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The Singapore VPS shootout, six providers

jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker
edited August 2025 in Reviews

A bit late, I know, but here's my little present for Singapore's 60th birthday ;)

The contenders: Contabo / @contabo_m, @onidel, @orangevps , @HostDZire / Leaseweb, @kuroit, and SiteHub / @HostDoc.

All based on recent (as in within about the past 6 months) benchmark series, unless I'm mistaken all or at least most of them published.
What you get to see here may look a bit meager, yet at the same time complicated, but don't worry, everything will be explained.

So, here are the numbers. Pricing and Details (e.g. disk size) based on LET promos or other official pricing and info. If in doubt, I took the values of the actual VPS I did benchmark.

    | Metric                  | Contabo   | Onidel    | Orange    | HDZ/LW    | kuroit    | SiteHub   |
    |-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
    | approx $/mo             | 6         | 4         | 2         | 2.3       | 4         | 3         |
    | Traffic Vol/mo (TB)     | 32        | 2         | 2         | 25        | 1         | 3         |
    | Sysinfo                 | 4CE, 8G   | 2CE, 4G   | 1CX5v4, 2G| 4CE, 6G   | 2CE, 4G   | 2CRy, 3G  |
    | Disk                    | 200 GB    | 40 GB     | 30 GB     | 100 GB    | 30 GB     | 20 GB     |
    | Sysinfo Value           | 640,107   | 32,8      | 6,3       | 240,104   | 24,6      | 12,4      |
    | Perf. CPU, Dsk.         | 83,5,13   | 78,55,140 | 54,21,55  | 90,20,50  | 77,30,75  | 91,97,248 |
    | **Perf. Value**         | 90        | 15015     | 3119      | 3913      | 4331      | 72970     |
    | Target DL [Mbps]        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        |
    | === Europe === [Avg]    | 63.7      | 70.0      | 57.9      | 61.6      | 63.9      | 38.2      |
    | === ASOC === [Avg]      | 120.5     | 272.2     | 175.6     | 357.0     | 421.5     | 206.9     |
    | === ASOC === [w/o SGP]  | 93.4      | 136.0     | 114.8     | 76.9      | 132.1     | 95.8      |
    | === America === [Avg]   | 40.2      | 46.1      | 46.9      | 55.2      | 46.1      | 46.9      |
    | Perf. Conn.             | 73        | 97        | 84        | 68        | 94        | 69        |
    | Value Conn.             | 12        | 24        | 42        | 29        | 23        | 23        |
    | **Val Conn. + Tvol.**   | 2326      | 194       | 167       | 1691      | 94        | 208       |

Note: Contabo bandwidth is limited at 200 Mb/s.

Explanation & Legend.

  • 'Traffic Vol/mo' is how much traffic volume you get per month, in TB
  • 'Sysinfo Value' is cores x GB RAM x disk/10, comma, the Value / $per month. Obviously the higher the latter the better bang per buck (in terms of what you get).
  • 'Perf. CPU, Dsk.' is the total HW performance you get, based on the CPU results and the disk MB/s and IOps
  • 'Perf. Value' is basically the above but showing bang per buck. Here e.g. Contabo doesn't look that good due to the poor disk performance. In short: you want numbers as high as possible here because high numbers here mean that you get a lot of performance for your money.
  • Connectivity numbers are "compressed" into an average number for each region. 'ASOC' means Asia and Oceania. Note that for ASOC you get the "dumb" avg. (incl SGP) and the avg without the SGP result. Why? Because most care about general ASOC results, not "pimped up" by high intra SGP numbers.
  • 'Perf. Conn' is the average of Europe, ASOC, and America, but with ASOC counted twice. Why? Because one typically gets a SGP VPS for ASOC connectivity. At the same time though global connectivity still does matter, just less than ASOC results.
  • ' Val Conn.+ Tvol.' is the connectivity performance but in terms of bang per buck by also bringing in traffic volume because at the end of the day the best connectivity means little without having a decent traffic volume.

Added Explanation and hints:
Using the above table you are able to pick the VPS that's just right for your needs and/or use case. One use case is mine for an example: for me in SGP it's all about connectivity plus traffic volume, so I would go for Contabo because its connectivity is way less bad than one would assume plus one gets plenty traffic volume - but there's a big fat but, in fact even 2: (a) 200 Mb/s doesn't cut it anymore, and (b) while I don't care much about HW performance, a VPS with really crappy disk performance is disqualified (for me). Ergo, @HostDZire because its connectivity is really decent although not leading, their traffic volume is almost as insane as Contabo's and HostDZire's hardware performance as well as bang per buck is exceptionally good.

But don't be misled! Maybe your use case can live with modest traffic volume but needs the bloody fastest connectivity one can get. Or you, Singapore or not, really need the fastest hardware possible, maybe you even don't (need to) care about cost.

My preferred SGP VPS are

  • Obviously HostDZire / Leaseweb
  • Onidel and (a bit behind) kuroit because overall they deliver the best performance, albeit at a price.
  • SiteHub as a newcomer due to their outstanding hardware performance bang per buck value

Contabo is not in the list although, again, their VPS is way less crappy than one would assume, but their bandwidth limit is way too low plus their price is way too high nowadays.

It's just a very modest birthday present, Singapore, but I sincerely wish you a happy birthday and many more good decades! :)

Edit: I'm awfully sorry for the crappy formatting. Apologies.


Mod edit (angstrom): replaced original table with nicely formatted table from @stvna 's comment below

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  • 52013145201314 Member
    edited August 2025

    <3

    Thanked by 2jsg kuroit
  • Fixed formatting

        | Metric                  | Contabo   | Onidel    | Orange    | HDZ/LW    | kuroit    | SiteHub   |
        |-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
        | approx $/mo             | 6         | 4         | 2         | 2.3       | 4         | 3         |
        | Traffic Vol/mo (TB)     | 32        | 2         | 2         | 25        | 1         | 3         |
        | Sysinfo                 | 4CE, 8G   | 2CE, 4G   | 1CX5v4, 2G| 4CE, 6G   | 2CE, 4G   | 2CRy, 3G  |
        | Disk                    | 200 GB    | 40 GB     | 30 GB     | 100 GB    | 30 GB     | 20 GB     |
        | Sysinfo Value           | 640,107   | 32,8      | 6,3       | 240,104   | 24,6      | 12,4      |
        | Perf. CPU, Dsk.         | 83,5,13   | 78,55,140 | 54,21,55  | 90,20,50  | 77,30,75  | 91,97,248 |
        | **Perf. Value**         | 90        | 15015     | 3119      | 3913      | 4331      | 72970     |
        | Target DL [Mbps]        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        |
        | === Europe === [Avg]    | 63.7      | 70.0      | 57.9      | 61.6      | 63.9      | 38.2      |
        | === ASOC === [Avg]      | 120.5     | 272.2     | 175.6     | 357.0     | 421.5     | 206.9     |
        | === ASOC === [w/o SGP]  | 93.4      | 136.0     | 114.8     | 76.9      | 132.1     | 95.8      |
        | === America === [Avg]   | 40.2      | 46.1      | 46.9      | 55.2      | 46.1      | 46.9      |
        | Perf. Conn.             | 73        | 97        | 84        | 68        | 94        | 69        |
        | Value Conn.             | 12        | 24        | 42        | 29        | 23        | 23        |
        | **Val Conn. + Tvol.**   | 2326      | 194       | 167       | 1691      | 94        | 208       |
    
  • kskksk Member

    AI organized the data into a table and created visualizations.
    Did the charts come out correctly?

    Thanked by 1HostDZire
  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @stvna said:
    Fixed formatting

        | Metric                  | Contabo   | Onidel    | Orange    | HDZ/LW    | kuroit    | SiteHub   |
        |-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
        | approx $/mo             | 6         | 4         | 2         | 2.3       | 4         | 3         |
        | Traffic Vol/mo (TB)     | 32        | 2         | 2         | 25        | 1         | 3         |
        | Sysinfo                 | 4CE, 8G   | 2CE, 4G   | 1CX5v4, 2G| 4CE, 6G   | 2CE, 4G   | 2CRy, 3G  |
        | Disk                    | 200 GB    | 40 GB     | 30 GB     | 100 GB    | 30 GB     | 20 GB     |
        | Sysinfo Value           | 640,107   | 32,8      | 6,3       | 240,104   | 24,6      | 12,4      |
        | Perf. CPU, Dsk.         | 83,5,13   | 78,55,140 | 54,21,55  | 90,20,50  | 77,30,75  | 91,97,248 |
        | **Perf. Value**         | 90        | 15015     | 3119      | 3913      | 4331      | 72970     |
        | Target DL [Mbps]        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        | DL        |
        | === Europe === [Avg]    | 63.7      | 70.0      | 57.9      | 61.6      | 63.9      | 38.2      |
        | === ASOC === [Avg]      | 120.5     | 272.2     | 175.6     | 357.0     | 421.5     | 206.9     |
        | === ASOC === [w/o SGP]  | 93.4      | 136.0     | 114.8     | 76.9      | 132.1     | 95.8      |
        | === America === [Avg]   | 40.2      | 46.1      | 46.9      | 55.2      | 46.1      | 46.9      |
        | Perf. Conn.             | 73        | 97        | 84        | 68        | 94        | 69        |
        | Value Conn.             | 12        | 24        | 42        | 29        | 23        | 23        |
        | **Val Conn. + Tvol.**   | 2326      | 194       | 167       | 1691      | 94        | 208       |
    

    Thank you so much !
    Unfortunately though, I can't edit it anymore, but maybe, hopefully @angstrom is kind enough to edit my OP ( and putting your nicely formatted table instead of mine)..

    Thanked by 2kuroit stvna
  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @jsg said:

    @stvna said:
    Fixed formatting

    Thank you so much !
    Unfortunately though, I can't edit it anymore, but maybe, hopefully @angstrom is kind enough to edit my OP ( and putting your nicely formatted table instead of mine)..

    Replaced table

    Thanked by 3JohnnySac jsg stvna
  • advinserversadvinservers Member, Patron Provider

    I expect a Malaysian VPS shootout for Malaysia independence day /s

    Thanked by 1materz87
  • kuroitkuroit Member, Host Rep, Megathread Squad
  • wait
    does sitehub provide SGP VPS?

  • Metric Contabo Onidel Orange HDZ/LW kuroit SiteHub
    approx $/mo 6 4 2 2.3 4 3
    Traffic Vol/mo (TB) 32 2 2 25 1 3
    Sysinfo 4CE, 8G 2CE, 4G 1CX5v4, 2G 4CE, 6G 2CE, 4G 2CRy, 3G
    Disk 200 GB 40 GB 30 GB 100 GB 30 GB 20 GB
    Sysinfo Value 640,107 32.8 6.3 240,104 24.6 12.4
    Perf. CPU, Dsk. 83,5,13 78,55,140 54,21,55 90,20,50 77,30,75 91,97,248
    Perf. Value 90 15,015 3,119 3,913 4,331 72,970
    Target DL [Mbps] DL DL DL DL DL DL
    === Europe === [Avg] 63.7 70.0 57.9 61.6 63.9 38.2
    === ASOC === [Avg] 120.5 272.2 175.6 357.0 421.5 206.9
    === ASOC === [w/o SGP] 93.4 136.0 114.8 76.9 132.1 95.8
    === America === [Avg] 40.2 46.1 46.9 55.2 46.1 46.9
    Perf. Conn. 73 97 84 68 94 69
    Value Conn. 12 24 42 29 23 23
    Val Conn. + Tvol. 2,326 194 167 1,691 94 208
    Thanked by 1jsg
  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker
    edited August 2025

    @advinservers said:
    I expect a Malaysian VPS shootout for Malaysia independence day /s

    I do not even have a single one nor had I ever the opportunity to test one. :(

    @hudsonsir

    Thank you as well but thanks to @stvna (and helpful @angstrom) there already is a well readable table.

  • speedypagespeedypage Member, Host Rep

    Maybe we can feature if you do another shootout in the future ;)

    Thanked by 2hatebreeder ksk
  • tonytrantonytran Member
    edited August 2025

    which Orange, SiteHub?

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @speedypage said:
    Maybe we can feature if you do another shootout in the future ;)

    Sorry, I simply didn't have you on my radar. But I'm willing to benchmark and review any providers VPS/VDS. All they need to do is to give me access for a week.
    If you are quick and this shootout still is halfway fresh I can even put your SGP VPS in context here in this thread.

  • who has the best singapre vps with excellent ddos protection ? for game servers ...

  • @clockbooster said:
    who has the best singapre vps with excellent ddos protection ? for game servers ...

    Vibegames , Gcore , Curt Creation

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @clockbooster said:
    who has the best singapre vps with excellent ddos protection ? for game servers ...

    I didn't look for that but my first hunch would be @onidel and @HostDZire / Leaseweb.

    Thanked by 1HostDZire
  • HostDZireHostDZire Member, Patron Provider

    @jsg said:

    @clockbooster said:
    who has the best singapre vps with excellent ddos protection ? for game servers ...

    I didn't look for that but my first hunch would be @onidel and @HostDZire / Leaseweb.

    @jsg Thank you for recommending us.

    But i must say below,
    Leaseweb do have basic DDOS protection, but its nowhere excellent, they simply null ip when ddos comes automatically for few min then un-null again after sometime.
    They do not filter DDOS.

    @clockbooster So i think you should find any other provider who has ddos protection clearly stated which works 24/7 not by nulling ip but by filtering DDOS traffic..

    Thanked by 1jsg
  • @jsg said: Onide

    @HostDZire said:

    @jsg said:

    @clockbooster said:
    who has the best singapre vps with excellent ddos protection ? for game servers ...

    I didn't look for that but my first hunch would be @onidel and @HostDZire / Leaseweb.

    @jsg Thank you for recommending us.

    But i must say below,
    Leaseweb do have basic DDOS protection, but its nowhere excellent, they simply null ip when ddos comes automatically for few min then un-null again after sometime.
    They do not filter DDOS.

    @clockbooster So i think you should find any other provider who has ddos protection clearly stated which works 24/7 not by nulling ip but by filtering DDOS traffic..

    good to hear that what i need ....

  • @rolexd said:

    @clockbooster said:
    who has the best singapre vps with excellent ddos protection ? for game servers ...

    Vibegames , Gcore , Curt Creation

    thanks

  • @jsg said:

    @clockbooster said:
    who has the best singapre vps with excellent ddos protection ? for game servers ...

    I didn't look for that but my first hunch would be @onidel and @HostDZire / Leaseweb.

    thanks

  • @jsg said:

    @advinservers said:
    I expect a Malaysian VPS shootout for Malaysia independence day /s

    I do not even have a single one nor had I ever the opportunity to test one. :(

    amazing post, bunches of info for reference

  • @advinservers said:
    I expect a Malaysian VPS shootout for Malaysia independence day /s

    Merdeka Day sale confirm?

  • raviravi Member

    can you please add GreenCloud Singapore DC2 in your next review.

    Thanked by 1bustersg
  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @ravi said:
    can you please add GreenCloud Singapore DC2 in your next review.

    If I have a SGP VPS from them, yes, of course (and it's not unlikely because I like them). Currently though I don't have such a System.

    Thanked by 1ravi
  • This is nice. Thanks for your service 🫡

    @advinservers said:
    I expect a Malaysian VPS shootout for Malaysia independence day /s

    31 August is fast approaching 😏. Advin Johor server gonna be number 1 😎

    Thanked by 1jsg
  • a amazing post,thanks

  • orangevpsorangevps Member, Patron Provider

    It's nice that you put small provider like OrangeVPS to stand with other big providers! It will help the visitor to understand our performance before decided to purchase VPS from us.

    Also, we have AMD EPYC Milan in SG and HK that may help "increase" a little of this number benchmark. Please open ticket so we can add the VPS under your account.

    Thanks again @jsg for this beautiful benchmark <3

    Thanked by 1jsg
  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @orangevps said:
    It's nice that you put small provider like OrangeVPS to stand with other big providers! It will help the visitor to understand our performance before decided to purchase VPS from us.

    Also, we have AMD EPYC Milan in SG and HK that may help "increase" a little of this number benchmark. Please open ticket so we can add the VPS under your account.

    Thanks again @jsg for this beautiful benchmark <3

    You are welcome.

    But with just one single HongKong VPS (yours) I couldn't do a shootout/review, but I'm willing to benchmark and review your HK VPS independently ;)

    Thanked by 1orangevps
  • @speedypage said:
    Maybe we can feature if you do another shootout in the future ;)

    @speedypage Your Singapore products haven't been discounted for a long time, or did I miss your event?

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