Vultr's cheapest server costs $2.50 a month, but that plan is IPv6 only. With an IPv4 address the entry price is $3.50. For a real website the plans that matter are 1 GB for $5, 2 GB for $10 and 4 GB for $20 on Regular Performance, or $6, $12 and $24 on the faster High Performance line. Billing is hourly and capped at 672 hours a month, so a server you keep all month never costs more than its listed price. Bandwidth over the allowance is $0.01 per GB, and automatic backups add 20%.
Every price below was checked on Vultr's pricing page and its billing documentation on 4 November 2026. Prices are in US dollars, excluding tax. Vultr notes that a few data center locations are priced differently because of regional costs, so confirm the price for your location when you deploy.
Which Vultr plan to choose
- Cheapest server you can run a site on: Regular Performance. Older Intel CPUs and regular SSDs. Fine for a blog, a low-traffic site or a side project.
- Best default for most apps: High Performance. Newer AMD or Intel CPUs and NVMe storage for about 20% more, with more bandwidth included at every size.
- Fast single-core work (PHP, game servers): High Frequency. 3 GHz+ Intel CPUs and NVMe, priced like High Performance at small sizes but with more disk and less bandwidth.
- Dedicated CPUs: VX1 or Optimized Cloud Compute. No noisy neighbours, but starting around $44 a month. Only worth it once shared CPUs are a measurable bottleneck.
Regular Performance prices
Shared vCPUs on previous-generation Intel CPUs, with regular SSD storage.
| vCPU | RAM | SSD | Bandwidth | Price/month | Price/hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.5 GB | 10 GB | 0.5 TB | $2.50 (IPv6 only) | $0.004 |
| 1 | 0.5 GB | 10 GB | 0.5 TB | $3.50 | $0.005 |
| 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1 TB | $5.00 | $0.007 |
| 1 | 2 GB | 55 GB | 2 TB | $10.00 | $0.015 |
| 2 | 2 GB | 65 GB | 3 TB | $15.00 | $0.022 |
| 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 3 TB | $20.00 | $0.030 |
| 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 4 TB | $40.00 | $0.060 |
| 6 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 5 TB | $80.00 | $0.110 |
| 8 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 6 TB | $160.00 | $0.219 |
| 16 | 64 GB | 1,280 GB | 10 TB | $320.00 | $0.438 |
| 24 | 96 GB | 1,600 GB | 15 TB | $640.00 | $0.877 |
High Performance prices
Shared vCPUs on newer AMD EPYC or Intel Xeon CPUs, with NVMe storage. The AMD and Intel versions cost the same.
| vCPU | RAM | NVMe | Bandwidth | Price/month | Price/hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 2 TB | $6.00 | $0.009 |
| 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 3 TB | $12.00 | $0.018 |
| 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4 TB | $18.00 | $0.027 |
| 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB | 5 TB | $24.00 | $0.036 |
| 4 | 8 GB | 180 GB | 6 TB | $48.00 | $0.071 |
| 4 | 12 GB | 260 GB | 7 TB | $72.00 | $0.107 |
| 8 | 16 GB | 350 GB | 8 TB | $96.00 | $0.143 |
| 12 | 24 GB | 500 GB | 12 TB | $144.00 | $0.214 |
High Frequency prices
Shared vCPUs on 3 GHz+ Intel CPUs, with NVMe storage. Pick these for workloads that depend on single-core speed.
| vCPU | RAM | NVMe | Bandwidth | Price/month | Price/hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 GB | 32 GB | 1 TB | $6.00 | $0.009 |
| 1 | 2 GB | 64 GB | 2 TB | $12.00 | $0.018 |
| 2 | 2 GB | 80 GB | 3 TB | $18.00 | $0.027 |
| 2 | 4 GB | 128 GB | 3 TB | $24.00 | $0.036 |
| 3 | 8 GB | 256 GB | 4 TB | $48.00 | $0.071 |
| 4 | 16 GB | 384 GB | 5 TB | $96.00 | $0.143 |
| 6 | 24 GB | 448 GB | 6 TB | $144.00 | $0.214 |
| 8 | 32 GB | 512 GB | 7 TB | $192.00 | $0.286 |
| 12 | 48 GB | 768 GB | 8 TB | $256.00 | $0.381 |
| 16 | 58 GB | 1,024 GB | 9 TB | $320.00 | $0.476 |
VX1 and Optimized Cloud Compute: dedicated CPUs
VX1 is Vultr's newest line, on current AMD EPYC CPUs with dedicated resources and networking up to 50 Gbps. It's priced by the hour and billed for the actual hours in each month (a 730-hour month on average), with no 672-hour cap. The General Purpose sizes with local NVMe:
| vCPU | RAM | NVMe | Bandwidth | Price/hour | About per month (730 h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 8 GB | 120 GB | 5 TB | $0.076 | $55.48 |
| 4 | 16 GB | 240 GB | 6 TB | $0.153 | $111.69 |
| 8 | 32 GB | 480 GB | 7 TB | $0.306 | $223.38 |
| 16 | 64 GB | 960 GB | 8 TB | $0.612 | $446.76 |
VX1 also comes without local disk, booting from block storage, from $0.060 an hour (about $43.80 a month) for 2 vCPUs and 8 GB, plus the storage you attach. There are Memory Optimized VX1 sizes too.
The older Optimized Cloud Compute line also has dedicated vCPUs, in CPU Optimized (from $28 a month), General Purpose (from $30), Memory Optimized (from $40) and Storage Optimized (from $75) versions. Unlike VX1, it keeps the 672-hour monthly cap.
Extra costs to budget for
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Automatic backups | +20% of the instance price |
| Snapshots | $0.05 per GB per month |
| Outbound bandwidth over the allowance | $0.01 per GB, worldwide |
| Inbound bandwidth | Free |
| Additional IPv4 addresses | Extra fee, up to two per instance |
| Stopped (powered-off) instances | Billed until destroyed |
Backups on a $10 server make it $12. Bandwidth is more generous than the per-plan numbers suggest: every account gets 2 TB of free outbound transfer a month on top of each plan's allowance, and allowances are pooled across all your instances in every location. A busy server can use a quiet one's allowance, and most small accounts never pay overage. Our free Bandwidth Calculator converts an allowance like 2 TB a month into the average speed it covers.
Keep a backup copy somewhere other than Vultr as well. Our backup strategy guide shows how to keep a second copy for a few cents a month.
How Vultr billing works
- Hourly, with a one-hour minimum. Destroy a server after 20 minutes and you pay for one hour.
- Capped at 672 hours a month (28 days) for Regular Performance, High Performance, High Frequency and Optimized Cloud Compute. Run one all month and you pay exactly the monthly price.
- Not capped for VX1 (and GPUs): you pay for every hour in the month, so a 31-day month costs more than a 30-day one.
- Bandwidth is allocated hourly. A server that exists for half the month gets about half its allowance, which matters if you spin up a server just to move a lot of data.
Vultr vs DigitalOcean vs Hetzner
| Size | Vultr Regular | Vultr High Performance | DigitalOcean Basic | Hetzner (EU) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | $5 (1 TB) | $6 (2 TB) | $6 (1 TB) | €6.49 CPX02 (20 TB) |
| 2 GB | $10 (2 TB) | $12 (3 TB) | $12 (2 TB) | €11.99 CPX12 (20 TB) |
| 4 GB | $20 (3 TB) | $24 (5 TB) | $24 (4 TB) | €5.99 CX23 (20 TB) |
Hetzner is far cheaper at 4 GB and includes much more traffic, but it has restricted new cloud servers since June 2026 and its cheapest plans are often sold out. Of the providers you can reliably order from today, Vultr Regular Performance is the cheapest at 1, 2 and 4 GB, and High Performance matches DigitalOcean's price with more bandwidth. Full details are in our plan-for-plan VPS price comparison, our DigitalOcean Droplet pricing and our Hetzner CX23 pricing.
FAQ
How much is the cheapest Vultr server?
$2.50 a month for 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB of RAM and 10 GB of SSD, with IPv6 only. The same plan with an IPv4 address is $3.50.
Is the $2.50 IPv6-only plan usable?
For some things. Visitors and services that only have IPv4 can't reach it directly, and some package mirrors and APIs are still IPv4 only. It works for a test box, or for a site behind a proxy such as Cloudflare that accepts IPv4 visitors and connects to your server over IPv6. With 0.5 GB of RAM, it's too small for PHP and MySQL either way.
What's the difference between Regular and High Performance?
High Performance uses newer AMD or Intel CPUs and NVMe instead of regular SSD, and includes more bandwidth at every size, for about 20% more. For a database-backed app, it's usually worth it.
Does Vultr have a free plan?
No. There is no always-free server tier. The cheapest option is the $2.50 IPv6-only plan.
Does Vultr charge for a stopped server?
Yes. A powered-off instance still reserves its CPU, RAM, disk and IP addresses, so it's billed until you destroy it. Take a snapshot ($0.05 per GB a month) and destroy the server if you want to stop paying for it.
What size Vultr server do I need for WordPress or Laravel?
2 GB is a sensible start for one site with MySQL: $10 on Regular Performance or $12 on High Performance. Our guide to what a small website or SaaS costs to run breaks down the full monthly bill.
Prices checked on Vultr's pricing page, product pages, FAQ and billing documentation on 4 November 2026. Sources: Vultr pricing; Vultr FAQ; automatic backups pricing; bandwidth overage rate.
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