Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, Huawei Cloud sells 9 VPS plans from $9.00/month (Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 2 GiB: 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB SSD, 3 TB traffic) in 17 locations. It ranks #117 of 160 providers overall. Trustpilot rates it 2.8 from 3 reviews.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest plan: Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 2 GiB at $9.00/month (2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB SSD, 3 TB traffic).
- 17 data-center locations in 13 countries: Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hong Kong and 11 more.
- Ranks #117 of 160 overall; best placing #71 of 157 for Redis VPS.
Key facts
| Website | huaweicloud.com |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, CN |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Cheapest plan | Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 2 GiB, $9.00/month |
| Price per GB RAM (median) | $7.38 |
| Data centers | 17 locations in 13 countries (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America) |
| Virtualization | — |
| Billing | Hourly, monthly, annual |
| Windows Server | No Flexus L packages on the product page are listed as Linux only; Windows availability is not stated on the pages checked. |
| Operating systems | Linux public images (mainstream distributions, e.g. CentOS), Application images: WordPress, PrestaShop, Matomo, Portainer, GitLab |
| Storage | — NVMe (SSD) |
| DDoS protection | — |
| Backups / snapshots | Paid backups; snapshots: — |
| IPv4 / IPv6 | IPv4 included: Yes; IPv6: — |
| API | Yes |
| Dedicated CPU plans | Yes |
| Payment methods | Card, bank_transfer |
| Trial or credit | New-user free packages and first-purchase specials for Flexus are run as limited campaigns (the listed campaign ran Sep-Dec 2024); eligibility and regions shown in Billing Center. |
| Money-back | Not published |
| Support | Free self-service (docs, Billing Center) and after-sales tickets; paid support plans: Developer $26/mo (tickets, 24/7 for non-technical and business hours for technical issues), Business from $90/mo (24/7 tickets, callbacks, IM groups in Asia Pacific), Enterprise On-Ramp and Enterprise tiers. No phone support channel apart from Enterprise notifications. |
| Email / port 25 | No email rule published |
| Uptime SLA | 99.975% single ECS / 99.995% multi-AZ (ECS SLA, covers Flexus X; Flexus L not named) |
| Trustpilot | 2.8 / 5 from 3 reviews (profile) |
Plans and prices
9 plans recorded across 4 lines. Monthly list prices in US dollars; the highlighted row is the cheapest.
| Plan | Line | CPU | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 2 GiB | Flexus L instance (package) | Shared | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 3 TB | $9.00 | $4.50 | Reference monthly package price (yearly/monthly subscription only, no pay-per-use); includes system disk, fixed EIP with 30 Mbit/s peak and a monthly data allowance; outbound traffic beyond it billed at $0.114/GB. Linux image. Buy link points to AP-Singapore. 3 TB/month data. |
| Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 4 GiB | Flexus L instance (package) | Shared | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 TB | $19.00 | $4.75 | Reference monthly package price (yearly/monthly subscription only, no pay-per-use); includes system disk, fixed EIP with 30 Mbit/s peak and a monthly data allowance; outbound traffic beyond it billed at $0.114/GB. Linux image. Buy link points to AP-Singapore. 4 TB/month data. |
| Flexus L 4 vCPUs | 8 GiB | Flexus L instance (package) | Shared | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB SSD | 6 TB | $59.00 | $7.38 | Reference monthly package price (yearly/monthly subscription only, no pay-per-use); includes system disk, fixed EIP with 30 Mbit/s peak and a monthly data allowance; outbound traffic beyond it billed at $0.114/GB. Linux image. Buy link points to AP-Singapore. 6 TB/month data. |
| Flexus X 1 vCPU | 1 GiB | Flexus X instance | Shared | 1 | 1 GB | — | — | $16.27 | $16.27 | Reference monthly price for the instance in AP-Singapore; system disk (40 GiB default), data disks and EIP bandwidth billed separately. Pay-per-use also available. |
| Flexus X 2 vCPUs | 2 GiB | Flexus X instance | Shared | 2 | 2 GB | — | — | $32.53 | $16.27 | Reference monthly price shown on the HECS/Flexus page, listed package open to new users only; disks and bandwidth billed separately. |
| ECS ac8.large.2 | ECS (general computing-plus) | Dedicated | 2 | 4 GB | — | — | $36.69 | $9.17 | aC8 general computing-plus flavor, reference monthly price in AP-Singapore; EVS disk and EIP bandwidth extra; pay-per-use and spot also offered. |
| ECS c9.large.4 | ECS (general computing-plus) | Dedicated | 2 | 8 GB | — | — | $56.98 | $7.12 | C9 general computing-plus flavor, reference monthly price in AP-Singapore; disk and bandwidth extra. |
| ECS c6s.large.2 | ECS (general computing-plus) | Dedicated | 2 | 4 GB | — | — | $42.25 | $10.56 | C6s general computing-plus flavor, reference monthly price in CN-Hong Kong; disk and bandwidth extra. |
| ECS kc2.small.2 | ECS (Kunpeng Arm general computing-plus) | Dedicated | 1 | 2 GB | — | — | $10.50 | $5.25 | Kunpeng (Arm) kC2 flavor, reference monthly price in CN North-Beijing4; disk and bandwidth extra. |
Prices listed in USD on the international site ('for reference only'); no conversion needed
Data-center locations
Huawei Cloud lets you deploy in 17 locations: 10 in Asia, 2 in Africa, 2 in South America, 1 in Middle East, 1 in Europe and 1 in North America. Countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand and 1 more.
Map of Huawei Cloud locations
Click a marker to see which providers sell servers there. Marker size reflects the number of providers in that city.
Pros and cons
Strengths
- Flexus L packages bundle 30 Mbit/s EIP and 3-6 TB of monthly traffic from $9/mo
- Regions in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Turkey and Latin America that few VPS hosts cover
- Full cloud upgrade path (ECS, Arm Kunpeng and GPU flavors) with pay-per-use billing outside Flexus L
Limitations
- Only three public Flexus L packages; ECS and Flexus X prices exclude disk and bandwidth
- Round-the-clock technical support requires a paid Business support plan ($90/mo+)
- Backups (CBR) are a paid add-on and Flexus L data cannot be restored from console snapshots
- Prices are labelled 'for reference only' and vary by region
Where Huawei Cloud ranks
Positions in the rankings on this site, based on the data above.
- Best Redis VPS #71 of 157
- 2 GB RAM VPS #55 of 120
- Best VPS for OpenClaw #76 of 157
- Best VPS for Developers #80 of 157
- Best VPS for Mastodon #81 of 157
- Best MySQL and Database VPS #83 of 157
- Dedicated VPS (Dedicated CPU Cores) #26 of 49
- Best VPS for Odoo #84 of 157
- Best VPS for Moodle #84 of 157
- Best VPS for E-commerce #85 of 157
- 4 GB RAM VPS #80 of 145
- Best FiveM VPS #96 of 157
- Best VPS for Ollama and Local LLMs #95 of 153
- VPS for PBN Hosting #100 of 157
- Best Node.js VPS #102 of 157
- Best Magento VPS #103 of 157
- Best WooCommerce VPS #103 of 157
- VPS for Email Marketing and Mail Servers #85 of 129
- Best Gaming VPS #104 of 157
- Best VPS for Laravel #104 of 157
- Best VPS in North America #75 of 113
- Best VPS in Asia #56 of 84
- Best VPS in Singapore #43 of 64
- Best VPS in Singapore #43 of 64
Alternatives to Huawei Cloud
Providers closest to Huawei Cloud by region, price and features. LikeVPS, LightNode and OneProvider are the nearest matches.
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | RAM | $/GB RAM | Locations | Windows | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lite 2.0 | $10.00 | 2 GB | $5.00 | 26 | Yes | — | |
| 2 | Start | $7.71 | 2 GB | $3.85 | 39 | Yes | — | |
| 3 | General Purpose 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 10 GB | $4.00 | 1 GB | $4.00 | 64 | No | 2.5 (681) | |
| 4 | Standard VM (entry) | $10.01 | — | — | 28 | No | 2.3 (48) | |
| 5 | CX23 | $6.71 | 4 GB | $1.68 | 6 | No | 3.0 (3,001) | |
| 6 | Starter 2C2G 40GB | $4.20 | 2 GB | $2.10 | 11 | No | — |
Frequently asked questions
How much does Huawei Cloud VPS cost?
Plans start at $9.00 per month for Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 2 GiB (2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB SSD, 3 TB traffic); Reference monthly package price (yearly/monthly subscription only, no pay-per-use); includes system disk, fixed EIP with 30 Mbit/s peak and a monthly data allowance; outbound traffic beyond it billed at $0.114/GB. Linux image. Buy link points to AP-Singapore. 3 TB/month data. Across its published plans the median price is $7.38 per GB of RAM.
Where are Huawei Cloud's data centers?
Huawei Cloud lets you deploy in 17 locations: 10 in Asia, 2 in Africa, 2 in South America, 1 in Middle East, 1 in Europe and 1 in North America. Countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand and 1 more.
Does Huawei Cloud offer Windows VPS?
Flexus L packages on the product page are listed as Linux only; Windows availability is not stated on the pages checked.
Does Huawei Cloud have hourly billing?
Yes, servers are billed by the hour with a monthly cap.
Is Huawei Cloud good?
As of October 23, 2026, Huawei Cloud sells 9 VPS plans from $9.00/month (Flexus L 2 vCPUs | 2 GiB: 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB SSD, 3 TB traffic) in 17 locations. It ranks #117 of 160 providers overall. Trustpilot rates it 2.8 from 3 reviews. Strengths: flexus l packages bundle 30 mbit/s eip and 3-6 tb of monthly traffic from $9/mo and regions in asia, middle east, africa, turkey and latin america that few vps hosts cover. Limitations: only three public flexus l packages; ecs and flexus x prices exclude disk and bandwidth and round-the-clock technical support requires a paid business support plan ($90/mo+).
Sources
Data was read from these pages (provider data checked October 19, 2026; rankings updated October 23, 2026). Prices change; check the provider's site before buying.
- https://huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/product/flexus-l.html
- https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/product/flexus/pricing.html
- https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/product/hecs.html
- https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/product/ecs.html
- https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/es-us/productdesc-flexus/pd_0000.html
- https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/flexusl_faq/faq_01_0001.html
- https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/wtsnew-flexusl/index.html
- https://activity.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/free_packages/flexus.html
- https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/service/supportplans.html
- https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-bpconsole/dp_060200.html
- https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/declaration/sla-ecs.html
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/huaweicloud.com