Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, the best DDoS protected VPS is LikeVPS (Lite 2.0, $10.00/month: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe, 20 TB traffic), followed by netcup and Hosteons. The cheapest is Hosteons at $1.75/month (Gigabit KVM VPS 1, prepaid annually or longer). 91 of the 160 providers we track qualify.
Key takeaways
- Prices run from $1.75 (Hosteons, prepaid annually or longer) with a median of $5.58 per month across 91 providers.
- Widest footprint: MilesWeb, 32 data-center locations in 19 countries.
- Best rated: ChartVPS, 5.0/5 on Trustpilot from 228 reviews.
- 47 of 91 offer Windows Server, 91 include DDoS protection and 21 bill by the hour.
Top DDoS protection providers
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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. Lite 2.0 at $10.00/month with 2 GB RAM. 26 locations in 26 countries, DDoS protection included and Windows Server available.
Lite 2.0: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe, 20 TB traffic. -
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netcup
German budget VPS and dedicated-core root servers with traffic flat rate in five locations across three continents. VPS piko G11s at $2.07/month with 1 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, hourly billing and unmetered traffic on some plans.
VPS piko G11s: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD, unmetered traffic. -
3
Hosteons
Singapore-registered budget host selling KVM VPS in six US cities, Paris and Frankfurt from $21/yr, with free DDoS protection and Windows licences on 2 GB+ plans. Gigabit KVM VPS 1 at $1.75/month with 1 GB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and free backups.
Gigabit KVM VPS 1: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD, 1 TB 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. Storage VPS 256 GB at $2.81/month with 768 MB RAM. DDoS protection included, Windows Server available and accepts crypto.
Storage VPS 256 GB: 1 vCPU, 768 MB RAM, 256 GB HDD, 1 TB traffic. -
5
Cloudzy
Dubai-headquartered, self-funded host selling DDR5/NVMe KVM VPS from $2.48/mo in 13 locations. 512 MB DDR5 at $2.48/month with 512 MB RAM. DDoS protection included, hourly billing and accepts crypto.
512 MB DDR5: 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic.
All 91 providers with DDoS protection
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Locations | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lite 2.0 | $10.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 26 | — | |
| 2 | VPS piko G11s | $2.07 | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | 5 | 3.8 (3,022) | |
| 3 | Gigabit KVM VPS 1 | $1.75 | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB SSD | 8 | 3.4 (22) | |
| 4 | Storage VPS 256 GB | $2.81 | 1 | 768 MB | 256 GB HDD | 7 | 4.6 (146) | |
| 5 | 512 MB DDR5 | $2.48 | 1 | 512 MB | 20 GB NVMe | 13 | — | |
| 6 | Regular Performance 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (vc2-1c-0.5gb) | $2.50 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 32 | 1.6 (585) | |
| 7 | VPS-1 | $4.54 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 11 | 3.8 (8,843) | |
| 8 | Cloud VPS 4 | $6.16 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 10 | 4.6 (11,470) | |
| 9 | Linux Cloud vShared 2GB | $2.95 | 2 | 2 GB | 20 GB NVMe | 21 | 3.2 (1) | |
| 10 | Start | $1.78 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB HDD | 20 | — | |
| 11 | NVMe 2 GB | $4.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 14 | 2.7 (91) | |
| 12 | Hourly VPS Basic | $3.60 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 7 | 3.1 (214) | |
| 13 | Value 2GB | $2.24 | 1 | 2 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 2 | 3.1 (49) | |
| 14 | VPS Essential | $2.41 | 1 | 2 GB | 15 GB NVMe | 1 | 4.9 (359) | |
| 15 | Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) | $4.00 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 13 | 4.5 (2,581) | |
| 16 | Ryzen KVM 512MB | $3.00 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB NVMe | 4 | 3.8 (948) | |
| 17 | Linux VPS 1 slice | $3.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 30 GB SSD | 3 | 4.3 (2,514) | |
| 18 | VPS LC1 | $3.35 | 1 | 2 GB | 20 GB SSD | 1 | 4.5 (6,572) | |
| 19 | Spark | $3.69 | 1 | 1 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 9 | 4.8 (1,125) | |
| 20 | VPS Basic | $5.52 | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 29 | 3.5 (1,836) | |
| 21 | VPS Lite 1 | $3.25 | 1 | 2 GB | 20 GB NVMe | 1 | 4.0 (2,060) | |
| 22 | Starter 2C2G 40GB | $4.20 | 2 | 2 GB | 40 GB SSD | 11 | — | |
| 23 | Ryzen-KVM-1GB (India) | $3.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 15 GB NVMe | 6 | — | |
| 24 | VPS Linux S+ | $6.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 8 | 4.6 (45,403) | |
| 25 | Leaseweb VPS 1 | $5.58 | 4 | 6 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 9 | 3.4 (319) | |
| 26 | iwStack 512 MB | $3.24 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 3 | 4.1 (5) | |
| 27 | Deal 1 - 300GB Storage | $2.92 | 1 | 512 MB | 300 GB | 10 | 3.3 (51) | |
| 28 | NVMe-KVM-4GB-New | $3.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 1 | — | |
| 29 | KVM 1 | $11.99 | 1 | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 10 | 4.6 (73,071) | |
| 30 | CX23 | $6.71 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 6 | 3.0 (3,001) | |
| 31 | VPS.2 | $4.67 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 11 | 2.6 (90) | |
| 32 | SM-L1 | $5.76 | 1 | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 32 | — | |
| 33 | Linux 1C/0.5G | $3.50 | 1 | 512 MB | 20 GB SSD | 12 | 1.2 (100) | |
| 34 | SSD0 | $2.17 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB NVMe | 3 | — | |
| 35 |  Akamai Cloud (Linode) |
Nanode 1 GB | $5.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | 26 | 2.5 (207) |
| 36 | Starter (Unmanaged) | $5.44 | 1 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 3 | 4.9 (5,411) | |
| 37 | Starter | $5.59 | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB NVMe | 17 | 4.5 (292) | |
| 38 | NVMe 2 | $5.69 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 9 | 4.5 (31,911) | |
| 39 | Linux 1 | $3.35 | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB SSD | 1 | 4.7 (1,254) | |
| 40 | KVM-SSD 512 Metered | $5.04 | 2 | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 21 | — | |
| 41 | cVirtual Starter | $4.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 4 | 2.5 (5) | |
| 42 | Linux 4 GB | $5.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 20 GB SSD | 6 | — | |
| 43 | NEO Lite XS 1.1 | $3.29 | 1 | 1 GB | 60 GB SSD | 2 | — | |
| 44 | SSD VPS 1 | $2.33 | 2 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | 1 | 1.9 (126) | |
| 45 | Snappy 1000 - NVMe 2 | $4.68 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 1 | 4.6 (17,852) | |
| 46 | KVM / Small | $17.00 | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 15 | 3.0 (255) | |
| 47 |  Amazon Lightsail |
Linux 512 MB | $5.00 | 2 | 512 MB | 20 GB SSD | 19 | 1.3 (429) |
| 48 | Entry (1 GB) | $4.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB NVMe | 21 | 1.4 (118) | |
| 49 | XCloud 1 | $4.99 | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB SSD | 1 | 2.7 (8) | |
| 50 | Cloud ARM 1 | $5.74 | 2 | 1 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 6 | — | |
| 51 | Linux VPS (1 vCPU, 1 GB, 25 GB) | $3.07 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | 2 | 4.2 (398) | |
| 52 | WAWs-1 | $6.64 | 1 | 2 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 11 | 2.6 (119) | |
| 53 | Standard 1 GB | $2.10 | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 | — | |
| 54 | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB | $16.06 | 1 | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 25 | 1.3 (180) | |
| 55 | Cloud VPS Compute 1GB | $5.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | 3 | 3.8 (2,777) | |
| 56 | cVPS 1 | $6.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | 3 | 4.6 (3,030) | |
| 57 | VPS 1 | $6.61 | 1 | 2 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 1 | 4.8 (21,711) | |
| 58 | Unmanaged Entry | $5.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 3 | 4.3 (96) | |
| 59 | DigitalOcean Micro | $11.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 9 | 4.6 (3,766) | |
| 60 | Blitz Intel | $6.66 | 1 | 3.5 GB | 20 GB SSD | 4 | 4.1 (114) | |
| 61 | VPS Opal | $8.99 | 1 | 1 GB | 40 GB SSD | 14 | 4.5 (222) | |
| 62 | NVMe 2 GB | $16.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 19 | 4.3 (8) | |
| 63 | Standard VM (entry) | $10.01 | — | — | — | 28 | 2.3 (48) | |
| 64 | VPS 2 vCPU / 2 GB | $9.78 | 2 | 2 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 3 | 3.8 (2) | |
| 65 | ARM108 | $9.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 5 | — | |
| 66 | E5 KVM 1024MB | $5.00 | 2 | 1 GB | 15 GB NVMe | 3 | — | |
| 67 | Linux Cloud C1 | $7.83 | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB NVMe | 4 | — | |
| 68 | Cloud VPS 1 | $10.53 | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB SSD | 7 | 4.4 (152) | |
| 69 | Cloud 1 | $32.95 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 13 | 4.7 (1,379) | |
| 70 | Linux 1024 MB | $12.99 | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | 21 | 1.9 (67) | |
| 71 | Cloud VPS (1 vCPU, 1 GB, 25 GB) | $13.34 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 3 | 4.9 (2,459) | |
| 72 | Core | $40.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB SSD | 21 | 4.9 (6,858) | |
| 73 | VPS Starter | $29.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 8 | 4.6 (97) | |
| 74 | Cloud 2 | $53.87 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 24 | 4.7 (4,019) | |
| 75 | VPS ON (1 shared vCPU, 1 GB, 5 GB) | $5.40 | 1 | 1 GB | 5 GB SSD | 1 | 2.0 (12) | |
| 76 | HFT Standard VPS | $17.50 | 1 | 2 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 8 | 4.8 (379) | |
| 77 | 1 vCPU / 2GB RAM | $14.99 | 1 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 3 | 4.4 (144,190) | |
| 78 | U1 | $6.72 | 1 | 1.5 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 2 | 1.8 (164) | |
| 79 | Alpha Mark-1 | $50.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 128 GB NVMe | 7 | 5.0 (228) | |
| 80 | NL-15 | $21.74 | 1 | 1 GB | 15 GB NVMe | 7 | — | |
| 81 | SSD NVMe VPS Plan 1 | $16.56 | 1 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 7 | 2.5 (262) | |
| 82 | VPS Plus 1 | $7.99 | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB SSD | 2 | 2.6 (4) | |
| 83 | Beginner | $14.27 | 1 | 1 GB | 60 GB SSD | 1 | 4.4 (140) | |
| 84 | Stack 4 | $15.99 | 2 | 4 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 1 | 4.6 (8,231) | |
| 85 | SSD vServer Starter | $44.96 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 1 | 4.3 (2,044) | |
| 86 | Managed vServer S | $48.19 | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 3 | 4.9 (297) | |
| 87 | vroot_START! | $8.75 | 1 | 2 GB | 30 GB NVMe | 1 | — | |
| 88 | CloudVPS-1 | $9.86 | 1 | 2 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 1 | — | |
| 89 | HybridCloud Starter | $54.91 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 3 | 4.8 (5,503) | |
| 90 | VPS 4 GB | $69.95 | 4 | 4 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 4 | 4.6 (1,737) | |
| 91 | VPS #1 (Entry) | $9.66 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 1 | 3.2 (19) |
Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan with this feature. Updated October 23, 2026.
Cheapest DDoS protection plans
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Traffic | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gigabit KVM VPS 1 | $1.75 | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB SSD | 1 TB | 8 | |
| 2 | Start | $1.78 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB HDD | Unmetered | 20 | |
| 3 | VPS piko G11s | $2.07 | 1 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | Unmetered | 5 | |
| 4 | Standard 1 GB | $2.10 | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB NVMe | 1 TB | 1 | |
| 5 | SSD0 | $2.17 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB NVMe | 500 GB | 3 | |
| 6 | Value 2GB | $2.24 | 1 | 2 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 2.5 TB | 2 | |
| 7 | SSD VPS 1 | $2.33 | 2 | 1 GB | 30 GB SSD | 4 TB | 1 | |
| 8 | VPS Essential | $2.41 | 1 | 2 GB | 15 GB NVMe | 1 TB | 1 | |
| 9 | 512 MB DDR5 | $2.48 | 1 | 512 MB | 20 GB NVMe | 1 TB | 13 | |
| 10 | Regular Performance 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (vc2-1c-0.5gb) | $2.50 | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 500 GB | 32 |
The ten lowest-priced DDoS protection plans we track, one per provider, sorted by monthly price.
Cheapest DDoS protection plan per provider
About DDoS protection
DDoS-protected VPS: a virtual server whose network traffic passes through filtering that absorbs denial-of-service floods before they reach the server.
Frequently asked questions
What is a DDoS protection?
DDoS-protected VPS: a virtual server whose network traffic passes through filtering that absorbs denial-of-service floods before they reach the server.
What is the cheapest DDoS protection?
Hosteons at $1.75 per month for Gigabit KVM VPS 1 (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD, 1 TB traffic).
Which providers offer DDoS protection?
91 of the 160 providers we track, led by LikeVPS, netcup, Hosteons, AlphaVPS, Cloudzy and Vultr.
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.