{ "category": "compute", "title": "Servers & VPS", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/", "methodology": "https://svpremium.dev/methodology/", "note": "Estimated list-price bills, not vendor quotes. Features, performance and support are not compared. Check the vendor’s pricing page before you buy.", "caveat": "On-demand list prices, Linux, the vendor’s main US or EU region (see notes). Fleets are built from one instance type. A vCPU is one hardware thread; rows marked shared sell oversubscribed vCPUs. Disks, backups and committed-use discounts (often 30–60% on hyperscalers) aren’t included.", "sources_checked": "2026-10-06", "usage_inputs": [ { "key": "vcpus", "label": "vCPUs (total)", "default": 32 }, { "key": "ram_gb", "label": "RAM (GB, total)", "default": 128 }, { "key": "egress_tb", "label": "Egress to internet / month (TB)", "default": 10 } ], "default_usage": "32 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM, 10 TB egress to internet / month", "providers": [ { "id": "compute/akamai-linode", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/akamai-linode/", "name": "Akamai Cloud (Linode)", "website": "https://www.linode.com/pricing/", "summary": "Linode's VMs under Akamai. New G8 dedicated plans bill hourly with metered egress at $0.005/GB.", "hq": "US", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "Akamai", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "developer", "free_tier": "$100 credit for 60 days for new accounts.", "pricing_url": "https://www.linode.com/pricing/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "g8-dedicated-8-2", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 80.3, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 5 }, { "name": "g8-dedicated-16-4", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 153.3, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 5 }, { "name": "g8-dedicated-32-8", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 306.6, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 5 }, { "name": "g8-dedicated-64-16", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 613.2, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 5 }, { "name": "g8-dedicated-128-32", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 1226.4, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 5 }, { "name": "g8-dedicated-256-64", "vcpus": 64, "ram_gb": 256, "instance_month": 2452.8, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 5 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Akamai Cloud (Linode)", "yearly_usd": 15316.8, "detail": "g8-dedicated-128-32 · 1 × $1,226 + $50 egress" } ], "notes": "G8 Dedicated CPU plans (4 GB per vCPU), core US regions, billed hourly since 1 July 2026 with no monthly cap (730 hours). Price includes local SSD (82 GB per 2 vCPU) and one public IPv4. G8 plans add no transfer to the account pool; egress is usage-based at $0.005/GB in core regions (Akamai's API lists this rate; that it applies to G8 was not explicitly confirmed). Legacy G6 Dedicated plans (2 GB per vCPU, from $36/month) still include 4–8 TB transfer each. Jakarta is ~20% and São Paulo ~40% more. No public commitment discounts." }, { "id": "compute/aws-ec2", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/aws-ec2/", "name": "AWS EC2", "website": "https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/", "summary": "Amazon's virtual machines. The market default, priced per second with every extra (disk, public IPv4, egress) metered separately.", "hq": "US", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "Amazon", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "enterprise", "free_tier": "New accounts (since July 2025) get up to $200 in credits for 6 months, usable on small t3/t4g/flex instances.", "pricing_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "m7i.large", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 77.23, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 90 ], [ 50, 85 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "m7i.xlarge", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 150.82, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 90 ], [ 50, 85 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "m7i.2xlarge", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 297.99, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 90 ], [ 50, 85 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "m7i.4xlarge", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 592.32, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 90 ], [ 50, 85 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "m7i.8xlarge", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 1180.99, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 90 ], [ 50, 85 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "m7i.16xlarge", "vcpus": 64, "ram_gb": 256, "instance_month": 2358.34, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 90 ], [ 50, 85 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "AWS EC2", "yearly_usd": 24863.88, "detail": "m7i.8xlarge · 1 × $1,181 + $891 egress" } ], "notes": "us-east-1 (N. Virginia), Linux on-demand, m7i general purpose (Intel, 4 GB per vCPU; a vCPU is a hyperthread), 730 hours. Each instance price includes the public IPv4 address at $0.005/hour ($3.65/month). EBS disk is extra (gp3 $0.08/GB-month). Newer m8i costs ~5% more; Graviton m8g (Arm, full cores) ~11% less; burstable t4g starts at $3.07/month. Egress: 100 GB/month free per account, then $0.09/GB for the first 10 TB, $0.085 to 50 TB, $0.07 to 150 TB, $0.05 above. Savings Plans cut compute up to 66–72% for 1–3 year commitments. Prices from the AWS price-list API (Sept 2026)." }, { "id": "compute/azure-virtual-machines", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/azure-virtual-machines/", "name": "Azure Virtual Machines", "website": "https://azure.microsoft.com/products/virtual-machines/", "summary": "Microsoft's virtual machines. Priced close to AWS, with reservations and hybrid licensing aimed at Windows shops.", "hq": "US", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "Microsoft", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "enterprise", "free_tier": "$200 credit for 30 days; 750 hours/month of small B-series VMs for 12 months.", "pricing_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "D2as_v6", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 69.93, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 87 ], [ 50, 83 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "D4as_v6", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 136.51, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 87 ], [ 50, 83 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "D8as_v6", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 268.64, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 87 ], [ 50, 83 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "D16as_v6", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 533.63, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 87 ], [ 50, 83 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "D32as_v6", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 1064.34, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 87 ], [ 50, 83 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] }, { "name": "D64as_v6", "vcpus": 64, "ram_gb": 256, "instance_month": 2125.03, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0.1, "per_tb_egress": 50, "egress_tiers": [ [ 10, 87 ], [ 50, 83 ], [ 150, 70 ] ] } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Azure Virtual Machines", "yearly_usd": 23107.68, "detail": "D32as_v6 · 1 × $1,064 + $861 egress" } ], "notes": "East US, Linux pay-as-you-go, Dasv6 (AMD, 4 GB per vCPU; a vCPU is a hyperthread), 730 hours. The Intel Dsv6 is ~11% more. Each instance price includes a Standard public IPv4 at $0.005/hour. Managed disks are extra (Standard SSD E10 128 GB $9.60/month, Premium SSD P10 $19.71). Egress: first 100 GB/month free, then $0.087/GB to 10 TB, $0.083 to 50 TB, $0.07 to 150 TB, $0.05 above ($0.08/GB first tier with the \"Internet\" routing preference). Reservations cut ~38% (1 yr) and ~60% (3 yr). Prices from the Azure Retail Prices API." }, { "id": "compute/contabo-vds", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/contabo-vds/", "name": "Contabo Cloud VDS", "website": "https://contabo.com/en/vds/", "summary": "Budget German host. VDS plans give dedicated EPYC cores and unlimited traffic at a fraction of cloud prices, with fewer cloud features.", "hq": "DE", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "KKR", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "subscription", "segment": "budget", "pricing_url": "https://contabo.com/en/vds/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "Cloud VDS S", "vcpus": 6, "ram_gb": 24, "instance_month": 54.88, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "Cloud VDS M", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 69.44, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "Cloud VDS XL", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 132.16, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "Cloud VDS XXL", "vcpus": 24, "ram_gb": 96, "instance_month": 194.88, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Contabo Cloud VDS", "yearly_usd": 3171.84, "detail": "Cloud VDS XL · 2 × $132 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "Regular monthly net prices converted at 1.12 USD/EUR; the 24-month term shown by default is 20% cheaper. A \"core\" is a dedicated physical EPYC 7282 core here; counted as one vCPU, which understates it slightly. Traffic is unlimited under a fair-use policy, with port speeds of 250 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s, so egress is modelled at $0. Some locations and terms add setup or location fees. Contabo GmbH (Munich) is owned by the US private-equity firm KKR, so it's listed under US jurisdiction; data centres are in Germany, the US, the UK and Asia." }, { "id": "compute/contabo-vps", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/contabo-vps/", "name": "Contabo Cloud VPS (shared vCPU)", "website": "https://contabo.com/en/vps/", "summary": "The cheapest RAM per euro in this table, on oversubscribed shared vCPUs with unlimited traffic.", "hq": "DE", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "KKR", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "subscription", "segment": "budget", "pricing_url": "https://contabo.com/en/vps/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "Cloud VPS 4", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 6.16, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "Cloud VPS 8", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 24, "instance_month": 15.68, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "Cloud VPS 16", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 41.44, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Contabo Cloud VPS (shared vCPU)", "yearly_usd": 994.56, "detail": "Cloud VPS 16 · 2 × $41 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "Regular monthly net prices converted at 1.12 USD/EUR (20% less on a 24-month term). Shared vCPUs: heavily oversubscribed, with per-VM port speeds of 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s, so throughput won't match a dedicated vCPU. Unlimited traffic under fair use, modelled at $0. Contabo GmbH (Munich) is owned by KKR (US)." }, { "id": "compute/digitalocean", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/digitalocean/", "name": "DigitalOcean Droplets", "website": "https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets", "summary": "Developer-friendly VMs with flat monthly prices that include an SSD and a pooled bandwidth allowance.", "hq": "US", "jurisdiction": "US", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "developer", "free_tier": "No permanent free tier; promotional credit for new accounts.", "pricing_url": "https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "g-2vcpu-8gb", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 63, "included_egress_tb": 4.29, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 10.74 }, { "name": "g-4vcpu-16gb", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 126, "included_egress_tb": 5.37, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 10.74 }, { "name": "g-8vcpu-32gb", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 252, "included_egress_tb": 6.44, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 10.74 }, { "name": "g-16vcpu-64gb", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 504, "included_egress_tb": 7.52, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 10.74 }, { "name": "g-32vcpu-128gb", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 1008, "included_egress_tb": 8.59, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 10.74 }, { "name": "g-40vcpu-160gb", "vcpus": 40, "ram_gb": 160, "instance_month": 1260, "included_egress_tb": 9.66, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 10.74 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "DigitalOcean Droplets", "yearly_usd": 12096, "detail": "g-16vcpu-64gb · 2 × $504 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "General Purpose Droplets (dedicated hyperthreads, 4 GB per vCPU), same price in every region, billed per second and capped at the monthly price (672 hours). Price includes boot SSD (25–200 GB) and a public IPv4. Transfer allowance per Droplet (4,000–9,000 GiB, shown here in TB) is pooled across the team; overage is $0.01/GiB. The uncapped \"v5\" General Purpose line bills hourly ($0.095/h for 2 vCPU). Shared-vCPU Basic Droplets start at $4/month. No public commitment discounts." }, { "id": "compute/google-compute-engine", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/google-compute-engine/", "name": "Google Compute Engine", "website": "https://cloud.google.com/products/compute", "summary": "Google Cloud's virtual machines, with cost-optimised E2 and newer N4 families and the priciest default egress of the big three.", "hq": "US", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "Alphabet", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "enterprise", "free_tier": "$300 credit for 90 days; one always-free e2-micro in selected US regions.", "pricing_url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/compute/pricing/general-purpose", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "e2-standard-2", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 52.57, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "e2-standard-4", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 101.49, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "e2-standard-8", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 199.32, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "e2-standard-16", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 395, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "e2-standard-32", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 786.34, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "n4-standard-2", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 69.86, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "n4-standard-4", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 136.07, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "n4-standard-8", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 268.49, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "n4-standard-16", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 533.34, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "n4-standard-32", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 1063.03, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] }, { "name": "n4-standard-64", "vcpus": 64, "ram_gb": 256, "instance_month": 2122.4, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 74.51, "egress_tiers": [ [ 1.1, 111.76 ], [ 11, 102.45 ] ] } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Google Compute Engine", "yearly_usd": 21852.97, "detail": "e2-standard-32 · 1 × $786 + $1,035 egress" } ], "notes": "us-central1 (Iowa), Linux on-demand, 730 hours. E2 is the cost-optimised family; N4 is the current general-purpose one (both 4 GB per vCPU; a vCPU is a hyperthread). Each instance price includes the public IPv4 address at $0.005/hour. Disk is extra (Hyperdisk Balanced ~$0.08/GB-month, pd-balanced $0.10). Egress on the default Premium tier to North America/Europe: first 1 GiB free, $0.12/GiB to 1 TiB, $0.11 to 10 TiB, $0.08 above (converted to decimal TB: $111.76, $102.45 and $74.51); the Standard network tier is $0.085/GiB after 200 GiB free. Committed-use discounts are 37% (1 yr) / 55% (3 yr) for resource-based commitments." }, { "id": "compute/hetzner-cloud", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/hetzner-cloud/", "name": "Hetzner Cloud (dedicated vCPU)", "website": "https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/", "summary": "German cloud with dedicated-vCPU CCX servers and 20–60 TB of traffic included. Prices more than doubled in 2026 but still undercut hyperscalers.", "hq": "DE", "jurisdiction": "DE", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "budget", "pricing_url": "https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/general-purpose/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "CCX13", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 51.09, "included_egress_tb": 20, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CCX23", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 102.09, "included_egress_tb": 20, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CCX33", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 163.59, "included_egress_tb": 30, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CCX43", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 326.09, "included_egress_tb": 40, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CCX53", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 630.09, "included_egress_tb": 50, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CCX63", "vcpus": 48, "ram_gb": 192, "instance_month": 1007.59, "included_egress_tb": 60, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Hetzner Cloud (dedicated vCPU)", "yearly_usd": 7561.08, "detail": "CCX53 · 1 × $630 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "CCX dedicated vCPU (AMD, 4 GB per vCPU) in Germany/Finland, Hetzner's own USD prices, hourly with a monthly cap. Each price includes the primary IPv4 ($0.60/month) and local NVMe (80–960 GB). Included traffic per server is 20–60 TB in the EU; overage $1.20/TB. Hetzner raised prices twice in 2026, citing memory costs: from 1 April for all customers, and again from 15 June for new orders and rescales, when CCX roughly doubled (CCX33 went from €62.49 to €138.49/month). US locations (Ashburn, Hillsboro) cost ~1–2% more but include only 1–8 TB of traffic. Hetzner Online GmbH, Gunzenhausen; privately owned. DPA (AVV) available." }, { "id": "compute/hetzner-cloud-shared", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/hetzner-cloud-shared/", "name": "Hetzner Cloud CX (shared vCPU)", "website": "https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/cost-optimized/", "summary": "Shared-vCPU VPS from €5.49/month with 20 TB of traffic. The single-server stack behind many indie products. Shared CPU, so not like-for-like.", "hq": "DE", "jurisdiction": "DE", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "budget", "pricing_url": "https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/cost-optimized/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "CX23", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 4, "instance_month": 7.09, "included_egress_tb": 20, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CX33", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 10.59, "included_egress_tb": 20, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CX43", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 19.09, "included_egress_tb": 20, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 }, { "name": "CX53", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 35.59, "included_egress_tb": 20, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 1.2 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Hetzner Cloud CX (shared vCPU)", "yearly_usd": 1708.32, "detail": "CX53 · 4 × $36 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "Cost-optimised CX line (shared Intel/AMD vCPUs, 2 GB per vCPU), Germany/Finland, Hetzner's USD prices including the primary IPv4 ($0.60/month) and 40–320 GB disk. 20 TB of traffic per server; overage $1.20/TB. Shared vCPUs are oversubscribed, so sustained CPU-heavy workloads get less than a dedicated vCPU; most web apps don't notice. Prices rose ~33–38% on 15 June 2026 (CX23 was €3.99). Hetzner's page showed the line as \"currently not available\" on the day of checking, so new orders may have to wait. The Arm CAX line costs about the same." }, { "id": "compute/hetzner-dedicated", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/hetzner-dedicated/", "name": "Hetzner dedicated servers (AX)", "website": "https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/", "summary": "Whole AMD Ryzen/EPYC servers in Germany and Finland with unlimited traffic. A 16-thread, 64 GB server costs less than a 4-vCPU AWS instance.", "hq": "DE", "jurisdiction": "DE", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "subscription", "segment": "budget", "pricing_url": "https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "AX42 (Ryzen 7 PRO 8700GE)", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 119, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "AX102 (Ryzen 9 7950X3D)", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 304, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "AX162 (EPYC 9454P)", "vcpus": 96, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 724, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Hetzner dedicated servers (AX)", "yearly_usd": 2856, "detail": "AX42 (Ryzen 7 PRO 8700GE) · 2 × $119 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "Hetzner's USD monthly prices (Falkenstein/Helsinki only) plus the primary IPv4 ($1.90/month). vCPUs here are hardware threads (8, 16 and 48 cores); local NVMe and ECC RAM included, more RAM is an add-on (AX162 to 512 GB). Traffic is unlimited and free on the standard 1 Gbit/s port (not with the 10G uplink add-on), so egress is modelled at $0. One-off setup fees of $59 / $149 / $359 aren't in the monthly figure; limited-stock -LTD variants and the server auction (from ~$74/month, no setup fee) are cheaper. Monthly contracts, no hardware management layer: you replace failed disks via a support ticket and run your own redundancy. Prices include the 2026 rises." }, { "id": "compute/netcup", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/netcup/", "name": "netcup root servers", "website": "https://www.netcup.com/en/server/root-server", "summary": "German host with dedicated EPYC cores on its root servers, in Germany, Austria, the US and Singapore.", "hq": "DE", "jurisdiction": "AT", "parent": "Anexia", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "subscription", "segment": "budget", "pricing_url": "https://www.netcup.com/en/server/root-server", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "RS 500 G12", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 4, "instance_month": 14, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "RS 1000 G12", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 23.53, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "RS 2000 G12", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 44.06, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "RS 4000 G12", "vcpus": 12, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 84.24, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "RS 8000 G12", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 160.65, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "netcup root servers", "yearly_usd": 3855.6, "detail": "RS 8000 G12 · 2 × $161 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "Root Server G12 (dedicated AMD EPYC 9645 cores, 2–4 GB per core), monthly-term prices shown incl. 19% VAT, converted to net and then at 1.12 USD/EUR. 12- and 24-month terms cut 13% and 26%. Locations: Nuremberg, Vienna, Manassas (US) and Singapore. Traffic terms weren't on the pricing page; netcup has historically not limited traffic, so egress is modelled at $0, but check before relying on it. netcup GmbH (Karlsruhe) belongs to the Austrian Anexia group." }, { "id": "compute/oracle-cloud", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/oracle-cloud/", "name": "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure", "website": "https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/", "summary": "Oracle's cloud. Flexible VM shapes at half hyperscaler prices, the same price in every region, and 10 TB of free egress a month.", "hq": "US", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "Oracle", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "enterprise", "free_tier": "Always Free Arm VMs (4 cores, 24 GB in total), two micro x86 VMs and 10 TB egress; $300 credit for 30 days.", "pricing_url": "https://www.oracle.com/cloud/price-list/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "E5.Flex 1 OCPU", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 33.58, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 10, "per_tb_egress": 8.5 }, { "name": "E5.Flex 2 OCPU", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 67.16, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 10, "per_tb_egress": 8.5 }, { "name": "E5.Flex 4 OCPU", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 134.32, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 10, "per_tb_egress": 8.5 }, { "name": "E5.Flex 8 OCPU", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 268.64, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 10, "per_tb_egress": 8.5 }, { "name": "E5.Flex 16 OCPU", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 537.28, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 10, "per_tb_egress": 8.5 }, { "name": "E5.Flex 32 OCPU", "vcpus": 64, "ram_gb": 256, "instance_month": 1074.56, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 10, "per_tb_egress": 8.5 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure", "yearly_usd": 6447.36, "detail": "E5.Flex 16 OCPU · 1 × $537 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "VM.Standard.E5.Flex (AMD): $0.03 per OCPU-hour plus $0.002 per GB-hour, 730 hours. One OCPU is a dedicated physical core with 2 threads, so it counts as 2 vCPUs here; configured at 8 GB per OCPU (4 GB per vCPU). Prices are the same in every commercial region. Public IPv4 addresses are free. Block storage is extra (~$0.0425/GB-month at balanced performance). Egress: first 10 TB/month free from North America and Europe, then $0.0085/GB. No public reserved-instance discounts; annual Universal Credits commitments are negotiated." }, { "id": "compute/ovhcloud-bare-metal", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/ovhcloud-bare-metal/", "name": "OVHcloud bare metal", "website": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/bare-metal/", "summary": "Dedicated Ryzen and EPYC servers from France's largest host, with unmetered bandwidth on Advance servers.", "hq": "FR", "jurisdiction": "FR", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "subscription", "segment": "budget", "pricing_url": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/bare-metal/advance/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "RISE-S (Ryzen 7 9700X)", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 72.79, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "ADVANCE-2 (EPYC 4344P)", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 173.59, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "ADVANCE-3 (EPYC 4464P)", "vcpus": 24, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 223.99, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "OVHcloud bare metal", "yearly_usd": 1746.96, "detail": "RISE-S (Ryzen 7 9700X) · 2 × $73 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "Monthly EUR prices from the Irish storefront, converted at 1.12 USD/EUR. vCPUs here are hardware threads. Advance servers include 3 Gbit/s of unmetered, guaranteed public bandwidth. Rise servers have a 1 Gbit/s port; the page doesn't say explicitly that its traffic is unmetered. Egress is modelled at $0 for both. An installation fee equal to one month's price applies on monthly terms (not in the figure). Prices were read after the April 2026 and September 2026 rises." }, { "id": "compute/ovhcloud-public-cloud", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/ovhcloud-public-cloud/", "name": "OVHcloud Public Cloud", "website": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/", "summary": "French cloud whose instance prices include all outbound traffic outside Asia-Pacific. General-purpose b3 VMs at about half hyperscaler rates.", "hq": "FR", "jurisdiction": "FR", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "developer", "free_tier": "€200 trial credit for new Public Cloud projects.", "pricing_url": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/prices/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "b3-8", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 46.38, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "b3-16", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 90.39, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "b3-32", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 178.51, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "b3-64", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 354.73, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "b3-128", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 708.12, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "OVHcloud Public Cloud", "yearly_usd": 8497.44, "detail": "b3-128 · 1 × $708 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "General Purpose b3 (Gen3) instances, OVHcloud's USD hourly prices × 730 hours. Outbound traffic is included in the instance price everywhere except Asia-Pacific, so egress is modelled at $0 (bandwidth is capped per instance, 500 Mbit/s to 8 Gbit/s). The page also lists public IPv4 at €0.0027/hour, and press reports say Gen3 instances are billed for IPv4 separately from October 2026, so ~$2.21/month is added per instance. A 12-month savings plan cuts ~15%. OVHcloud raised prices 9–11% on 1 April 2026 and announced a larger, memory-driven rise for new orders from September 2026; prices here were read after both. OVH Groupe SA, Roubaix; listed on Euronext." }, { "id": "compute/scaleway", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/scaleway/", "name": "Scaleway Instances", "website": "https://www.scaleway.com/en/virtual-instances/", "summary": "French cloud (iliad group) with free egress. Production-optimised POP2 instances have dedicated vCPUs.", "hq": "FR", "jurisdiction": "FR", "parent": "iliad", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "developer", "pricing_url": "https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/virtual-instances/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "POP2-2C-8G", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 64.18, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "POP2-4C-16G", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 124.28, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "POP2-8C-32G", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 241.19, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "POP2-16C-64G", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 486.47, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 }, { "name": "POP2-32C-128G", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 968.86, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 0, "per_tb_egress": 0 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Scaleway Instances", "yearly_usd": 11577.12, "detail": "POP2-8C-32G · 4 × $241 + $0 egress" } ], "notes": "POP2 production-optimised instances (dedicated vCPUs, 4 GB per vCPU), Paris/Amsterdam/Warsaw, hourly × 730, converted at 1.12 USD/EUR. List prices include egress (bandwidth capped per instance, 400 Mbit/s to 6.4 Gbit/s) but not storage or public IPv4; a flexible IPv4 (€0.005/hour, €3.65/month) is added per instance. Block storage is extra. The cheaper BASIC2 range (€25.18/month for 2 vCPU, 8 GB) may share vCPUs. Elastic Metal dedicated servers start at €39.99/month with no setup fee. No US regions." }, { "id": "compute/vultr", "page": "https://svpremium.dev/compute/vultr/", "name": "Vultr", "website": "https://www.vultr.com", "summary": "Global VPS and cloud provider with 30+ regions. VX1 dedicated-CPU instances bill hourly and boot from block storage.", "hq": "US", "jurisdiction": "US", "parent": "The Constant Company", "eu_data_residency": true, "gdpr_dpa": true, "open_source": false, "self_hostable": false, "billing": "payg", "segment": "developer", "free_tier": "2 TB/month of egress free per account.", "pricing_url": "https://www.vultr.com/pricing/", "pricing_basis": "published", "last_verified": "2026-10-06", "category": "compute", "pricing": { "plans": [ { "name": "vx1-g-2c-8g", "vcpus": 2, "ram_gb": 8, "instance_month": 43.8, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 2, "per_tb_egress": 10 }, { "name": "vx1-g-4c-16g", "vcpus": 4, "ram_gb": 16, "instance_month": 87.6, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 2, "per_tb_egress": 10 }, { "name": "vx1-g-8c-32g", "vcpus": 8, "ram_gb": 32, "instance_month": 175.2, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 2, "per_tb_egress": 10 }, { "name": "vx1-g-16c-64g", "vcpus": 16, "ram_gb": 64, "instance_month": 350.4, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 2, "per_tb_egress": 10 }, { "name": "vx1-g-32c-128g", "vcpus": 32, "ram_gb": 128, "instance_month": 700.8, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 2, "per_tb_egress": 10 }, { "name": "vx1-g-64c-256g", "vcpus": 64, "ram_gb": 256, "instance_month": 1401.6, "included_egress_tb": 0, "free_egress_tb": 2, "per_tb_egress": 10 } ] }, "estimates_at_default_usage": [ { "name": "Vultr", "yearly_usd": 9369.6, "detail": "vx1-g-32c-128g · 1 × $701 + $80 egress" } ], "notes": "VX1 General Purpose (dedicated vCPUs, 4 GB per vCPU), New Jersey; prices are the same globally. Billed hourly with no monthly cap (730 hours). No local disk: boot from block storage (~$0.10/GB-month NVMe) or pick the VX1 NVMe variant ($55.48/month for 2 vCPU). Egress: 2 TB/month free per account, then $0.01/GB; the per-plan transfer allowance the API lists for VX1 (5–10 TB) is not modelled because how it applies isn't documented. Optimized Cloud General Purpose ($60/month for 2 vCPU, 8 GB) includes NVMe and 5–9 TB transfer. Shared Cloud Compute starts at $5/month (1 vCPU, 1 GB, 1 TB transfer)." } ] }