Best $5/mo WordPress Hosting? (Linode vs DigitalOcean vs Vultr)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Find out who is the fastest VPS host between Linode, DigitalOcean, and Vultr. Through a series of comprehensive speed tests, I systematically measure the performance of these hosting providers with a basic WordPress website.
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Nice video. I was looking for something like this instead of going through 1 hour videos of comparison.
Thanks so much! That's exactly what I was going for... quick and to the point :)
The amount of effort you put into these videos are really great.
By watching your 4 min video I understood more than doing a day of research.
That was my goal with this video. Happy that you found it valuable, and thanks for letting me know
You are a great teacher Tony! You will be a very famous TH-camr just keep at it.
Thank you so much ❤️😊
Love the video. Found your blog article about it, too! It's been about three years since you first did a comparison, any chance we can get a revisit to this?
I would like to salute you for this hard work
Thank you Tony
Really appreciate it 🙏🙏
Please also explain about IBM instances ! They are aslo as same pricing but please make a test video about IBM VPS too....!
Gonna look into this eventually
Thanks for review, i am currently using vultr for my music streaming server.
No problem!
Can you please make a video about contabo vps?
Here's a comparison with Contabo th-cam.com/video/Yrsg4Gr_TsI/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Tony. I want to learn basic about how to manage a VPS that can create few packages like shared hosting. Hope you show me how. Thanks
Sure thing! TO get you started here's a video about installing WordPress on your VPS (specifically on a LEMP server) th-cam.com/video/q1c_66QjRYo/w-d-xo.html
Have you done an update with the Vultr High Frequency plan?
I see you already found my video with Vultr's HF plan th-cam.com/video/CdJVFaXOSZc/w-d-xo.html
Please see my comment over there :)
Thank you so much for this video my guy. This helps so much.
Awesome to hear that. You're welcome
Objective and useful review! Thank you Tony!
Glad it was helpful!
so How about AWS and Google cloud? I understand it's not the same category of the VPS. I would love to find out. otherwise, its better for me to move from AWS to Lindos
Not too familiar with those platforms yet, but I plan to explore them
Love your hard work Man.... keep doing it.... you get soon me like more viewers from Globe... please make sure that please do this test once every year for us (like part 2 in 2021, 3 in 2022)... then we can really switch to best... and could you please make a complete video about how much it will cost for AWS Ec2 server...
and please also compare with UpCloud
Good call about throwing UpCloud into the mix. I will definitely do that in the 2021 VPS comparison vid :)
hey tony. would you include aws lightsail at any point?
I did do this Lightsail comparison last year th-cam.com/video/-Y-bk0O2RNE/w-d-xo.html
@@TonyTeachesTech nice one
Hi, Tony awesome comparison! TNX!!! 👍👌🏻 I believe you have to make a first consideration by start measuring wich is the best Server Location by each VPS provider. For example I run a speed test in Digital Ocean and what it really surprise to me that a very far region from my Geo location wins!!! So maybe Linode was the best because the server location you chose was ultra fast than the others regions in the same Linode service!
Great point. I pretty much just randomly chose a handful of locations. Speed testing ALL of the common location between the 3 hosts would be the ultimate test.
Thanks Tony for the great insights. What about Lionde vs. Vultr HF? any idea who wins the speed test there?
My pleasure! I did make this video which compares Vultr standard to VUltr HF th-cam.com/video/CdJVFaXOSZc/w-d-xo.html which I think will help answer your question
@@TonyTeachesTech But still the original question is very valid as am sure no one goes for lower version of Vultr.
Great video! I'm struggling to decide who to go with. Its annoying trying to choose one.
It's a tough decision. If speed is requirement for you, then you know which one to pick. Otherwise, I tend to prefer Vultr's intuitive and simple dashboard
Great work!
Currently I have a bandwagon VPS for $26/year which I use to bypass the GFW(Great Fire Wall) in China. Yet it's becoming slower and slower. I'm considering to switch to one of the 3 VPSs. Tested Vultr, the speed to Japan is fantastic. However I guess Linode might be even better.
Thanks~ your work is really helpful!
Yes that has been my findings that Linode is even faster than Vultr. They also have a Tokyo data center which could be useful for you in China
Greetings from the other side of the wall! 😀
Hi Tony
Nice work again. Recently, I checked their Geekbench score and Vultr came out to be the best of three. Did you perform such experiment?
I did not look into the Geekbench score. I only looked at my speed tests
great video, i'll need a vps for my startup and this is really helpful
Excellent! What is your startup?
Thanks for your work.
You're welcome! Thanks for all of you comments :)
Hey Tony, great work.I am building a wordpress website for my target audience in India.
Should I choose Linode Or Digital Ocean.
Pls guide me
Linode has a datacenter in Mumbai and DigitalOcean in Bangalore. With that being the case, I would choose Linode
@@TonyTeachesTech do you have any video which can teach me how to setup nginx with full configuration and wordpress manually (not with one click marketplace.) Pls make a video, it would be very helpful sir.
@@atmlink7737 Here you go! th-cam.com/video/q1c_66QjRYo/w-d-xo.html
proper video by a proper man
Appreciate that :)
Hi Tony.. Is it good idea to choose linode in cloudways in between these 3??
That would be my pick
Any thoughts on Vultr High Frequency? it's $6 instead of $5. But is that any faster than Linode?
found it: th-cam.com/video/CdJVFaXOSZc/w-d-xo.html
My only other suggestion is to run a quick test for your own use case to see if Vultr HF is better for you.
Hi, Thx for the information.
Which one has the highest probability of giving you a Whitelisted IP. Because Digitalocean only gives blacklisted.
Please need help! Hoping for a reply..
I'm not familiar with which IPs are whitelisted and blacklisted
tony, can you test vultr HF vs linode pls?
I think I know where you're going with this, and I already have a video that might indirectly answer your question th-cam.com/video/CdJVFaXOSZc/w-d-xo.html
Please make a video on vultr high frequency
I have this th-cam.com/video/CdJVFaXOSZc/w-d-xo.html in case you haven't seen it
awesome content as always
Thank you very much :)
Is you vultr response from a high frequency or the Basic server
This is not high frequency
Great Tutorial Tony! Great effort as well
Glad you liked it
Linode has more robust resources, all credit goes to their years of experience and excellent support team.
Agree with you here :)
@@TonyTeachesTech you missed upcloud..
@@faithfulojebiyi I'll have to check out Upcloud
@@faithfulojebiyi naa don't use upcloud, once i register to upcloud and some random guy call me from whatsapp saying he's from upcloud ask me what i want to do with my VPS
@@malikulabdullah4063 I haven't heard something like this...
I run a small website design business on shared hosting , now I like to sell hosting and domain too , I have checked out reseller plans but none of them are pocket friendly for stratup guy like me . Can I try to create a hosting company with this cheap cloud hosting plan . FYI I don't have any knowledge in server management .
I would advise you to become an expert on server management before you create a hosting company. You'll need to be familiar with the ins and outs of server administration before your customers can trust you with their websites.
As a start, here's how you can host multiple websites on the same VPS th-cam.com/video/lGSRDV2IQhw/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Tony for your great video, i want to use Linode for eCommerce website with 30k - 50K visit monthly which server configuration would you be recommended to me?
Thank you again.
Without seeing your website, you'll definitely be fine with a 1 core, 2gb plan and can probably get away with a plan below that too. I doubt you'll need more than 50gb storage. 50k visitors per month equates to approximately 1 visitor/minute assuming your seeing consistent traffic (which is probably not the case and there are probably peak times where multiple visitors are on your sure). You can always upgrade to a dual core plan which is really easy to do with Linode.
@@TonyTeachesTech Thank you so much Tony
Ok i choose linode 😂 thanks for the videos 💯👍🏻
Sure thing :)
Excellent video!!
Thank you very much!
Is it possible to host 2 different control panels in a vps. (example: cpanel and plesk)?
Probably, but I'm not 100% sure as I've never tried. Would this be for 2 different websites?
Please make a video on IBM & ORACLE servers ! Please please
Oracle coming soon :)
Please tell me you didn't use the $5/month Wordpress instances which you seem to have selected at 3:26
From provider to provider these have a significantly different stack configuration. The only way to do a like for like test would be with the exact same OS image.
Yes. This video is a comparison of the $5/month one-click WordPress instances at each VPS provider. I do realize the stacks are different.
Thanks for sharing your comparison, very helpful indeed. :)
Glad it was helpful!
Which one allows port 25 for smtp?
I think you will have to submit a support ticket to open port 25 on Linode an Vultr, and can open port 25 with sudo ufw allow 25 on DigitalOcean (not 100% sure though)
Really useful video! Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
is linode best for hosting an ecommerce site?
I can't say it's the best, but it's capable of doing so
@@TonyTeachesTech thanks for the info
Hey Tony, which hosting do you think is the most reliable? I'm thinking of hosting a link shortening script for my own use.
I personally have my sites hosted with WPX, but of these 3 I would go with Linode
great video, subbed!
Awesome, thanks for the sub!
Man if I want to host multiple WordPress website .If I customize server can I host it on this 5$ plan
Yes, you can install more than 1 WP site on the same server. Here are your options:
(Cheapest from $5/mo) Follow my tutorial and manually do it yourself th-cam.com/video/P7W4iYkFaOU/w-d-xo.html
(Easiest from $10/mo) Unlimited WP sites in one-click with Cloudways th-cam.com/video/6mHfUEq6h4Y/w-d-xo.html
Is the credit still available for Linode?
Yes it is
Hi, how many VPS can I create in vultr?, I mean in DO I can create up to ten.
I'm not sure what the limit is for the number of VPS instances in Vult.
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bye Vultr, Now the question is, which interface and way to work is better? DigitalOcean or Linode?
I prefer Linode
Great analysis. For 2021, you should do a new video and include UpCloud.
Thanks man! That's the plan :)
What about upcloud?
Hi Darry. I have Upcloud on my list of cloud servers to test out and review. Subscribe and stay tuned in the next few weeks :)
Tony Teaches Tech great. Looking forward to it
linode is cancelling account not able to create account
Uh oh
Linode isnt bad with these things, but vultr win if you want things that rely on cpu or machine performace. Golang or Rust programs for example
You Should add seizure Warning for intro, after watching all your VPS related videos, even if im not susceptible to seizures i am getting headache
Sorry to hear that 😟 no harm intended. Unfortunately TH-cam doesn't have this feature yet
thank you for your video,
but this is bad news for me,
because I just topped up my DO with $1000
Oh wow. Can you get a refund?
Make updated video for 2024
Awesome, great info, your investment of time saved me a bunch.
You're welcome. Happy to hear it!
Free or you say what?
What?
@@TonyTeachesTech I’m talking about hosting for free.
@@slowcodersloth Here are some options th-cam.com/video/6gHPY0qQebg/w-d-xo.html
Those water drop SFX are so satisfying
Why is this even called $5/month when the running cost (Opex) for 1 month is a mandate @ $7.20 (roughly for 720 hours i.e. 30*24) on top of that. It is a minimum of $12.20 + Taxes.
Why he so close to the camera
LOL
Linode might be the fastest, but I’m
Pretty sure Vultr outdoes Linode in every aspect on hardware
How did you come to this conclusion?
@@TonyTeachesTech I'm using all of those 3, I'm pretty sure in here (Singapore Server), Vultr beat all those in terms of latency, stability and performance
@@andronikussimarmata3672 I'm actually looking for statistics on the stability of these three hosts? Do you have this information to share?
@@TonyTeachesTech I'm not sure about statistics because it needs tests as much as possible. My opinion is based on my experience using those 3 vps in Singapore server. Here is what i got when benchmarking vultr, DO and linode just now
*== VULTR ==
*
Processor: Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU cores: 1
Frequency: 3792.000 MHz
RAM: 985M
Swap: -
Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-96-generic x86_64
Disks:
vda 25G HDD
CPU: SHA256-hashing 500 MB
2.842 seconds
CPU: bzip2-compressing 500 MB
5.022 seconds
CPU: AES-encrypting 500 MB
0.927 seconds
ioping: seek rate
min/avg/max/mdev = 46.4 us / 145.8 us / 4.78 ms / 75.4 us
ioping: sequential read speed
generated 17.8 k requests in 5.00 s, 4.34 GiB, 3.56 k iops, 889.8 MiB/s
dd: sequential write speed
1st run: 1049.04 MiB/s
2nd run: 1049.04 MiB/s
3rd run: 1049.04 MiB/s
average: 1049.04 MiB/s
IPv4 speedtests
your IPv4:
Cachefly CDN: 305.81 MiB/s
Leaseweb (NL): 10.53 MiB/s
Softlayer DAL (US): 7.81 MiB/s
Online.net (FR): 12.58 MiB/s
OVH BHS (CA): 9.61 MiB/s
*== DigitalOcean ==
*
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz
CPU cores: 1
Frequency: 2294.608 MHz
RAM: 985M
Swap: -
Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-96-generic x86_64
Disks:
vda 25G HDD
CPU: SHA256-hashing 500 MB
3.397 seconds
CPU: bzip2-compressing 500 MB
6.012 seconds
CPU: AES-encrypting 500 MB
1.267 seconds
ioping: seek rate
min/avg/max/mdev = 98.5 us / 233.1 us / 47.8 ms / 428.3 us
ioping: sequential read speed
generated 5.20 k requests in 5.00 s, 1.27 GiB, 1.04 k iops, 260.2 MiB/s
dd: sequential write speed
1st run: 78.01 MiB/s
2nd run: 510.22 MiB/s
3rd run: 483.51 MiB/s
average: 357.25 MiB/s
IPv4 speedtests
your IPv4:
Cachefly CDN: 49.02 MiB/s
Leaseweb (NL): 25.96 MiB/s
Softlayer DAL (US): 5.94 MiB/s
Online.net (FR): 25.40 MiB/s
OVH BHS (CA): 8.86 MiB/s
*== LINODE ==
*
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz
CPU cores: 1
Frequency: 2499.998 MHz
RAM: 985M
Swap: -
Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1.x86_64 x86_64
Disks:
vda 25G HDD
CPU: SHA256-hashing 500 MB
3.199 seconds
CPU: bzip2-compressing 500 MB
6.554 seconds
CPU: AES-encrypting 500 MB
2.116 seconds
ioping: seek rate
min/avg/max/mdev = 198.5 us / 304.2 us / 5.69 ms / 125.3 us
ioping: sequential read speed
generated 2.50 k requests in 5.00 s, 624.5 MiB, 499 iops, 124.9 MiB/s
dd: sequential write speed
1st run: 208.85 MiB/s
2nd run: 330.92 MiB/s
3rd run: 324.25 MiB/s
average: 288.01 MiB/s
IPv4 speedtests
your IPv4:
Cachefly CDN: 96.49 MiB/s
Leaseweb (NL): 9.95 MiB/s
Softlayer DAL (US): 6.61 MiB/s
Online.net (FR): 12.34 MiB/s
OVH BHS (CA): 9.61 MiB/s
@@andronikussimarmata3672 Wow, this is very useful. I did some similar benchmarking recently with Vultr Compute vs High Frequency on my blog tonyteaches.tech/vultr-cloud-compute-vs-high-frequency-vps/. Looks like you're using a Vultr High Frequency node ($6/mo) in your test based on the processor speed.
Someone else asked me a question specifically about stability (which I interpret as uptime) and I was looking for information on that.
kool bro
Thanks :)
Were you paid by Linode?
No, but if you sign up for any of these plans by clicking my affiliate link in the description of the video and spend a certain amount of money, I earn a commission or account credit.
Dope video, very informative but. blink bro blink.
Noted! I think I am much better at that now lol
not a huge diffence tbh
PHotOsnYthes SEIsure WARNING!;)
Yeah sorry about that if it bothers you
This guy looks like a stoner. If not he needs some rest.
Hi Taylor. I filmed this video in Bali a few days after crashing my motorbike. So yes, you could say that I probably should have been resting instead
Why do your eyes look dead?