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HOSTKEY vs IONOS.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, HOSTKEY undercuts IONOS on memory pricing — a median of $1.92/GB of RAM vs $2.75/GB. The cheapest way in is HOSTKEY at $2.87/mo (vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). IONOS counters with broader reach: 5 locations vs 1.

Plans tracked204
Cheapest plan$2.87/mo$11/mo
Median $/GB RAM$1.92/GB$2.75/GB
Avg value score86/10083/100
Locations15
Dedicated-vCPU plans30
NVMe share65%100%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. HOSTKEY data: Live web — preconfigured VPS/VDS cards on hostkey.com (Amsterdam price list, net). IONOS data: Live web — embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps.

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