✓ Regular transit; CN2 GIA belongs to premium tiers
BandwagonHost's classic PROMO plan from the official catalog (yearly billing only). Datacenters include Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Fremont, Vancouver and New York. Note: PROMO plans use regular transit — for CN2 GIA look at the E-Commerce / Ultra tiers.
CloudCone SC2 Starter (best seller): 1 vCPU / 1GB / 20GB SSD / 3TB transfer, $5.20/mo, Los Angeles
✓ $5.20/mo with hourly billing
✓ 3TB monthly transfer in Los Angeles
The current best-seller on CloudCone's official site: Los Angeles location, hourly billing with destroy-anytime, Alipay supported. Watch for their irregular flash sales.
Hard to beat on raw specs: 4 cores and 8GB RAM for €5.50. Three caveats: that's the 24-month term price (incl. VAT), traffic is unmetered but fair-use, and the entry port is capped at 200Mbit.
✓ 30+ locations incl. Tokyo / Hong Kong / Singapore
The entry plan of GreenCloud's official Budget KVM line: 10Gbps ports even at the bottom tier, with 30+ locations across US/EU/APAC. Note: APAC locations get reduced bandwidth — SSDKVM-1 drops to 750GB in APAC.
The entry tier from DigitalOcean's official pricing page. New users can often claim promotional credit (amount and duration per the official site). The docs and tutorial ecosystem is the best in class.
The entry Cost-Optimized plan (EU, excl. VAT). Note: our 2026-10 scan found the entire CX/CAX line sold out; the plan table auto-tracks restocks. 14-day full refund makes trial zero-cost.
4GB RAM + NVMe punches hard at $6 — but it's the official promo rate (67% off), renewing at $11.99/mo, and the whole term is billed upfront. Do the two-year math before ordering. 30-day money-back guarantee.
RackNerd's long-running entry special from their official Specials page — the price renews for life. Choose from San Jose, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, New York or Atlanta. Great for bots, scripts and learning.
Live on the official pricing page: the 0.5GB tier is $3.50/mo with IPv4 ($2.50 IPv6-only), 1GB at $5/mo. 32 datacenters, 60-second deploys, hourly billing — ideal for short-lived projects.