VPS providers with hourly billing
Short answer
15 of 41 providers in the directory (37%) offer hourly billing: Vultr, netcup, UpCloud, HOSTKEY, DigitalOcean, Akamai Cloud (Linode), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute, Hetzner Cloud and 7 more. Servers are billed per hour (sometimes per second) with a monthly cap, and can be created and destroyed at any time.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
- providers listed
- 15
- lowest monthly price
- $0.48
- median monthly price
- $4.50
- sell Windows
- 10
It makes test environments, CI runners and short events cost cents instead of a full month, and usually comes with an API.
The list
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1
Vultr
Since 2014, based in United States; 32 locations in 19 countries, typically $5.50 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Regular Performance 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (vc2-1c-0.5gb)
1 vCPU / 512 MB RAM / 10 GB SSD / 500 GB
$2.50/mo
Go to Vultr -
2
netcup
Since 2008, based in Germany; 5 locations in 5 countries, typically $2.01 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
VPS piko G11s
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 30 GB SSD / unmetered
$2.07/mo
Go to netcup -
3
UpCloud
Since 2011, based in Finland; 14 locations in 12 countries, typically $4.50 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Starter 1xCPU-1GB
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 10 GB SSD / traffic n/a
$3.50/mo
Go to UpCloud -
4
HOSTKEY
Since 2007, based in Netherlands; 7 locations in 7 countries, typically $1.33 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Hourly VPS Basic
2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 50 GB SSD / traffic n/a
$3.60/mo
Go to HOSTKEY -
5
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
Go to DigitalOcean -
6
Akamai Cloud (Linode)
Since 2003, based in United States; 26 locations in 15 countries, typically $6.00 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Nanode 1 GB
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 25 GB SSD / 1 TB
$5.00/mo
Go to Linode -
7
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute
Since 1977, based in United States; 25 locations in 21 countries, typically $3.38 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB
1 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 50 GB NVMe / 10 TB
$16.06/mo
Go to Oracle Cloud -
8
Hetzner Cloud
Since 1997, based in Germany; 6 locations in 4 countries, typically $1.75 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
CX23
2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB NVMe / 20 TB
$6.71/mo
Go to Hetzner -
9
Kamatera
Since 1995, based in United States; 21 locations in 14 countries, typically $11.12 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Basic
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 20 GB NVMe / 5 TB
$4.00/mo
Go to Kamatera -
10
Scaleway
Since 1999, based in France; 4 locations in 4 countries, typically $5.78 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
STARDUST1-S
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 10 GB SSD / unmetered
$0.48/mo
Go to Scaleway -
11
Amazon Lightsail
Since 2006, based in United States; 19 locations in 17 countries, typically $7.00 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Linux 512 MB
2 vCPU / 512 MB RAM / 20 GB SSD / 1 TB
$5.00/mo
Go to Lightsail -
12
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 -
13
Liquid Web VPS
Since 1997, based in United States; 3 locations in 2 countries, typically $5.61 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Cloud VPS Compute 1GB
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 30 GB SSD / 1 TB
$5.00/mo
Go to Liquid Web -
14
Exoscale
Since 2011, based in Switzerland; 7 locations in 5 countries, typically $9.58 per GB of RAM.
Entry plan
Standard Micro
1 vCPU / 512 MB RAM / 10 GB NVMe / 1 TB
$5.32/mo
Go to Exoscale -
15
BitLaunch
Since 2017, based in United Kingdom; 7 locations in 5 countries.
Entry plan
No public price
See these numbers as a table
| # | Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | $/month | $/GB RAM | Locations | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vultr | Regular Performance 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (vc2-1c-0.5gb) | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB | $2.50 | $5.00 | 32 | 1.6 |
| 2 | netcup | VPS piko G11s | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB | $2.07 | $2.07 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 3 | UpCloud | Starter 1xCPU-1GB | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB | $3.50 | $3.50 | 14 | 3.0 |
| 4 | HOSTKEY | Hourly VPS Basic | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | $3.60 | $0.90 | 7 | 3.1 |
| 5 | DigitalOcean | Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB | $4.00 | $8.00 | 13 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Akamai Cloud (Linode) | Nanode 1 GB | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | $5.00 | $5.00 | 26 | 2.5 |
| 7 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB | 1 | 8 GB | 50 GB | $16.06 | $2.01 | 25 | 1.3 |
| 8 | Hetzner Cloud | CX23 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | $6.71 | $1.68 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 9 | Kamatera | Basic | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB | $4.00 | $4.00 | 21 | 4.3 |
| 10 | Scaleway | STARDUST1-S | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB | $0.48 | $0.48 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 11 | Amazon Lightsail | Linux 512 MB | 2 | 512 MB | 20 GB | $5.00 | $10.00 | 19 | 1.3 |
| 12 | Cloudways | DigitalOcean Micro | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | $11.00 | $5.50 | 9 | 4.6 |
| 13 | Liquid Web VPS | Cloud VPS Compute 1GB | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB | $5.00 | $5.00 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 14 | Exoscale | Standard Micro | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB | $5.32 | $10.64 | 7 | 3.5 |
| 15 | BitLaunch | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2.8 |
Price check
Questions
Which VPS providers offer hourly billing?
Akamai Cloud (Linode), Amazon Lightsail, BitLaunch, Cloudways, DigitalOcean, Exoscale, HOSTKEY, Hetzner Cloud, Kamatera, Liquid Web VPS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute, Scaleway, UpCloud, Vultr and netcup.