Cheap VPS Hosting: 7 Providers Under $5/Month

Budget VPS in 2025

You don't need to spend a fortune to get a solid VPS. These seven providers offer plans under $5/month without sacrificing reliability.

Top Budget Picks

• Hetzner CX11 — €3.79/mo, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD, 20 TB bandwidth
• Hostinger VPS 1 — $3.99/mo, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe
• Ionos S — $2.00/mo, 512 MB RAM (great for testing)
• Vultr Cloud Compute — $5.00/mo, 1 GB RAM, 55 GB SSD
• Contabo VPS S — $5.99/mo but 8 GB RAM!

What to Expect

Budget VPS plans are perfect for development environments, staging servers, WordPress blogs, game hosting, and VPN servers. Don't expect managed support at these price points.