netcup
Short answer
netcup sells VPS servers in 5 locations across 5 countries, starting at $2.07 a month for VPS piko G11s (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM). It is number 4 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 3.8/5 by 3,022 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- tight budgets: the entry plan is $2.07 a month
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
- public services that need DDoS filtering
Look elsewhere if
- you need Windows Server
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS piko G11s | vServer Lite | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | Unmetered | $2.07€1.85 | $2.07 |
| VPS 500 G12.5 | vServer x86 (VPS G12.5) | 2 | 4 GB | 64 GB SSD | Unmetered | $8.94€7.98 | $2.23 |
| VPS 1000 G12.5 | vServer x86 (VPS G12.5) | 4 | 8 GB | 128 GB SSD | Unmetered | $15.69€14.01 | $1.96 |
| VPS 2000 G12.5 | vServer x86 (VPS G12.5) | 8 | 16 GB | 256 GB SSD | Unmetered | $29.13€26.01 | $1.82 |
| VPS 4000 G12.5 | vServer x86 (VPS G12.5) | 12 | 32 GB | 512 GB SSD | Unmetered | $49.09€43.83 | $1.53 |
| VPS 8000 G12.5 | vServer x86 (VPS G12.5) | 16 | 64 GB | 1024 GB SSD | Unmetered | $72.62€64.84 | $1.13 |
| RS 1000 G12.5 | Root Server (dedicated cores) (dedicated) | 4 | 8 GB | 128 GB NVMe | Unmetered | $23.52€21.00 | $2.94 |
| RS 2000 G12.5 | Root Server (dedicated cores) (dedicated) | 8 | 16 GB | 256 GB NVMe | Unmetered | $44.05€39.33 | $2.75 |
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
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: Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Fedora, openSUSE. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: netcup Server Control Panel (SCP) + Customer Control Panel (CCP).
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, VPN, proxies, Tor, scraping. Read them before running anything in those categories.
Support. Email/ticket Mon-Fri 8am-10pm CET, phone Mon-Fri 9am-5pm CET (+49 721 754 0 755 0); out-of-hours emergency line for outages only; no 24/7 support
Uptime SLA. 99.6% annual average per GTC (99.9% guaranteed for Root Servers; not included with VPS). Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 97% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 77% of them.
- Its 5 locations put it #30 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 3.8 ranks #19.
Where netcup appears on this site
- VPS with an API and Terraform support#1 of 30
- VPS for a Minecraft server#2 of 40
- VPS for web scraping#2 of 40
- VPS for Docker and self-hosted apps#2 of 40
- VPS for bots, n8n and automation#2 of 40
- VPS for PostgreSQL and MySQL#2 of 39
- VPS for game servers (CS2, Rust, Valheim)#2 of 38
- VPS for blockchain nodes#2 of 35
- VPS with hourly billing#2 of 15
- VPS in Ashburn#2 of 13
- VPS with ARM servers#2 of 4
- VPS in Austria#2 of 3
- VPS in Vienna#2 of 3
- 1 GB RAM plans#3 of 23
- VPS with unmetered traffic#3 of 17
- VPS with dedicated CPU cores#3 of 17
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Questions
Where are netcup's servers?
Europe: Amsterdam, Nuremberg, Vienna; North America: Ashburn; Asia: Singapore.
What is netcup's cheapest plan?
VPS piko G11s at $2.07 a month (Lite line: fixed 12-month term, Nuremberg only, no hourly billing, storage not expandable. Specs from netcup's vServer Lite page; the €1.85 net price is from third-party price trackers (G2 08 Oct 2026, netcupvoucher 23 Sep 2026) because the official Lite page renders no prices.).
Can I pay netcup with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal, sepa, wire.
Profile built from 20 pages on netcup.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.