Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB

Hostwinds Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB with 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD and 2 TB of traffic.

Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB costs $9.99 a month, or $120 a year. That makes it the cheapest of the 26 plans with 2 GB of memory we track. It is big enough for 27 of the 68 self-hosted apps in our guides, including CloudPanel, Docker Engine, Dokku and Ghost. If price matters most, OVHcloud VPS-1 (US) gives you at least the same vCPU and memory, with similar storage, for $4.54 a month.

vCPU
1
Memory
2 GB
Storage
50 GB
Transfer
2 TB

Market position

The cheapest of 26 plans with 2 GB

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$9.99 cheapest$33.00 most expensive

Available USD plans in the catalog with exactly this much memory, monthly price on a log scale. Hourly-billed plans use hourly price × 730.

Cost at a glance

What this plan costs you

Per month
$9.99
Per year
$120
Per vCPU
$9.99/mo
Per GB RAM
$5.00/mo

Standard list price before tax, add-ons, backups or bandwidth overage.

Specifications

CPU cores
1 vCPU
Included traffic
2000 GB
Management
Self-managed
Memory
2 GB
Storage capacity
50 GB
Storage type
SSD

Before you buy

Cheaper plans with the same resources

Compare top 3 →
  1. OVHcloud OVHcloud VPS-1 (US) 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB disk
    $4.54/mo −$5.45/mo

Available USD plans from other providers with at least this plan's vCPU and memory and comparable storage. Check CPU type, regions and transfer before switching.

Within Hostwinds's range

How Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB differs from its neighbours

Changing size

  • Unmanaged Linux VPS 4 GB is the next size up: 4 GB of memory and 2 vCPU for $18.99 a month, $9.00 more than this plan. That is enough for Appwrite, Baserow, Budibase, Dify and 26 more, which this plan is too small for.
  • Unmanaged Linux VPS 1 GB is the next size down: 1 GB of memory for $4.99 a month, $5.00 less than this plan. It is too small for CloudPanel, Docker Engine, Dokku, Ghost and 4 more, which this plan can run.

From the published specs and list prices in our catalog. App fit uses the starting server we suggest in each hosting guide.

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Price history

No change to the monthly list price of $9.99 since we started tracking it on .

We record this plan's catalog price every day (17 days so far). That is not a fresh check at the provider each day: see "Price checked on" above for when the price was last confirmed. VPS price index

What this plan can run

Big enough for

Too small for

  • AnythingLLM needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Apache Airflow needs 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • Appwrite needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • authentik needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Baserow needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Budibase needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Chatwoot needs 4 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • Coolify needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 10 GB disk
  • Dify needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • Directus needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Discourse needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • ERPNext needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • Gitea needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • GitLab Self-Managed needs 8 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 60 GB disk
  • Grafana needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Home Assistant needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 32 GB disk
  • Immich needs 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 50 GB disk
  • Jellyfin needs 4 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 100 GB disk
  • JupyterHub needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • Keycloak needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Langflow needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Linkwarden needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • LiteLLM Proxy needs 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Matomo needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 50 GB disk
  • Meilisearch needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Metabase needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 25 GB disk
  • Moodle needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • n8n needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Nextcloud needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • NocoDB needs 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 50 GB disk
  • Ollama needs 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 50 GB disk
  • Open WebUI needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • OpenProject needs 4 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Outline needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Paperless-ngx needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 50 GB disk
  • Plane needs 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 40 GB disk
  • Plausible Analytics needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Stirling PDF needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 10 GB disk
  • Strapi 5 needs 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB disk
  • Supabase needs 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 80 GB disk
  • Wiki.js needs 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 10 GB disk

Each app is measured against the starting server we suggest in its hosting guide.

Questions

Questions about Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB

How much does Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB cost?

$9.99 a month, or about $119.88 a year, before tax.

What is the cheapest 2 GB plan you track?

This one. Of the 26 USD plans with 2 GB of memory we track, Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB costs the least.

Is there a cheaper plan with the same resources?

Yes. OVHcloud VPS-1 (US) costs $4.54 a month and has at least the same vCPU and memory, with similar storage. Compare the CPU type and included traffic before you switch.

What does the next size up cost?

Unmanaged Linux VPS 4 GB is the next size up: 4 GB of memory and 2 vCPU for $18.99 a month, $9.00 more than this plan. That is enough for Appwrite, Baserow, Budibase, Dify and 26 more, which this plan is too small for.