Namecheap Pulsar
Namecheap Pulsar with 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD RAID 10 and 1 TB of traffic.
Pulsar costs $11.88 a month, or $143 a year. That puts it 8th on price among the 26 plans with 2 GB of memory we track, which range from $9.99 to $33.00 a month. It is big enough for 38 of the 68 self-hosted apps in our guides, including AnythingLLM, authentik, CloudPanel and Coolify. 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
- 2
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB
- Transfer
- 1 TB
Market position
Number 8 of 26 on price with 2 GB
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
- $11.88
- Per year
- $143
- Per vCPU
- $5.94/mo
- Per GB RAM
- $5.94/mo
Standard list price before tax, add-ons, backups or bandwidth overage.
Specifications
- CPU cores
- 2 vCPU
- Included traffic
- 1000 GB
- Management
- Self-managed
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Storage capacity
- 40 GB
- Storage type
- SSD RAID 10
Before you buy
Cheaper plans with the same resources
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OVHcloud OVHcloud VPS-1 (US) 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB disk$4.54/mo −$7.34/mo
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KnownHost Unmanaged VPS Entry Plus 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB disk$10.00/mo −$1.88/mo
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RamNode Standard VPS 2 GB 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 80 GB disk$10.00/mo −$1.88/mo
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Amazon Web Services Amazon Lightsail · 2 vCPU / 2 GB 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 60 GB disk$10.00/mo −$1.88/mo
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Hivelocity Hivelocity pro.sm.amd 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB disk$10.00/mo −$1.88/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 Namecheap's range
How Namecheap Pulsar differs from its neighbours
Changing size
- Quasar is the next size up: 6 GB of memory and 4 vCPU for $18.88 a month, $7.00 more than this plan. That is enough for Appwrite, Baserow, Budibase, Chatwoot and 18 more, which this plan is too small for.
- Spark is the next size down: 1 GB of memory and 1 vCPU for $5.88 a month, $6.00 less than this plan. It is too small for AnythingLLM, authentik, CloudPanel, Coolify and 15 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 $11.88 since we started tracking it on .
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What this plan can run
Big enough for
Too small for
Each app is measured against the starting server we suggest in its hosting guide.
Questions
Questions about Pulsar
How much does Pulsar cost?
$11.88 a month, or about $142.56 a year, before tax.
Is there a cheaper introductory price?
Yes. New customers pay $9.88 a month for the first term, then $11.88 a month. We compare plans on that second, regular price.
What is the cheapest 2 GB plan you track?
Hostwinds’s Unmanaged Linux VPS 2 GB, at $9.99 a month. It is the lowest price among the 26 USD plans with 2 GB of memory we track.
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?
Quasar is the next size up: 6 GB of memory and 4 vCPU for $18.88 a month, $7.00 more than this plan. That is enough for Appwrite, Baserow, Budibase, Chatwoot and 18 more, which this plan is too small for.