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LayerStack VPS review and pricing

LayerStack is a VPS provider based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong with 5 data-center locations in 5 countries (Asia, North America). Plans start at $9.00/month for ARM108 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, 2.5 TB traffic); the median price is $3.62 per GB of RAM. It offers Windows Server, bills monthly and includes DDoS protection.

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Short answer

As of October 23, 2026, LayerStack sells 20 VPS plans from $9.00/month (ARM108: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, 2.5 TB traffic) in 5 locations. It ranks #97 of 160 providers overall and #8 of 126 for 16 GB RAM VPS. It has no Trustpilot profile.

Key takeaways

  • Cheapest plan: ARM108 at $9.00/month (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, 2.5 TB traffic).
  • Windows Server from $24.00/month (ARM108, incl. $15.00 licence).
  • 5 data-center locations in 5 countries: Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo.
  • Ranks #97 of 160 overall; best placing #8 of 126 for 16 GB RAM VPS.

Key facts

Websitelayerstack.com
HeadquartersHong Kong, Hong Kong
Founded2017
Cheapest planARM108, $9.00/month (US$9.00/mth (3-month prepay))
Price per GB RAM (median)$3.62
Data centers5 locations in 5 countries (Asia, North America)
VirtualizationOpenStack-based cloud (hypervisor not stated)
BillingMonthly, 3-month, annual
Windows ServerYes Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022 Standard as a +US$15/mth add-on on x86 plans. Not available on Arm-based servers.
Operating systemsDebian, Ubuntu, Fedora, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS, Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022 (paid)
StorageYes NVMe (NVMe, SSD)
DDoS protectionYes
Backups / snapshotsPaid backups; snapshots: —
IPv4 / IPv6IPv4 included: —; IPv6: —
APIYes
Dedicated CPU plansYes
Payment methodsCard, alipay
Money-backNot published
SupportCustomer service by phone (852) 2139-7318 and ticket ([email protected]); sales +65 3105 1528
Email / port 25No email rule published
Uptime SLA99.95%
TrustpilotNo profile found

Plans and prices

20 plans recorded across 4 lines. Monthly list prices in US dollars; the highlighted row is the cheapest.

PlanLineCPUvCPURAMStorageTraffic$/month$/GB RAMNotes
R008 General Purpose Shared 1 2 GB 60 GB NVMe 2 TB $10.04 (US$10.04/mth (1-year prepay)) $5.02 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). Sold on 1-year prepayment only ($120.48/yr), so the monthly figure is annual / 12. No CN2 route. Offered in Singapore and Tokyo. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
R108 General Purpose Shared 2 4 GB 150 GB NVMe Unmetered $28.06 (US$28.06/mth) $7.01 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). 1-month price; US$24.20/mth on 3-month and US$17.76/mth on 1-year prepayment. Unlimited traffic. Locations: SG, HK, TYO, TP. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
R208 General Purpose Shared 4 12 GB 250 GB NVMe Unmetered $53.80 (US$53.80/mth) $4.48 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). 1-month price; US$46.08/mth on 3-month and US$34.49/mth on 1-year prepayment. Unlimited traffic. Locations: SG, HK, TYO, TP. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
R308 General Purpose Shared 8 16 GB 350 GB NVMe Unmetered $68.00 (US$68.00/mth) $4.25 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). 1-month price; US$60.00/mth on 3-month and US$50.00/mth on 1-year prepayment. Unlimited traffic. Locations: SG, HK, TYO, TP. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
R408 General Purpose Shared 10 20 GB 400 GB NVMe Unmetered $93.00 (US$93.00/mth) $4.65 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). 1-month price; US$83.00/mth on 3-month and US$70.00/mth on 1-year prepayment. Unlimited traffic. Locations: SG, HK, TYO, TP. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
R508 General Purpose Shared 12 24 GB 450 GB NVMe Unmetered $122.02 (US$122.02/mth) $5.08 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). 1-month price; US$109.15/mth on 3-month and US$83.40/mth on 1-year prepayment. Unlimited traffic. Locations: SG, HK, TYO, TP. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
R608 General Purpose Shared 16 32 GB 700 GB NVMe Unmetered $154.19 (US$154.19/mth) $4.82 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). 1-month price; US$138.75/mth on 3-month and US$115.58/mth on 1-year prepayment. Unlimited traffic. Locations: SG, HK, TYO, TP. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
R708 General Purpose Shared 18 64 GB 1280 GB NVMe Unmetered $258.00 (US$258.00/mth) $4.03 General Purpose (shared AMD/Intel vCPU, NVMe, 1000 Mbps port). 1-month price; US$245.00/mth on 3-month and US$235.00/mth on 1-year prepayment. Unlimited traffic. Locations: SG, HK, TYO, TP. Windows Server licence +$15/mo; China Direct CN2 route +$5/mo.
HM24 Memory-Optimized Dedicated 2 24 GB 200 GB NVMe 6 TB $53.00 (US$53.00/mth) $2.21 Memory-Optimized (AMD EPYC, listed under LayerStack's dedicated-CPU docs). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle, which for General Purpose plans equals the 1-year prepayment rate; a 1-month price wasn't published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK, TP.
HM48 Memory-Optimized Dedicated 4 48 GB 300 GB NVMe Unmetered $87.00 (US$87.00/mth) $1.81 Memory-Optimized (AMD EPYC, listed under LayerStack's dedicated-CPU docs). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle, which for General Purpose plans equals the 1-year prepayment rate; a 1-month price wasn't published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK, TP.
HM64 Memory-Optimized Dedicated 8 64 GB 400 GB NVMe Unmetered $230.00 (US$230.00/mth) $3.59 Memory-Optimized (AMD EPYC, listed under LayerStack's dedicated-CPU docs). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle, which for General Purpose plans equals the 1-year prepayment rate; a 1-month price wasn't published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK, TP.
HM128 Memory-Optimized Dedicated 16 128 GB 600 GB NVMe Unmetered $463.00 (US$463.00/mth) $3.62 Memory-Optimized (AMD EPYC, listed under LayerStack's dedicated-CPU docs). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle, which for General Purpose plans equals the 1-year prepayment rate; a 1-month price wasn't published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK, TP.
HM256 Memory-Optimized Dedicated 32 256 GB 1024 GB NVMe Unmetered $923.00 (US$923.00/mth) $3.61 Memory-Optimized (AMD EPYC, listed under LayerStack's dedicated-CPU docs). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle, which for General Purpose plans equals the 1-year prepayment rate; a 1-month price wasn't published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK, TP.
PRO200 Premium Compute Shared 4 8 GB 200 GB NVMe 5 TB $28.00 (US$28.00/mth) $3.50 Premium Compute (5th Gen AMD EPYC 9745, PCIe 4.0 NVMe). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle (equal to the 1-year prepayment rate for General Purpose); 1-month price not published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK.
PRO300 Premium Compute Shared 8 16 GB 300 GB NVMe 6 TB $57.00 (US$57.00/mth) $3.56 Premium Compute (5th Gen AMD EPYC 9745, PCIe 4.0 NVMe). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle (equal to the 1-year prepayment rate for General Purpose); 1-month price not published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK.
PRO600 Premium Compute Shared 16 32 GB 600 GB NVMe 8 TB $148.00 (US$148.00/mth) $4.62 Premium Compute (5th Gen AMD EPYC 9745, PCIe 4.0 NVMe). Price as shown on the pricing page's default cycle (equal to the 1-year prepayment rate for General Purpose); 1-month price not published in fetchable form. Locations: SG, HK.
ARM108 Arm-Based Shared 4 8 GB 100 GB SSD 2.5 TB $9.00 (US$9.00/mth (3-month prepay)) $1.12 Arm-Based (Ampere Altra Max M128-30), Hong Kong only; Windows and network add-ons are not available. No 1-month term: US$9.00/mth on 3-month and US$7.00/mth on 1-year prepayment.
ARM208 Arm-Based Shared 6 16 GB 200 GB SSD 6 TB $18.00 (US$18.00/mth) $1.12 Arm-Based (Ampere Altra Max M128-30), Hong Kong only; Windows and network add-ons are not available. 1-month price; US$16.00/mth on 3-month and US$12.00/mth on 1-year prepayment.
ARM308 Arm-Based Shared 8 32 GB 300 GB SSD 8 TB $30.00 (US$30.00/mth) $0.94 Arm-Based (Ampere Altra Max M128-30), Hong Kong only; Windows and network add-ons are not available. 1-month price; US$26.00/mth on 3-month and US$20.00/mth on 1-year prepayment.
ARM408 Arm-Based Shared 10 48 GB 400 GB SSD 10 TB $48.00 (US$48.00/mth) $1.00 Arm-Based (Ampere Altra Max M128-30), Hong Kong only; Windows and network add-ons are not available. 1-month price; US$42.00/mth on 3-month and US$32.00/mth on 1-year prepayment.

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LayerStack: price per GB of RAM by planLayerStack: price per GB of RAM by plan$ per GB RAM / monthR008R008: $5.02$5.02R108R108: $7.01$7.01R208R208: $4.48$4.48R308R308: $4.25$4.25R408R408: $4.65$4.65R508R508: $5.08$5.08R608R608: $4.82$4.82R708R708: $4.03$4.03HM24HM24: $2.21$2.21HM48HM48: $1.81$1.81HM64HM64: $3.59$3.59HM128HM128: $3.62$3.62HM256HM256: $3.61$3.61PRO200PRO200: $3.50$3.50PRO300PRO300: $3.56$3.56PRO600PRO600: $4.62$4.62ARM108ARM108: $1.12$1.12ARM208ARM208: $1.12$1.12ARM308ARM308: $0.94$0.94ARM408ARM408: $1.00$1.00
Monthly price per gigabyte of RAM for each published plan.

LayerStack Windows VPS prices

Plans that can run Windows Server, with the monthly licence fee added where LayerStack charges one.

PlanvCPURAMStorage$/monthLicence
ARM10848 GB100 GB$24.00incl. $15.00 licence
R00812 GB60 GB$25.04incl. $15.00 licence
ARM208616 GB200 GB$33.00incl. $15.00 licence
PRO20048 GB200 GB$43.00incl. $15.00 licence
R10824 GB150 GB$43.06incl. $15.00 licence
ARM308832 GB300 GB$45.00incl. $15.00 licence

Data-center locations

LayerStack lets you deploy in 5 locations: 4 in Asia and 1 in North America. Countries: Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and United States.

Map of LayerStack locations

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Pros and cons

Strengths

  • Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Taipei locations with optional China Direct CN2 routing (+$5/mo)
  • Unlimited traffic on most General Purpose plans, plus memory-optimized (up to 256 GB), premium EPYC 9745, Arm and GPU options
  • Full cloud extras: API, private network ($1.95/mo), load balancer ($9/mo), object storage and weekly backups

Limitations

  • Month-to-month prices are 40-60% higher than the 1-year prepaid rates
  • DDoS protection is a $51/mo add-on and only in Hong Kong; backups cost 30% of the plan price
  • Bandwidth to international and China routes is capped (e.g. 50-100 Mbps international on R108)

Where LayerStack ranks

Positions in the rankings on this site, based on the data above.

Alternatives to LayerStack

Providers closest to LayerStack by region, price and features. LikeVPS, Contabo and DMIT are the nearest matches.

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1 LikeVPS Lite 2.0 $10.00 2 GB $5.00 26 Yes —
2 Contabo Cloud VPS 4 $6.16 8 GB $0.77 10 Yes 4.6 (11,470)
3 DMIT LAX.AS3.T1 WEE $3.08 1 GB $3.08 3 No —
4 Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server Linux 1C/0.5G $3.50 512 MB $7.00 12 Yes 1.2 (100)
5 Hivelocity pro.sm.amd $10.00 4 GB $2.50 30 Yes —
6 OVHcloud VPS VPS-1 $4.54 4 GB $1.14 11 Yes 3.8 (8,843)

Frequently asked questions

How much does LayerStack VPS cost?

Plans start at $9.00 per month for ARM108 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, 2.5 TB traffic); Arm-Based (Ampere Altra Max M128-30), Hong Kong only; Windows and network add-ons are not available. No 1-month term: US$9.00/mth on 3-month and US$7.00/mth on 1-year prepayment. Across its published plans the median price is $3.62 per GB of RAM.

Where are LayerStack's data centers?

LayerStack lets you deploy in 5 locations: 4 in Asia and 1 in North America. Countries: Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and United States.

Does LayerStack offer Windows VPS?

Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022 Standard as a +US$15/mth add-on on x86 plans. Not available on Arm-based servers. Cheapest Windows-capable plan: ARM108 at $24.00/month.

Does LayerStack have hourly billing?

No; billing is monthly, 3-month or annual.

Is LayerStack good?

As of October 23, 2026, LayerStack sells 20 VPS plans from $9.00/month (ARM108: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, 2.5 TB traffic) in 5 locations. It ranks #97 of 160 providers overall and #8 of 126 for 16 GB RAM VPS. It has no Trustpilot profile. Strengths: hong kong, singapore, tokyo and taipei locations with optional china direct cn2 routing (+$5/mo) and unlimited traffic on most general purpose plans, plus memory-optimized (up to 256 gb), premium epyc 9745, arm and gpu options. Limitations: month-to-month prices are 40-60% higher than the 1-year prepaid rates and ddos protection is a $51/mo add-on and only in hong kong; backups cost 30% of the plan price.

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.