What is the cheapest of the VPS plans under $10 right now?

STARDUST1-S from Scaleway at $0.51/month (excl. VAT), as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which provider dominates this ranking?

Hetzner currently holds 3 of the top 10 spots.

How is this ranking calculated, and how fresh is it?

Prices are fetched daily from 11 providers' own APIs and public price pages, normalized to USD with ECB rates, and re-ranked automatically. Last refresh: 5 Sept 2026. Prices exclude VAT; always confirm on the provider's site.

Best VPS under $10/month.

September 2026 · re-ranked daily · 23 qualifying plans

23 of the 280 plans in our index come in under $10/mo. At this budget you can already expect 2–4 vCPUs and 4–8 GB of RAM from the value leaders — the top pick offers 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 10 GB SSD for $0.51/mo.

1
Scaleway
STARDUST1-S
$0.51/mo for 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 10 GB SSD — value 100/100
$0.51/mo
2
Contabo
Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB
$6.39/mo for 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB SSD — value 99/100
$6.39/mo
vs #1 →
3
Contabo
Cloud VPS 6 · 6 vCPU · 12 GB
$8.72/mo for 6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 200 GB SSD — value 99/100
$8.72/mo
vs #1 →
4
netcup
VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB
$5.78/mo for 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 128 GB NVME — value 97/100
$5.78/mo
vs #1 →
5
OVHcloud
VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB
$5.35/mo for 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB NVME — value 95/100
$5.35/mo
vs #1 →
6
Hetzner
CX33 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB
$9.87/mo for 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 80 GB NVME — value 92/100
$9.87/mo
vs #1 →
7
Hetzner
CX23 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB
$6.38/mo for 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB NVME — value 90/100
$6.38/mo
vs #1 →
8
Hetzner
CAX11 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB
$6.96/mo for 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB NVME — value 88/100
$6.96/mo
vs #1 →
9
Scaleway
DEV1-S
$7.61/mo for 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 20 GB SSD — value 86/100
$7.61/mo
vs #1 →
10
Vultr
Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB
$2.50/mo for 1 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · 10 GB SSD — value 85/100
$2.50/mo
vs #1 →

Frequently asked

What is the cheapest of the VPS plans under $10 right now?: STARDUST1-S from Scaleway at $0.51/month (excl. VAT), as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which provider dominates this ranking?: Hetzner currently holds 3 of the top 10 spots.
How is this ranking calculated, and how fresh is it?: Prices are fetched daily from 11 providers' own APIs and public price pages, normalized to USD with ECB rates, and re-ranked automatically. Last refresh: 5 Sept 2026. Prices exclude VAT; always confirm on the provider's site.