What's the cheapest European VPS on this list?

Usually OVHcloud Starter or a Hetzner CX tier, depending on the week and FX. Contabo looks cheaper when you need 8+ GB — just don't confuse a 12- or 24-month promo with the month-to-month rate.

Hetzner or Hostinger for EU?

Hetzner if you live in SSH. Hostinger if the control panel is half the product for you. They're not the same buyer.

Does DigitalOcean count as European VPS?

Amsterdam and Frankfurt exist. The company, billing, and docs are still US-first. Use it as an EU node in a DO-heavy stack — not as your cheap Europe pick.

VPS Europe, Europe VPS hosting, cheap VPS Europe — different products?

Same intent, different typing. People want a server in Europe at a price that survives month two. That is this list: Hetzner first, Contabo when RAM is the bottleneck, OVH as the French backup.

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Cheap VPS Europe — What We'd Actually Buy

Most “VPS Europe” roundups mix three different things: German/French clouds billed in euros, US brands with an Amsterdam PoP, and promo hosts that renew at a different number. We care about the first group. The table below is sorted by the cheapest plan we track per provider — not by who paid for a review.

Prices checked 2026-08-22

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What “cheap” means here

List price after signup. No 24-month Contabo teaser, no Hostinger intro that jumps on renewal. If two boxes are within a dollar, we pick the one with more RAM or cleaner EU residency — usually Hetzner.

Who this ranking is for

You SSH in. You can read a firewall doc. Your users are mostly in the EU, or you need data closer to Frankfurt than Virginia. If you want a hand-holding panel and tutorials for every step, jump to DigitalOcean — just know you're paying USD for an EU region, not buying a European host.

By entry list price

Cheapest plan we track per provider. Confirm live pricing before you buy — promos move.

#	Provider	Plan	vCPU	RAM	Disk	From
1	OVHcloud	VPS Starter	1	2 GB	40 GB	$3.50/mo	Check pricing
2	Hetzner Cloud Our pick	CX22	2	4 GB	40 GB	$4.49/mo	Check pricing
3	Linode (Akamai)	Nanode 1GB	1	1 GB	25 GB	$5.00/mo	Check pricing
4	Vultr	Cloud Compute 1GB	1	1 GB	25 GB	$5.00/mo	Check pricing
5	DigitalOcean	Basic Droplet 1GB	1	1 GB	25 GB	$6.00/mo	Check pricing
6	Contabo	Cloud VPS 4	4	8 GB	100 GB	$6.00/mo	Check pricing
7	Hostinger	KVM 1	1	4 GB	50 GB	$6.49/mo	Check pricing

What we'd do

Buy Hetzner Cloud unless you have a specific reason not to. CX22 already gives you 2 vCPU / 4 GB for roughly the price of a 1 GB Nanode elsewhere. Contabo only wins when the bottleneck is RAM and you're fine with slower ops polish. OVH is the backup French datacenter, not the daily driver. Hostinger is fine for a panel-first shop — model the renewal before you celebrate the landing-page price. Stuck between Hostinger and Hetzner? Read that head-to-head; don't guess from two pricing pages.

Quick answers

What's the cheapest European VPS on this list?
Usually OVHcloud Starter or a Hetzner CX tier, depending on the week and FX. Contabo looks cheaper when you need 8+ GB — just don't confuse a 12- or 24-month promo with the month-to-month rate.
Hetzner or Hostinger for EU?
Hetzner if you live in SSH. Hostinger if the control panel is half the product for you. They're not the same buyer.
Does DigitalOcean count as European VPS?
Amsterdam and Frankfurt exist. The company, billing, and docs are still US-first. Use it as an EU node in a DO-heavy stack — not as your cheap Europe pick.
VPS Europe, Europe VPS hosting, cheap VPS Europe — different products?
Same intent, different typing. People want a server in Europe at a price that survives month two. That is this list: Hetzner first, Contabo when RAM is the bottleneck, OVH as the French backup.