VPS price bands
For the same money, who gives the most.
Vultr, Hostinger, AWS and HostHatch side by side at $5, $12, $24 and $48 a month — every figure read off the vendor's own price list. The last column is dollars per gigabyte of RAM, because cores, disks and traffic are different units and memory is the one that compares.
The hosting I pay for, with the numbers pried open.
- Bands won on list price
- 4/4
- of four
- HostHatch per GB RAM
- $0.77
- NVMe 64 GB
- Vultr per GB RAM
- $5.00
- Regular Performance
- RAM per dollar
- 6.5×
- times more than Vultr, same money
All four bands at a glance
Every cell is dollars a month per GB of RAM in that band. The green cell is the cheapest one there. Hostinger's rate is shown beside its renewal, because that headline is a 24-month prepayment.
| Vendor / plan | Around $5 a month | Around $12 a month | Around $24 a month | Around $48 a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HostHatch | $1.50NVMe 4 GB · 4 GB DDR4 | $1.00NVMe 12 GB · 12 GB DDR4 | $0.92NVMe 24 GB · 24 GB DDR4 | $0.77NVMe 64 GB · 64 GB DDR4 |
| Vultr | $5.00Regular Performance · 1 GB | $5.00Regular Performance · 2 GB | $5.00Regular Performance · 4 GB | $5.00Regular Performance · 8 GB |
| Hostinger | $3.00KVM 1 · 4 GB · $1.62 for the first 24 months | $1.81KVM 4 · 16 GB · $0.81 for the first 24 months | $1.56KVM 8 · 32 GB · $0.81 for the first 24 months | $1.56KVM 8 (갱신가) · 32 GB |
| AWS Lightsail | $10.00Lightsail 0.5 GB · 0.5 GB | $6.00Lightsail 2 GB · 2 GB | $6.00Lightsail 4 GB · 4 GB | $5.50Lightsail 8 GB · 8 GB |
Bars are drawn with that band's cheapest figure at 100% — shorter means dearer.
Band by band
Around $5 a month
| Vendor / plan | Month | Cores | RAM | Disk | Traffic | Per GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HostHatchNVMe 2 GB | $4 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (our box) · 1 core (fair share) | 2 GB DDR4 | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $2.00 |
| HostHatchNVMe 4 GBCheapest here | $6 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (our box) · 2 cores (fair share) | 4 GB DDR4 | 20 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $1.50 |
| VultrRegular Performance | $5 | 1 vCPU (previous-generation Intel) | 1 GB | 25 GB regular SSD | 1 TB | $5.00 |
| VultrHigh Frequency | $6 | 1 vCPU (3GHz+ Intel Xeon) | 1 GB | 32 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $6.00 |
| HostingerKVM 1 | $6.49renews $11.99 | 1 vCPU (AMD EPYC) | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 4 TB | $3.00$1.62 for the first 24 months |
| AWS LightsailLightsail 0.5 GB | $5 | 2 vCPU (burstable) | 0.5 GB | 20 GB SSD | 1 TB | $10.00 |
- HostHatch — 월 과금, 인트로 할인 없음 — 이 값이 계속 이 값이다. CPU 칸의 9950X 는 판매사 표기가 아니라 이 사이트가 도는 박스에서 lscpu 로 잰 값이다(판매사 공개 표기는 AMD EPYC).
- HostHatch — 같은 라인 한 단계 위. 램 1GB당으로는 이쪽이 더 싸다.
- Vultr — 구세대 Intel + 일반 SSD. 33개 지역, 시간당 과금(월 상한 672시간).
- Vultr — 신형 Xeon + NVMe. 램은 그대로 1GB다.
- Hostinger — 24개월 선불 인트로가. 갱신되면 $11.99 — 실질 램당 값은 두 배가 된다.
- AWS Lightsail — vCPU 2개는 버스트 코어. 초과 전송은 별도 과금($0.09/GB).
Around $12 a month
| Vendor / plan | Month | Cores | RAM | Disk | Traffic | Per GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HostHatchNVMe 12 GBCheapest here | $12 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (our box) · 4 cores (1 dedicated, 3 fair-shared) | 12 GB DDR4 | 50 GB NVMe | 3 TB | $1.00 |
| VultrRegular Performance | $10 | 1 vCPU (previous-generation Intel) | 2 GB | 55 GB regular SSD | 2 TB | $5.00 |
| VultrHigh Frequency | $12 | 1 vCPU (3GHz+ Intel Xeon) | 2 GB | 64 GB NVMe | 2 TB | $6.00 |
| HostingerKVM 4 | $12.99renews $28.99 | 4 vCPU (AMD EPYC) | 16 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 16 TB | $1.81$0.81 for the first 24 months |
| AWS LightsailLightsail 2 GB | $12 | 2 vCPU (burstable) | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 3 TB | $6.00 |
- HostHatch — 이 단계부터 코어 일부가 전용으로 배정된다.
- Vultr — 코어는 아직 1개다. 디스크만 크다.
- Vultr — 같은 값에 NVMe 64GB. 램은 여전히 2GB.
- Hostinger — 인트로 가격만 보면 이 구간 최강. 갱신 $28.99로 오르면 램당 값이 2배가 된다.
- AWS Lightsail — 관리형 서비스가 필요하면 이쪽. 순수 가성비는 아니다.
Around $24 a month
| Vendor / plan | Month | Cores | RAM | Disk | Traffic | Per GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HostHatchNVMe 24 GBCheapest here | $22 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (our box) · 6 cores (2 dedicated, 4 fair-shared) | 24 GB DDR4 | 100 GB NVMe | 6 TB | $0.92 |
| VultrRegular Performance | $20 | 2 vCPU (previous-generation Intel) | 4 GB | 80 GB regular SSD | 3 TB | $5.00 |
| VultrHigh Frequency | $24 | 2 vCPU (3GHz+ Intel Xeon) | 4 GB | 128 GB NVMe | 3 TB | $6.00 |
| HostingerKVM 8 | $25.99renews $49.99 | 8 vCPU (AMD EPYC) | 32 GB | 400 GB NVMe | 32 TB | $1.56$0.81 for the first 24 months |
| AWS LightsailLightsail 4 GB | $24 | 2 vCPU (burstable) | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 TB | $6.00 |
- HostHatch — 인트로도 갱신도 없는 단일 가격.
- Vultr — 램 4GB.
- Vultr — 램 4GB에 NVMe 128GB.
- Hostinger — 24개월 선불. 갱신 $49.99.
- AWS Lightsail — 코어 수는 여전히 2개다.
Around $48 a month
| Vendor / plan | Month | Cores | RAM | Disk | Traffic | Per GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HostHatchNVMe 64 GBCheapest here | $49 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (our box) · 12 cores (6 dedicated, 6 fair-shared) | 64 GB DDR4 | 200 GB NVMe | 15 TB | $0.77 |
| VultrRegular Performance | $40 | 4 vCPU (previous-generation Intel) | 8 GB | 160 GB regular SSD | 4 TB | $5.00 |
| VultrHigh Frequency | $48 | 3 vCPU (3GHz+ Intel Xeon) | 8 GB | 256 GB NVMe | 4 TB | $6.00 |
| HostingerKVM 8 (갱신가) | $49.99 | 8 vCPU (AMD EPYC) | 32 GB | 400 GB NVMe | 32 TB | $1.56 |
| AWS LightsailLightsail 8 GB | $44 | 2 vCPU (burstable) | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 TB | $5.50 |
- HostHatch — 이 사이트가 도는 박스가 이 라인이다.
- Vultr — 코어 4개, 램 8GB.
- Vultr — 코어가 오히려 3개로 줄어든다(이 구간 표기 그대로).
- Hostinger — 인트로가 $25.99는 24개월 선불일 때만. 여기 적은 값은 갱신 후 월 요금이다.
- AWS Lightsail — 관리형 기능값이 포함된 가격이다.
So who wins
On list price, HostHatch takes all four bands. Counting Hostinger's intro rates it edges ahead in the middle two — but that rate is a 24-month prepayment, and it roughly doubles when it renews.
What I measured on my own box
The machine serving this site reports an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (lscpu on the box itself), on network AS63473, in Seoul. That is the CPU printed in the tables above, marked (our box) wherever it appears. Two caveats so this is not read as a spec sheet: HostHatch's published plan line says AMD EPYC, and Seoul is not in the 16 regions they list for sale — the box is there, the plan you can buy may not be. What a vendor advertises and what it hands you are two different facts, and only the second one is measurable from here.
- Per GB of RAM — Vultr and AWS sit at $5–$6, HostHatch at $0.77–$2.00. Three to seven times the memory for the same money.
- Traffic included — at $12 HostHatch gives 3 TB, Vultr 2 TB, AWS 3 TB, Hostinger 16 TB (on its prepaid term).
- The CPU — HostHatch runs AMD EPYC, while Vultr's regular line is previous-generation Intel. One vCPU is not one core.
- The price does not move — no intro rate, no renewal step. Next month costs what this month costs.
Where HostHatch loses
- Disk size — at $5 Vultr gives 25 GB and Hostinger 50 GB against HostHatch's 10 GB. On capacity alone it loses (theirs is NVMe).
- Regions — Vultr sells in 33, HostHatch in 16. If you need one specific city, check the list first.
- Intro pricing — Hostinger's $6.49 and $12.99 are 24-month prepayments; they renew at $11.99 and $28.99.
- Managed extras — AWS bundles load balancers, IAM and snapshots. If you need those, its price is not expensive.
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Sources
- HostHatch hosthatch.com/products
- Vultr www.vultr.com/pricing/
- Hostinger www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting
- AWS Lightsail aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/
All four read 2026-10-03.
What this compares — monthly price, RAM, disk and included traffic, exactly as each vendor publishes them. There is no benchmark and no measured performance here; the only derived figure is dollars per GB of RAM. Tax, exchange rates and promotions after the read date are not reflected.