Pay-as-you-go VPS

Pay-as-you-go VPS, billed by the hour.

Top up a balance by card or crypto, run a server for as long as the job takes, and delete it to stop the meter. From $0.0132 an hour in Copenhagen, billed per started hour, with no contract and no minimum term. Linux in 87 cities and Windows in 53.

$0.0132 an hour · lowest in Copenhagen

Choose your location ↓What a day costs

Location
System
Server
Term and extras

Prices read on 14 November 2026 from the catalogue the cart charges from.

What it costs

A few hours, a day or a week: what you pay.

Billed per started hour, one hour at least, from your balance. Each column is the cheapest city for that size today, with the same size's monthly price under it: for a server that runs all month, monthly costs the same or less.

Smallest Linux size
$0.0132/hr in Copenhagen
1 hour
$0.0132
8 hoursa working day
$0.11
1 day24 hours
$0.32
1 week168 hours
$2.22
1 month730 hours
$9.64
Monthly plan instead
$8.90
2 vCPU · 4 GB, Linux
$0.0218/hr in Frankfurt
1 hour
$0.0218
8 hoursa working day
$0.17
1 day24 hours
$0.52
1 week168 hours
$3.66
1 month730 hours
$15.91
Monthly plan instead
$13.90
Windows, license included
$0.0529/hr in Athens
1 hour
$0.0529
8 hoursa working day
$0.42
1 day24 hours
$1.27
1 week168 hours
$8.89
1 month730 hours
$38.62
Monthly plan instead
$30.90

What a pay-as-you-go VPS costs for a given number of hours
Kept for	Smallest Linux size$0.0132/hr in Copenhagen	2 vCPU · 4 GB, Linux$0.0218/hr in Frankfurt	Windows, license included$0.0529/hr in Athens
1 hour	$0.0132	$0.0218	$0.0529
8 hoursa working day	$0.11	$0.17	$0.42
1 day24 hours	$0.32	$0.52	$1.27
1 week168 hours	$2.22	$3.66	$8.89
1 month730 hours	$9.64	$15.91	$38.62
Monthly plan insteadsame size, same city	$8.90	$13.90	$30.90

When a server is built, 2 hours are taken up front as a prepay; what you do not use of it comes back to your balance when you delete the server. Every city's rate is in the hourly price list. Hourly VPS prices

Order

Start a pay-as-you-go server.

Choose a city, a system and a size. The hourly term is already chosen, and every price is per hour.

Order your server

Pick, and the page moves to the next step. Nothing is added until you press Add to cart.

Location

We recommend Frankfurt. More hourly servers are ordered there than anywhere else. The city closest to you, or to the people who will use the server, is usually the right one.

Operating system

Our pick: Ubuntu 24.04. The most common choice for scripts and tests. The next step lists only the sizes that run the system you choose.

on Ubuntu 24.04

Server size

114

Our pick: C4-8. 4 vCPU and 8 GB of memory run scripts, builds and tests without waiting, at $0.0327 an hour. Prices with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in Frankfurt.

Compare every size (114)

Size	vCPU	Memory	Disk	Transfer	Price
C1-1-25Best value1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB SSD · 1 TB transfer	1	1 GB	25 GB	1 TB	$0.0136/hr
C1-1-321 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 1 TB transfer	1	1 GB	32 GB	1 TB	$0.0164/hr
C2-4Best value2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB SSD · 22 TB transfer	2	4 GB	40 GB	22 TB	$0.0218/hr
VPS-22 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB SSD · 2 TB transfer	2	4 GB	40 GB	2 TB	$0.0236/hr
C1-1-351 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 35 GB SSD · 1 TB transfer	1	1 GB	35 GB	1 TB	$0.0225/hr
C1-21 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD · 1 TB transfer	1	2 GB	50 GB	1 TB	$0.0277/hr

Term and extras

Our pick: by the hour. A two-hour prepay today, then the hours it runs, drawn from your balance. Delete the server and the meter stops.

Extras

Nightly backupsA full disk image every night, the last 7 kept. Adds $5.18 a month.

Start-up script · optional, freeCommands that run once on the first boot, for example to install your tools.

How many serversEach one has its own address and password.1

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An hour$0.0400

✓ Card or crypto✓ No setup fee✓ Online in under an hour

After you pay

We build your server, usually in under an hour.
Its address arrives by email, and the address and password are in your client area.
Connect with SSH (Windows: Remote Desktop) and start working. Delete the server when you are done, and the meter stops.

Four quick steps

from $0.0132/hr

How the billing works

Pay as you go, in plain terms.

The same rules on every hourly server, Linux or Windows, in every city.

Billed
Running
Every started hour is billed at the size's hourly rate, from your balance.
Billed
Powered off
Still billed: the server keeps its disk, its memory allocation and its address, and you can start it again at any time.
Not billed
Deleted
The meter stops at once, the unused prepay goes back to your balance, and the server and its disk are erased.

Your balance: Pay the prepay by card, or top up a balance with USDT, Bitcoin or ETH (crypto fee $1 and 5%, once per top-up) and order from it.
Per started hour: Each server is billed for the hours it exists, rounded up to the next whole hour, one hour at least. Usage is invoiced once a day and paid from your balance.
A two-hour prepay: Taken when the server is built. What you do not use of it comes back to your balance when you delete the server.
Running low: Notices at 48, 24 and 12 hours. With a card on file, top-ups of $10 at about 5 hours left. Never powered off; deleted when the balance runs out.
Windows too: Windows Server is billed the same way, at the Windows price for the size, in 53 cities.
No lock-in: No contract and no minimum term. Every server is delivered in under an hour.

How buying works

Four steps, and you only pay for the hours.

Choose a city
Close to you, or to the people who will use the server. Every city shows its lowest hourly rate.
Choose a system and a size
Ubuntu, Debian, Docker or Windows. Only the sizes that run your choice are listed, each at its hourly price.
Pay a two-hour prepay
By card, or from a balance you topped up with USDT, Bitcoin or ETH. Whatever you do not use comes back to your balance.
Use it, then delete it
Your server arrives in under an hour. Hours are drawn from your balance while it exists; delete it and the meter stops.

What it is for

A server for the hours a job takes.

Test before you deploy

Try a release, a config change or a new system image on a clean server, then delete it.

Run a script or a scraper

Give a Python job or a crawler its own machine and its own address for the hours it runs.

A heavy one-off job

Take a bigger size for a build, an encode or a data import, and pay for the afternoon only.

A demo or a short event

A server for a workshop, a client demo or a weekend game night, deleted when it is over.

Try a city first

See how a city works for your users before you commit to a month there.

Windows for a day

A Remote Desktop with its own address for as long as you need it, billed by the hour.

Hourly or monthly

When pay-as-you-go is the right choice.

Pay as you go

The server lives for hours or days, you do not know yet how long you need it, or you start and delete servers often.

Monthly

The server runs all month anyway. Monthly costs the same or less for a full month, renews on its own without a balance to watch, and a year at a time is 5% less.

Hourly or monthly: where the two prices meet

Questions

What people ask before they pay by the hour.

What is a pay-as-you-go VPS?

A virtual server you pay for by the hour from a balance, instead of by the month. Here it costs from $0.0132 an hour, each server is billed for the hours it exists, and deleting it stops the meter. There is no contract and no minimum term.

How much does a VPS cost for one day?

$0.32 for the smallest Linux size in Copenhagen, which is $0.0132 an hour for 24 hours, or $0.52 for 2 vCPU and 4 GB of memory in Frankfurt. The table on this page also prices a few hours, a week and a whole month.

Is there a minimum charge?

One hour. A server is billed per started hour, one hour at least, from the moment it exists. 2 hours are taken up front as a prepay when it is built, and what you do not use of it comes back to your balance when you delete the server.

Am I billed while the server is powered off?

Yes. A powered-off server still holds its disk and its address, so it is billed until you delete it. Delete it in the client area and the meter stops.

How fast is the server ready?

In under an hour after the prepay is paid, in every city, Linux or Windows.

Is pay-as-you-go more expensive than monthly?

For a few hours or days it costs far less, because you pay only for the hours the server exists. For a whole month, monthly costs the same or less: the hourly rate is never below the monthly price divided by 730 hours, and on many sizes it is set higher than that. The order form shows both prices for every size, and a year at a time is 5% less again.

Can I pay with crypto?

Yes. Top up your balance with USDT, Bitcoin or ETH (crypto fee $1 and 5%, once per top-up), then order servers from it; the hours are drawn from the balance as they are used.

What happens when my balance runs low?

We tell you by ticket and e-mail at 48, 24 and 12 hours of balance left. With a card on file we top the balance up in $10 steps when about 5 hours are left, and the server does not notice. Without one, or if the card declines, the server keeps running until the balance runs out and is then deleted with its disk. Adding funds before then keeps it running.

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