Vultr sells unmanaged cloud compute, bare metal and managed databases billed hourly.
Pros
- Hourly billing
- Huge location list
- Very cheap entry instances
Cons
- Unmanaged - you run the server
- No phone support
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Cloudways is a managed cloud platform that deploys on third-party infrastructure such as DigitalOcean and Vultr.
- 25 GB NVMe storage
- Offsite backup storage billed at $0.033/GB per server backups
Pros
- Choice of cloud infrastructure
- Strong performance
- Flat monthly pricing
Cons
- No email hosting
- Needs technical comfort
Kamatera offers hourly cloud servers with fully custom CPU, RAM and storage configuration.
- 20 GB NVMe SSD storage
Pros
- Fully configurable servers
- Fast provisioning
- Global regions
Cons
- Unmanaged by default
- Billing needs monitoring
VPSServer sells unmanaged VPS instances across many worldwide locations with hourly billing.
- 20 GB NVMe SSD storage
- 5 TB transfer bandwidth
Pros
- Many global locations
- Hourly billing
- Fast NVMe storage
Cons
- Unmanaged servers
- Sparse WordPress tooling
RoseHosting is a long-running managed Linux VPS specialist with hands-on server administration.
- 10 GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage
- 1 website + 1 staging website website(s)
- 100 GB data transfer bandwidth
- Free weekly backup backups
Pros
- Genuinely managed VPS support
- Long operating history
- Free migrations
Cons
- US-only datacenters
- Not the cheapest option
KnownHost focuses on managed VPS, cloud and dedicated servers with cPanel or DirectAdmin.
- 10 GB NVMe storage
- 1 website website(s)
- Unlimited premium bandwidth bandwidth
- Daily backups with 2-day and 1-week retention (JetBackup) backups
Pros
- Strong managed VPS support
- Solid uptime record
- Free migrations
Cons
- Few datacenter regions
- Higher prices than shared hosts
DreamHost offers shared, VPS and managed WordPress plans with monthly billing options.
- 25 GB NVMe SSD storage
- 25 websites website(s)
- Unmetered Bandwidth bandwidth
- Free domain
- Daily Automated Backups backups
Pros
- Long money-back window
- Monthly billing available
- Privacy-friendly policies
Cons
- US-only datacenters
- No cPanel
ScalaHosting offers shared and self-managed or managed VPS hosting with the SPanel control panel.
- 10GB Fixed NVMe SSD storage
- 1 website website(s)
- No bandwidth limits bandwidth
Pros
- Cheap managed VPS
- Own control panel with no licence fee
- Included security tooling
Cons
- Smaller datacenter network
- Panel is less familiar than cPanel
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Top picks side by side
The leading providers in this ranking on the specs that decide most buying decisions.
| WhichHosting Score | 8.7 / 10 | 8.8 / 10 | 8.6 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan compared | Regular Performance Cloud Compute | Flexible 1GB | Entry cloud server (1 GB RAM) | 1 GB / 1 core VPS |
| Starting price | $2.50/mo | $14.00/mo | $4.00/mo | $4.00/mo |
| Renewal price | $2.50/mo | $14.00/mo | $4.00/mo | $4.00/mo |
| WordPress | ||||
| Security score | 8.6 / 10 | 9.1 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 |
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