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Best VPS for WordPress
A typical WordPress site with a caching plugin runs comfortably on 1 vCPU and 2 GB of RAM. The RAM matters more than the CPU: PHP-FPM workers and MySQL both want memory, and 1 GB plans start swapping once a few plugins are active. 25 GB of disk leaves room for the OS, the database, uploads and a few local backups.
£3.12cheapest that fits
£4.68cheapest in the UK
603plans that fit
27providers
What to look for
- Choose a datacentre near your visitors. For a UK audience, London or Manchester saves 10–20 ms per request over Frankfurt.
- Shared CPU is fine for most sites. Move to dedicated CPU only if you see sustained high load.
- Budget for backups: most providers charge about 20% extra for automatic snapshots.
Minimum spec used for this list: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 25 GB disk.
Cheapest in the UK
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Transfer | Location | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVHcloud | VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-2027-model1 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £4.68 |
| Gcore | Basic G2S 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 25 GB disk g2s-shared-1-2-25 |
1 shared |
2 GB | 25 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £4.96 |
| Fasthosts | VPS 1 vCPU / 2 GB vps-1 |
1 shared |
2 GB | 60 GB | Unmetered | UK | £6.00 |
| IONOS | VPS S+ 1 vCPU / 2 GB tariff-core-vps-linux-s-plus |
1 shared |
2 GB | 60 GB | Unmetered | UK | £6.00 |
| Contabo | Cloud VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB cloud-vps-core-4 |
4 shared |
8 GB | 100 GB | Unmetered | UK | £7.74 |
| Contabo | Storage VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB storage-vps-10 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 300 GB | Unmetered | UK | £7.80 |
| HOSTKEY | High-end 1 vCPU / 2 GB vm.v3-pico |
1 shared |
2 GB | 40 GB | 3 TB | London, UK | £8.10 |
| UpCloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB STARTER-2xCPU-2GB |
2 shared |
2 GB | 30 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £8.10 |
| HostHatch | NVMe 2 vCPU / 8 GB nvme-8-gb |
2 shared |
8 GB | 35 GB | 2 TB | London, UK | £8.14 |
| HOSTKEY | High-end 2 vCPU / 4 GB vm.v3-nano |
2 shared |
4 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | London, UK | £8.82 |
Price comparison: cheapest anywhere in Europe
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Transfer | Cheapest location | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTKEY | Basic 2 vCPU / 2 GB vm.nano |
2 shared |
2 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £3.12 |
| STRATO | VPS S 1 vCores / 2 GB vps-s |
1 shared |
2 GB | 60 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £3.40 |
| OVHcloud | VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-2027-model1 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £4.68 |
| Gcore | Basic G2S 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 25 GB disk g2s-shared-1-2-25 |
1 shared |
2 GB | 25 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £4.96 |
| HOSTKEY | Basic 4 vCPU / 6 GB vm.mini |
4 shared |
6 GB | 120 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £5.20 |
| HOSTKEY | Standard 2 vCPU / 4 GB vm.v2-nano |
2 shared |
4 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £5.50 |
| Gigahost | Value 2 vCPU / 4 GB 7955 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | 20 TB | Sandefjord, Norway | £5.63 |
| OVHcloud | VPS Local Zone 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-2027-model1.LZ |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £5.76 |
| Infomaniak | VPS Lite 2 vCPU / 2 GB vps-lite-2c-2g |
2 dedicated |
2 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | Geneva, Switzerland | £5.86 |
| Fasthosts | VPS 1 vCPU / 2 GB vps-1 |
1 shared |
2 GB | 60 GB | Unmetered | UK | £6.00 |
| IONOS | VPS S+ 1 vCPU / 2 GB tariff-core-vps-linux-s-plus |
1 shared |
2 GB | 60 GB | Unmetered | UK | £6.00 |
| Cherry Servers | Cloud VPS Gen 2 2 vCPU / 2 GB b2-2-2gb-40s-shared |
2 shared |
2 GB | 40 GB | 1 TB | Šiauliai, Lithuania | £6.08 |
| Contabo | Cloud VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB cloud-vps-core-4 |
4 shared |
8 GB | 100 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £6.48 |
| Contabo | Storage VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB storage-vps-10 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 300 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £6.48 |
| HOSTKEY | Standard 4 vCPU / 8 GB vm.v2-mini |
4 shared |
8 GB | 120 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £6.65 |
| HSTQ | NVMe 2 vCPU / 2 GB nvme-2c-2g-40 |
2 shared |
2 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £7.53 |
| Infomaniak | VPS Lite 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-lite-2c-4g |
2 dedicated |
4 GB | 60 GB | Unmetered | Geneva, Switzerland | £7.81 |
| HOSTKEY | High-end 1 vCPU / 2 GB vm.v3-pico |
1 shared |
2 GB | 40 GB | 3 TB | London, UK | £8.10 |
| UpCloud | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB STARTER-2xCPU-2GB |
2 shared |
2 GB | 30 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £8.10 |
| HostHatch | NVMe 2 vCPU / 8 GB nvme-8-gb |
2 shared |
8 GB | 35 GB | 2 TB | London, UK | £8.14 |