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MetricHostingerContaboIONOSBest excluding price
Starting price
$12.99 /mo
€4.40 /mo
$6.00 /mo
CPU
4 vCPU
4 vCPU
6 vCoreBest
Memory
16 GBBest
8 GB
8 GB
Storage
200 GB NVMe
100 GB SSD
240 GB NVMeBest
Honest rating
★ 4.2Best
★ 3.8
★ 3.9
Benchmarked
YesBest
Not yet
YesBest
Best signal
Best performance validation with recent benchmarks
Best capacity-per-dollar at promotional pricing
Transparent first-year TCO ($207 effective avg $17.25/mo), strong XXL+ performance
Best overall excluding price
IONOS
IONOS offers the strongest balance here because it combines highest CPU allocation at 6 vCore, largest storage at 240 GB NVMe, and independent benchmark coverage. Price is excluded because the selected plans use different currencies.
highest CPU allocation at 6 vCorelargest storage at 240 GB NVMeindependent benchmark coverage
Listed at$6.00/mo