Hostinger VPS
The cheapest serious VPS once you commit to a multi-year term.
Hostinger's VPS is the budget option that's almost too cheap to ignore — provided you're willing to prepay for two years. On a KVM 2 you get 8 GB of RAM for what Vultr or Linode charge for 2 GB. The catch is the price model: the headline rate only applies to a 24-month upfront payment, and renewal jumps to a "standard" tier roughly 3× higher.
For an indie project you're confident will be running in two years, the math is hard to argue with. For an experiment, pick a true monthly-billed host instead and avoid the prepay trap.
Pros & cons
- + Headline prices below $5/mo for 4 GB RAM on 24-month commits
- + AI-driven setup wizard installs WordPress / Docker / cPanel in minutes
- + Free domain on most plans
- + Generous IPv6 + free weekly backup on KVM plans
- − Sticker price is for a 24-month prepay; month-to-month is 3–4× more
- − Renewal prices jump to "regular" rate after the intro term
- − CPU is shared and noisy-neighbour reports surface periodically
- − Account upsell flows are aggressive and confusing
Plans & pricing
| Plan | Price | CPU | RAM | Disk | Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KVM 1 on 24-month plan | $6.49/mo | 1 vCPU | 4 GB | 50 GB | 4 TB |
| KVM 2 on 24-month plan | $8.99/mo | 2 vCPU | 8 GB | 100 GB | 8 TB |
| KVM 4 on 24-month plan | $12.99/mo | 4 vCPU | 16 GB | 200 GB | 16 TB |
Features at a glance
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