Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, the best Ollama VPS is LikeVPS (Start, $23.00/month: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and netcup. The cheapest is Psychz Networks at $6.00/month (cVirtual Basic). 153 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 8 GB RAM.
Key takeaways
- Prices run from $6.00 (Psychz Networks) with a median of $33.54 per month across 153 providers.
- Widest footprint: OneProvider, 64 data-center locations in 50 countries.
- Best rated: ChartVPS, 5.0/5 on Trustpilot from 228 reviews.
- 73 of 153 offer Windows Server, 89 include DDoS protection and 41 bill by the hour.
Top picks: vps for ollama and local llms
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1
LikeVPS
UK-registered VPS provider with 26 locations across Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania; DDoS protection and unlimited traffic included in most plans. Start at $23.00/month with 8 GB RAM. 26 locations in 26 countries, DDoS protection included and Windows Server available.
Start: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic. -
2
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. -
3
netcup
German budget VPS and dedicated-core root servers with traffic flat rate in five locations across three continents. VPS 1000 G12.5 at $15.69/month with 8 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, hourly billing and unmetered traffic on some plans.
VPS 1000 G12.5: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, unmetered traffic. -
4
HOSTKEY
Amsterdam-based dedicated and GPU host with hourly-billed KVM VPS in seven European and US locations and Windows images. Hourly VPS Business at $7.20/month with 8 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and hourly billing.
Hourly VPS Business: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, traffic n/a. -
5
OVHcloud VPS
French public cloud group selling NVMe VPS with unlimited traffic in 11 datacenter regions from $4.54/mo. VPS-2 at $8.50/month with 8 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and unmetered traffic on some plans.
VPS-2: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 75 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic.
Official requirements
Only plans with at least 8 GB RAM are listed. The figures below come from each project's own documentation.
| Software | Minimum RAM | Recommended RAM | CPU | Disk | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollama | 8 GB | — | not published | 4 GB | Linux, Windows, Docker |
Ollama: Ollama's README (still present at v0.5.7) said to have at least 8 GB RAM for 7B models, 16 GB for 13B and 32 GB for 33B; current docs drop those figures and note that RAM scales with parallel requests times context length. A GPU is optional: NVIDIA cards with compute capability 5.0+ and driver 550+, AMD via ROCm v7, and others via Vulkan are accelerated, otherwise the model runs from system memory on the CPU. The Windows build needs at least 4 GB just for the binaries, and models add tens to hundreds of gigabytes.
All 153 providers that qualify
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Locations | Windows | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start | $23.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 26 | Yes | — | |
| 2 | Cloud VPS 4 | $6.16 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 10 | Yes | 4.6 (11,470) | |
| 3 | VPS 1000 G12.5 | $15.69 | 4 | 8 GB | 128 GB SSD | 5 | No | 3.8 (3,022) | |
| 4 | Hourly VPS Business | $7.20 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 3.1 (214) | |
| 5 | VPS-2 | $8.50 | 4 | 8 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 11 | Yes | 3.8 (8,843) | |
| 6 | NVMe 8 GB | $9.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 35 GB NVMe | 14 | No | 2.7 (91) | |
| 7 | KVM 2 | $14.99 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 10 | No | 4.6 (73,071) | |
| 8 | P8G Developer | $6.69 | 2 | 8 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 4.6 (146) | |
| 9 | pro.md.amd | $15.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 30 | Yes | — | |
| 10 | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB | $16.06 | 1 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 25 | Yes | 1.3 (180) | |
| 11 | Leaseweb VPS 2 | $10.06 | 6 | 16 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 3.4 (319) | |
| 12 | ARM108 | $9.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 5 | Yes | — | |
| 13 | KVM / Small | $17.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 15 | No | 3.0 (255) | |
| 14 | CX33 | $10.07 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 6 | No | 3.0 (3,001) | |
| 15 | SM-L2 | $7.86 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 32 | No | — | |
| 16 | Plus (Unmanaged) | $6.85 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.9 (5,411) | |
| 17 | VPS LC3 | $11.20 | 2 | 8 GB | 80 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.5 (6,572) | |
| 18 | Linux Cloud vShared 8GB | $17.95 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 21 | Yes | 3.2 (1) | |
| 19 | Fusion | $9.67 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.8 (1,125) | |
| 20 | EPYCVDS-1 | $10.00 | 1 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 19 | Yes | 3.3 (122) | |
| 21 | Public Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 50 GB | $19.40 | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 4.0 (2,060) | |
| 22 | 7950 VDS 2 | $18.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 3.4 (22) | |
| 23 | cVirtual Basic | $6.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 2.5 (5) | |
| 24 | Starter 2C8G 100GB | $12.50 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 11 | No | — | |
| 25 | Linux 12 GB | $14.00 | 4 | 12 GB | 60 GB SSD | 6 | No | — | |
| 26 | VPS Linux L+ | $25.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.6 (45,403) | |
| 27 | Linux VPS 4 slices | $12.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 120 GB SSD | 3 | Yes | 4.3 (2,514) | |
| 28 | Starter 4xCPU-8GB | $24.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 40 GB SSD | 14 | Yes | 3.0 (168) | |
| 29 | NVMe-KVM-10GB-New | $6.80 | 4 | 10 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 1 | No | — | |
| 30 | 8 GB DDR5 | $26.48 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB NVMe | 13 | No | — | |
| 31 | VPS.8 | $13.33 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 11 | No | 2.6 (90) | |
| 32 | 8 GB | $18.00 | 8 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 2.6 (212) | |
| 33 | 9950X3D-12GB | $15.00 | 2 | 12 GB | 250 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 3.1 (49) | |
| 34 | EPYC-8G3C128GN | $9.00 | 3 | 8 GB | 128 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 1.8 (25) | |
| 35 | Fast NVMe 2 (DRIVE 2) | $32.24 | 4 | 8 GB | 90 GB NVMe | 20 | Yes | — | |
| 36 | EPYC-KVM-9GB | $18.00 | 3 | 9 GB | 135 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | — | |
| 37 | AMS Large | $11.17 | 4 | 8 GB | 1500 GB HDD | 11 | No | — | |
| 38 | LPAR-21 | $16.88 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 3 | No | 4.1 (5) | |
| 39 | High Perf 2 | $22.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 125 GB NVMe | 64 | No | 2.5 (681) | |
| 40 | G3.8GB | $40.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 8 | Yes | 4.5 (139) | |
| 41 | C3.8GB | $35.64 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 2.3 (7) | |
| 42 | Basic 8 GB (s-4vcpu-8gb) | $48.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 13 | No | 4.5 (2,581) | |
| 43 | Regular Performance 4 vCPU / 8 GB (vc2-4c-8gb) | $40.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 32 | Yes | 1.6 (585) | |
| 44 | V2 KVM Slim Slice 2 | $15.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 250 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 3.4 (27) | |
| 45 | Power Plus | $37.72 | 4 | 8 GB | 250 GB NVMe | 29 | No | 3.5 (1,836) | |
| 46 | VPS Pro | $21.95 | 6 | 10 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.9 (359) | |
| 47 | VDS-4-SSD | $17.47 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 3.5 (19) | |
| 48 | NVMe 8 | $28.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.5 (31,911) | |
| 49 | C3 | $18.62 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.2 (151) | |
| 50 | KVM-SSD 8192 | $26.06 | 6 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 21 | Yes | — | |
| 51 | NVMe 8 GB | $36.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 35 GB NVMe | 19 | No | 4.3 (8) | |
| 52 | VPS 8 GB Linux | $12.65 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB SSD | 2 | No | 4.8 (135) | |
| 53 | VM-4 | $23.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 60 GB | 17 | Yes | — | |
| 54 | Cloud ARM VDS 2 | $21.30 | 2 | 12 GB | 50 GB | 7 | No | 4.4 (152) | |
| 55 | RAM VPS 2 | $22.48 | 2 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 4.8 (21,711) | |
| 56 | Zibs Intel | $20.10 | 2 | 14 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 | Yes | 4.1 (114) | |
| 57 | Snappy 4000 - NVMe 8 | $18.70 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.6 (17,852) | |
| 58 | WAWs-3 | $26.58 | 4 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 11 | Yes | 2.6 (119) | |
| 59 | NEO Lite MM 8.4 | $15.01 | 4 | 8 GB | 60 GB SSD | 2 | No | — | |
| 60 | Premium | $27.70 | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 39 | Yes | — | |
| 61 |  Akamai Cloud (Linode) |
Linode 8 GB | $48.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 26 | No | 2.5 (207) |
| 62 | Achieve | $19.95 | 8 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 2 | No | 4.7 (3,074) | |
| 63 | Linux 8 | $22.39 | 3 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 4.7 (1,254) | |
| 64 | Ryzen KVM 8GB | $38.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 3.8 (948) | |
| 65 | KVM-HIGHCPU-SSD-4-ANX | $43.72 | 12 | 24 GB | 500 GB SSD | 28 | No | 2.3 (48) | |
| 66 | s-g-4cpu-8gb | $25.28 | 4 | 8 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 2 | No | 4.7 (314) | |
| 67 | e2-standard-2 | $48.92 | 2 | 8 GB | — | 41 | Yes | 1.4 (43) | |
| 68 | VPS Linux L | $22.48 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 4.2 (10,754) | |
| 69 | VPS Peak | $31.99 | 2 | 8 GB | 50 GB SSD | 14 | Yes | 4.5 (222) | |
| 70 | SSD VPS 5 | $14.50 | 12 | 8 GB | 240 GB SSD | 1 | No | 1.9 (126) | |
| 71 | XCloud 4 | $29.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 300 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 2.7 (8) | |
| 72 | v3-starter-4 | $30.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 40 GB SSD | 3 | No | — | |
| 73 | 12 GB | $17.02 | 6 | 12 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | No | — | |
| 74 | Cloud 2 | $41.95 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 13 | No | 4.7 (1,379) | |
| 75 | Krystal Cloud C-8 | $68.34 | 4 | 8 GB | 125 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | 4.9 (2,459) | |
| 76 | VPS S (8GB Cloud Server) | $39.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 10 | No | 4.8 (7,204) | |
| 77 | Premium | $33.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB SSD | 42 | No | 4.2 (265) | |
| 78 | VPS SSD Linux 4 | $15.22 | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 4.0 (8) | |
| 79 | Linux 2C/8G | $35.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 12 | Yes | 1.2 (100) | |
| 80 | Professional | $67.13 | 8 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 17 | Yes | 4.5 (292) | |
| 81 | VPS O4A8 | $13.22 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB | 2 | No | 2.8 (65) | |
| 82 | Professional (8GB) | $24.95 | 4 | 8 GB | 165 GB SSD | 6 | Yes | 2.7 (110) | |
| 83 | Cloud NVMe 8 | $38.26 | 4 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | — | |
| 84 | U4 | $17.92 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 2 | No | 1.8 (164) | |
| 85 | SSD4 | $25.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 86 | 8GB | $21.58 | 6 | 8 GB | 800 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 87 | Config #2 | $49.95 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 15 | No | 4.9 (2,208) | |
| 88 | KVM VPS 8 GB | $36.59 | 6 | 8 GB | 220 GB SSD | 12 | Yes | 4.3 (384) | |
| 89 | Stack 8 | $21.99 | 2 | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.6 (8,231) | |
| 90 | Standard Large | $68.13 | 4 | 8 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 3.5 (2) | |
| 91 | Alpha Mark-2 | $80.00 | 3 | 8 GB | 256 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 5.0 (228) | |
| 92 | s0.d1.small | $58.40 | 4 | 16 GB | 480 GB SSD | 6 | No | — | |
| 93 | VPS 6 vCPU / 12 GB | $43.50 | 6 | 12 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 3.8 (2) | |
| 94 | Container VPS Large | $21.50 | 3 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 2 | Yes | 4.5 (802) | |
| 95 | ECS c9.large.4 | $56.98 | 2 | 8 GB | — | 17 | No | 2.8 (3) | |
| 96 | DigitalOcean Medium | $88.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 9 | No | 4.6 (3,766) | |
| 97 | bx2-2x8 | $65.00 | 2 | 8 GB | — | 13 | Yes | 1.9 (89) | |
| 98 | VPS M SSD | $42.00 | 6 | 12 GB | 300 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 2.5 (262) | |
| 99 |  Amazon Lightsail |
Linux 8 GB | $44.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 19 | Yes | 1.3 (429) |
| 100 | Standard_B2s_v2 | $60.74 | 2 | 8 GB | — | 48 | Yes | 1.4 (57) | |
| 101 | cVPS 6 | $48.00 | 8 | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 3 | No | 4.6 (3,030) | |
| 102 | VPS Lite | $59.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.6 (97) | |
| 103 | Shared CPU 8G | $51.42 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 | Yes | 3.0 (47) | |
| 104 | Linux Cloud C5 | $51.77 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 4 | No | — | |
| 105 | VPS 8 + 40 GB SSD | $37.29 | 2 | 8 GB | 40 GB SSD | 4 | No | 4.7 (99) | |
| 106 | PRO2-XXS | $45.86 | 2 | 8 GB | — | 4 | Yes | 1.5 (358) | |
| 107 | vm.small | $69.00 | 4 | 16 GB | 160 GB local | 20 | No | 2.8 (5) | |
| 108 | NVME-8G | $35.93 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 3.7 (45) | |
| 109 | Standard 8 GB | $40.20 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 110 | kVPS90 | $24.83 | 4 | 8 GB | 90 GB SSD | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 111 | Cloud VPS Compute 8GB | $45.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB SSD | 3 | No | 3.8 (2,777) | |
| 112 | A8 | $80.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 6 | Yes | 4.0 (3) | |
| 113 | KVM-8 | $49.95 | 6 | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 10 | Yes | 3.3 (51) | |
| 114 | Unmanaged Linux 5 | $38.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 3 | No | 2.1 (730) | |
| 115 | Magnetar | $32.88 | 8 | 12 GB | 240 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.2 (22,054) | |
| 116 | Basic CME Futures VPS | $59.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.8 (379) | |
| 117 | Cloud 3 | $69.27 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 24 | No | 4.7 (4,019) | |
| 118 | 160G KVM - PROMO | $39.99 | 5 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 10 | No | 2.9 (2) | |
| 119 | KZ-80 | $104.04 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | — | |
| 120 | Unmanaged Standard | $40.00 | 6 | 10 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.3 (96) | |
| 121 | Linux 8192 MB | $64.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 21 | Yes | 1.9 (67) | |
| 122 | E5 KVM High Volume 8192MB | $40.00 | 5 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 123 | KVM-8192 | $45.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB SSD | 8 | Yes | 4.4 (24) | |
| 124 | 8GB (NVMe8G) | $35.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 1.2 (910) | |
| 125 | VPS SSD 4 modules | $29.72 | 2 | 8 GB | 60 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.0 (12) | |
| 126 | SSD vServer Profi | $56.21 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.3 (2,044) | |
| 127 | Linux VPS 8 GB | $37.49 | 8 | 8 GB | 180 GB SSD | 3 | Yes | 4.9 (877) | |
| 128 | Managed cPanel 8GB | $109.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.8 (1,773) | |
| 129 | 4 vCPU / 8GB RAM | $59.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | 4.4 (144,190) | |
| 130 | VDS Plus 4 | $42.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB SSD | 2 | No | 2.6 (4) | |
| 131 | vroot_SPRINT! | $28.05 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 132 | LAX.AN5.T1 GENERAL G4C8G | $36.90 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 3 | No | — | |
| 133 | Cloud VPS 3 | $26.31 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB SSD | 1 | No | 3.5 (53) | |
| 134 | V-R8 | $33.54 | 4 | 8 GB | 25 GB | 1 | No | — | |
| 135 | VM 8 | $40.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 2.3 (7) | |
| 136 | Flex 2 | $43.65 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | No | — | |
| 137 | CloudVPS-3 | $38.85 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 138 | General Purpose 2 vCPU / 8 GB | $50.81 | 2 | 8 GB | — | 3 | No | 1.2 (333) | |
| 139 | Managed vServer M | $133.38 | 8 | 16 GB | 50 GB | 3 | No | 4.9 (297) | |
| 140 | m.16 | $56.00 | 6 | 16 GB | 125 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.6 (8) | |
| 141 | Premium NVMe 8 GB | $48.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 4 | No | 2.2 (54) | |
| 142 | Flex-8-2 | $79.60 | 2 | 8 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 2 | No | — | |
| 143 | Jump Start | $100.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 40 GB SSD | 11 | No | 4.9 (31,150) | |
| 144 | HybridCloud Standard | $95.26 | 4 | 8 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.8 (5,503) | |
| 145 | KVM VPS Power | $77.81 | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | 2.3 (13) | |
| 146 | V4 | $56.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 2.6 (4) | |
| 147 | VPS 8 GB | $129.95 | 6 | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 4 | No | 4.6 (1,737) | |
| 148 | 8 GB / 4 vCPU | $102.84 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 3.2 (139) | |
| 149 | Professional | $82.62 | 4 | 8 GB | 320 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 4.4 (140) | |
| 150 | Managed Plesk VPS Advanced | $140.66 | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 2 | Yes | 4.2 (398) | |
| 151 | Cloud VPS L3 | $56.82 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.4 (244) | |
| 152 | VPS #4 | $77.28 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 1 | No | 3.2 (19) | |
| 153 | Green 8 | $70.65 | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB SSD | 1 | No | — |
Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan that meets at least 8 GB RAM. Updated October 23, 2026.
Cheapest qualifying plan per provider
What to look for in a ollama VPS
What to check
- 8 GB RAM for 7B models, 16 GB for 13B
- A GPU for interactive speed
- Fast disk and generous inbound traffic for model downloads
- Keep the API on localhost or behind authentication
Frequently asked questions
What is the best vps for ollama and local llms?
As of October 23, 2026, the best Ollama VPS is LikeVPS (Start, $23.00/month: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and netcup. The cheapest is Psychz Networks at $6.00/month (cVirtual Basic). 153 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 8 GB RAM.
What is the cheapest VPS for ollama?
Psychz Networks at $6.00 per month for cVirtual Basic (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), the cheapest plan that meets at least 8 GB RAM.
How much RAM does Ollama need?
Ollama's official documentation gives a minimum of 8 GB. Ollama's README (still present at v0.5.7) said to have at least 8 GB RAM for 7B models, 16 GB for 13B and 32 GB for 33B; current docs drop those figures and note that RAM scales with parallel requests times context length.
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.