VPS under $5
The bottom tier of the catalogue: virtual servers under five dollars a month. This is what people rent for a VPN, a Telegram bot, a small brochure site or a lab box.
Two things to keep in mind about this segment: it is almost always one or two cores with little memory, and a share of the prices are promotional, valid for the first billing period only. Renewal terms live on the provider's own plan page.
This selection in numbers
Right now this slice holds 274 plans from 37 hosting companies. Monthly prices run from $1.14 to $5, with a median of $4.26 and an average of $4.10. Of those, 46 plans can only be taken for a longer term: from $0.75 a month, with the invoice covering the whole term.
The cheapest plan here is «MSK-X-PROMO» at $1.14 a month: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 7 GB disk SSD NVMe, Russia. Only plans without monthly billing sit above it in the list.
Data centres in 34 countries are represented; the largest are United States (55), Russia (39), Germany (27), Netherlands (16) and Bulgaria (12).
Plans here come from FirstByte (41), serv.host (37), ITLDC (26), HostEase (21), Hosting.Energy (18), Bit.Hosting (12), Virtono (12) and deephost (12). Each company has its own page in the catalogue with the full list of plans.
On average a plan here gives 1.2 CPU cores and 1.4 GB of memory. Storage split: NVMe — 134, SSD — 105, HDD — 9.
The same configuration costs differently from different companies: 1 core, 1 GB RAM — 21 providers, from $2.24 to $5; 1 core, 2 GB RAM — 9 providers, from $3.55 to $4.95; 2 cores, 512 MB RAM — 3 providers, from $2.11 to $4.99. Comparing identical hardware is the fastest way to see who is overcharging.
That is 33% of the wider «Cheap VPS» selection, which holds 838 plans in total.
For comparison, the closest selections are «Cheap VPS in Germany» — 84 plans from $2.47 and «Cheap VPS in Russia» — 121 plans from $1.14 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
- 768MB Black Friday KVM VPS — ChicagoVPS: 1 core, 768 MB RAM, 15 GB disk SSD, 0.75 USD/mo (billed yearly — 9 USD)
- VPS Nano — AvaHost: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk NVMe, 1.06 USD/mo (billed yearly — 12.72 USD)
- 2GB Black Friday KVM VPS — ChicagoVPS: 1 core, 2 GB RAM, 30 GB disk SSD, 1.08 USD/mo (billed yearly — 12.96 USD)
- MSK-X-PROMO — IT-GARAGE: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 7 GB disk SSD NVMe, 1.14 USD/mo
- 2GB RAM Summer Special — ChicagoVPS: 1 core, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB disk SSD, 1.5 USD/mo (billed yearly — 18 USD)
- MSK-KVM-SSD-1 2025 — FirstByte: 1 core, 768 MB RAM, 10 GB disk SSD, 1.53 USD/mo
- MSK-KVM-SSD-1 VL — FirstByte: 1 core, 768 MB RAM, 10 GB disk SSD, 1.53 USD/mo
- MSK-KVM-SAS-1 — FirstByte: 1 core, 768 MB RAM, 20 GB disk SAS, 1.53 USD/mo
- 1 more plan from FirstByte
- MIA HD VDS 100G — ITLDC: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB disk HDD, 1.53 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 4.59 USD)
- SOF HD VDS 100G — ITLDC: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB disk HDD, 1.53 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 4.59 USD)
- PRG HD VDS 100G — ITLDC: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB disk HDD, 1.53 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 4.59 USD)
Frequently asked
What is the price of VPS under $5?
Prices start at $1.14 a month; the median across the 274 plans in this slice is $4.26. Of those, 46 plans can only be taken for a longer term: from $0.75 a month, with the invoice covering the whole term.
Which plan is the cheapest with monthly billing?
«MSK-X-PROMO» at $1.14 a month — 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 7 GB disk SSD NVMe. Prices are checked against the providers' own pages every day.
What hardware do these plans give you?
On average 1.2 CPU cores and 1.4 GB of memory per plan, across 37 companies.
Is it worth comparing providers on identical hardware?
Yes — the gap is large. A machine with 1 core, 1 GB RAM is offered by 21 companies here, and the price runs from $2.24 to $5 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 11 plans on this page, 8 were checked today; the rest on 12.09.2026.