Which cloud server for a website?
2 vCPU / 2 GB handles a small site; WordPress plus a database is comfortable on 4 GB. Pick a region close to your visitors. 90 plans.
- Visitors in mainland China: use a mainland region and complete ICP filing.
- International visitors: Hong Kong, Singapore or US regions need no filing.
- For heavy traffic, check monthly transfer or pick an unmetered plan.
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Bandwidth / Transfer | Regions | Monthly ($) ▲ | Yearly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 20M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 20 Mbps · 512 GB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $4.49 ¥30 | $45.85 |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 2 GB 2M Flexus L instance (AMD) | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 2 Mbps · 100 GB/mo | Mainland China | $4.94 ¥32.94 | $49.34 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 30M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 30 Mbps · 1 TB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $4.94 ¥33 | $50.43 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 2M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 2 Mbps · 100 GB/mo | Mainland China | $5.24 ¥35 | $53.49 |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 2 GB 30M Lighthouse General | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 30 Mbps · 1 TB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $5.24 ¥35 | $53.49 |
| Tencent Cloud | HK Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 20M Lighthouse HK Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 20 Mbps · 512 GB/mo | Hong Kong | $5.69 ¥38 | $58.07 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 3M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 3 Mbps · 200 GB/mo | Mainland China | $5.99 ¥40 | $61.13 |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 2 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $5.99 ¥40 | $71.92 |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 2 GB 2M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 2 Mbps · 200 GB/mo | Mainland China | $6.24 ¥41.62 | $62.34 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 4 GB 30M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB | 30 Mbps · 1.5 TB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $6.29 ¥42 | $64.19 |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 2 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Mainland China | $6.74 ¥45 | $68.77 |
| Hetzner | CX23 Cost-Optimized (CX, Intel/AMD)Unavailable | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | 20 TB/mo | Finland, Germany | $7.09 | — |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 4M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 4 Mbps · 300 GB/mo | Mainland China | $7.19 ¥48 | $73.36 |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 2 GB 30M Lighthouse General | 2 | 2 GB | 70 GB | 30 Mbps · 2 TB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $7.19 ¥48 | $73.36 |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 2 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Mainland China | $7.49 ¥50 | $76.41 |
| Hetzner | CAX11 Cost-Optimized (CAX, Arm)Unavailable | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | 20 TB/mo | Germany, Finland | $7.59 | — |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 2 GB 4M Lighthouse General | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4 Mbps · 300 GB/mo | Mainland China | $7.79 ¥52 | $79.47 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 4 GB 30M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 4 GB | 70 GB | 30 Mbps · 2 TB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $8.09 ¥54 | $82.53 |
| Tencent Cloud | HK Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 30M Lighthouse HK Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 30 Mbps · 1 TB/mo | Hong Kong | $8.09 ¥54 | $82.53 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 5M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 5 Mbps · 400 GB/mo | Mainland China | $8.24 ¥55 | $84.05 |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 2 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Hong Kong | $8.24 ¥55 | — |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 2 GB 3M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 3 Mbps · 400 GB/mo | Mainland China | $8.24 ¥55.02 | $82.44 |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 4 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $8.99 ¥60 | $107.88 |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 4 GB 30M Lighthouse General | 2 | 4 GB | 90 GB | 30 Mbps · 2.5 TB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $8.99 ¥60 | $91.70 |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 2 GB 5M Lighthouse General | 2 | 2 GB | 70 GB | 5 Mbps · 500 GB/mo | Mainland China | $9.29 ¥62 | $94.75 |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 4 GB 3M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 3 Mbps · 400 GB/mo | Mainland China | $9.33 ¥62.25 | $93.34 |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 4 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Mainland China | $9.74 ¥65 | $99.34 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 4 GB 5M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB | 5 Mbps · 500 GB/mo | Mainland China | $9.74 ¥65 | $99.34 |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 2 GB (IPv6-only) General purpose, IPv6-only | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB/mo | Germany, France, United States, United Kingdom +6 | $10 | — |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 2 GB (IPv6-only) General purpose, IPv6-only | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 1.5 TB/mo | India, Australia, Indonesia | $10 | — |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 4 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Mainland China | $10.79 ¥72 | $110.03 |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 4 GB 30M Lighthouse General | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 30 Mbps · 3 TB/mo | Singapore, Japan, United States, Germany +4 | $10.79 ¥72 | $110.03 |
| Tencent Cloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 4 GB 6M Lighthouse Starter | 2 | 4 GB | 70 GB | 6 Mbps · 600 GB/mo | Mainland China | $11.24 ¥75 | $114.62 |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 2 GB 4M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 4 Mbps · 600 GB/mo | Mainland China | $11.24 ¥75.05 | — |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 4 GB 6M Lighthouse General | 2 | 4 GB | 90 GB | 6 Mbps · 800 GB/mo | Mainland China | $11.99 ¥80 | $122.26 |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 2 GB General purpose (with IPv4) | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB/mo | Canada, United States, Ireland, United Kingdom +6 | $11.99 | — |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 2 GB General purpose (with IPv4) | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 1.5 TB/mo | Indonesia, India, Australia | $11.99 | — |
| Tencent Cloud | General 2 vCPU / 4 GB 7M Lighthouse General | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 7 Mbps · 1000 GB/mo | Mainland China | $13.48 ¥90 | $137.54 |
| Tencent Cloud | HK Starter 2 vCPU / 4 GB 30M Lighthouse HK Starter | 2 | 4 GB | 70 GB | 30 Mbps · 2 TB/mo | Hong Kong | $13.48 ¥90 | $137.54 |
| Tencent Cloud | Ruichi (high bandwidth) 2 vCPU / 4 GB 200M Lighthouse Ruichi (high bandwidth) | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB | 200 Mbps · Unmetered | Hong Kong | $14.23 ¥95 | — |
| Vultr | vc2-2c-2gb Cloud Compute (Regular) | 2 | 2 GB | 65 GB | 3 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $15 | — |
| Alibaba Cloud | SAS 2 vCPU / 2 GB 10M Simple Application Server (international) | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 10 Mbps · 2 TB/mo | United States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore +4 | $15 | — |
| Tencent Cloud | Storage 2 vCPU / 4 GB 4M Lighthouse Storage | 2 | 4 GB | 350 GB | 4 Mbps · 300 GB/mo | Mainland China | $15.73 ¥105 | $160.47 |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 4 GB 5M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 4 GB | 70 GB | 5 Mbps · 1000 GB/mo | Mainland China | $15.80 ¥105.45 | — |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 4 GB 5M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 4 GB | 70 GB | 5 Mbps · 1000 GB/mo | Mainland China | $16.17 ¥107.91 | $161.84 |
| Vultr | vhf-2c-2gb High Frequency | 2 | 2 GB | 80 GB | 3 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $18 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-2gb-amd High Performance | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $18 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-2gb-intel High Performance | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $18 | — |
| DigitalOcean | s-2vcpu-2gb Basic Regular | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 3000 GB/mo | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands +4 | $18 | — |
| Alibaba Cloud | SAS 2 vCPU / 4 GB 15M Simple Application Server (international) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 15 Mbps · 4 TB/mo | United States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore +4 | $19 | — |
| Vultr | vc2-2c-4gb Cloud Compute (Regular) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 3 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $20 | — |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 4 GB (IPv6-only) General purpose, IPv6-only | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 2 TB/mo | India, Australia, Indonesia | $20 | — |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 4 GB (IPv6-only) General purpose, IPv6-only | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB/mo | Japan, United States, Canada, Sweden +6 | $20 | — |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 4 GB 6M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 6 Mbps · 1200 GB/mo | Mainland China | $20.41 ¥136.25 | $204.28 |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 4 GB 6M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 6 Mbps · 1200 GB/mo | Mainland China | $20.97 ¥139.94 | — |
| Hetzner | CPX11 Regular Performance (CPX, AMD) | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 1 TB/mo | United States | $21.09 | — |
| Vultr | vc2-2c-2gb Cloud Compute (Regular) | 2 | 2 GB | 65 GB | 3 TB/mo | Brazil | $22.50 | — |
| Hetzner | CPX22 Regular Performance (CPX, AMD) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 20 TB/mo | Finland, Germany | $23.59 | — |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 4 GB General purpose (with IPv4) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB/mo | United Kingdom, Singapore, United States, France +6 | $23.99 | — |
| AWS Lightsail | Linux 4 GB General purpose (with IPv4) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 2 TB/mo | Australia, India, Indonesia | $23.99 | — |
| Vultr | vhf-2c-4gb High Frequency | 2 | 4 GB | 128 GB | 3 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $24 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-4gb-amd High Performance | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 5 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $24 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-4gb-intel High Performance | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 5 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $24 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Linode 4GB Shared CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, India +9 | $24 | — |
| DigitalOcean | s-2vcpu-4gb Basic Regular | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands +4 | $24 | — |
| Vultr | vhf-2c-2gb High Frequency | 2 | 2 GB | 80 GB | 3 TB/mo | Brazil | $27 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-2gb-amd High Performance | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4 TB/mo | Brazil | $27 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-2gb-intel High Performance | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4 TB/mo | Brazil | $27 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Linode 4GB Shared CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Indonesia | $28.80 | — |
| Vultr | vc2-2c-4gb Cloud Compute (Regular) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 3 TB/mo | Brazil | $30 | — |
| Hetzner | CPX22 Regular Performance (CPX, AMD) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 1 TB/mo | Singapore | $31.59 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Linode 4GB Shared CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Brazil | $33.60 | — |
| Vultr | vhf-2c-4gb High Frequency | 2 | 4 GB | 128 GB | 3 TB/mo | Brazil | $36 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-4gb-amd High Performance | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 5 TB/mo | Brazil | $36 | — |
| Vultr | vhp-2c-4gb-intel High Performance | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 5 TB/mo | Brazil | $36 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Dedicated 4GB Dedicated CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, India +9 | $36 | — |
| Huawei Cloud | Flexus L 2 vCPU / 4 GB 8M Flexus L instance (Intel) | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 8 Mbps · 1600 GB/mo | Mainland China | $38.21 ¥255 | — |
| Vultr | voc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amd Optimized Cloud | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 5 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $40 | — |
| DigitalOcean | c-2 CPU-Optimized | 2 | 4 GB | 25 GB | 4000 GB/mo | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands +4 | $42 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Premium 4GB Premium CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, India +9 | $43 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | G7 Dedicated 4x2 Dedicated CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, India +9 | $43 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Dedicated 4GB Dedicated CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Indonesia | $43.20 | — |
| Vultr | voc-c-2c-4gb-75s-amd Optimized Cloud | 2 | 4 GB | 75 GB | 5 TB/mo | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany +14 | $45 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Dedicated 4GB Dedicated CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Brazil | $50.40 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | G7 Dedicated 4x2 Dedicated CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Indonesia | $51.60 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Premium 4GB Premium CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Indonesia | $51.84 | — |
| Vultr | voc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amd Optimized Cloud | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 5 TB/mo | Brazil | $60 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | G7 Dedicated 4x2 Dedicated CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Brazil | $60.20 | — |
| Linode (Akamai) | Premium 4GB Premium CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4000 GB/mo | Brazil | $60.48 | — |
| Vultr | voc-c-2c-4gb-75s-amd Optimized Cloud | 2 | 4 GB | 75 GB | 5 TB/mo | Brazil | $67.50 | — |
FAQ
Which plan is the cheapest?
As of today it is Tencent Cloud Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB 20M at about $4.49/month (excluding new-customer-only deals).
What is the lowest price at each provider?
Tencent Cloud $4.49/mo; Alibaba Cloud $15/mo; Huawei Cloud $4.94/mo; AWS Lightsail $10/mo; Vultr $15/mo; DigitalOcean $18/mo; Linode (Akamai) $24/mo; Hetzner $21.09/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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