People usually buy a VPS at one of two moments: shared hosting is no longer enough, or the project needs its own system from day one. Either way the same question comes up – which plan to pick so you neither overpay nor run out of resources a month later. Below are concrete numbers and a list of things worth checking before you pay.
Three parameters that decide everything
vCPU is the number of processor cores assigned to your server. It determines how many requests the server handles at once – important for shops, APIs and compiling code.
RAM decides how many processes and how big a cache fit in memory. A database that fits in RAM answers many times faster than one read from disk. Running out of memory is the most common reason a VPS “suddenly slows down”.
Disk is not only capacity but speed. NVMe drives handle far more operations per second than SATA SSDs, which you notice with databases and shops with many products.
How much for which project
| Project | vCPU | RAM | Disk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company site or WordPress blog | 1–2 | 2 GB | 20–50 GB |
| WooCommerce or PrestaShop shop (up to a few hundred orders a day) | 2–4 | 4–8 GB | 50–100 GB |
| Node.js / Python app with a database | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB |
| Several client sites with an admin panel | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB+ |
| Game server (Minecraft for a dozen players) | 2–4 | 4–8 GB | 30 GB |
| VPN or a test environment | 1 | 1–2 GB | 20 GB |
These are starting points, not fixed rules. It is better to start smaller and watch usage than to pay for idle resources – as long as the provider lets you move to a higher plan easily.
Five things that matter more than price per gigabyte
1. Type of virtualisation
Look for KVM. It is full virtualisation: your own kernel, Docker, your own firewall and kernel modules. Older container-based products (e.g. OpenVZ) share the kernel with other customers and can block some software.
2. Guaranteed or “up to” resources
Check whether the RAM and CPU are guaranteed. An offer of “up to 8 GB RAM” often means you get that much only while your neighbours are idle.
3. Data centre location
If your users are in Poland, a server in Poland means lower latency and data that stays in the country – which can matter for GDPR and customer contracts.
4. Backups
Ask directly: who makes backups, how often, and can you restore the server yourself. A copy the provider keeps for hardware failures is not the same as one you can restore after your own mistake.
5. Who helps when something breaks
On a VPS you administer the system. The provider is responsible for hardware, network and virtualisation. It is worth knowing how quickly they react to failures on their side and whether they help with migration.
How it works at Hosteam
- VPS servers run under full KVM virtualisation on NVMe storage, with guaranteed vCPU and RAM.
- They stand in a data centre in Poland.
- Choose Debian 12 or 13, Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 or 26.04, AlmaLinux 9, or install from your own ISO image.
- Every server has an IPv4 and an IPv6 address and network-level DDoS protection.
- We copy every machine three times a day in case of hardware failure; the paid backup option lets you restore the server yourself from a copy you choose.
- You change the plan in the panel, and we migrate you from another provider free of charge.
Prices and plans are on the VPS servers page. Not sure you need a VPS at all? Read our shared hosting vs VPS comparison.