Vps reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 402 Reddit reviews across 37 subreddits and 98 posts to rank the best Vps brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/VPS, r/selfhosted, r/webhosting, r/Wordpress, r/PHP. Top-rated brands include Hetzner (4.5/5), netcup (4.1/5), DigitalOcean (4.1/5).
Stats
Reviews402
Subreddits37
Posts98
Brands84
Products22
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#1
Hetzner
4.5
(75)
"It’s like finding a hidden diner that looks sketchy from the outside but serves the best food you’ve ever had — cheap, reliable, and somehow better than the big fancy places."
"Hetzner is goated, I can’t believe it exists lol (touchwood)"
"I'm running on Hetzner, it has been great."
"I also use hetzner, works like a charm."
"Hostinger or Hetzner."
"Hetzner and buyvm. Both outstanding with great prices."
"Hetzner, Netcup..."
"By far the best price/performance"
"The thing that put them apart is that you pay for what you use."
"+1 for Hetzner, pick a machine with a Ryzen CPU and you're good to go."
#2
netcup
4.1
(50)
"Netcup!"
"I have one of their ARM servers and am really satisfied."
"Netcup ftw."
"Netcup dedicated cpu. 💯 Reliable"
"Hetzner, Netcup..."
"I recommend netcup."
"NETCUP. It doesn't crash, it's fast."
"Netcup is your answer. No regrets so far."
"I am using netcup. My VPS costs around $6. Hosting 2 web apps... My $6 VPS handled it like a piece of cake."
"I would recommend netcup."
#3
DigitalOcean
4.1
(30)
"+1 for DigitalOcean, I have been using them since 2018"
"I've been using DigitalOcean for about 4-5 years now and couldn't be more happier with it tbh."
"Linode/DigitalOcean/Vultur; no GPU needed."
"They are $6 usd a month and they are as fast as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure and much cheaper."
"Good VPS options."
"DigitalOcean. Not the cheapest but reliable, and also has a good community and really good documentation."
"Digital Ocean is definitely the best in my opinion from all I have tried."
"Have been with digital ocean for a while. Never got an issue. Solid service."
"The docs were a big reason I started and been using DigitalOcean since 2018 and still happy with them!"
"For self-managed you can try Digital Ocean."
#4
Vultr
4.3
(19)
"Linode/DigitalOcean/Vultur; no GPU needed."
"I recommend either that or digital ocean."
"Vultr is my fave for several years."
"I have used Vultr, Linode, and Hetzner among the big providers and like all of them."
"I like self hosting it on prem but if you had to host it in the cloud, I would recommend Vultr."
"Reliable VPS service."
"For self-managed you can try Vultr."
"Vultr.com has VPS in South America."
"If you've gotta be in the US, it's gotta be Vultr, IMHO"
"Vultr and digital ocean were my main choices."
#5
Linode
4.3
(19)
"If you’re hosting something for work or production, cant go wrong with linode."
"Linode/DigitalOcean/Vultur; no GPU needed."
"Im a big fan of Linode. They have 24/7 Phone support and sits on Akamai's backbone network."
"I have been using Linode VPS for over 10 years and prefer it."
"I have used Vultr, Linode, and Hetzner among the big providers and like all of them."
"Affordable and efficient VPS."
"Best VPS options available."
"Linode"
"Linode has served me well for 18 years"
"Affordable prices with good infrastructure, Linode, good to start easy to config and Aws-like"
#6
Contabo
4.0
(18)
"I use contabo for over one year and never had a problem."
"Contabo."
"I'm using contabo"
"Go with contabo, best pricing."
"I use Contabo for mine and it’s a dream."
"I have never had problems with contabo."
"Contabo.com"
"Contabo (high specs, low price)"
"Contabo."
"I haven't had issues with contabo so far."
#7
OVH
3.9
(18)
"OVH having a very cheap BlackFriday deals for VPS."
"I personally recommend OVH because of the following: Stable operating machines, Reasonable prices, Asian data center (Singapore)"
"Some options I found include OVH UK."
"Ovh has been cheaper yet on-par performance."
"Consider dedicated, other option would be OVH"
"OVH have very good and cheaps VPS on Quebec"
"I would recommend going with OVH and getting your own management elsewhere."
"Ovh us and ovh ca. both great. unmetered bandwidth."
"Luna Node or OVH. Both of them are very reliable and have good support."
"OVHcloud, Linode and Vultr are good cheap options, which include the features you want."
#8
RackNerd
4.2
(13)
"Yesterday I bought one from Racknerd, 10$/year, 1vCPU/1 RAM. Good deal actually"
"Racknerd."
"It's pretty damn cheap and works wonderfully for less intensive tasks on my VM."
"Racknerd 19usd a year"
"Rack Nerd usually has some great deals and they have west coast servers. Very well priced."
"RackNerd is my rec for a cheap VPS."
"Been using racknerd for about 1 month, the performance been pretty good."
"I've used Racknerd for several years without issue."
"While it is an affiliate link, they come out with specials on a regular basis."
"Racknerd Black Friday deal have $39 a year for 80 GB storage & 8 TB monthly traffic."
#9
IONOS
3.5
(13)
"I'm using IONOS in the UK for £1 per month. It includes 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB NVMe SSD, and 2 Gbps network speed."
"I'm using ionos. £1 per month."
"I have been on a $5/mo Ubuntu VM on Ionos for years without issue."
"IONOS $2/month"
"I’ve had a good experience with Ionos VPSs. Great value for money"
"More than enough for vanilla WireGuard, and IONOS has a nice firewall in the web UI."
"Ionos."
"Ionos has some for $2 a month in numerous locations."
"Netcup/Hetzner/ionos"
"Ionos"
#10
Buyvm
4.3
(8)
"I have had very good experiences with BuyVM, ServaRica and Green Cloud."
"Buyvm offers great value for money."
"I've been using buyvm.net for years. Works fine but it's mainly for file hosting."
"Oh wow I'm glad you put BuyVM on my radar. They look perfect for my use at first glance."
"I've been with BuyVM for many years now and have been happy with them."
"You can check buyvm. With a kvm slice (vps, $3.5/mo)..."
"BuyVM, ServaRICA, GreenCloud VPS..."
"Get a Ryzen server. Get from BuyVM."
#11
Racknerd
3.9
(8)
"Racknerd has been very reliable for me for several years."
"I use Racknerd for my VPS."
"Recently started using Racknerd, seems good to me, SSH and manage it from the terminal."
"I run that on a RackNerd VPS. Haven’t had a single issue (that I know of at least) in the ~year I’ve had it."
"Racknerd has some very affordable and reliable VPS deals beyond their listed offerings."
"I have 2 VPS' with RackNerd. Each one has 60Gb SSD storage, 4GB RAM, 2vCPUs and 8TB of bandwidth."
"Racknerd is also a good choice"
"I've been using one of the racknerd recommendations from lowendbox - $18/year... but it only has 1.5 gigs of RAM."
#12
Hostinger
4.2
(6)
"I’ve been using Hostinger for a while now, and it’s honestly been great—fast, reliable, and super affordable."
"Hostinger’s 2vCPU / 8GB deal is actually one of the cheapest solid options out there right now"
"Would recommend Hostinger also. Good price and decent specs."
"Hostinger got a UK based VPS server farm and is quite good."
"Hostinger has good deal too"
"Vhalo hoi Hostinger/Linode(Akamai) theke nen Server BD/IND or nearest server select kore neyen + Support onek vhalo"
#13
DedicatedCore
4.0
(6)
"#1 Leading VPS provider delivers a customizable solution with Windows versions with superior speed and low latency."
"It has Windows 10 and Windows 11 VPS, so it is easy for me to get either one."
"The VPS with a close location to Portland that also has low-cost plans is DedicatedCore as they have a data center location in Seattle"
"The providers that offer VPS hosting services in Asia that are affordable as well as reliable in terms of performance and uptime are DomainRacer and DedicatedCore."
"If you want Forex VPS hosting services you can go with DedicatedCore or DomainRacer."
"If you want Forex VPS hosting services you can go with DedicatedCore."
#14
Digital Ocean
4.2
(5)
"Reliable and scalable VPS."
"Digital Ocean has a London datacenter."
"I have used Digital Ocean with no major complaints."
"Digital ocean. Inexpensive and fantastic tutorials for getting started with web hosting."
"A high tier machine on Digital Ocean will outperform VPSDime in speed."
#15
GreenCloud
4.5
(4)
"I just picked up couple vps from greencloud: 11Gb ram, 110 gb nvm, 6 Milan vcpu, 11tb traffic included for like 111$ for 3 years - or 37$ a year."
"Recently GreenCloud had its 11 year birthday and they offered new VPS for as low as $22/year."
"Greencloud. Their service is bang for the buck and actually really good!"
"GreenCloud has VPS in Chicago."
#16
HostHatch
4.0
(4)
"Hosthatch just about blow them out of the water for specs, though."
"I'll get you a $50 USD credit."
"You cannot go wrong with hosthatch"
"Did testing and the fastest in USA for me is Hosthatch."
#17
DomainRacer
4.0
(4)
"For the low cost and robust performance with Windows 10 or 11 VPS, it’ll be the right choice."
"Currently I am using DomainRacer Windows 11 VPS for my ERP application, where I have very fast and responsive experience with their platform."
"The providers that offer VPS hosting services in Asia that are affordable as well as reliable in terms of performance and uptime are DomainRacer and DedicatedCore."
"If you want Forex VPS hosting services you can go with DedicatedCore or DomainRacer."
#18
Oracle
4.7
(3)
"Oracles gives you 2 always free micro VM's, as well as a configurable ARM instances"
"Running a small stack on a free Oracle VPS is a great option."
"The free Oracle VPS are great for this too."
#19
SSDNodes
3.3
(4)
"I have been using them for about 4 years now and there pricing and service is excellent. I honestly never had any downtime with them and the performance is excellent."
"I'm using SSD Nodes and they are performing well with great prices so far."
"Ssdnodes"
"SSDNodes are a scam, they hugely oversell and use virtio_balloon to fill your VPS's memory in order to prevent you from using it"
#20
MassiveGrid
4.3
(3)
"MassiveGrid seems to be one of the cheapest."
"I have massivegrid 1year plan for really cheap!"
"Popular cheap options often include netcup, contabo and massivegrid."
#21
Kamatera
4.3
(3)
"Kamatera"
"Kamatera (from $4/month)"
"Kamatera is quite a solid provider"
#22
Oracle Cloud
4.3
(3)
"Create a huge Ampere server within free tier limits."
"Oracle cloud has a free tier."
"Oracle cloud free tier, Debian is not available by default but can be installed with netboot.xyz."
#23
Clouvider
4.0
(3)
"I have a strong preference for clouvider and hosthatch"
"For performance i like clouvider."
"I prefer Clouvider, Netcup, Hetzner Cloud, Royalehosting"
#24
Cloudzy
4.0
(3)
"Cloudzy ($7.95/month)"
"Cloudzy is also excellent and stable. The is ready almost instantly after payment."
"Cloudzy is a good option. It doesnt offer $2 plan. But its affordable."
#25
Monovm
4.0
(3)
"Check monovm."
"Monovm is great"
"I’ve been using Monovm good quality simple plans and a lot of locations to use."
#26
Ultahost
5.0
(2)
"Based on my experience, I highly recommend Ultahost's VPS service."
"Ultahost is another great option for VPS hosting; they offer excellent performance and customer service."
#27
ScalaHosting
5.0
(2)
"I ended up switching to Chris and Scalahosting, and I’ve been using it for about a week now."
"I really like scalahosting. Just transferred 60+ sites to them"
#28
LinkUpHost
4.5
(2)
"I've been using LinkUpHost for 12 years now and never had any issues with it."
"I use LinkUpHost."
#29
Nixihost
4.5
(2)
"I can't recommend them enough, my website are faster than with the previous provider."
"I've been using shared hosting with cPanel from Nixihost for the past year and I am really happy with it."
#30
nginx
4.5
(2)
"I prefer nginx over Litespeed."
"NGINX has HTTP/3 support and is free."
#31
Oracle OCI
2.7
(3)
"If you just want to try it out, Use Oracle OCI its free. Use the Ampere nodes were you can split them up if you want. Cost $0"
"Depends on what services you are running on it, I mostly use Oracle for running my uptime kuma server."
"I cannot recommend Oracle at all; they deleted my instance and user account without telling me why."
#32
Lunanode
4.0
(2)
"Luna Node or OVH. Both of them are very reliable and have good support."
"Lunanode."
#33
KnownHost
4.0
(2)
"I've been happy with knownhost."
"Knownhost hostinger nixihost linode...followed by r/webhosting's sidebar recommends."
#34
Fresh Roasted Hosting
4.0
(2)
"You can check out fresh roasted hosting."
"Never had issues with fresh roasted hosting."
#35
GreenCloud VPS
4.0
(2)
"See GreencloudVPS, you will get something in range."
"Greencloudvps.com often does sale pricing on 2 and 3 year leases."
#36
VPS
4.0
(2)
"VPS offers the most freedom."
"VPS would probably be more expensive."
#37
Shadow
4.0
(2)
"Check out shadow Https://Shadow.tech Linus techtips did a review about that."
"I think something like https://shadow.tech/ would be the nearest and cheapest you could get."
#38
Hivelocity
4.0
(2)
"Hivelocity, vultr and linode."
"Hivelocity or ShiftHosting."
#39
Azure
4.0
(2)
"Two come to mind here, Azure (obviously) and OVH."
"If windows is your primary requirement then have you checked Azure Cloud."
#40
Crunchbits
3.5
(2)
"I use Crunchbits. The server never went down last year, they fiber went down in two occasions. I find their service good for my needs so maybe you can have a look."
"I am moving some others servers to crunchbits."
#41
Litespeed
3.5
(2)
"Using Litespeed with caching and Redis enhances performance significantly."
"Litespeed is a buzzword and doesn't mean anything performance-wise."
#42
Xmission
3.0
(2)
"Xmission"
"Try Xmission."
#43
NerdRack
5.0
(1)
"NerdRack, have 2 VPS instances there at $10/year, can't be beat."
#44
Cloudways
5.0
(1)
"Based on my experience, Cloudways is a solid choice for VPS hosting if you want easy management and great performance."
#45
FastPanda
5.0
(1)
"Use fastpanda it is the best."
#46
Hetzner Cloud
5.0
(1)
"Hetzner Cloud, and you can ask someone to invite you to get 20 euro credits."
#47
Game Host Bros
5.0
(1)
"We offer Factorio hosting at Game Host Bros and have a pre-order for Space Age hosting."
#48
Tailscale
5.0
(1)
"I’m happy with Tailscale. I can use it together with another VPN."
#49
Mullvad
5.0
(1)
"I use Mullvad and I haven't had any issues."
#50
Hetzner, OVH, Hostinger, Linode
4.0
(1)
"Hetzner or OVH are my gotos. Hostinger is supposedly decent. Linode has also been great."
#51
AWS Lightsail
4.0
(1)
"You can go for AWS Lightsail. Digitalocean is also cheap."
#52
Hetzner & Vultr
4.0
(1)
"Hetzner & Vultr are affordable, reliable & professional."
#53
Asphostportal
4.0
(1)
"One of them is asphostportal."
#54
InteServer
4.0
(1)
"InteServer dedicated server offers affordable, flexible plans with great support and easy scaling."
#55
Google Cloud Platform
4.0
(1)
"Gcp for pretty (ish) UI. I personally like gcp over the other 2 big providers"
#56
Hivium
4.0
(1)
"You can get a nice VPS from Hivium with Enhance control panel and full management."
#57
DedicatedMC
4.0
(1)
"I always enjoyed their services when I used them."
#58
Layten Hosting
4.0
(1)
"The technical support is really good."
#59
ProHosting24
4.0
(1)
"I’m happy with netcup.eu and prohosting24.de"
#60
AccuWebHosting
4.0
(1)
"AccuWebHosting is excellent and stable, but the time to activate a new VPS after purchasing an account takes several hours, which I do not like."
#61
Datalix
4.0
(1)
"Have had five instances with them for nearly a year now."
#62
Primcast
4.0
(1)
"Best option in my opinion in $5 bare metal from Primcast."
#63
Cheapkvm
4.0
(1)
"Cheapkvm recently bought all good till now."
#64
Alphavps
4.0
(1)
"Alphavps is great also."
#65
LetBox
4.0
(1)
"I use LetBox for Windows-based game hosting and it's worked great for me."
#66
1984 Hosting
4.0
(1)
"If you really need a VPS check out https://1984.hosting."
#67
Privex
4.0
(1)
"Privex is a good option for this IMO."
#68
Proton VPN
4.0
(1)
"I'm on Proton VPN it works."
#69
Krystal Hosting
4.0
(1)
"Some options I found include Krystal Hosting."
#70
Vpsmust
4.0
(1)
"I’ve been purchasing vps from Vpsmust for over a year and works fine for me"
#71
Gozunga
4.0
(1)
"They have a free tier which you could get a lot of mileage out of."
#72
RoyaleHosting
4.0
(1)
"For performance i like royalehosting."
#73
PulseHeberg
4.0
(1)
"Look on pulseheberg."
#74
Google Cloud
4.0
(1)
"You can get free-forever micros on Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud."
#75
Exonhost
4.0
(1)
"Exonhost is a good one."
#76
Amazon
4.0
(1)
"Amazon lightsail, i think is like 5 per month"
#77
Dashserv
4.0
(1)
"I have some 2€ VPS from Dashserv."
#78
Cloudz.am
4.0
(1)
"[cloudz.am](http://cloudz.am) seems to offer VPS in Armenia."
#79
Hostpro.hu
4.0
(1)
"I host video game servers. [hostpro.hu](http://hostpro.hu)"
#80
MoonQube
4.0
(1)
"If you need a US-based server, you can try our Sister company, MoonQube."
#81
TorGuard
4.0
(1)
"TorGuard has servers in Canada, can be had cheap, and port forwarding."
#82
AirVPN
4.0
(1)
"AirVPN was 3,5€ per month last promotion."
#83
Aeza
3.0
(1)
"Aeza, but im new with them."
#84
VPSLS.com
3.0
(1)
"Check out vpsls.com/en to filter—lots of cheap VPS deals there."
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