Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, the best Coolify VPS is LikeVPS (Lite+, $12.00/month: 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and OVHcloud VPS. The cheapest is ServerCheap at $3.00/month (NVMe-KVM-4GB-New). 111 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 30 GB disk and KVM virtualisation.
Key takeaways
- Prices run from $3.00 (ServerCheap) with a median of $14.00 per month across 111 providers.
- Widest footprint: OneProvider, 64 data-center locations in 50 countries.
- Best rated: Fozzy, 4.9/5 on Trustpilot from 877 reviews.
- 54 of 111 offer Windows Server, 71 include DDoS protection and 29 bill by the hour.
Top picks: vps for coolify
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LikeVPS
UK-registered VPS provider with 26 locations across Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania; DDoS protection and unlimited traffic included in most plans. Lite+ at $12.00/month with 2 GB RAM. 26 locations in 26 countries, DDoS protection included and Windows Server available.
Lite+: 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic. -
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Contabo
Munich-based host selling high-RAM shared-vCPU VPS from €5.50 across 10+ locations on four continents. Cloud VPS 4 at $6.16/month with 8 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and unmetered traffic on some plans.
Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, unmetered traffic. -
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OVHcloud VPS
French public cloud group selling NVMe VPS with unlimited traffic in 11 datacenter regions from $4.54/mo. VPS-1 at $4.54/month with 4 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and unmetered traffic on some plans.
VPS-1: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic. -
4
AlphaVPS
Bulgarian budget KVM host with same-price NVMe VPS in 7 EU/US cities from €2.99/mo plus cheap HDD storage VPS. C2G at $3.36/month with 2 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and accepts crypto.
C2G: 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 30 GB NVMe, 3 TB traffic. -
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HOSTKEY
Amsterdam-based dedicated and GPU host with hourly-billed KVM VPS in seven European and US locations and Windows images. Hourly VPS Basic at $3.60/month with 4 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and hourly billing.
Hourly VPS Basic: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD, traffic n/a.
Official requirements
Only plans with at least 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 30 GB disk and KVM virtualisation are listed. The figures below come from each project's own documentation.
| Software | Minimum RAM | Recommended RAM | CPU | Disk | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolify | 2 GB | — | 2 | 10 GB | Linux |
Coolify: Coolify lists a minimum of 2 CPU cores, 2 GB RAM and 10 GB free disk, plus room for Docker images, volumes and backups, and advises more cores when several workloads run on one server. It runs only on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, the RHEL family, SUSE, Arch, Alpine and 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS) on amd64 or arm64.
All 111 providers that qualify
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Locations | Windows | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lite+ | $12.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 26 | Yes | — | |
| 2 | Cloud VPS 4 | $6.16 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 10 | Yes | 4.6 (11,470) | |
| 3 | VPS-1 | $4.54 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 11 | Yes | 3.8 (8,843) | |
| 4 | C2G | $3.36 | 2 | 2 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 4.6 (146) | |
| 5 | Hourly VPS Basic | $3.60 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 3.1 (214) | |
| 6 | CX23 | $6.71 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 6 | No | 3.0 (3,001) | |
| 7 | Leaseweb VPS 1 | $5.58 | 4 | 6 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 3.4 (319) | |
| 8 | Starter 2C2G 40GB | $4.20 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB SSD | 11 | No | — | |
| 9 | NVMe 8 GB | $9.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 35 GB NVMe | 14 | No | 2.7 (91) | |
| 10 | VPS 500 G12.5 | $8.94 | 2 | 4 GB | 64 GB SSD | 5 | No | 3.8 (3,022) | |
| 11 | Flux | $5.18 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.8 (1,125) | |
| 12 | Gigabit KVM VPS 5 | $7.00 | 3 | 3 GB | 40 GB SSD | 8 | Yes | 3.4 (22) | |
| 13 | VPS Business | $9.78 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 29 | No | 3.5 (1,836) | |
| 14 | 2 GB | $4.50 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 2.6 (212) | |
| 15 | DE-3900-4GBrr | $5.50 | 2 | 4 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 3.1 (49) | |
| 16 | VPS LC2 | $6.71 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.5 (6,572) | |
| 17 | VPS Lite 2 | $6.51 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 4.0 (2,060) | |
| 18 | Linux Cloud vShared 4GB | $9.95 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 21 | Yes | 3.2 (1) | |
| 19 | SM-L2 | $7.86 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 32 | No | — | |
| 20 | NVMe-KVM-4GB-New | $3.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 1 | No | — | |
| 21 | KVM 2 | $14.99 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 10 | No | 4.6 (73,071) | |
| 22 | EPYC-2G1C32GN | $3.50 | 2 | 2 GB | 32 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 1.8 (25) | |
| 23 | VPS Linux M+ | $14.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.6 (45,403) | |
| 24 | KVM-HDD 2048 | $7.76 | 4 | 2 GB | 60 GB HDD | 21 | Yes | — | |
| 25 | Linux 6 GB | $7.00 | 4 | 6 GB | 30 GB SSD | 6 | No | — | |
| 26 | NEO Lite SS 2.2 | $6.08 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 2 | No | — | |
| 27 | 4 GB DDR5 | $14.48 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 13 | No | — | |
| 28 | VPS 2 vCPU / 2 GB | $9.78 | 2 | 2 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 3.8 (2) | |
| 29 | SSD VPS 2 | $3.83 | 4 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 1 | No | 1.9 (126) | |
| 30 | KVM / Small | $17.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 15 | No | 3.0 (255) | |
| 31 | AMS Medium | $8.93 | 2 | 4 GB | 1000 GB HDD | 11 | No | — | |
| 32 | Standard (2GB) | $6.95 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 6 | Yes | 2.7 (110) | |
| 33 | NVMe 4 | $11.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.5 (31,911) | |
| 34 | Linux VPS 4 slices | $12.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 120 GB SSD | 3 | Yes | 4.3 (2,514) | |
| 35 | Snappy 2000 - NVMe 4 | $9.35 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.6 (17,852) | |
| 36 | NVME-KVM-4GB (Netherlands) | $9.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | — | |
| 37 | 2GB | $4.87 | 2 | 2 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 38 | ARM108 | $9.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 5 | Yes | — | |
| 39 | XEN30 | $11.25 | 2 | 3 GB | 40 GB SSD | 3 | No | 4.1 (5) | |
| 40 | General Purpose 2 vCPU / 2 GB / 40 GB | $12.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 64 | No | 2.5 (681) | |
| 41 | Starter 2xCPU-4GB | $14.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 30 GB SSD | 14 | Yes | 3.0 (168) | |
| 42 | SSD2 | $5.92 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 43 | Chimera Hybrid -1 | $5.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 2065 GB NVMe + HDD | 1 | Yes | 3.4 (27) | |
| 44 | 40G KVM - PROMO | $8.83 | 3 | 2 GB | 40 GB SSD | 10 | No | 2.9 (2) | |
| 45 | VM-2 | $11.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 30 GB | 17 | Yes | — | |
| 46 | KVM-2 | $10.95 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 10 | Yes | 3.3 (51) | |
| 47 | Start | $10.19 | 2 | 2 GB | 30 GB SSD | 42 | No | 4.2 (265) | |
| 48 | OpenVZ-2048 | $9.99 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 8 | Yes | 4.4 (24) | |
| 49 |  Amazon Lightsail |
Linux 2 GB | $12.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 19 | Yes | 1.3 (429) |
| 50 | VPS Linux M | $11.24 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 4.2 (10,754) | |
| 51 | VDS-2-SSD-TYO | $12.77 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 3.5 (19) | |
| 52 | Regular Performance 2 vCPU / 4 GB (vc2-2c-4gb) | $20.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 32 | Yes | 1.6 (585) | |
| 53 | Basic 4 GB (s-2vcpu-4gb) | $24.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 13 | No | 4.5 (2,581) | |
| 54 | VM.Standard.E4.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB | $27.01 | 2 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 25 | Yes | 1.3 (180) | |
| 55 | EPYCVDS-2 | $20.00 | 2 | 16 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 19 | Yes | 3.3 (122) | |
| 56 | Agency | $14.70 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 39 | Yes | — | |
| 57 | Unmanaged Entry Plus | $10.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.3 (96) | |
| 58 | Linux 2C/2G | $15.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 12 | Yes | 1.2 (100) | |
| 59 | Cloud NVMe 4 | $16.88 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | — | |
| 60 | NVME-2G | $8.98 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 3.7 (45) | |
| 61 | C2 | $14.70 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.2 (151) | |
| 62 | VPS Pro | $21.95 | 6 | 10 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.9 (359) | |
| 63 | G3.4GB | $20.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 8 | Yes | 4.5 (139) | |
| 64 | E5 KVM 2048MB | $10.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 65 | Linux 4 | $14.55 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 4.7 (1,254) | |
| 66 | VPS 2 | $15.87 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 4.8 (21,711) | |
| 67 | VPS Earth + | $18.99 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 14 | Yes | 4.5 (222) | |
| 68 | Linux 2048 MB | $19.99 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 21 | Yes | 1.9 (67) | |
| 69 |  Akamai Cloud (Linode) |
Linode 4 GB | $24.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 26 | No | 2.5 (207) |
| 70 | Production | $22.38 | 3 | 3 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 17 | Yes | 4.5 (292) | |
| 71 | VPS XS (4GB Cloud Server) | $19.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 10 | No | 4.8 (7,204) | |
| 72 | Pulsar | $11.88 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.2 (22,054) | |
| 73 | Linux Cloud C3 | $18.06 | 2 | 2 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 4 | No | — | |
| 74 | Mid (2 GB) | $14.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 21 | Yes | 1.4 (118) | |
| 75 | Cloud VPS Compute 4GB | $17.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 3 | No | 3.8 (2,777) | |
| 76 | Container VPS Medium | $11.50 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 | Yes | 4.5 (802) | |
| 77 | 2GB (NVMe2G) | $10.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 1.2 (910) | |
| 78 | Ryzen KVM 8GB | $38.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 3.8 (948) | |
| 79 | NVMe 8 GB | $36.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 35 GB NVMe | 19 | No | 4.3 (8) | |
| 80 | LAX.AS3.T1 STARTER | $12.90 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 3 | No | — | |
| 81 | Cloud ARM VDS 2 | $21.30 | 2 | 12 GB | 50 GB | 7 | No | 4.4 (152) | |
| 82 | Cloud VPS 2 | $10.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | No | 3.5 (53) | |
| 83 | DigitalOcean Medium | $88.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 9 | No | 4.6 (3,766) | |
| 84 | m.4 | $14.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 35 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.6 (8) | |
| 85 | HFT Standard+ VPS | $22.11 | 2 | 2.5 GB | 35 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.8 (379) | |
| 86 | Linux VPS 2 GB | $14.95 | 2 | 2 GB | 45 GB SSD | 3 | Yes | 4.9 (877) | |
| 87 | KVM VPS 2 GB | $20.59 | 3 | 2 GB | 75 GB SSD | 12 | Yes | 4.3 (384) | |
| 88 | 2 vCPU / 4GB RAM | $29.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | 4.4 (144,190) | |
| 89 | Unmanaged Linux 3 | $18.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 75 GB SSD | 3 | No | 2.1 (730) | |
| 90 | VPS S SSD | $27.00 | 4 | 4 GB | 200 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 2.5 (262) | |
| 91 | Premium NVMe 2 GB | $14.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 4 | No | 2.2 (54) | |
| 92 | Stack 4 | $15.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.6 (8,231) | |
| 93 | KVM-HIGHCPU-SSD-4-ANX | $43.72 | 12 | 24 GB | 500 GB SSD | 28 | No | 2.3 (48) | |
| 94 | LA KVM VPS Plus | $12.99 | 4 | 4 GB | 100 GB SSD | 2 | No | — | |
| 95 | NL-40 | $44.91 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | — | |
| 96 | Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB | $18.95 | 2 | 2 GB | 35 GB NVMe | 1 | No | — | |
| 97 | Managed cPanel 4GB | $69.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.8 (1,773) | |
| 98 | VM 4 | $20.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 2.3 (7) | |
| 99 | CloudVPS-2 | $19.42 | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 100 | vroot_RUN! | $17.76 | 2 | 4 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 101 | HybridCloud Starter | $54.91 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.8 (5,503) | |
| 102 | Standard | $39.92 | 2 | 4 GB | 160 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 4.4 (140) | |
| 103 | SSD vServer Starter | $44.96 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.3 (2,044) | |
| 104 | KVM VPS 2 vCPU / 2 GB | $30.55 | 2 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | 2.3 (13) | |
| 105 | 2 GB / 2 vCPU | $36.06 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 3.2 (139) | |
| 106 | s0.d1.small | $58.40 | 4 | 16 GB | 480 GB SSD | 6 | No | — | |
| 107 | VPS SSD 4 modules | $29.72 | 2 | 8 GB | 60 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.0 (12) | |
| 108 | v3-starter-4 | $30.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 40 GB SSD | 3 | No | — | |
| 109 | Standard 4 GB | $20.10 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 110 | Cloud VPS L1 | $14.20 | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.4 (244) | |
| 111 | Green 4 | $35.32 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB SSD | 1 | No | — |
Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan that meets at least 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 30 GB disk and KVM virtualisation. Updated October 23, 2026.
Cheapest qualifying plan per provider
What to look for in a coolify VPS
What to check
- 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM minimum
- Disk for Docker images, volumes and backups
- KVM virtualisation
- Ports 80 and 443 reachable for the proxy
Frequently asked questions
What is the best vps for coolify?
As of October 23, 2026, the best Coolify VPS is LikeVPS (Lite+, $12.00/month: 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and OVHcloud VPS. The cheapest is ServerCheap at $3.00/month (NVMe-KVM-4GB-New). 111 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 30 GB disk and KVM virtualisation.
What is the cheapest VPS for coolify?
ServerCheap at $3.00 per month for NVMe-KVM-4GB-New (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe), the cheapest plan that meets at least 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 30 GB disk and KVM virtualisation.
How much RAM does Coolify need?
Coolify's official documentation gives a minimum of 2 GB. Coolify lists a minimum of 2 CPU cores, 2 GB RAM and 10 GB free disk, plus room for Docker images, volumes and backups, and advises more cores when several workloads run on one server.
Sources
Prices, plans and locations were read from these pages; last checked October 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on the provider's site before you buy.