HOSTKEY
Short answer
HOSTKEY sells VPS servers in 7 locations across 7 countries, starting at $3.60 a month for Hourly VPS Basic (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM). It is number 7 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 3.1/5 by 214 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- tight budgets: the entry plan is $3.60 a month
- Windows workloads such as MetaTrader or RDP desktops
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
- paying in cryptocurrency
- public services that need DDoS filtering
Look elsewhere if
- you need a written uptime SLA
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly VPS Basic | Hourly VPS (SSD) | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | — | $3.60 | $0.90 |
| Hourly VPS Business | Hourly VPS (SSD) | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | — | $7.20 | $0.90 |
| Hourly VPS Enterprise | Hourly VPS (SSD) | 8 | 16 GB | 200 GB SSD | — | $14.40 | $0.90 |
| NVMe VPS Plan 1 | SSD/NVMe VPS (Xeon 3.2 GHz) | 4 | 4 GB | 30 GB NVMe | — | $9.85€8.80 | $2.46 |
| NVMe VPS Plan 2 | SSD/NVMe VPS (Xeon 3.2 GHz) | 8 | 8 GB | 60 GB NVMe | — | $14.10€12.60 | $1.76 |
| NVMe VPS Plan 3 | SSD/NVMe VPS (Xeon 3.2 GHz) | 8 | 16 GB | 120 GB NVMe | — | $28.19€25.20 | $1.76 |
| Dedicated resources VDS | Dedicated resources VDS (dedicated) | — | — | — | — | n/a | — |
Monthly list prices in US dollars, converted from the provider's own currency. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
Europe
North America
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, FreeBSD, Windows Server 2019/2022, Windows 10, Custom ISO. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: Invapi (in-house panel with API, HTML5 console, ISO library).
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, spam, VPN, proxies, Tor, torrents, IPTV, scraping, port scanning, DDoS and botnets. Read them before running anything in those categories.
Support. 24/7 technical support via ticket, chat and phone; paid SLA packages for faster response
Uptime SLA. None published. Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 74% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 90% of them.
- Its 7 locations put it #26 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 12 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 3.1 ranks #26.
Where HOSTKEY appears on this site
- Under $5 a month#1 of 21
- VPS in Turkey#1 of 2
- 4 GB RAM plans#2 of 33
- 16 GB RAM plans#2 of 29
- VPS with managed servers#2 of 17
- VPS with free automatic backups#2 of 12
- VPS in Finland#2 of 6
- VPS in Helsinki#2 of 6
- VPS for a Minecraft server#3 of 40
- VPS for WordPress sites#3 of 40
- 8 GB RAM plans#3 of 36
- Under $15 a month#3 of 35
- Under $10 a month#3 of 32
- VPS with a free trial or credit#3 of 12
- VPS for game servers (CS2, Rust, Valheim)#4 of 38
- VPS with hourly billing#4 of 15
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Questions
Where are HOSTKEY's servers?
Europe: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Istanbul, London, Paris; North America: New York.
What is HOSTKEY's cheapest plan?
Hourly VPS Basic at $3.60 a month (USD price card on hostkey.com/vps/hourly/ ($0.005/hr or $3.60/mo), verified 2026-10-14; 1 Gbps port, incoming traffic free (fair use), outgoing allowance depends on the selected traffic plan (not stated on the card). Locations not tied to the card (FAQ: 'Europe, USA and Russia'). The Netherlands page separately quotes 'from €2/month' for a 1-core/1 GB VPS.).
Can I pay HOSTKEY with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal, crypto, alipay, wire.
Profile built from 34 pages on hostkey.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.