{
  "id": 4637380,
  "title": "VPS Price Per GB of RAM: 711 Plans Across 39 Hosts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/vps-price-per-gb-of-ram-711-plans-across-39-hosts",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-31T11:32:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/hostingsift/vps-price-per-gb-of-ram-711-plans-across-39-hosts-8d6"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The cost of a gigabyte of RAM for virtual servers ranges from \\$0.47 to \\$2.66 per month, according to a price comparison of 711 active VPS and cloud plans from 39 providers. The median cost comes out to exactly \\$6.00 per GB per month, with half of the market priced above this figure and half below. The price difference between the highest and lowest providers is a staggering 123 times. Most buyers focus on the monthly price and plan name rather than the RAM cost, leading to a significant gap in pricing awareness. Prices vary depending on the provider, with some offering lower rates for longer-term commitments.",
  "summary": "A gigabyte of RAM on a virtual server costs \\$0.47 per month. It also costs \\$58.00 per month. Same unit, same billing period, both prices live on 31 August 2026. We priced every plan in our database that publishes a RAM figure: 711 active VPS and cloud plans from 39 providers, EUR prices converted to USD, everything normalised to dollars per gigabyte per month. The median came out at exactly…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}