8 Best VPS Hosting Providers 2022 | Compared & Reviewed

InMotion offers fantastic discounts, so it’s worth signing up for an even longer plan to make the most of them, however, if you aren’t sure you want to commit to a longer term, InMotion offers a 6-month contract for just $17.99.

InMotion’s renewal prices range from $47.99 to $135.99 depending on which plan you sign for, and for how long. They can seem expensive compared to some providers (such as Hostinger), but come packed with storage and bandwidth, so are good value.

All its VPS plans come with three dedicated IP addresses. If this is an important factor for you, it’s worth noting that the maximum available with any other provider’s VPS plan is just two. Plus, all plans support an unlimited number of websites, which is ideal if you run more than one.

InMotion customers also get a free domain (with contracts over 6 months) and free backups.

It’s worth noting, however, that InMotion only offers Linux hosting, not Windows hosting.

It performed well in our user testing, most likely down to the fact that the staff receive over 160 hours of training to help them deal with all number of issues and inquiries!

You can request a migration from the support team once you’ve signed up to a plan. They don’t place any limitations on the size or nature of the site, and the process takes 2-5 business days.

A2 Hosting also has six managed VPS hosting plans.  The three standard plans range from $33.99 – $57.99 per month for a three-year contract, with the price rising to $69.99 – $119.99 per month thereafter. A2 Hosting has a more expensive entry plan than other providers, but this is reflected in the features on offer.

It also offers three managed VPS ‘Turbo’ plans, too. These cost between $59.99 and $98.88. These plans have stripped back on storage and cores,  focusing instead on speed, with ‘up to 20x faster Turbo Servers’.

It generally matches up pretty well to competitors like InMotion, but lost points in a couple of areas – namely for not including a free domain name, and having a pretty low uptime guarantee (99.95% versus 99.97 – 99.99% from most competitors). This means your site could be down for an extra few hours a year.

However, A2 Hosting’s support fell below our expectations in testing, due mostly to its live chat and knowledge center. We were actually pleasantly surprised by its email support, which was by far A2 Hosting’s best support channel.

Failing this, you can opt to carry out the migration yourself, and A2 Hosting has guides to assist with this.

It’s a great entry plan for people who want a hands-off hosting experience, but without the larger price tag. Storage is a little low, but if this is a problem, the Enhanced plan comes with double (60GB) for just $11 per month more. The Ultimate plan doubles this again ($59.99 per month), so there’s plenty of room to grow your site.

A free domain for your first year is a great perk, and 99.98% is a good uptime guarantee. Bluehost’s plans don’t scale up as far as some other providers’ (storage, for example, caps out at 120GB, which is one of the lowest ‘upper’ limits), but this is reflected in the lower price range. You can move to a dedicated server if you outgrow the VPS plans Bluehost has to offer.

• Basic: $24.99 per month ($19.99 per month price for longer contracts)
• Business: $59.49 per month ($47.99 per month price for longer contracts)
• Optimum: $99.99 per month ($79.99 per month price for longer contracts)

When you look past the initial promotional prices, that’s where iPage’s value really shines through. It doesn’t ‘slash’ its prices for the first term, like some partners, so you won’t face that huge leap in costs once your initial term is over.

Uptime is a real low point for iPage, however, with a guarantee of just 99.94%. It also only provides Linux hosting, not Windows.

• Snappy 2000: Starts at $23.95, renews at $59.95
• Snappy 4000: Starts at $34.95, renews at $79.95
• Snappy 8000: Starts at $54.95, renews at $99.95

While its discounted prices offer a pretty good deal, you can see how the price leaps after this first term.

However, HostGator doesn’t include a free domain, so you’ll need to factor this into your yearly costs, too.

• 2GB Plan: $39.95 per month
• 4GB Plan: $59.95 per month
• 8GB Plan: $109.95 per month

Most people choose GreenGeeks because of its green credentials, and just want reassurance that its features are good enough to prevent a negative impact on their site. And broadly speaking, we’re happy to give you that reassurance; GreenGeeks actually has one of the best bandwidth offers around, a 99.98% uptime guarantee, and no real ‘problem’ areas.

Just keep in mind that although GreenGeeks carries out daily backups, it only offers 1 free restore per month. If you need any extras, they’ll cost you $25 a pop.

• VPS 1 – $2.99/month
• VPS 2 – $4.99/month
• VPS 3 – $7.99/month
• VPS 4 – $15.95/month
• VPS 5 – $23.95/month
• VPS 6 – $38.99/month
• VPS 7 – $57.99/month
• VPS 8 – $77.99/month

With Hostinger, you can get started with a VPS plan for under $5, however, it’s worth bearing in mind that the cheaper the plan, the fewer features you’ll get for your money. For example, Hostinger’s entry plan offers very low bandwidth and storage.

For example, Hostinger’s starting VPS 1 plan only offers 1TB of bandwidth, alongside 20GB storage and 1GB RAM. This is way below what other providers offer, and doesn’t promote growth. If you want a better feature showing, we’d recommend considering the VPS 5 plan or above.

Uptime is another area where Hostinger has room to improve. At just 99.91%, it has the lowest uptime guarantee of the providers we researched. This means that, statistically, your site is likely to experience just under nine hours of downtime per year.

It’s not all bad though. Hostinger does offer a free domain name, which is a good way to save some money. Plus, it has data centers on four continents, meaning you can choose one that is more relevant to your business location.

That said, unlimited bandwidth is a great pro, and storage is consistent with other providers.