VPS in Chicago
Virtual servers in Chicago data centres: prices, specs and providers. Prices from $3/mo. 133 plans from 10 providers.
Chicago sits in the middle of the United States, and that is the point: average latency to both coasts is lower than from either coast to the other. The city is a major fibre crossroads, with carrier backbones running through it in transit.
This selection in numbers
Right now this slice holds 133 plans from 10 hosting companies. Monthly prices run from $3 to $2765, with a median of $60 and an average of $184.
The cheapest plan here is «Stryx [Illinois]» at $3 a month: 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB disk NVMe, United States.
Plans here come from 1Gbits (44), Linode (Akamai Cloud) (34), SoftSys Hosting (11), Qyrax (9), BACloud (7), ITLDC (7), ProfitServer (7) and Shock Hosting (6). Each company has its own page in the catalogue with the full list of plans.
On average a plan here gives 8.5 CPU cores and 26.8 GB of memory. Storage split: NVMe — 37, SSD — 18.
The same configuration costs differently from different companies: 2 cores, 4 GB RAM — 6 providers, from $8 to $44.99; 4 cores, 8 GB RAM — 7 providers, from $12 to $86; 1 core, 1 GB RAM — 7 providers, from $3 to $16.99. Comparing identical hardware is the fastest way to see who is overcharging.
That is 2% of the wider «VPS hosting» selection, which holds 6005 plans in total.
For comparison, the closest selections are «VPS in Zurich» — 77 plans from $5 and «VPS in Ottawa» — 41 plans from $5.34 a month.
Plans are collected from the providers' own panels and price lists; the set of plans in this slice or its starting price last changed on 26 October 2026.
Plans
- Stryx [Illinois] — Qyrax: 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB disk NVMe, 3 USD/mo
- ORD NVMe VDS 1G — ITLDC: 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB disk NVMe, 4.44 USD/mo
- USA Chicago VDS 1G — Hosting.Energy: 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB disk SSD, 4.8 USD/mo
- SSD-KVM-2GB — Shock Hosting: 1 core, 2 GB RAM, 30 GB disk SSD, 4.99 USD/mo
- Nanode 1 GB — Linode (Akamai Cloud): 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB disk, 5 USD/mo
- Nyrex [Illinois] — Qyrax: 2 cores, 2 GB RAM, 30 GB disk NVMe, 5 USD/mo
- Zerix [Illinois] — Qyrax: 2 cores, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB disk NVMe, 8 USD/mo
- S (Wowrack) — ProfitServer: 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB disk SSD, 8.57 USD/mo
- ORD NVMe VDS 2G — ITLDC: 2 cores, 2 GB RAM, 15 GB disk NVMe, 8.89 USD/mo
- SFT.LIN.NANO — SoftSys Hosting: 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB disk NVMe, 9 USD/mo
- USA Chicago VDS 2G — Hosting.Energy: 2 cores, 2 GB RAM, 15 GB disk SSD, 9.5 USD/mo
- SSD-KVM-4GB — Shock Hosting: 2 cores, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk SSD, 9.99 USD/mo
Providers in this selection
| Provider | Plans here | Cheapest plan | Location | Price |
|---|
| Qyrax | 9 | Stryx [Illinois] | United States | from 3 USD/mo |
| ITLDC | 7 | ORD NVMe VDS 1G | United States | from 4.44 USD/mo |
| Hosting.Energy | 5 | USA Chicago VDS 1G | United States | from 4.8 USD/mo |
| Shock Hosting | 6 | SSD-KVM-2GB | United States and 10 more | from 4.99 USD/mo |
| Linode (Akamai Cloud) | 34 | Nanode 1 GB | United States and 12 more | from 5 USD/mo |
| ProfitServer | 7 | S (Wowrack) | United States | from 8.57 USD/mo |
| SoftSys Hosting | 11 | SFT.LIN.NANO | United States | from 9 USD/mo |
| 1Gbits | 44 | Mikrotik VPS 1 | United States and 20 more | from 10.99 USD/mo |
| BACloud | 7 | Windows KVM 1 | United States | from 26.71 USD/mo |
| TradingFXVPS | 3 | Basic CME Futures VPS | United States | from 59 USD/mo |
Frequently asked
What is the price of VPS in Chicago?
Prices start at $3 a month; the median across the 133 plans in this slice is $60.
Which plan is the cheapest?
«Stryx [Illinois]» at $3 a month — 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB disk NVMe. Prices are checked against the providers' own pages every day.
What hardware do these plans give you?
On average 8.5 CPU cores and 26.8 GB of memory per plan, across 10 companies.
Is it worth comparing providers on identical hardware?
Yes — the gap is large. A machine with 2 cores, 4 GB RAM is offered by 6 companies here, and the price runs from $8 to $44.99 a month.
How fresh are these prices?
The catalogue is re-checked against the providers' panels and price lists daily; the set of plans in this slice or its starting price last changed on 26 October 2026.
Which providers are in this selection?
Plans here come from 10 companies. The lowest entry prices are at Qyrax — from 3 USD/mo, ITLDC — from 4.44 USD/mo and Hosting.Energy — from 4.8 USD/mo.
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All 12 plans on this page were checked against the providers today, 03.11.2026.