Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, the best VPS for streaming is LikeVPS (Start, $23.00/month: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and OVHcloud VPS. The cheapest is InterServer at $3.00/month (Storage VPS 1 slice). 138 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 2 GB RAM and 100 GB disk.
Key takeaways
- Prices run from $3.00 (InterServer) with a median of $28.02 per month across 138 providers.
- Widest footprint: OneProvider, 64 data-center locations in 50 countries.
- Best rated: ChartVPS, 5.0/5 on Trustpilot from 228 reviews.
- 65 of 138 offer Windows Server, 84 include DDoS protection and 32 bill by the hour.
Top picks: vps for streaming, plex and jellyfin
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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
OVHcloud VPS
French public cloud group selling NVMe VPS with unlimited traffic in 11 datacenter regions from $4.54/mo. VPS-3 at $12.32/month with 12 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and unmetered traffic on some plans.
VPS-3: 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic. -
4
IONOS VPS
IONOS's NVMe VPS+ line with unlimited traffic in the US, UK, Germany and Spain, from $6/mo standard. VPS Linux M+ at $14.00/month with 4 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and unmetered traffic on some plans.
VPS Linux M+: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 120 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic. -
5
AlphaVPS
Bulgarian budget KVM host with same-price NVMe VPS in 7 EU/US cities from €2.99/mo plus cheap HDD storage VPS. Storage VPS 1 TB at $4.50/month with 2 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and accepts crypto.
Storage VPS 1 TB: 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 1000 GB HDD, 3 TB traffic.
Official requirements
Only plans with at least 2 GB RAM and 100 GB disk are listed. The figures below come from each project's own documentation.
| Software | Minimum RAM | Recommended RAM | CPU | Disk | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plex Media Server | not published | 4 GB | not published | not published | Linux, Windows |
Plex Media Server: Plex asks for an Intel Core i3 or equivalent and says 4 GB RAM is typically more than enough (some Linux installs need less), on Windows 10 1607+ or Windows Server 2016+ (x86/x64 only), macOS 10.13+, Linux (Ubuntu 16.04+, Debian 8+, CentOS 7+, Fedora 27+, SUSE 15+) or FreeBSD 11.2+. For software transcoding it budgets PassMark scores of about 1,500 per 720p stream, 2,000 per 1080p 10 Mbps H.264 stream, 12,000 per 4K SDR and 17,000 per 4K HDR stream, multiplied by the number of simultaneous streams. Hardware-accelerated transcoding on compatible hardware requires a Plex Pass.
All 138 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-3 | $12.32 | 6 | 12 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 11 | Yes | 3.8 (8,843) | |
| 4 | VPS Linux M+ | $14.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.6 (45,403) | |
| 5 | Storage VPS 1 TB | $4.50 | 2 | 2 GB | 1000 GB HDD | 7 | Yes | 4.6 (146) | |
| 6 | VPS 1000 G12.5 | $15.69 | 4 | 8 GB | 128 GB SSD | 5 | No | 3.8 (3,022) | |
| 7 | 4 GB | $9.00 | 4 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 2.6 (212) | |
| 8 | Leaseweb VPS 1 | $5.58 | 4 | 6 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 3.4 (319) | |
| 9 | NVMe 4 | $11.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.5 (31,911) | |
| 10 | VPS Enterprise | $20.69 | 4 | 6 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 29 | No | 3.5 (1,836) | |
| 11 | KVM 2 | $14.99 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 10 | No | 4.6 (73,071) | |
| 12 | ARM108 | $9.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 5 | Yes | — | |
| 13 | Storage VPS 1 slice | $3.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 1000 GB HDD | 3 | Yes | 4.3 (2,514) | |
| 14 | Hourly VPS Business | $7.20 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 3.1 (214) | |
| 15 | Starter 2C8G 100GB | $12.50 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 11 | No | — | |
| 16 | VPS KVM S | $11.20 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.5 (6,572) | |
| 17 | KVM / Small | $17.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 15 | No | 3.0 (255) | |
| 18 | SM-L2 | $7.86 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 32 | No | — | |
| 19 | 4 GB DDR5 | $14.48 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 13 | No | — | |
| 20 | 9950X3D-6GB | $7.50 | 1 | 6 GB | 125 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 3.1 (49) | |
| 21 | Plus (Unmanaged) | $6.85 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.9 (5,411) | |
| 22 | Snappy 2000 - NVMe 4 | $9.35 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.6 (17,852) | |
| 23 | Fusion | $9.67 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.8 (1,125) | |
| 24 | EPYC VDS 16GB | $29.95 | 8 | 16 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 21 | Yes | 3.2 (1) | |
| 25 | VPS 2 | $15.87 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 4.8 (21,711) | |
| 26 | Chimera Hybrid -1 | $5.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 2065 GB NVMe + HDD | 1 | Yes | 3.4 (27) | |
| 27 | Storage 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 250 GB | $10.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 250 GB NVMe | 64 | No | 2.5 (681) | |
| 28 | Progress | $9.95 | 4 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 2 | No | 4.7 (3,074) | |
| 29 | TERAKVM-400 | $7.88 | 1 | 2 GB | 440 GB SSD + HDD | 3 | No | 4.1 (5) | |
| 30 | AMS Small | $7.80 | 1 | 2 GB | 500 GB HDD | 11 | No | — | |
| 31 | NVMe 32 GB | $29.00 | 8 | 32 GB | 125 GB NVMe | 14 | No | 2.7 (91) | |
| 32 | VPS Linux M | $11.24 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 4.2 (10,754) | |
| 33 | CX43 | $18.47 | 8 | 16 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 6 | No | 3.0 (3,001) | |
| 34 | 7950 VDS 2 | $18.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 3.4 (22) | |
| 35 | VPS XS (4GB Cloud Server) | $19.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 10 | No | 4.8 (7,204) | |
| 36 | VPS Lite 5 | $21.69 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 4.0 (2,060) | |
| 37 | C2 | $14.70 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.2 (151) | |
| 38 | KVM-SSD 8192 | $26.06 | 6 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 21 | Yes | — | |
| 39 | WAWs-3 | $26.58 | 4 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 11 | Yes | 2.6 (119) | |
| 40 | VPS.8 | $13.33 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 11 | No | 2.6 (90) | |
| 41 | VPS 8 GB Linux | $12.65 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB SSD | 2 | No | 4.8 (135) | |
| 42 | Ryzen KVM 8GB | $38.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 3.8 (948) | |
| 43 | EPYC-KVM-9GB | $18.00 | 3 | 9 GB | 135 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | — | |
| 44 | EPYCVDS-2 | $20.00 | 2 | 16 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 19 | Yes | 3.3 (122) | |
| 45 | 2 GB | $4.51 | 3 | 2 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | No | — | |
| 46 | NVMe-KVM-14GB-New | $8.89 | 4 | 14 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | No | — | |
| 47 | EPYC-8G3C128GN | $9.00 | 3 | 8 GB | 128 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 1.8 (25) | |
| 48 | cVPS 4 | $24.00 | 4 | 4 GB | 100 GB SSD | 3 | No | 4.6 (3,030) | |
| 49 | HDD-2G | $13.47 | 1 | 2 GB | 1024 GB HDD | 1 | No | 3.7 (45) | |
| 50 | 2GB | $4.87 | 2 | 2 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 51 | High Performance 2 vCPU / 4 GB (vhp-2c-4gb) | $24.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 32 | Yes | 1.6 (585) | |
| 52 | XCloud 4 | $29.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 300 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 2.7 (8) | |
| 53 | Linux Cloud C4 | $25.89 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 4 | No | — | |
| 54 | Linux 24 GB | $28.00 | 4 | 24 GB | 120 GB SSD | 6 | No | — | |
| 55 | vds.md.intel | $37.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 30 | Yes | — | |
| 56 | SSD3 | $10.92 | 3 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 57 | VPS S SSD | $27.00 | 4 | 4 GB | 200 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 2.5 (262) | |
| 58 | SSD VPS 4 | $7.66 | 8 | 4 GB | 120 GB SSD | 1 | No | 1.9 (126) | |
| 59 | Storage VPS Large | $21.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 1024 GB | 2 | Yes | 4.5 (802) | |
| 60 | Seattle KVM 2048MB | $12.00 | 3 | 2 GB | 100 GB | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 61 | Cloud NVMe 8 | $38.26 | 4 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | — | |
| 62 | Config #2 | $49.95 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 15 | No | 4.9 (2,208) | |
| 63 | KVM-HIGHCPU-SSD-4-ANX | $43.72 | 12 | 24 GB | 500 GB SSD | 28 | No | 2.3 (48) | |
| 64 | V2 | $11.20 | 1 | 2 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 2 | Yes | 2.6 (4) | |
| 65 | 2 vCPU / 4GB RAM | $29.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | 4.4 (144,190) | |
| 66 | G3.8GB | $40.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 8 | Yes | 4.5 (139) | |
| 67 | Alpha Mark-1 | $50.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 128 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 5.0 (228) | |
| 68 | Basic 8 GB (s-4vcpu-8gb) | $48.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 13 | No | 4.5 (2,581) | |
| 69 | Premium (4GB) | $13.95 | 3 | 4 GB | 100 GB SSD | 6 | Yes | 2.7 (110) | |
| 70 | Fast NVMe 3 (DRIVE 3) | $59.71 | 6 | 16 GB | 180 GB NVMe | 20 | Yes | — | |
| 71 | RDP VPS 4096 MB | $45.49 | — | 4 GB | 150 GB SSD | 21 | Yes | 1.9 (67) | |
| 72 | Cloud 2 | $41.95 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 13 | No | 4.7 (1,379) | |
| 73 | C3.8GB | $35.64 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 2.3 (7) | |
| 74 | Stack 8 | $21.99 | 2 | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 1 | No | 4.6 (8,231) | |
| 75 | Edge AMD | $36.90 | 6 | 15 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 4 | Yes | 4.1 (114) | |
| 76 | Krystal Cloud C-6 | $50.01 | 2 | 6 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | Yes | 4.9 (2,459) | |
| 77 | Linux 8 | $22.39 | 3 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 4.7 (1,254) | |
| 78 | KVM-6 | $34.95 | 5 | 6 GB | 120 GB SSD | 10 | Yes | 3.3 (51) | |
| 79 | Storage 4TB | $64.00 | 2 | 2 GB | 4000 GB SATA | 19 | No | 4.3 (8) | |
| 80 | OpenVZ-4096 | $19.99 | 3 | 4 GB | 100 GB SSD | 8 | Yes | 4.4 (24) | |
| 81 | KVM VPS 4 GB | $24.59 | 4 | 4 GB | 130 GB SSD | 12 | Yes | 4.3 (384) | |
| 82 | Unmanaged Basic | $20.00 | 4 | 6 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.3 (96) | |
| 83 | Professional | $67.13 | 8 | 8 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 17 | Yes | 4.5 (292) | |
| 84 | Storage Plus | $9.99 | 1 | 2 GB | 2000 GB | 2 | No | — | |
| 85 | VDS-6-SSD | $34.94 | 6 | 12 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 3.5 (19) | |
| 86 | Linux 2C/8G | $35.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 12 | Yes | 1.2 (100) | |
| 87 |  Akamai Cloud (Linode) |
Linode 8 GB | $48.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 26 | No | 2.5 (207) |
| 88 | VPS Pro | $99.99 | 6 | 16 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.6 (97) | |
| 89 | Quasar | $18.88 | 4 | 6 GB | 120 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.2 (22,054) | |
| 90 | Premium 4xCPU-8GB | $54.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 14 | Yes | 3.0 (168) | |
| 91 |  Amazon Lightsail |
Compute Optimized 4 GB | $42.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 160 GB SSD | 19 | Yes | 1.3 (429) |
| 92 | 4GB (NVMe4G) | $20.00 | 3 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | 1.2 (910) | |
| 93 | Linux VPS 8 GB | $37.49 | 8 | 8 GB | 180 GB SSD | 3 | Yes | 4.9 (877) | |
| 94 | DigitalOcean Medium | $88.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 9 | No | 4.6 (3,766) | |
| 95 | VPS 6 vCPU / 12 GB | $43.50 | 6 | 12 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 3.8 (2) | |
| 96 | Exclusive | $76.49 | 8 | 32 GB | 100 GB SSD | 42 | No | 4.2 (265) | |
| 97 | Standard | $39.92 | 2 | 4 GB | 160 GB SSD | 1 | Yes | 4.4 (140) | |
| 98 | kVPS100 | $32.94 | 6 | 10 GB | 100 GB SSD | 3 | Yes | — | |
| 99 | vm.small | $69.00 | 4 | 16 GB | 160 GB local | 20 | No | 2.8 (5) | |
| 100 | Cloud VPS 2 | $10.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | No | 3.5 (53) | |
| 101 | Cloud VPS 6 | $45.63 | 6 | 6 GB | 100 GB SSD | 7 | No | 4.4 (152) | |
| 102 | VM 8 | $40.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 2.3 (7) | |
| 103 | Cloud VPS Compute 8GB | $45.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB SSD | 3 | No | 3.8 (2,777) | |
| 104 | Cloud 3 | $69.27 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 24 | No | 4.7 (4,019) | |
| 105 | vroot_SPRINT! | $28.05 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 106 | Advanced CME Futures VPS | $179.00 | 12 | 32 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 8 | Yes | 4.8 (379) | |
| 107 | c.1 | $20.00 | 1 | 5 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.6 (8) | |
| 108 | Managed cPanel 4GB | $69.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 9 | No | 4.8 (1,773) | |
| 109 | Premium NVMe 4 GB | $24.00 | 4 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 4 | No | 2.2 (54) | |
| 110 | 160G KVM - PROMO | $39.99 | 5 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 10 | No | 2.9 (2) | |
| 111 | Unmanaged Linux 5 | $38.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 3 | No | 2.1 (730) | |
| 112 | VPS O8A16 | $22.30 | 8 | 16 GB | 160 GB | 2 | No | 2.8 (65) | |
| 113 | SSD vServer Profi | $56.21 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 1 | No | 4.3 (2,044) | |
| 114 | KZ-100 | $140.83 | 8 | 12 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 7 | Yes | — | |
| 115 | VM-16 | $95.99 | 16 | 32 GB | 100 GB | 17 | Yes | — | |
| 116 | VPS Sun + | $75.99 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 14 | Yes | 4.5 (222) | |
| 117 | s0.d1.small | $58.40 | 4 | 16 GB | 480 GB SSD | 6 | No | — | |
| 118 | Dedicated Server S | $200.62 | 8 | 16 GB | 200 GB | 3 | No | 4.9 (297) | |
| 119 | HybridCloud Plus | $136.73 | 4 | 12 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 3 | No | 4.8 (5,503) | |
| 120 | VDS Plus 4 | $42.99 | 4 | 8 GB | 200 GB SSD | 2 | No | 2.6 (4) | |
| 121 | LAX.AS3.T1 MICRO | $32.90 | 4 | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 3 | No | — | |
| 122 | VPS NVMe Linux 7 | $65.74 | 10 | 16 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | 4.0 (8) | |
| 123 | Flexus L 4 vCPUs | 8 GiB | $59.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB SSD | 17 | No | 2.8 (3) | |
| 124 | 8 GB / 4 vCPU | $102.84 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 7 | Yes | 3.2 (139) | |
| 125 | Shared CPU 8G | $51.42 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 | Yes | 3.0 (47) | |
| 126 | Standard 8 GB | $40.20 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 127 | Managed Plesk VPS Advanced | $140.66 | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 2 | Yes | 4.2 (398) | |
| 128 | Flex 2 | $43.65 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 1 | No | — | |
| 129 | A8 | $80.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 6 | Yes | 4.0 (3) | |
| 130 | KVM VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB | $86.96 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 6 | Yes | 2.3 (13) | |
| 131 | Business Plus | $300.00 | 12 | 16 GB | 120 GB SSD | 11 | No | 4.9 (31,150) | |
| 132 | VPS SSD Profi 4 modules | $51.50 | 2 | 8 GB | 120 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.0 (12) | |
| 133 | VPS 8 GB | $129.95 | 6 | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 4 | No | 4.6 (1,737) | |
| 134 | v3-starter-16 | $120.00 | 16 | 32 GB | 160 GB SSD | 3 | No | — | |
| 135 | CloudVPS-4 | $58.28 | 6 | 12 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 1 | Yes | — | |
| 136 | Cloud VPS L3 | $56.82 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 1 | No | 2.4 (244) | |
| 137 | VPS #4 | $77.28 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 1 | No | 3.2 (19) | |
| 138 | Green 12 | $105.97 | 6 | 12 GB | 120 GB SSD | 1 | No | — |
Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan that meets at least 2 GB RAM and 100 GB disk. Updated October 23, 2026.
Cheapest qualifying plan per provider
What to look for in a streaming VPS
What to check
- Disk for the media library
- Unmetered or large traffic
- CPU for transcoding, or direct play
- Terms that allow streaming your own media
Frequently asked questions
What is the best vps for streaming, plex and jellyfin?
As of October 23, 2026, the best VPS for streaming is LikeVPS (Start, $23.00/month: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, unmetered traffic), followed by Contabo and OVHcloud VPS. The cheapest is InterServer at $3.00/month (Storage VPS 1 slice). 138 of the 160 providers we track qualify. Every plan listed has at least 2 GB RAM and 100 GB disk.
What is the cheapest VPS for streaming?
InterServer at $3.00 per month for Storage VPS 1 slice (1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 1000 GB HDD, 2 TB traffic), the cheapest plan that meets at least 2 GB RAM and 100 GB disk.
How much RAM does Plex Media Server need?
Plex Media Server publishes no fixed minimum. Plex asks for an Intel Core i3 or equivalent and says 4 GB RAM is typically more than enough (some Linux installs need less), on Windows 10 1607+ or Windows Server 2016+ (x86/x64 only), macOS 10.13+, Linux (Ubuntu 16.04+, Debian 8+, CentOS 7+, Fedora 27+, SUSE 15+) or FreeBSD 11.2+.
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.