Virtual Private Servers
Combine filters →A Virtual Private Server is an empty machine with root. The provider keeps the hypervisor and the network running; everything above that belongs to the customer, which is why these records answer “you” to who manages the operating system and offer full SSH access. It is one of the cheapest ways to run something in somebody else’s data center, and the empty box then has to be kept full — patches, backups, monitoring, the 3am outage — none of which appears in the monthly price. The advertised specifications are softer than they look, too, since hosts are oversubscribed and identical vCPU counts differ in real throughput. PaaS hands the operating system back; a management panel keeps the server and automates the routine.
55 providers are virtual private servers, listed alphabetically. Across 42 countries.
By regions
Every regions page for Virtual Private ServersAustralia, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States.
By entry price
Every entry price page for Virtual Private ServersA
AfrihostSouth African ISP selling fibre, mobile and VoIP, with shared, cloud and dedicated hosting as one line among many.
AntagonistDutch host from Enschede, selling shared hosting with SSH, PHP, Python and Node.js on Dutch servers.
ArcustechOne we likeUS VPS provider selling managed and self-managed NVMe servers, with a long-running focus on Craft CMS, ExpressionEngine and related PHP applications.
ArsysSpanish hosting provider offering shared hosting and VPS from ISO-certified datacenters in Logroño, part of the IONOS Group since 2013.
Aruba.itAn Italian provider that owns its data centers and sells registrar services, hosting, servers and a public cloud.
AZDIGIVietnamese host in Ho Chi Minh City, running shared, WordPress and cloud hosting out of two Tier III data centers, with GPU instances alongside.
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Binary LaneAustralian VPS provider selling hourly-billed NVMe cloud servers with independently adjustable memory, storage and transfer, and a public API.
BitFolkOne we likeA small British VPS host selling unmanaged Linux servers with root, IPv6 and no small print, run by the person who answers the support mail.
BlacknightIrish host and ICANN-accredited registrar in Carlow, running its own data centers and selling everything from shared hosting to dedicated servers.
ByetiFastNet's free hosting brand, running PHP and MySQL accounts on a control panel it wrote itself.
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Cherry ServersLithuanian provider selling dedicated machines and virtual servers on its own hardware, billed by the hour, by fixed term or as spot capacity.
CivoBritish Kubernetes-first cloud that charges for worker nodes only, with control planes included and data transfer unmetered.
ContaboGerman provider selling virtual and dedicated servers from Munich, with large resource allocations at low fixed monthly rates.
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DigitalOceanOne we likeDigitalOcean is a publicly listed cloud provider best known for Droplets, its VPS product, alongside managed databases, Kubernetes and an app platform.
DotMooseA Canadian provider launched in 2026 by one person, selling shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers and domains billed in Canadian dollars.
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E2E NetworksIndian cloud infrastructure provider listed on the National Stock Exchange, selling CPU and GPU compute by the minute with published hourly rates.
exe.devOne we likeUbuntu VMs in seconds over SSH, sold as a pool of capacity rather than as machines, and aimed as much at agents as at people.
ExoscaleExoscale is a Swiss infrastructure provider selling KVM instances, managed Kubernetes, object and block storage and managed databases from European zones.
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GcoreGcore is an edge and cloud provider selling CDN, streaming, DDoS protection, virtual machines, bare metal, Kubernetes and serverless functions.
GleSYSGleSYS is a Swedish infrastructure provider selling KVM and VMware servers, bare metal, managed databases, object storage and colocation from Nordic data centers.
GreenCloudVirtual server host selling KVM, Windows and macOS servers, plus dedicated servers.
GreenhostA Dutch host running on wind power, selling VPS, web hosting and domains, with privacy as a stated position rather than a feature list.
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HetznerOne we likeHetzner is an independent German hosting company offering VPS, dedicated servers, cloud and storage infrastructure from its own data centers.
HOSTAFRICAPan-African host with storefronts in five countries, running cPanel and DirectAdmin hosting out of South African facilities.
hosting.deGerman web hosting, cloud server and domain provider operating from Aachen, with data centers in Germany.
HyperHostUkrainian host trading since 2008, selling shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers priced in three currencies.
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IDCloudHostIDCloudHost is an Indonesian infrastructure company selling cloud VPS, managed hosting, dedicated servers and object storage from data centers in Jakarta and Singapore.
IkoulaOne of the oldest independent French hosts, trading since 1998, running two of its own certified data centers in France.
InfomaniakA Swiss hosting and cloud provider selling shared hosting, servers and public cloud infrastructure.
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LeasewebA Dutch infrastructure provider selling bare metal, virtual servers and infrastructure as a service.
LinodeLinode is a US VPS provider founded in 2003, acquired by Akamai in 2022 and now sold as Akamai Cloud.
Liquid WebLiquid Web is a US hosting provider from 1997 specialising in managed VPS, dedicated servers, cloud and WordPress hosting, with 24/7 support.
LocawebThe anchor brand of LWSA, a Brazilian group listed on the B3, hosting a stated 500,000-plus sites.
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NamecheapA US domain registrar that also sells shared hosting and virtual servers.
nazwa.plPolish cloud hosting and domain registration provider, part of NetArt Group since 1997, with data centers across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
netcupKarlsruhe-based provider selling low-priced webhosting, VPS and root servers from European, North American and Asian locations, part of the Anexia group.
NexcessA managed cloud, VPS and dedicated server provider, and the parent brand of Liquid Web and Servers.com.
nineA Swiss provider selling managed Kubernetes, managed and root servers, databases and object storage, all from data centers in Zurich.
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PlanetHosterFranco-Canadian host with data centers in Paris, Lausanne and Montreal, letting a customer pick the location per project.
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Sakura InternetA Japanese cloud and infrastructure provider selling shared hosting, virtual servers and dedicated machines.
ScalewayFrench cloud provider selling instances, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, serverless containers and managed databases, with European data residency as the pitch.
SeewebItalian cloud provider founded in 1998, part of the DHH Group, offering cloud servers, VPS, and managed services.
SelectelSelectel is a Russian infrastructure company running its own data centers in Saint Petersburg and Moscow, selling dedicated servers, cloud servers and object storage.
SiteHostNew Zealand host that owns its Auckland data center and sells Cloud Containers, a product that runs prebuilt or custom Docker images.
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Tencent CloudTencent's cloud platform, selling virtual machines, VPS bundles, GPU instances and serverless functions.
Tornado VPSSelf-managed Xen virtual private servers for Linux and the BSDs, trading as Tornado VPS since a 2022 rename from Prgmr.com.
TruehostKenyan-owned host and KENIC-accredited .ke registrar, selling cPanel hosting in shillings with M-Pesa at checkout.
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UpCloudFinnish cloud infrastructure provider selling virtual machines, block storage and private networking, driven by a public API.
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VultrCloud infrastructure provider selling virtual private servers, bare metal, GPU instances, object storage and managed Kubernetes, billed by the hour.
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WebdockDanish VPS provider selling virtual servers with a web control panel, prepared stacks and WordPress plans, from a single facility in Denmark.
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YouStableYouStable is a Lucknow host selling cPanel shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers in India, the Netherlands and the US.
Is a VPS harder to run than shared hosting?
Yes. A VPS comes with root and a bare operating system, and updates, security patches, backups and monitoring are the customer's job. On shared hosting and PaaS the provider does that work. A server management panel automates part of it on a VPS.
Who is the best VPS provider?
We can't tell from here. A host that suits a small agency site can be wrong for an API with users in Asia and Europe. The list is alphabetical and nobody paid for a place on it. The guide covers what to compare.



