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

作者收集了33个VPS计划的数据，验证了26个，并计算了包括隐藏费用在内的真实月度成本。结果显示，2 vCPU/4 GB计划中最便宜和最贵的价格差距为24.46美元/月，续费价格上涨可达85%。

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 analysis revealed a $24.46/month ($294/year) price gap between the cheapest and most expensive 2 vCPU / 4 GB VPS plans, and highlighted significant renewal price increases up to 85%.

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 for a chosen configuration (e.g., 2 vCPU / 4 GB, 2 TB egress, backups on).
• 5. Rank plans by true cost and present results in a table.
• 6. Publish the data and calculator on the VPSLedger website.
• 7. Offer an open JSON API for the ledger data and a Pro subscription for alerts and CSV export.

证据

The cheapest verified plan is OVHcloud VPS-1 at $4.54/mo. The most expensive is Linode 4 GB at $29/mo. That is a $24.46/mo gap, or $294 a year

来源

DreamHost Stack 16 goes up $12/mo at renewal (+52%). DreamHost Stack 4 goes up $7/mo (+78%). Hostinger KVM 2 goes up $6.20/mo (+71%) and Hostinger KVM 1 goes up $5.50/mo (+85%).

来源

Prices come only from official pricing pages or public APIs. Every price links to its source and shows the date it was checked.

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