 out of 5 | 99.99% | 1 CPU | $5 | 0.2 GB per $1 | 2–5 | 29 % | 39 % | |
| 8DigitalOceanScore 5.9 | 512 MiB RAM | 500 GiB | 10 GiB SSD | 4.5 | 99.99% | 1 vCPU | $4 | 0.12 GB per $1 | 1–7 | 13 % | 26 % | |
| 9VultrScore 5.8 | 0.5 GB RAM | 0.5 TB | 10 GB SSD | 1.6 out of 5 | 100% | 1 vCPU | $3.50 | 0.14 GB per $1 | 0–7 | 0 % | 24 % |
29 round-by-round comparisons — here are the top-ranked match-ups
vsOVHcloud vs IONOS→vsOVHcloud vs Contabo→vsHetzner vs IONOS→vsHostinger vs Contabo→vsHetzner vs Contabo→vsOVHcloud vs Hostinger→vsLiquid Web vs IONOS→vsHetzner vs OVHcloud→vsAkamai Cloud vs IONOS→How these are scored: our ranking method. We may earn a commission from links on this page — disclosure.