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Cheap VPS under $5/month

All plans at or under $5/month (converted). Cheap plans often have limited regions or transfer — check those columns. 20 plans.

ProviderPlanvCPURAMDiskBandwidth / TransferRegionsMonthly ($) ▲Yearly
Tencent CloudSAS 4 vCPU / 4 GB 3M
Lighthouse new-customer dealNew customers only
44 GBSee provider3 Mbps · See providerMainland China$1.36
from yearly
¥9.08
$16.33
Vultrvc2-1c-0.5gb-v6
Cloud Compute (Regular)
10.5 GB10 GB512 GB/moUnited States$2.50—
Vultrvc2-1c-0.5gb
Cloud Compute (Regular)
10.5 GB10 GB512 GB/moUnited States$3.50—
AWS LightsailLinux 0.5 GB (IPv6-only)
General purpose, IPv6-only
20.5 GB20 GB1 TB/moJapan, Germany, Ireland, Singapore +6$3.50—
AWS LightsailLinux 0.5 GB (IPv6-only)
General purpose, IPv6-only
20.5 GB20 GB512 GB/moAustralia, Indonesia, India$3.50—
Alibaba CloudSAS 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB 4M
Simple Application Server (international)
10.5 GB20 GB4 Mbps · 1 TB/moUnited States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore +4$3.50—
DigitalOceans-1vcpu-512mb-10gb
Basic Regular
10.5 GB10 GB500 GB/moUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands +4$4—
Huawei CloudFlexus L 2 vCPU / 1 GB 2M
Flexus L instance (AMD)
21 GB40 GB2 Mbps · 100 GB/moMainland China$4.12
¥27.53
$41.24
Huawei CloudFlexus L 2 vCPU / 0.5 GB 2M
Flexus L instance (AMD)
20.5 GB20 GB2 Mbps · 200 GB/moMainland China$4.45
¥29.67
$44.45
Tencent CloudStarter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 20M
Lighthouse Starter
22 GB40 GB20 Mbps · 512 GB/moSingapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4$4.49
¥30
$45.85
Alibaba CloudSAS 1 vCPU / 1 GB 4M
Simple Application Server (international)
11 GB20 GB4 Mbps · 1 TB/moUnited States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore +4$4.50—
Huawei CloudFlexus L 2 vCPU / 1 GB 2M
Flexus L instance (AMD)
21 GB20 GB2 Mbps · 200 GB/moMainland China$4.58
¥30.57
$45.80
Huawei CloudFlexus L 2 vCPU / 2 GB 2M
Flexus L instance (AMD)
22 GB40 GB2 Mbps · 100 GB/moMainland China$4.94
¥32.94
$49.34
Tencent CloudStarter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 30M
Lighthouse Starter
22 GB50 GB30 Mbps · 1 TB/moSingapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4$4.94
¥33
$50.43
Vultrvc2-1c-1gb
Cloud Compute (Regular)
11 GB25 GB1 TB/moUnited States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14$5—
Linode (Akamai)Nanode 1GB
Shared CPU (Nanode)
11 GB25 GB1000 GB/moUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, India +9$5—
AWS LightsailLinux 0.5 GB
General purpose (with IPv4)
20.5 GB20 GB1 TB/moFrance, United States, Japan, Ireland +6$5—
AWS LightsailLinux 0.5 GB
General purpose (with IPv4)
20.5 GB20 GB512 GB/moIndonesia, Australia, India$5—
AWS LightsailLinux 1 GB (IPv6-only)
General purpose, IPv6-only
21 GB40 GB1 TB/moAustralia, Indonesia, India$5—
AWS LightsailLinux 1 GB (IPv6-only)
General purpose, IPv6-only
21 GB40 GB2 TB/moUnited States, France, Germany, Sweden +6$5—

FAQ

Which plan is the cheapest?

As of today it is Vultr vc2-1c-0.5gb-v6 at about $2.50/month (excluding new-customer-only deals).

What is the lowest price at each provider?

Tencent Cloud $4.49/mo; Alibaba Cloud $3.50/mo; Huawei Cloud $4.12/mo; AWS Lightsail $3.50/mo; Vultr $2.50/mo; DigitalOcean $4/mo; Linode (Akamai) $5/mo.

How often are prices updated?

Every day, from official provider APIs or pricing pages. Currency conversion uses the daily ECB reference rate; the provider checkout is authoritative.

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