[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":188},["ShallowReactive",2],{"seo-verification":3,"blog-vps-price-hikes-in-2026-causes-and-how-to-choose-ma-en":6,"promo-bar-likely":187},{"google":4,"bing":5},"EycwPY2XMyTkVzas3n1ygeNJFGAH513qrMjfDljzsMQ","",{"key":7,"data":8},"blog-vps-price-hikes-in-2026-causes-and-how-to-choose-ma-en",{"id":9,"slug":10,"slugs":11,"title":15,"excerpt":16,"readTime":17,"views":18,"isPinned":19,"noindex":19,"publishedAt":20,"updatedAt":21,"category":22,"categories":27,"featuredImage":29,"bgImage":30,"posterImage":31,"relatedSolution":29,"intro":32,"sections":33,"ctaTitle":127,"ctaBody":128,"ctaButton":129,"ctaUrl":130,"relatedPosts":131},240,"vps-price-hikes-in-2026-causes-and-how-to-choose",{"fr":12,"en":10,"ar":13,"es":14},"hausse-tarifs-vps-2026","ارتفاع-أسعار-vps-في-2026-الأسباب-وكيف-تختار-مزودك","subida-precios-vps-2026","VPS Price Hikes in 2026: Causes and How to Choose","OVHcloud +45%, Hetzner +30 to +175%: why VPS prices are rising in 2026 and how to choose a provider without getting caught by teaser pricing.",9,2,false,"2026-08-09T00:00:00+00:00","2026-11-08T01:13:15+00:00",{"id":23,"name":24,"slug":25,"color":26,"icon":25},5,"Comparison","comparatif","bg-info\u002F10 text-info",[28],{"id":23,"name":24,"slug":25,"color":26,"icon":25},null,"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fbg.svg","\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fhausse-tarifs-vps-2026-poster.svg","Since the start of 2026, VPS pricing grids have been moving in one direction: up. OVHcloud raised its VPS-1 from €4.49 to €6.49\u002Fmonth excl. VAT in April, and Hetzner raised its prices in April, then in June by 30 to 38% on its CX and CAX cloud ranges and more than doubled them on CPX and CCX. If you've received a price-revision email from your hosting provider, you're not alone — and switching in a hurry isn't necessarily the right move.",[34,38,49,52,84,87,109,112,115,124],{"type":35,"title":36,"body":37},"h2","Why every provider is raising prices at the same time","The increase isn't the result of an isolated commercial strategy: it's structural. Demand for RAM (DRAM) and NVMe flash storage has surged with the wave of AI model deployments in datacenters. OVHcloud itself put a number on this pressure: RAM costs could rise 250 to 300% by the end of 2026 compared to September 2025 (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.ovhcloud.com\u002Fen\u002Fposts\u002Fpricing-evolution-of-public-cloud-bare-metal-and-vps-at-ovhcloud\u002F\">OVHcloud official blog, March 2026\u003C\u002Fa>). Mid-sized European providers, buying at volumes too small to negotiate long-term contracts with memory manufacturers, absorb this pressure head-on. The outcome is mechanical: margins on entry-level plans collapse, and catalog revisions follow. This isn't a coincidence of timing — it's the same market signal being read simultaneously by all players in the industry.",{"type":39,"title":40,"items":41},"ul","What this increase actually changes for you",[42,43,44,45,46,47,48],"**Your bill goes up without your server changing** — the spec stays the same, only the renewal price changes.","**Promotional entry prices no longer reflect real costs** — the gap between launch price and renewal price has widened at several providers, Hostinger being a leading example (KVM 1: $6.49 promo vs $11.99 at renewal).","**Comparing list prices is no longer enough** — you need to look at the renewal rate and the provider's contractual pricing policy.","**Legacy ranges are sometimes ring-fenced** — OVHcloud protected its Eco ranges (Kimsufi, So You Start) during the April 2026 increase, offering a stability window for existing customers.","**The resources-to-price ratio needs reassessing** — a provider offering 4 GB RAM for €5 is no longer competitive if that same server now costs €8.","**Migration has hidden costs** — switchover time, DNS reconfiguration, potential service interruption, and TLS certificate updates all factor into the equation.","**Contractual price stability becomes a selection criterion** — some providers guarantee their prices for 12 or 24 months.",{"type":35,"title":50,"body":51},"The confirmed numbers: what actually changed","Three major moves marked the first half of 2026. On 1 April 2026, Hetzner (for new orders and existing contracts alike) and OVHcloud raised their price grids: OVHcloud's VPS-1 went from €4.49 to €6.49\u002Fmonth excl. VAT, an increase of about 45%. Higher-tier VPS plans followed the same trajectory — the VPS-4 went from €24.99 to €36.99\u002Fmonth excl. VAT. Hetzner applied a second revision on 15 June 2026, to new orders and rescales: in Germany and Finland, the CX and CAX cloud ranges increased 30 to 38%, while the CPX (+144 to +175%) and CCX (+113 to +173%) ranges saw much larger jumps (the CCX13 went from €15.99 to €42.99\u002Fmonth excl. VAT). Hostinger, for its part, lists a renewal rate well above its entry price. These three movements are enough to characterize the phenomenon: this is not a one-off adjustment by an isolated player. Several comparison articles were published on third-party sites in 2026 to list alternatives (including \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Feldernode.com\u002Fblog\u002Fhetzner-alternatives\u002F\">Eldernode\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnoackhosting.com\u002Fblog\u002Fhetzner-alternative-2026\u002F\">NoackHosting\u003C\u002Fa>), signalling measurable editorial momentum on the topic.",{"type":53,"title":54,"headers":55,"rows":59},"comparison","VPS provider comparison after the 2026 price increases",[56,57,58],"Provider","2026 pricing movement","Key watch points",[60,64,68,72,76,80],[61,62,63],"Hetzner","+30 to +38% on CX and CAX, +144 to +175% on CPX (15 June 2026, DE\u002FFI) · dedicated CCX range up to +173%","Still among the lowest prices in Europe after the increase · no managed options · limited geo coverage (DE, FI, US, SG)",[65,66,67],"OVHcloud","VPS-1: €4.49 → €6.49\u002Fmonth excl. VAT (+45%) on 1 April 2026 · Eco range protected","Eco range (Kimsufi, So You Start) untouched · global network · support varies by plan",[69,70,71],"Hostinger","Renewal well above the entry price (KVM 1: $6.49 → $11.99\u002Fmonth, 24-month term)","Check the renewal price, not the launch price · EU datacenter available · proprietary panel",[73,74,75],"Contabo","Setup fee on some plans with a one-month term (new orders since 3 November 2026), attributed to the cost of RAM","Strong RAM-to-price ratio for memory-intensive workloads · shared CPU · less documented SLA",[77,78,79],"DigitalOcean \u002F Vultr","Check base-plan grids by region · no general increase quantified here","USD pricing · global network · mature API · integrated snapshots and firewalls",[81,82,83],"ServOrbit VPS Cloud","Contractually stable pricing · transparent range from 99 DH\u002Fmonth","Full root access · dedicated IPv4 · OS choice · Marketplace templates · human support included",{"type":35,"title":85,"body":86},"The method for comparing without being misled","When faced with a pricing grid, three habits help avoid misleading comparisons. First, always look at the renewal price, not the launch price: a €2\u002Fmonth offer renewed at €12\u002Fmonth is more expensive over a year than a stable €6\u002Fmonth plan. Second, normalize each price per vCPU and per GB of RAM allocated — entry-level offerings vary from 512 MB to 4 GB at similar price points. Finally, check the contractual policy: some providers guarantee a price for the full subscription period, others reserve the right to revise the grid at any time with 30 days' notice. For a production project, that last clause fundamentally changes the level of budget risk.",{"type":88,"title":89,"steps":90},"steps","Evaluating a provider switch in 6 steps",[91,94,97,100,103,106],{"title":92,"body":93},"Calculate the real cost over 24 months","Multiply the renewal rate (not the launch rate) by 24. Add the estimated migration cost: configuration time, potential double billing during the switchover, and the cost of a dedicated IP if you change provider.",{"title":95,"body":96},"Inventory your stack","List everything running: applications, databases, mail services, TLS certificates. Identify dependencies on a fixed IP (DNS records, client firewall rules, third-party API authorizations).",{"title":98,"body":99},"Test the new provider in parallel","Provision a test server at the candidate provider. Deploy your stack with `docker compose up -d` or your usual tooling. Benchmark network performance with `iperf3 -c \u003Ctest-server-ip>` and disk I\u002FO with `dd if=\u002Fdev\u002Fzero of=\u002Ftmp\u002Ftest bs=1M count=1024 oflag=dsync`.",{"title":101,"body":102},"Validate network coverage to your users","Run `traceroute \u003Cnew-ip>` from multiple geographic points. A less well-connected datacenter can increase latency beyond what the price increase was costing you.",{"title":104,"body":105},"Plan the DNS migration with a short TTL","48 hours before the cutover, lower the TTL on your A\u002FAAAA records to `300` seconds. On switchover night, update the records. For the next 24 hours, keep the old server active in read-only mode to absorb requests from slow resolvers.",{"title":107,"body":108},"Check TLS certificates and firewall rules","After migration, test each entry point with `curl -I https:\u002F\u002Fyour-domain.com`. Review `ufw` or `iptables` rules — they often contain IP allowlists from the old datacenter that need updating.",{"type":110,"body":111},"tip","If your workload is predictable and you don't need immediate scalability, an annual plan with a guaranteed rate is almost always cheaper than a monthly plan, even after a price increase. Explicitly ask your provider whether the subscribed rate is guaranteed until renewal or whether it can be revised mid-period.",{"type":35,"title":113,"body":114},"When staying put is the right decision","The most common objection to a price increase is a fair one: if all providers are raising prices, migrating saves nothing on cost. But it deserves qualification. Migrating to escape a 20% increase rarely makes sense if the migration itself costs two weeks of work. Staying is rational in three situations: your current provider remains competitive after the increase relative to alternatives, you have a guaranteed rate until the end of your contract period, or your stack depends on a feature specific to that datacenter (network peering, dedicated range, geolocated IP for a regulatory requirement). Staying out of inertia, however — without having compared — exposes you to a silent drift in your server budget over several years.",{"type":35,"title":116,"body":117,"items":118},"Troubleshooting: common errors during a VPS migration","A rushed migration produces predictable incidents. Here are the most common, with their symptoms and fixes.",[119,120,121,122,123],"**`curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate`** — the new server isn't presenting a valid certificate yet (certificate not issued, or missing intermediate chain). Check that the ACME challenge is reachable: after placing a `test` file in that directory, `curl http:\u002F\u002Fyour-domain.com\u002F.well-known\u002Facme-challenge\u002Ftest` should return 200. If nginx is returning a 301 to HTTPS before the certificate is valid, add a `location \u002F.well-known\u002Facme-challenge\u002F { try_files $uri =404; }` block before the redirect rule.","**`Connection refused` on port 22 after migration** — the new provider's firewall differs from the old one. Check the network firewall state in the provider control panel AND the local `ufw status verbose`. The `ufw allow 22\u002Ftcp` rule at the OS level isn't enough if the provider-side firewall blocks upstream.","**Databases unreachable from the application after DNS cutover** — the application is still connecting to the old IP from cache. Flush the application's DNS cache or restart the container: `docker compose restart app`. Also check `DB_HOST` environment variables if they contain a hard-coded IP rather than a domain name.","**Emails rejected after IP change** — the new IP isn't yet in the SPF records. Add the IP to your TXT record: `v=spf1 ip4:\u003Cnew-ip> include:... ~all`. Wait for DNS propagation (up to 48 h) before sending bulk emails.","**`Permission denied (publickey)` on first SSH connection** — the public key wasn't injected or was injected into the wrong file. Check: `cat ~\u002F.ssh\u002Fauthorized_keys` on the server (via the provider's VNC console). Verify permissions: `chmod 700 ~\u002F.ssh && chmod 600 ~\u002F.ssh\u002Fauthorized_keys`.",{"type":35,"title":125,"body":126},"What the price hikes reveal about choosing a provider","The 2026 increases have made visible two criteria that often went unnoticed in price comparisons: contractual pricing stability and transparency about structural costs. A provider that explains why its prices are rising — and that protects certain ranges during the transition — behaves differently from one that sends a notification email 30 days before the renewal deadline. At equal specs, these behaviors are signals about the quality of the relationship over time. Next time you evaluate a VPS, add a 'pricing policy' column to your comparison grid, alongside the vCPU\u002FRAM\u002Fprice ratio.","VPS with transparent pricing","Full root access, dedicated IPv4, OS choice, and over 176 ready-to-deploy templates — from 99 DH\u002Fmonth. 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