VPS with 4 CPU cores
Four cores is the practical middle: enough for a webshop, a corporate site with a database, a small game server or a build agent. The slice covers plans with four to seven cores, because hosts slice them differently and an exact match would hide half of the suitable machines.
This selection in numbers
As of today 1303 plans from 97 different companies match this selection. Monthly prices run from $5.95 to $608.78, with a median of $46.15 and an average of $57.92. Of those, 12 plans can only be taken for a longer term: from $4.50 a month, with the invoice covering the whole term.
Cheapest of all: «Seaman» for $5.95 a month: 4 cores, 2 GB RAM, 256 GB disk HDD, Netherlands. Only plans without monthly billing sit above it in the list.
Data centres in 91 countries are represented; the largest are United States (187), Germany (143), Netherlands (139), United Kingdom (113) and Russia (113).
Plans here come from serv.host (156), AVANETCO (128), FirstByte (61), Virtono (49), BACloud (43), BIGVDS (42), Bit.Hosting (36) and Hosting.Energy (36). The number in brackets is how many of its plans fall into this selection.
On average a plan here gives 4.7 CPU cores and 12.5 GB of memory. Storage split: NVMe — 725, SSD — 338, HDD — 11.
The same configuration costs differently from different companies: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM — 66 providers, from $8.86 to $299; 4 cores, 16 GB RAM — 28 providers, from $15.63 to $462.13; 4 cores, 4 GB RAM — 30 providers, from $8 to $125.75. Comparing identical hardware is the fastest way to see who is overcharging.
That is 29% of the wider «VPS hosting» selection, which holds 4537 plans in total.
For comparison, the closest selections are «VPS with 8 CPU cores» — 648 plans from $16.55 and «NVMe VPS» — 2476 plans from $2.30 a month.
Plans are collected from the providers' own panels and price lists; the most recent change in this slice was recorded on 19 September 2026.
Plans
- 8GB RAM Summer Special — ChicagoVPS: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 60 GB disk SSD, 4.5 USD/mo (billed yearly — 54 USD)
- 8GB RAM Spring VPS Special — ChicagoVPS: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 165 GB disk SSD, 4.58 USD/mo (billed yearly — 54.96 USD)
- Seaman — HostSailor: 4 cores, 2 GB RAM, 256 GB disk HDD, 5.95 USD/mo
- MSK-KVM-SAS-4 — FirstByte: 4 cores, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB disk SAS, 6.14 USD/mo
- MSK-KVM-SSD-4 VL — FirstByte: 4 cores, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB disk SSD, 7.09 USD/mo
- MSK-KVM-SSD-4 — FirstByte: 4 cores, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB disk SSD, 7.09 USD/mo
- 3 more plans from FirstByte
- TR-VPS5 — Hosting Dünyam: 4 cores, 6 GB RAM, 50 GB disk SSD, 7.13 USD/mo
- TR-VDS5 — Hosting Dünyam: 4 cores, 6 GB RAM, 50 GB disk SSD, 7.13 USD/mo
- Seaman — HostSailor: 4 cores, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB disk SSD, 7.99 USD/mo
Frequently asked
What is the price of VPS with 4 CPU cores?
Prices start at $5.95 a month; the median across the 1303 plans in this slice is $46.15. Of those, 12 plans can only be taken for a longer term: from $4.50 a month, with the invoice covering the whole term.
Which plan is the cheapest with monthly billing?
«Seaman» at $5.95 a month — 4 cores, 2 GB RAM, 256 GB disk HDD. Prices are checked against the providers' own pages every day.
What hardware do these plans give you?
On average 4.7 CPU cores and 12.5 GB of memory per plan, across 97 companies.
Is it worth comparing providers on identical hardware?
Yes — the gap is large. A machine with 4 cores, 8 GB RAM is offered by 66 companies here, and the price runs from $8.86 to $299 a month.
How fresh are these prices?
The catalogue is re-checked against the providers' panels and price lists daily; the latest change in this slice is dated 19 September 2026.
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Of 9 plans on this page, 7 were checked today; the rest on 12.09.2026.