What is the cheapest VPS that qualifies for marketing site?

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB at $5.78/mo (excl. VAT) meets the minimum requirements as of 5 Sept 2026.

How are these requirements chosen?

The minimums (2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU) reflect what the workload actually stresses — explained in the "what matters" section — and the ranking weights those dimensions rather than raw price.

How fresh is this list?

Prices are re-fetched from all 11 providers daily and this ranking recomputes automatically. Last refresh: 5 Sept 2026.

Best VPS for a marketing site.

September 2026 · re-ranked daily · 265 qualifying plans

A company site with a CMS, analytics and forms wants fast TTFB for SEO, headroom for campaign spikes, and enough RAM that WordPress + MySQL never swap. We filter the index to plans with 2 GB+ RAM, 1+ vCPU — 265 of 280 qualify today, with the top pick at $46.83/mo. Ranked by how much of the hardware this workload actually stresses each dollar buys.

What actually matters here

2–4 GB RAM: WordPress/Ghost plus a database and cache sit comfortably in 2 GB; 4 GB absorbs plugin creep and image processing.
NVMe = TTFB: Uncached CMS hits are disk-bound. NVMe shaves the response times that Core Web Vitals (and Google) care about.
Spike-proof bandwidth: A launch or ad campaign multiplies traffic overnight — unmetered or high allowances mean no surprise overage during your best week.

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netcup
VPS 8000 G12 · 16 vCore · 64 GB
16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 2048 GB NVME · value 100/100
✓ NVMe✓ unmetered traffic
$46.83/mo
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Contabo
Cloud VPS 6 · 6 vCPU · 12 GB
6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 200 GB SSD · value 99/100
✓ unmetered traffic
$8.72/mo
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Contabo
Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB
4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB SSD · value 99/100
✓ unmetered traffic
$6.39/mo
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Contabo
Cloud VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 24 GB
8 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 300 GB SSD · value 99/100
✓ unmetered traffic
$16.27/mo
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netcup
VPS 4000 G12 · 12 vCore · 32 GB
12 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 1024 GB NVME · value 98/100
✓ NVMe✓ unmetered traffic
$31.66/mo
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Contabo
Cloud VPS 12 · 12 vCPU · 48 GB
12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 400 GB SSD · value 98/100
✓ unmetered traffic
$29.05/mo
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VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 128 GB NVME · value 97/100
✓ NVMe✓ unmetered traffic
$5.78/mo
vs #1 →
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VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB
4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 256 GB NVME · value 97/100
✓ NVMe✓ unmetered traffic
$10.12/mo
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VPS 2000 G12 · 8 vCore · 16 GB
8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 512 GB NVME · value 97/100
✓ NVMe✓ unmetered traffic
$18.80/mo
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Contabo
Cloud VPS 16 · 16 vCPU · 64 GB
16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · value 96/100
✓ unmetered traffic
$43/mo
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One-click stacks for this workload

Everything below runs on any VPS with manual setup — these providers ship it preinstalled from their official catalog (verified 20 Jul 2026).

WordPress: one-click on Hetzner, Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, Scaleway, AWS Lightsail, Hostinger
Docker: one-click on Hetzner, Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Contabo, Hostinger, IONOS
Node.js: one-click on Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, AWS Lightsail, Hostinger

Full stack-support matrix →

Frequently asked

What is the cheapest VPS that qualifies for marketing site?: VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB at $5.78/mo (excl. VAT) meets the minimum requirements as of 5 Sept 2026.
How are these requirements chosen?: The minimums (2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU) reflect what the workload actually stresses — explained in the "what matters" section — and the ranking weights those dimensions rather than raw price.
How fresh is this list?: Prices are re-fetched from all 11 providers daily and this ranking recomputes automatically. Last refresh: 5 Sept 2026.