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ServerMania VPS review and pricing

ServerMania is a VPS provider based in Stoney Creek, Canada with 1 data-center locations in 1 country (North America). Plans start at $8.93/month for Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic); the median price is $5.54 per GB of RAM. It sells Linux plans only, bills hourly.

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Short answer

As of October 23, 2026, ServerMania sells 16 VPS plans from $8.93/month (Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic) in 1 locations. It ranks #145 of 160 providers overall. It has no Trustpilot profile.

Key takeaways

  • Cheapest plan: Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB at $8.93/month (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic).
  • 1 data-center locations in 1 country: New York.
  • Free trial: AraCloud product page offers free trial credits for new sign-ups; the amount is not stated. Account start requires a minimum $10 prepaid deposit.
  • Ranks #145 of 160 overall; best placing #61 of 126 for 16 GB RAM VPS.

Key facts

Websiteservermania.com
HeadquartersStoney Creek, Canada
Founded2002
Cheapest planStarter 1 vCPU / 1 GB, $8.93/month
Price per GB RAM (median)$5.54
Data centers1 locations in 1 country (North America)
VirtualizationKVM
BillingHourly, monthly
Windows ServerNo The AraCloud OS list covers Linux only (CentOS, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu); custom images are supported, but no Windows images or license prices are published.
Operating systemsCentOS, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Custom images
StorageYes NVMe (NVMe)
DDoS protection—
Backups / snapshotsBackups: unknown; snapshots: Yes
IPv4 / IPv6IPv4 included: Yes; IPv6: —
APIYes
Dedicated CPU plans—
Payment methods—
Trial or creditAraCloud product page offers free trial credits for new sign-ups; the amount is not stated. Account start requires a minimum $10 prepaid deposit.
Money-backNot published
Support24/7/365 support via the Surge ticket portal, email ([email protected]) and phone (1-888-522-8314; sales 1-888-237-6637); AraCloud page also advertises 24/7 live chat; stated 15-minute response time
Email / port 25Opt-in email only (spam banned)
Uptime SLAAraCloud advertises 100% uptime; the AraCloud terms give a credit of 5% of the monthly fee per qualifying downtime incident, applied to future invoices
TrustpilotNo profile found

Plans and prices

16 plans recorded across 5 lines. Monthly list prices in US dollars; the highlighted row is the cheapest.

PlanLineCPUvCPURAMStorageTraffic$/month$/GB RAMNotes
Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB AraCloud Starter Shared 1 1 GB 15 GB NVMe 1 TB $8.93 $8.93 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.009489/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Starter 1 vCPU / 2 GB AraCloud Starter Shared 1 2 GB 25 GB NVMe 2 TB $14.36 $7.18 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.014195/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB AraCloud Starter Shared 2 2 GB 35 GB NVMe 3 TB $18.95 $9.47 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.017734/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Compute 2 AraCloud Compute Shared 2 4 GB 50 GB NVMe 4 TB $27.72 $6.93 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.027116/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking. servermania.com/cloud-hosting.htm lists this size at $27.79/mo.
Compute 4 AraCloud Compute Shared 4 8 GB 150 GB NVMe 5 TB $49.36 $6.17 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.054213/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Compute 8 AraCloud Compute Shared 8 16 GB 300 GB NVMe 6 TB $89.73 $5.61 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.107055/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Compute 16 AraCloud Compute Shared 16 32 GB 450 GB NVMe 7 TB $165.71 $5.18 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.208690/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Flex 2 AraCloud Flex Shared 2 8 GB 100 GB NVMe 5 TB $43.65 $5.46 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.046287/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking. Hourly rate as listed in ServerMania's cloud price guide.
Flex 4 AraCloud Flex Shared 4 8 GB 160 GB NVMe 5 TB $49.55 $6.19 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.054483/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking. Hourly rate as listed in ServerMania's cloud price guide.
Flex 4+ AraCloud Flex Shared 4 16 GB 200 GB NVMe 6 TB $78.30 $4.89 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.091203/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking. Hourly rate as listed in ServerMania's cloud price guide.
Flex 8 AraCloud Flex Shared 8 16 GB 320 GB NVMe 8 TB $94.09 $5.88 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.107595/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking. Hourly rate as listed in ServerMania's cloud price guide.
Memory 2 AraCloud Memory Shared 2 16 GB 80 GB NVMe 3 TB $65.30 $4.08 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.081387/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Memory 4 AraCloud Memory Shared 4 32 GB 120 GB NVMe 4 TB $124.87 $3.90 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.160324/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Memory 8 AraCloud Memory Shared 8 64 GB 240 GB NVMe 5 TB $242.73 $3.79 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.319278/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Storage 2 AraCloud Storage Shared 2 16 GB 300 GB NVMe 4 TB $71.33 $4.46 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.087327/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.
Storage 4 AraCloud Storage Shared 4 32 GB 600 GB NVMe 6 TB $137.65 $4.30 Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.173284/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking.

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ServerMania: price per GB of RAM by planServerMania: price per GB of RAM by plan$ per GB RAM / monthStarter 1 vCPU / 1 GBStarter 1 vCPU / 1 GB: $8.93$8.93Starter 1 vCPU / 2 GBStarter 1 vCPU / 2 GB: $7.18$7.18Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GBStarter 2 vCPU / 2 GB: $9.47$9.47Compute 2Compute 2: $6.93$6.93Compute 4Compute 4: $6.17$6.17Compute 8Compute 8: $5.61$5.61Compute 16Compute 16: $5.18$5.18Flex 2Flex 2: $5.46$5.46Flex 4Flex 4: $6.19$6.19Flex 4+Flex 4+: $4.89$4.89Flex 8Flex 8: $5.88$5.88Memory 2Memory 2: $4.08$4.08Memory 4Memory 4: $3.90$3.90Memory 8Memory 8: $3.79$3.79Storage 2Storage 2: $4.46$4.46Storage 4Storage 4: $4.30$4.30
Monthly price per gigabyte of RAM for each published plan.

Data-center locations

ServerMania lets you deploy in 1 locations: 1 in North America.

Map of ServerMania locations

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Pros and cons

Strengths

  • Hourly rates published for every AraCloud size, from $8.93/mo for 1 vCPU / 1 GB
  • AMD EPYC hosts with NVMe storage, 10 Gbps networking and 1-10 TB transfer per plan
  • Platform compliance listed as SOC 1/2, HIPAA, PCI, ISO 27001 and HITRUST

Limitations

  • Single published cloud region (New York City Metro, Piscataway NJ)
  • All AraCloud payments are non-refundable, including unused prepaid deposits
  • No Windows images listed; IPv6 and DDoS protection are not documented for AraCloud
  • Priced above budget VPS hosts at small sizes (2 vCPU / 4 GB at $27.72/mo)

Acceptable use

The AUP prohibits unsolicited commercial email/spam (grounds for immediate termination) and mail bombing; commercial mail is allowed only when solicited or within a list's rules. Outbound SMTP / port 25 is not addressed in the AUP or AraCloud terms. Probing or scanning other networks and copyright/trademark infringement are prohibited, and excessive CPU, memory or disk use on cloud/VPS services is restricted. The AraCloud addendum also bans DDoS attacks, malware, hacking and bypassing quotas or rate limits. Crypto mining, proxies/VPN, Tor and torrents are not mentioned.

Where ServerMania ranks

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

Alternatives to ServerMania

Providers closest to ServerMania by region, price and features. CloudCone, RamNode and LikeVPS are the nearest matches.

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# Provider Plan $/month RAM $/GB RAM Locations Windows Trustpilot
1 CloudCone SSD VPS 1 $2.33 1 GB $2.33 1 No 1.9 (126)
2 RamNode Premium NVMe 2 GB $14.00 2 GB $7.00 4 No 2.2 (54)
3 LikeVPS Lite 2.0 $10.00 2 GB $5.00 26 Yes —
4 Psychz Networks cVirtual Starter $4.00 4 GB $1.00 4 Yes 2.5 (5)
5 ServerCheap NVMe-KVM-4GB-New $3.00 4 GB $0.75 1 No —
6 Rackspace OpenStack Flex General Purpose 1 vCPU / 2 GB $14.45 2 GB $7.22 3 No 1.2 (333)

Frequently asked questions

How much does ServerMania VPS cost?

Plans start at $8.93 per month for Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic); Monthly 'starting at' price from the AraCloud product page; hourly rate $0.009489/h. Usage is drawn from a prepaid deposit (postpaid monthly for verified clients). 1 dedicated IPv4 included, 10 Gbps networking. Across its published plans the median price is $5.54 per GB of RAM.

Where are ServerMania's data centers?

ServerMania lets you deploy in 1 locations: 1 in North America.

Does ServerMania offer Windows VPS?

The AraCloud OS list covers Linux only (CentOS, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu); custom images are supported, but no Windows images or license prices are published.

Does ServerMania have hourly billing?

Yes, servers are billed by the hour with a monthly cap.

Is ServerMania good?

As of October 23, 2026, ServerMania sells 16 VPS plans from $8.93/month (Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB NVMe, 1 TB traffic) in 1 locations. It ranks #145 of 160 providers overall. It has no Trustpilot profile. Strengths: hourly rates published for every aracloud size, from $8.93/mo for 1 vcpu / 1 gb and amd epyc hosts with nvme storage, 10 gbps networking and 1-10 tb transfer per plan. Limitations: single published cloud region (new york city metro, piscataway nj) and all aracloud payments are non-refundable, including unused prepaid deposits.

Sources

Data was read from these pages (provider data checked October 23, 2026; rankings updated October 23, 2026). Prices change; check the provider's site before buying.