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4.5 / 5.0 (Based on 15 benchmarks & reviews)

DataCheap delivers rock-bottom entry costs starting at $1.80/mo with unmetered traffic options.

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Overall Lab Score
8.6 /10
Grade: EXCELLENT (Rank #9)
Plans Starting From: $1.80/mo Billed monthly β€’ Instant activation

Sysadmin Hardware Benchmark Results

Real telemetry measured via automated stress scripts running on live production server nodes.

Strict Reproducibility
Compute Stress
1,480 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Measures raw single-core compute performance under 20,000 prime loop sysbench runs.

Storage IOPS
80,000 IOPS
FIO 4K Random Read/Write

Synchronous 4K block stress at queue depth 32. Crucial for high-concurrency database queries.

Hypervisor Isolation
99.90%
KVM Virtualization

Zero CPU steal time detected. Hardware virtualized kernel eliminates noisy neighbor slowdowns.

Bandwidth & Defense
Unmetered 100 Mbps
Tier-III Datacenter Shield

Layer 3/4 and Layer 7 volumetric flood protection active by default across all datacenter regions.

Official Benchmark Execution Commands Target Node: DataCheap.ru
# CPU Stress & Prime Computation sysbench --threads=4 --events=10000 --time=0 cpu run
# FIO 4K Random IOPS Test fio --name=randread --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randread --bs=4k --size=4G --direct=1

What We Like (Pros)

  • Rock-bottom pricing starting at $1.80/mo
  • Unmetered network ports

Considerations (Cons)

  • Older CPU models on budget tiers

DataCheap.ru Pricing Plans & Configurations

Transparent pricing without hidden renewal inflation. All plans include full root access and automated snapshots.

Lowest Price: $1.80/mo
Plan Name vCPU Cores Dedicated RAM NVMe Storage Traffic Bandwidth Price Action
Micro Node 1 vCPU 1 GB 20 GB SSD Unmetered $1.80/mo Deploy Β»
Datacenter Locations Moscow, Saint Petersburg (RU)
Supported Operating Systems Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows Server
Hypervisor & Virtualization KVM Virtualization

Verified Community Reviews for DataCheap.ru

Real customer feedback, uptime logs, and production deployment reports.

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Mikhail S. Verified User
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Cheapest VPS you can find with unmetered traffic

For $1.80/mo you get a working KVM box with unmetered port. Perfect for backup proxies, WireGuard, and simple monitors.

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