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120+ Locations

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For most users: Start with Vultr - best balance of price, performance, and global coverage. Need European GDPR compliance? Go with Hetzner. Budget priority? Initech Premium starts at just $5/mo.

AT A GLANCE

Provider	Starting Price	CPU Type	vCPU Mode	Locations	Best For
IX Initech Premium	$5/mo	Intel Xeon	Shared	1	Budget, privacy-first	Deploy
V Vultr	$10/mo	Intel AMD	Shared Dedicated	32	General purpose, global reach	Deploy
H Hetzner Cloud	$30/qtr	Intel AMD	Shared Dedicated	6	Europe, GDPR, value	Deploy
DO DigitalOcean	$12/mo	Intel AMD	Shared	9	Developers, simplicity	Deploy
LS AWS Lightsail	$7/mo	Intel Xeon	Shared	14	AWS ecosystem, predictable pricing	Deploy
EC2 AWS EC2	$18/mo	Intel AMD	Shared Dedicated	61	Enterprise, max locations	Deploy
GC Google Cloud	$20/mo	Intel AMD	Shared	38	Google network, ML workloads	Deploy
AL Alibaba Cloud	$38/mo	Intel Xeon	Burstable Reserved	13	Asia-Pacific, China adjacent	Deploy

UNDERSTANDING THE SPECS

Shared vs Dedicated vCPU

Shared: Your vCPU shares physical cores with other VMs. Good for variable workloads. May see performance variation under heavy load.

Dedicated: Your vCPU has exclusive access to physical cores. Consistent performance. Better for production, databases, compute-heavy tasks.

TIP Clock speed matters less than vCPU type. A dedicated 2.5GHz vCPU outperforms a shared 3.5GHz vCPU under real-world load.

Intel vs AMD

Intel Xeon: Industry standard, excellent compatibility, mature ecosystem. Great for most workloads.

AMD EPYC: Often better price-to-performance ratio, more cores per dollar. Excellent for compute-intensive tasks.

TIP For most applications, you won't notice a difference. Choose based on price and availability.

Transfer / Bandwidth

Monthly data transfer included with your plan. Overages are billed per GB on most providers.

Hetzner: 20TB included on all plans - exceptional value for high-traffic applications.

TIP Running a media server or CDN? Prioritize transfer limits. Running a database? It's rarely a factor.

PROVIDER DETAILS

Initech Premium

Our own infrastructure

$5 /mo

CPU Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4

vCPU Mode Shared

Base Clock 2.20 GHz

RAM Range 1GB - 256GB

Storage SSD

Network 1 Gbps (up to 10 Gbps)

Transfer 1TB included (up to 50TB)

Locations 1 (US)

Lowest Entry Price SSD Storage Privacy-First Scalable Bandwidth

Best for: Budget-conscious users seeking privacy-focused hosting at the lowest price point. Expandable bandwidth and network speed available.

Vultr

High performance cloud compute

$10 /mo

Cloud Compute (VC2)

CPU: Intel (Shared) Range: 1-24 vCPU, 1-96GB RAM Storage: 25GB-1600GB NVMe Transfer: 1-15TB/mo

Optimized Cloud (VOC)

CPU: AMD EPYC (Dedicated) Range: 1-8 vCPU, 4-32GB RAM Storage: 30GB-160GB NVMe Transfer: 4-7TB/mo

32 Locations Windows Available Block Storage DDoS Protection GPU Instances

Best for: General purpose workloads. Excellent global coverage with 32 locations. Good balance of price and performance.

Hetzner Cloud

German engineering, exceptional value

$30 /qtr

CX Series (Intel Shared)

CPU: Intel Xeon Range: 1-16 vCPU, 2-32GB RAM Storage: 20GB-320GB NVMe Transfer: 20TB/mo

CPX Series (AMD Shared)

CPU: AMD EPYC Range: 2-16 vCPU, 2-32GB RAM Storage: 40GB-360GB NVMe Transfer: 20TB/mo

CCX Series (AMD Dedicated)

CPU: AMD EPYC (Dedicated) Range: 8 vCPU, 32GB RAM Storage: 240GB NVMe Transfer: 30TB/mo

20TB Transfer Included GDPR Compliant Quarterly Billing Volumes Snapshots

Best for: European users, GDPR compliance requirements, high-bandwidth applications. Exceptional price-to-performance ratio.

DigitalOcean

Developer-friendly simplicity

$12 /mo

Basic Droplets

CPU: Intel or AMD (Shared) Range: 1-8 vCPU, 1-16GB RAM Storage: 25GB-320GB SSD Transfer: 1-6TB/mo

Intel + AMD Options Block Storage Floating IPs Backups Firewalls

Best for: Developers who value simplicity. Clean interface, excellent documentation, strong community.

AWS Lightsail

Simplified AWS experience

$7 /mo

Lightsail Instances

CPU: Intel Xeon (Shared/Burstable) Range: 1-8 vCPU, 0.5-32GB RAM Storage: 20GB-640GB SSD Transfer: 1-7TB/mo

AWS Network Predictable Pricing Windows Available Static IPs Load Balancers

Best for: Users who want AWS quality with simple, predictable pricing. Good entry point to AWS ecosystem.

EC2

AWS EC2

Enterprise-grade flexibility

$18 /mo

EC2 Instances

CPU: Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC Types: t3 (Burstable), m5 (General), c5 (Compute) Storage: EBS (Elastic Block Store) Network: Up to 25 Gbps

61 Locations Instance Types Auto Scaling Windows Available AWS Ecosystem

Best for: Enterprise workloads, maximum geographic coverage (61 locations), need for specific instance types.

Google Cloud

Google's global network

$20 /mo

Compute Engine

CPU: Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC Series: E2 (Cost-opt), N2 (Balanced), C2 (Compute) Storage: Persistent Disk (SSD/Standard) Network: Premium tier included

38 Locations Google Network Custom Machine Types Live Migration Preemptible VMs

Best for: Leveraging Google's network and ML capabilities. Excellent for data-intensive and AI/ML workloads.

Alibaba Cloud

Asia-Pacific leader

$38 /mo

ECS Instances

CPU: Intel Xeon Types: Burstable (t5), General (g5), Compute (c5) Storage: Cloud Disk (SSD/Ultra) Network: Up to 10 Gbps

13 Locations Asia-Pacific Focus Burstable Options Reserved Pricing DDoS Protection

Best for: Asia-Pacific presence, China-adjacent markets, users needing Alibaba ecosystem integration.

QUICK DECISION GUIDE

Lowest Cost

Start with Initech Premium at $5/mo or Lightsail at $7/mo

Best Performance

Vultr Optimized or Hetzner CCX for dedicated vCPU

Most Locations

AWS EC2 (61) or Google Cloud (38)

Europe / GDPR

Hetzner - German company, EU data centers, excellent value

High Bandwidth

Hetzner - 20TB+ included on all plans

All-Around Best

Vultr - Great balance of price, performance, and global reach

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