VPS hosting in San Francisco
Short answer
3 providers rent VPS servers in San Francisco, United States. Prices start at $4.00 a month with DigitalOcean. From San Francisco, the nearest major hub is Los Angeles at roughly 11 ms round trip.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
- providers listed
- 3
- lowest monthly price
- $4.00
- median monthly price
- $5.58
- sell Windows
- 0
The list
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1
DigitalOcean
Since 2012, based in United States; 13 locations in 8 countries, typically $7.00 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb)
1 vCPU / 512 MB RAM / 10 GB SSD / 500 GB
$4.00/mo
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2
Leaseweb VPS
Since 1997, based in Netherlands; 9 locations in 8 countries, typically $0.64 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Leaseweb VPS 1
4 vCPU / 6 GB RAM / 100 GB NVMe / 30 TB
$5.58/mo
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3
Cloudways
Since 2012, based in MT; 9 locations in 8 countries, typically $11.00 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
DigitalOcean Micro
1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 50 GB SSD / 2 TB
$11.00/mo
Go to Cloudways
See these numbers as a table
| # | Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | $/month | $/GB RAM | Locations | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DigitalOcean | Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB | $4.00 | $8.00 | 13 | 4.5 |
| 2 | Leaseweb VPS | Leaseweb VPS 1 | 4 | 6 GB | 100 GB | $5.58 | $0.93 | 9 | 3.4 |
| 3 | Cloudways | DigitalOcean Micro | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | $11.00 | $5.50 | 9 | 4.6 |
Price check
How far is San Francisco from everywhere else?
Estimated round-trip time from San Francisco to major internet hubs. The floor is the physical minimum over fibre along the shortest path; the typical figure allows for real-world routing.
| To | Distance | Floor | Typical | Good enough for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 559 km | 6 ms | 11 ms | games, trading, remote desktop |
| New York | 4,129 km | 41 ms | 65 ms | websites, APIs, VPN |
| Tokyo | 8,272 km | 83 ms | 127 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| London | 8,617 km | 86 ms | 132 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| Frankfurt | 9,134 km | 91 ms | 140 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| Sao Paulo | 10,434 km | 104 ms | 160 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| Sydney | 11,947 km | 119 ms | 182 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| Dubai | 13,009 km | 130 ms | 198 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| Mumbai | 13,494 km | 135 ms | 205 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| Singapore | 13,582 km | 136 ms | 207 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
| Johannesburg | 16,965 km | 170 ms | 257 ms | backups, batch jobs, bots |
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Questions
Which VPS providers are in San Francisco?
Cloudways, DigitalOcean and Leaseweb VPS.
What is the cheapest VPS in San Francisco?
DigitalOcean at $4.00 a month for Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb).