VPS under $5
The lowest-priced virtual servers in the catalogue: specs, prices and providers. Prices from $1.10/mo. 256 plans from 54 providers.
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 256 plans from 54 hosting companies. Monthly prices run from $1.10 to $5, with a median of $4.44 and an average of $4.06. Of those, 37 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 $1.10 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 30 countries are represented; the largest are United States (73), Russia (49), Germany (28), Netherlands (23) and Bulgaria (12).
Plans here come from FirstByte (31), ITLDC (24), Qyrax (22), Hosting.Energy (17), HostEase (16), Bit.Hosting (11), ChicagoVPS (9) and MassiveGRID (9). Each company has its own page in the catalogue with the full list of plans.
On average a plan here gives 1.3 CPU cores and 1.4 GB of memory. Storage split: NVMe — 101, SSD — 115, HDD — 10.
The same configuration costs differently from different companies: 1 core, 1 GB RAM — 35 providers, from $1.85 to $5; 1 core, 2 GB RAM — 11 providers, from $3.10 to $5; 1 core, 768 MB RAM — 3 providers, from $1.24 to $3.22. Comparing identical hardware is the fastest way to see who is overcharging.
That is 23% of the wider «Cheap VPS» selection, which holds 1130 plans in total.
For comparison, the closest selections are «Cheap VPS in Germany» — 104 plans from $1.85 and «Cheap VPS in Russia» — 152 plans from $1.10 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 03 November 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, 1.02 USD/mo (billed yearly — 12.24 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, 1.1 USD/mo
- Start — IHOR: 1 core, 768 MB RAM, 7 GB disk SSD, 1.24 USD/mo
- MIA HD VDS 100G — ITLDC: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB disk HDD, 1.48 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 4.44 USD)
- SOF HD VDS 100G — ITLDC: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB disk HDD, 1.48 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 4.44 USD)
- PRG HD VDS 100G — ITLDC: 1 core, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB disk HDD, 1.48 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 4.44 USD)
- 1 more plan from ITLDC
- 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, 1.6 USD/mo
- MSK-KVM-SSD-1 VL — FirstByte: 1 core, 768 MB RAM, 10 GB disk SSD, 1.6 USD/mo
Providers in this selection
| Provider | Plans here | Cheapest plan | Location | Price |
|---|
| ChicagoVPS | 9 | 768MB Black Friday KVM VPS | United States | from 0.75 USD/mo (billed yearly — 9 USD) |
| AvaHost | 1 | VPS Nano | Moldova | from 1.02 USD/mo (billed yearly — 12.24 USD) |
| IT-GARAGE | 7 | MSK-X-PROMO | Russia | from 1.1 USD/mo |
| IHOR | 3 | Start | Russia | from 1.24 USD/mo |
| ITLDC | 24 | MIA HD VDS 100G | United States | from 1.48 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 4.44 USD) |
| FirstByte | 31 | MSK-KVM-SSD-1 2025 | | from 1.6 USD/mo |
| Time-Host | 8 | KVM-MINI-NVMe | Russia | from 1.73 USD/mo |
| Xorek Cloud | 1 | DE-PROMO | Germany | from 1.85 USD/mo |
| BlueVPS | 4 | IPv6 only bKVM 1024 | | from 2 USD/mo (billed quarterly — 6 USD) |
| HostEase | 16 | US-1Core/1G/10G SSD/Shared Port/1T/1IP | United States | from 2.19 USD/mo (billed yearly — 26.28 USD) |
Frequently asked
What is the price of VPS under $5?
Prices start at $1.10 a month; the median across the 256 plans in this slice is $4.44. Of those, 37 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 $1.10 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 1.3 CPU cores and 1.4 GB of memory per plan, across 54 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 35 companies here, and the price runs from $1.85 to $5 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 03 November 2026.
Which providers are in this selection?
Plans here come from 54 companies. The lowest entry prices are at ChicagoVPS — from 0.75 USD/mo (billed yearly — 9 USD), AvaHost — from 1.02 USD/mo (billed yearly — 12.24 USD) and IT-GARAGE — from 1.1 USD/mo.
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All 11 plans on this page were checked against the providers today, 03.11.2026.