Question 1

What is the cheapest cloud server right now?

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The cheapest cloud server currently is Vultr vc2-1c-0.5gb-free at $0.00/month. CloudPrice updates pricing every 6 hours from official provider APIs.

Question 2

How often are cloud server prices updated?

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CloudPrice fetches pricing data every 6 hours directly from official APIs of AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, Hetzner, OVHcloud, Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and Scaleway.

Question 3

Which cloud provider is the cheapest for a 2 vCPU server?

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Hetzner and OVHcloud typically offer the cheapest 2 vCPU servers in Europe, often under $5/month. In the US, DigitalOcean and Vultr offer competitive 2 vCPU Droplets/instances starting around $12/month. Use CloudPrice to filter by vCPU count and compare live prices.

Question 4

How do AWS EC2 and DigitalOcean Droplet prices compare?

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DigitalOcean Droplets are generally cheaper than equivalent AWS EC2 instances, with simpler and more predictable pricing. AWS offers more instance types, regions, and services but at higher cost. A comparable 2 vCPU / 4 GB instance on DigitalOcean starts around $24/month vs $35+ on AWS EC2. Use CloudPrice to compare specific configurations side by side.

Question 5

Is Hetzner cheaper than DigitalOcean?

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Yes — Hetzner Cloud is typically 40–60% cheaper than DigitalOcean for equivalent specs, especially in Europe. Hetzner uses NVMe storage and offers 20 TB bandwidth included. However, Hetzner has fewer global regions than DigitalOcean.

Question 6

What is the difference between AWS, Azure, and GCP pricing?

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AWS, Azure, and GCP use network-attached storage and charge separately for storage I/O. Their pricing varies significantly by region and instance family. AWS EC2 generally has the widest selection, Azure VM is competitive for Windows workloads, and GCP Compute Engine often wins on sustained-use discounts. Use CloudPrice to compare their on-demand prices instantly.

Question 7

Which cloud provider has the best ARM servers?

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AWS Graviton (ARM) instances typically offer the best price-performance ratio among major cloud providers, often 20–40% cheaper than equivalent x86 instances. Oracle Cloud also offers free-tier ARM instances. Use CloudPrice's ARM filter to compare all ARM cloud servers across providers.

Question 8

Can I filter cloud servers by region, RAM, and price?

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Yes. CloudPrice lets you filter by vCPU count, RAM (GB), price range, storage (GB and type), region, provider, and ARM architecture. You can also sort by price, vCPUs, RAM, or storage. All filters are reflected in the URL so you can bookmark and share your search.

Provider	Instance	vCPUs	RAM	Storage	Transfer	Region	Savings	Price/mo
Vultr	vc2-1c-0.5gb-freeBest Price	1	0.5 GB	10 GBSSD	0 TB	sea	—	$0.00 $0.0000/hr
AWS	t4g.nanoARM	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-south-1	—	$2.04 $0.0028/hr
Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	centralindia	—	$4.09 $0.0056/hr
Alibaba Cloud	ecs.s6-c1m1.small	1	1 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	—	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
Huawei Cloud	t6.small.1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	—	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
Linode	Nanode 1GB	1	1 GB	25 GBSSD	0.98 TB	global	—	$5.00 $0.0075/hr
GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	—Network	—	us-east1	—	$6.11 $0.0084/hr
OCI	VM.Standard.A2.Flex.1ARM	1	6 GB	—Network	10 TB	eu-frankfurt-1	—	$7.30 $0.0100/hr
OVHcloud	s1-2	1	2 GB	10 GBSSD	—	WAW	—	$8.50 $0.0116/hr
Tencent Cloud	S5.SMALL1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	na-siliconvalley	—	$8.68 $0.0119/hr
IBM Cloud	cx2-2x4	2	4 GB	—Network	—	us-south	—	$45.36 $0.0621/hr

Compare	Provider	Instance	vCPUs	RAM	Storage	Transfer	Region	Savings	Price/mo
	Vultr	vc2-1c-0.5gb-freeBest Price	1	0.5 GB	10 GBSSD	0 TB	sea	Save 100%	$0.00 $0.0000/hr
	AWS	t3a.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-south-1	Save 53%	$2.26 $0.0031/hr
	AWS	t4g.nanoARM	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-south-1	Save 58%	$2.04 $0.0028/hr
	AWS	t3a.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-east-1	Save 29%	$3.43 $0.0047/hr
	AWS	t3a.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-west-2	Save 29%	$3.43 $0.0047/hr
	AWS	t4g.nanoARM	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-west-2	Save 36%	$3.07 $0.0042/hr
	AWS	t4g.nanoARM	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-east-1	Save 36%	$3.07 $0.0042/hr
	AWS	t4g.nanoARM	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	eu-west-1	Save 30%	$3.36 $0.0046/hr
	Vultr	vc2-1c-0.5gb-v6	1	0.5 GB	10 GBSSD	0.5 TB	ewr	Save 53%	$2.50 $0.0034/hr
	Vultr	vc2-1c-0.5gb	1	0.5 GB	10 GBSSD	0.5 TB	ewr	Save 34%	$3.50 $0.0048/hr
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	Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	eastus	Save 29%	$3.80 $0.0052/hr
	AWS	t3a.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	eu-west-1	Save 23%	$3.72 $0.0051/hr
	AWS	t3.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-west-2	Save 21%	$3.80 $0.0052/hr
	AWS	t3.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-east-1	Save 21%	$3.80 $0.0052/hr
	Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	centralindia	Save 23%	$4.09 $0.0056/hr
	AWS	t3.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	eu-west-1	Save 14%	$4.16 $0.0057/hr
	AWS	t3a.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	Save 11%	$4.31 $0.0059/hr
	AWS	t3.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-south-1	Save 15%	$4.09 $0.0056/hr
	AWS	t2.nano	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-west-2	Save 21%	$4.23 $0.0058/hr
	AWS	t2.nano	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	us-east-1	Save 21%	$4.23 $0.0058/hr
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	Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	westeurope	Save 18%	$4.38 $0.0060/hr
	Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	westus2	Save 29%	$3.80 $0.0052/hr
	AWS	t4g.nanoARM	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	Save 20%	$3.87 $0.0053/hr
	AWS	t4g.microARM	2	1 GB	—Network	—	ap-south-1	Save 10%	$4.09 $0.0056/hr
	Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	southeastasia	Save 10%	$4.82 $0.0066/hr
	AWS	t3.nano	2	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	—	$4.82 $0.0066/hr
	AWS	t3a.micro	2	1 GB	—Network	—	ap-south-1	—	$4.53 $0.0062/hr
	AWS	t2.nano	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	eu-west-1	Save 14%	$4.60 $0.0063/hr
	AWS	t2.nano	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	—	$5.33 $0.0073/hr
	AWS	t2.nano	1	0.5 GB	—Network	—	ap-south-1	Save 15%	$4.53 $0.0062/hr
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	Huawei Cloud	t6.small.1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Huawei Cloud	t6.small.1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-3	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Huawei Cloud	t6.small.1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	cn-east-3	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Huawei Cloud	t6.small.1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	cn-north-4	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Huawei Cloud	t6.small.1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	cn-south-1	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Huawei Cloud	t6.small.1	1	1 GB	—Network	—	sa-brazil-1	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Vultr	vc2-1c-1gb	1	1 GB	25 GBSSD	1 TB	ewr	Save 18%	$5.00 $0.0069/hr
	Alibaba Cloud	ecs.s6-c1m1.small	1	1 GB	—Network	—	us-east-1	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Alibaba Cloud	ecs.s6-c1m1.small	1	1 GB	—Network	—	eu-central-1	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Alibaba Cloud	ecs.s6-c1m1.small	1	1 GB	—Network	—	cn-shanghai	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
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	Alibaba Cloud	ecs.s6-c1m1.small	1	1 GB	—Network	—	cn-hangzhou	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Alibaba Cloud	ecs.s6-c1m1.small	1	1 GB	—Network	—	cn-beijing	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Alibaba Cloud	ecs.s6-c1m1.small	1	1 GB	—Network	—	ap-southeast-1	Save 22%	$4.75 $0.0065/hr
	Linode	Nanode 1GB	1	1 GB	25 GBSSD	0.98 TB	global	Save 18%	$5.00 $0.0075/hr
	GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	—Network	—	europe-west1	—	$6.11 $0.0084/hr
	GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	—Network	—	us-central1	—	$6.11 $0.0084/hr
	GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	—Network	—	us-east1	—	$6.11 $0.0084/hr
	Vultr	vhf-1c-1gb	1	1 GB	32 GBSSD	1 TB	ewr	Save 2%	$6.00 $0.0082/hr
	Vultr	vhp-1c-1gb-amd	1	1 GB	25 GBSSD	2 TB	ewr	Save 2%	$6.00 $0.0082/hr
	Vultr	vhp-1c-1gb-intel	1	1 GB	25 GBSSD	2 TB	ewr	Save 2%	$6.00 $0.0082/hr

Provider	Instance	vCPUs	RAM	Price/mo
Alibaba Cloud	ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge	4	8 GB	$21.60
Alibaba Cloud	ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge	4	8 GB	$21.60
Alibaba Cloud	ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge	4	8 GB	$21.60
Alibaba Cloud	ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge	4	8 GB	$21.60
Alibaba Cloud	ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge	4	8 GB	$21.60

Provider	Instance	vCPUs	RAM	Price/mo
AWS	t3a.nano	2	0.5 GB	$2.26
AWS	t4g.nano	2	0.5 GB	$2.04
AWS	t4g.nano	2	0.5 GB	$3.36
AWS	t3a.nano	2	0.5 GB	$3.43
AWS	t4g.nano	2	0.5 GB	$3.07
AWS	t4g.nano	2	0.5 GB	$3.07

Provider	Instance	vCPUs	RAM	Price/mo
Azure	Standard_B2pts_v2	2	8 GB	$7.01
Azure	Standard_B2ts_v2	2	8 GB	$7.59
Azure	Standard_B2ts_v2	2	8 GB	$7.59
Azure	Standard_B2ats_v2	2	8 GB	$8.61
Azure	Standard_B2ts_v2	2	8 GB	$9.64

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