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2026 ranking

Best VDS of 2026

Top 15 VDS plans ranked by editorial rating. Independent comparison with prices, verified specs and multi-currency conversion.

15 plans Updated 2026 No paid placements
  1. 1
    Hetzner
    Hetzner CCX13

    Dedicated AMD CPU. For serious production.

    2 8 GB 80 GB 20 TB 📍 6 regions
    4.8
    $0.026 /hr
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  2. 2
    Hetzner
    Hetzner CCX33

    Dedicated CPU 8 vCPU 32 GB. For loaded databases and APIs.

    8 32 GB 240 GB 30 TB 📍 6 regions
    4.7
    $0.10 /hr
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  3. 3
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean GPU Droplet NVIDIA HGX H100

    On-demand H100 80 GB GPU for LLM training and inference.

    20 240 GB 720 GB 10 TB 📍 5 regions
    4.6
    $3.39 /hr
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  4. 4
    Contabo
    Contabo Cloud VDS S

    3 dedicated AMD EPYC physical cores, 24 GB RAM, 180 GB NVMe.

    3 24 GB 180 GB ∞ 📍 9 regions
    4.5
    $29.91 /mo
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  5. 5
    Contabo
    Contabo Cloud VDS M

    4 physical cores, 32 GB RAM, 240 GB NVMe.

    4 32 GB 240 GB ∞ 📍 9 regions
    4.5
    $38.96 /mo
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  6. 6
    Contabo
    Contabo Cloud VDS XXL

    12 physical cores, 96 GB RAM, 720 GB NVMe.

    12 96 GB 720 GB ∞ 📍 9 regions
    4.5
    $103.48 /mo
    Details
  7. 7
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean Memory-Optimized 16 GB

    2 dedicated vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB NVMe. 1:8 ratio for in-memory databases.

    2 16 GB 50 GB 4 TB 📍 13 regions
    4.5
    $0.13 /hr
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  8. 8
    Netcup
    Netcup RS 1000 G11

    4 dedicated AMD EPYC vCPU, 8 GB, 256 GB NVMe.

    4 8 GB 256 GB ∞ 📍 2 regions
    4.5
    $13.03 /mo
    Details
  9. 9
    Contabo
    Contabo Cloud VDS L

    6 physical cores, 48 GB RAM, 360 GB NVMe.

    6 48 GB 360 GB ∞ 📍 9 regions
    4.4
    $55.65 /mo
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  10. 10
    Contabo
    Contabo Cloud VDS XL

    8 physical cores, 64 GB RAM, 480 GB NVMe at 1 Gbit/s.

    8 64 GB 480 GB ∞ 📍 9 regions
    4.4
    $71.65 /mo
    Details
  11. 11
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 4 GB

    Dedicated Intel vCPU for CPU-bound workloads.

    2 4 GB 25 GB 4 TB 📍 13 regions
    4.4
    $0.063 /hr
    Details
  12. 12
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean General Purpose 8 GB

    2 dedicated vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD. 1:4 ratio for balanced workloads.

    2 8 GB 25 GB 4 TB 📍 13 regions
    4.4
    $0.094 /hr
    Details
  13. 13
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean Storage-Optimized 16 GB

    2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 300 GB NVMe. For disk-heavy databases.

    2 16 GB 300 GB 4 TB 📍 13 regions
    4.4
    $0.19 /hr
    Details
  14. 14
    Microsoft Azure
    Microsoft Azure D2s v5

    2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, general purpose.

    2 8 GB 📍 19 regions
    4.2
    $0.096 /hr
    Details
  15. 15
    Scaleway
    Scaleway GP1-XS

    4 dedicated AMD EPYC vCPU, 16 GB, 150 GB NVMe.

    4 16 GB 150 GB 📍 3 regions
    4.2
    $0.095 /hr
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What is the best VDS in 2026?

By our editorial rating, the best VDS plan is Hetzner CCX13, rated 4.8/5.

How do you pick the best VDS plans?

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