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VPS-2: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD

VPS-2 is where a site with a database of its own starts to behave. The cores are Ampere ARM rather than x86 — ideal for anything you install from your distribution’s packages, and the wrong machine if you ship a binary compiled for x86. 4 GB of RAM leaves room for PHP-FPM or Node alongside MySQL or PostgreSQL without either process being squeezed.

Rendering of a host machine sliced into virtual servers, one highlightedVPS-22 vCPU · 4 GB

Specification

What the machine is.

Full specification of the VPS-2 plan
Compute
vCPU2 shared
RAM4 GB
ProcessorAmpere Altra (ARM64) — shared vCPU
VirtualisationKVMYour own kernel, full root, no container shim.
Storage
Capacity40 GB SSD
LayoutSSD storage, sized by plan. We describe no layout the supplier has not published.
Network
IPv41 included
Transfer2 TB / month (metered)Outbound only is counted. Going over does not cut you off — we get in touch.
DDoS filteringVolumetric layer 3 and 4 filtering at the edge. Application-layer attacks are not filtered.
NotesInbound traffic is free, and traffic between your own servers inside one region is not counted at all.
Software
ImagesUbuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Debian 12, AlmaLinux 9, Rocky Linux 9, Ubuntu 24.04 + Docker, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019Every image we ship is Linux.
Control panelsNone — we do not resell panel licences
BackupsNightly backups kept 7 days, stored off the host, for 20% of the plan price
ManagementSelf-managed
Deployment
Regions2 availableDefault region Frankfurt.
Ready inOnline in under an hour after the order is paid
AvailabilityIn stock

What it costs

$14.90/month

Renews at $14.90 a month. The first price is the forever price.


Hourly
$0.0236/hr
Annual
$160.92/yr

10% off twelve months at $14.90.

Setup fee
None
Billing terms
monthly or annual
Currency
USD

Excludes tax, which is calculated at checkout from where you are and your tax number.

Configure and deploy

Region and image are chosen on the configurator, and the price does not change with either.

Scope

What the price covers, and what it does not.

VPS-2 is a self-managed server. The list on the right is not a gap we intend to fill later — it is the other product.

In the price

  • Full root access on a KVM virtual machine with its own kernel
  • One dedicated IPv4 for the life of the server
  • SSD storage on every size, named on the plan (NVMe where the supplier states it)
  • Browser console straight to the machine for when SSH is the thing that broke
  • Rebuild onto any image in about a minute, keeping the same IP address

Not in the price

  • Nobody patches the operating system but you — this is a self-managed server
  • No Windows images: every image we ship is Linux
  • We do not resell control panel licences (cPanel, Plesk or otherwise)
  • No snapshots or size changes from the panel yet: changing size is a support request, and a copy before a risky change is yours to take
  • No private networking between servers: traffic between two of your own servers uses their public addresses
  • Regions cannot be changed in place; moving means a new server and a DNS cutover
  • Prepaid terms are not pro-rated if you destroy the server early

Suited to

Where VPS-2 is the right size.

Two Ampere cores and 4 GB, at the price of a starter box. The usual first real server.

A WordPress site with its own database
Application and database on one box, with 40 GB for uploads and backups. The common shape for a small business site.
A small API in production
A Node, Go or Python service behind a reverse proxy, with room for a cache.
A staging copy of something bigger
Same operating system and stack as production, a fraction of the price, and destroyable when the branch is merged.

Line

VPS-2 sits on the Standard line. Cores on this line are shared with other tenants on the same host. Bursts are quick; an hour pinned at 100% is not something a shared core can promise.

Questions

About VPS-2 specifically.

These are the questions this plan actually gets, answered without the marketing round-off.

Will one vCPU handle traffic spikes?
Bursts, yes — shared cores are quick when neighbours are idle. A sustained hour at 100% is what shared vCPU cannot promise. If that is your normal, look at the Dedicated CPU line.