HOSTKEY vs Cloud4U — which to choose for a VPS

Comparing VPS from the catalogue: 21 plans at HOSTKEY and 5 plans at Cloud4U. Prices come from the providers' price lists and are updated every day.

HOSTKEY HOSTKEY
HOSTKEY

21 plans · from $5.96

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Cloud4U Cloud4U
Cloud4U

5 plans · from $10.49

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In short

  • Cheaper — HOSTKEY on all 6 comparable configurations.
  • More countries — HOSTKEY: 13 vs 1. Only there: Netherlands, Finland, France, Spain and 8 more.

These points are built from catalogue figures and change with the price lists.

Key facts

HOSTKEY
Cloud4U
VPS price from
$5.96 a month
$10.49 a month
VPS plans in the catalogue
21
5
Countries
Netherlands, Finland, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Russia, United States, Türkiye, Iceland, United Kingdom, Germany
Russia
Trial period
not stated
30 days free
Payment
Russian card / SBP, YooMoney, Invoice for companies
Russian card / SBP, Invoice for companies
Refunds
Unused balance refunded
no
Uptime guarantee (SLA)
not stated
99.98%
In business
not stated
since 2009
Customer rating
no reviews yet · leave a review
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Same configuration — where it is cheaper

The cheapest plan with at least as many cores and as much memory. No exact match — we take the nearest larger one.

HOSTKEY
Cloud4U
1 core · 1 GB
$5.96 / mo

“vm.pico” — 1 core, 1 GB, 40 GB

$10.49 / mo

“VPS 1 vCPU · 1 GB · 20 GB” — 1 core, 1 GB, 20 GB

1 core · 2 GB
$8.58 / mo

“vm.nano” — 2 cores, 2 GB, 60 GB · nearest

$15.55 / mo

“VPS 1 vCPU · 2 GB · 30 GB” — 1 core, 2 GB, 30 GB

2 cores · 2 GB
$8.58 / mo

“vm.nano” — 2 cores, 2 GB, 60 GB

$30.47 / mo

“VPS 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB” — 2 cores, 4 GB, 50 GB · nearest

2 cores · 4 GB
$11.56 / mo

“vm.v2-nano” — 2 cores, 4 GB, 60 GB

$30.47 / mo

“VPS 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB” — 2 cores, 4 GB, 50 GB

4 cores · 8 GB
$21.45 / mo

“vm.storage-2000” — 4 cores, 8 GB, 2048 GB

$60.94 / mo

“VPS 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB” — 4 cores, 8 GB, 100 GB

8 cores · 16 GB
$46.12 / mo

“vm.v2-medium” — 8 cores, 16 GB, 160 GB

$121.87 / mo

“VPS 8 vCPU · 16 GB · 200 GB” — 8 cores, 16 GB, 200 GB

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper — HOSTKEY or Cloud4U?

HOSTKEY — VPS from $5.96 a month, Cloud4U — from $10.49. With 2 cores and 4 GB — $11.56 (“vm.v2-nano”) vs $30.47 (“VPS 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB”). Prices are updated from the providers' price lists.

Where are the HOSTKEY and Cloud4U servers?

HOSTKEY — Netherlands, Finland, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Russia, United States, Türkiye, Iceland, United Kingdom, Germany. Cloud4U — Russia.

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