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VPS-8: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe

VPS-8 is the point where a single machine stops being the constraint for most web workloads. Four shared cores handle concurrent PHP or Node workers comfortably, and 160 GB of NVMe is enough to keep a real database, its backups and a media library on the same disk.

Rendering of a host machine sliced into virtual servers, one highlightedVPS-84 vCPU · 8 GB

Specification

What the machine is.

Full specification of the VPS-8 plan
Compute
vCPU4 shared
RAM8 GB ECC
ProcessorAMD EPYC — exact generation varies by region
VirtualisationKVMYour own kernel, full root, no container shim.
Storage
Capacity160 GB NVMe
LayoutLocal NVMe attached to the host running the server, with no storage network in between.
Network
IPv41 included
IPv6/64 block
Transfer4 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 + DockerEvery image we ship is Linux.
Control panelsNone — we do not resell panel licences
BackupsOn-demand snapshots, free to take and keep. Nightly backups kept 7 days, stored off the host, for 20% of the plan price
ManagementSelf-managed
Deployment
Regions1 availableDefault region Frankfurt.
Ready inReachable about a minute after the order is paid
AvailabilityIn stock

What it costs

$35.90/month

Renews at $35.90 a month. The first price is the forever price.


Hourly
$0.049/hr
Annual
$387.72/yr

10% off twelve months at $35.90.

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-8 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, plus a /64 of IPv6
  • Local NVMe attached to the host, with no storage network in between
  • On-demand snapshots, free to take, restorable in place or into another region
  • 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
  • Private networking inside a region that does not count against transfer
  • Resize up in place; the same REST API the control panel uses

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)
  • A host failure is a restore from your latest snapshot or backup, not a live migration
  • 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-8 is the right size.

Four cores and 8 GB — a busy site, or several that are not.

A busy site with logged-in users
Sessions, carts and search cannot be cached away. Four cores and 8 GB is where those stop queueing behind each other.
A small fleet on one host
Five or ten sites with their own databases, isolated by container or by user, on one bill.
A self-hosted toolchain
Git, a registry, a wiki and a CI agent for a small team, all on one machine you control.

Line

VPS-8 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-8 specifically.

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

Is VPS-4 or DC-8 the right one?
Both give you 8 GB. VPS-4 gives four shared cores for $23.90; DC-8 gives two pinned cores for $49.90. Shared is faster when your load is spiky, pinned is faster when it is constant. Pick by the shape of the load, not the core count.
How much traffic does 4 TB cover?
Outbound only — inbound is free, and traffic between your own servers inside a region is not counted. As a rule of thumb, 4 TB is roughly a million page views of a 4 MB page, or far more of a well-compressed one.