Which is cheaper, Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 or Vultr Cloud Compute 4C?

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 at $38.99/mo (excl. VAT) versus $40/mo — a difference of $1.01/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5: $4.87 per GB of RAM per month versus $5 for Vultr Cloud Compute 4C.

Can I deploy both in the same country?

Yes — both plans are offered in 2 shared countries: NL, US.

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 vs Vultr Cloud Compute 4C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 and Vultr Cloud Compute 4C split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

$38.99/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 150 GB SSD

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Vultr

Cloud Compute 4C · 8 GB

$40/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$38.99/mo

$40/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$4.87

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

4 shared

Disk

150 GB SSD

160 GB SSD

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

4.1 TB/mo

Value score

64/100

65/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 2

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 or Vultr Cloud Compute 4C?: Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 at $38.99/mo (excl. VAT) versus $40/mo — a difference of $1.01/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5: $4.87 per GB of RAM per month versus $5 for Vultr Cloud Compute 4C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 2 shared countries: NL, US.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.