I priced 33 VPS plans the way finance would: the same 2 vCPU / 4 GB server costs $4.54 or $29 a month

说明与用途

作者比较了33个VPS计划，发现隐藏费用和相同2 vCPU/4 GB规格的价格差距高达$24.46/月。

问题

VPS pricing pages show a single sticker price that hides additional costs such as IPv4, backups, bandwidth overage, and renewal price jumps, leading to misleading comparisons.

结果

The study revealed a $24.46/month ($294/year) price gap for identical 2 vCPU / 4 GB specs between the cheapest (OVHcloud VPS-1) and most expensive (Linode 4 GB) verified plans, and highlighted significant renewal price jumps and hidden fees.

工作流

• 1. Gather official pricing pages or public APIs for each provider.
• 2. Verify each plan’s base price and note any additional fees (IPv4, backups, bandwidth overage, promo pricing).
• 3. Convert EUR prices to USD using a dated exchange rate (1.1188 on 2026-10-26).
• 4. Calculate true monthly cost by adding all hidden fees to the base price.
• 5. Rank plans by true cost for each spec (e.g., 2 vCPU / 4 GB).
• 6. Publish results in a calculator and JSON API for public use.

证据

The cheapest verified plan is OVHcloud VPS-1 at $4.54/mo. The most expensive is Linode 4 GB at $29/mo.

来源

Every plan is marked verified or unverified. A plan is unverified if I couldn't read its price or a fee on the check date, and it says why.

来源

The whole ledger is available as JSON under CC BY 4.0: https://vpsledger.pages.dev/api/plans.json

来源