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Seattle VPS plans, compared
Ranked by monthly price at 2 GB in the Seattle location, with the 1 GB and 4 GB prices alongside (September 2026). "Seattle" means the provider names Seattle on its location page or region API; Hillsboro plans are listed separately below.
| Provider | 1 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB | Billing | Windows in Seattle | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostwinds | $4.99 | $9.99 | $18.99 | Monthly, or hourly as a cloud server | Yes, license included | 1 Gbps port; snapshots and custom ISOs; unmanaged support covers hardware and network only |
| Vultr | $5 | $10 | $20 | Hourly | Yes, license at checkout | API, snapshots, block storage and Kubernetes available in "sea" |
| Linode (Akamai) | $5 | $12 | $24 | Hourly | No | Region "us-sea"; backups add-on $2 a month on the 1 GB plan |
| RackNerd | $17.99 list | $20.59 list | $24.59 list | Monthly or annual | Location chosen at checkout | Promotional prices lower during sales; 512 MB at $26.99 a year |
| Contabo | No 1 GB plan | No 2 GB plan | 8 GB for $6.60 (Cloud VPS 4) | Monthly, introductory for 24 months | Configurator | 4 vCPU, 100 GB SSD, unlimited traffic on a 200 Mbit/s port |
| Kamatera | Basic from $4 (configured per server) | Configured | Configured | Hourly or monthly | Yes | CPU, RAM and disk chosen separately; Seattle in the location list |
Not in Seattle, for the record: DigitalOcean (San Francisco is its West Coast region), InterServer (Los Angeles), Hetzner and OVHcloud (Hillsboro, Oregon). If one of those is your provider, the Hillsboro section covers the two that are close.
Who a Seattle server is for
Three groups. Businesses and developers in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia who want the server near them. Sites and services whose users are in Vancouver, Calgary and the rest of Western Canada, for whom Seattle is the nearest large US datacenter market. And anyone serving Japan, Korea or Taiwan from US soil, because the northern Pacific routes land in the Pacific Northwest and a Seattle server is the shortest US path to those users. For Southern California, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, Los Angeles is usually the better West Coast choice; for the East Coast, none of this applies and the East Coast page is the one to read.
This page gives no latency figures because we have not measured them and provider claims are not comparable. The right way to decide between Seattle and Los Angeles for a specific audience is to rent an hour of Vultr in each ("sea" and "lax") and ping from where your users are; it costs cents.
Hostwinds
Hostwinds is headquartered in the Seattle area and Seattle is one of its three datacenters (with Dallas and Amsterdam). Its unmanaged Linux VPS tiers in Seattle are $4.99 for 1 CPU, 1 GB, 30 GB SSD and 1 TB; $9.99 for 2 GB and 50 GB; $18.99 for 2 CPU, 4 GB and 75 GB; and $38.99 for 4 CPU and 8 GB, on 1 Gbps ports with snapshots and custom ISOs included and nightly backups at $1 a month plus $0.03 per GB. The same tiers can be billed hourly as cloud servers. The managed tier costs more ($10.99 for 1 GB after the first-cycle discount) and is the only way to get help inside the operating system; Hostwinds' support document says unmanaged plans cover hardware, network and power availability only.
It is the price pick in Seattle at every size from 1 to 4 GB, and the only Seattle provider with a managed option at small sizes. The InterServer vs Hostwinds page goes through the support scope in detail.
Vultr
Vultr's Seattle region ("sea") offers Cloud Compute at $5 for 1 GB, $10 for 2 GB and $20 for 2 vCPU and 4 GB, billed hourly, with the public API, snapshots, block storage, load balancers and managed Kubernetes all available in that region per its regions API. Windows Server images from 2016 to 2025 can be deployed in Seattle with the license added at checkout. Pick Vultr in Seattle when you create and destroy servers, need an API, or want Seattle as one region among several; at a flat monthly price it is a dollar or two above Hostwinds at each size.
Linode (Akamai)
Linode's "us-sea" region sells the Nanode at $5 for 1 GB, Linode 2 GB at $12 and Linode 4 GB at $24, hourly, with a backups add-on at $2 a month on the Nanode and $2.50 on the 2 GB plan per its types API. No Windows. It is the choice for people already on Akamai's platform or who prefer its API and documentation; on price alone it sits above Vultr at 2 GB and 4 GB.
Contabo
Contabo lists "US West (Seattle)" among its locations. Its smallest plan there is Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB SSD, unlimited traffic on a 200 Mbit/s port, $6.60 a month as an introductory price for the first 24 months, with snapshots and an API included. Nothing else in Seattle comes close on memory per dollar; the port speed is the trade-off, and it rules the plan out for media serving or bulk transfer while leaving it fine for sites, bots and application stacks. Check the configurator for Seattle availability and any location surcharge before ordering.
RackNerd and Kamatera
RackNerd names Seattle in its KVM location list. Its list prices are $17.99 for 1 GB, $20.59 for 2 GB and $24.59 for 4 GB a month, with a 512 MB plan at $26.99 a year; the prices it is known for are promotional and appear during sales. The location is chosen at checkout, so confirm Seattle is offered on the specific promotion. Kamatera lists Seattle among its datacenters and sells configurable servers (CPU, RAM and disk chosen separately) from a $4 a month Basic size, with Windows available; price the exact configuration in its configurator since the Basic price is for 1 vCPU and 1 GB.
Windows VPS in Seattle
| Provider | Windows plan in Seattle | Monthly | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hostwinds | Unmanaged Windows 1 GB / 2 GB / 4 GB | $16.99 / $21.99 / $30.99 | Included |
| Hostwinds | Managed Windows 1 GB | $22.99 ($14.94 first cycle) | Included |
| Vultr | Any plan with a Windows Server 2016 to 2025 image | $20 (2 vCPU, 4 GB) + license | Added at checkout |
| Kamatera | Configured server with Windows | Configurator | Priced in configurator |
Windows Server takes a large share of a small server before your application starts, so treat 4 GB as the floor for a desktop session over RDP. Hostwinds' 4 GB Windows plan at $30.99 is the flat-price option in Seattle; Vultr is the hourly one. If Seattle specifically is not required, InterServer sells Windows with the license from $10 for 4 GB in Los Angeles; the Windows VPS page compares all of them.
The Hillsboro, Oregon alternatives
Two providers with strong prices sit in Hillsboro, in the Portland metro area, on the same Pacific Northwest routes: OVHcloud, whose VPS-1 gives 2 vCores, 4 GB, 40 GB NVMe and unlimited traffic for $5.35 a month (or $4.54 on a 12-month term) with a daily backup and anti-DDoS included; and Hetzner, whose US line starts at CPX11, $20.49 for 2 vCPU, 2 GB and 1 TB of transfer, with its API and hourly billing. For serving Asia-Pacific or Western Canada, either is a fair substitute for Seattle; for a Washington business that wants its server in-state, neither is.
Picks by use
- A site or app for Pacific Northwest or Western Canadian users, flat price: Hostwinds 2 GB ($9.99) or 4 GB ($18.99).
- Servers you script, or one region of several: Vultr "sea" from $5, hourly.
- Memory-heavy stack on a budget: Contabo Cloud VPS 4 ($6.60, 8 GB), accepting the 200 Mbit/s port.
- Windows desktop or trading terminal in Seattle: Hostwinds Windows 4 GB ($30.99), or Vultr with a Windows image for hourly use.
- 4 GB for the least money in the region, state not important: OVHcloud VPS-1 in Hillsboro ($5.35).
- Someone to fix the OS when it breaks: Hostwinds managed tier; no other Seattle provider on this page sells managed support at these sizes.