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Will rising DRAM and NAND prices kill cheap VPS deals this Black Friday?

shaeweshaewe Member

Memory and storage prices have risen significantly this year, largely due to AI and data-center demand. TrendForce expects server DRAM and NAND prices to remain under pressure throughout 2026.

This made me wonder what Black Friday will look like for the VPS market.

My guess is that we’ll still see plenty of promotions, but fewer genuinely good recurring deals—especially for VPS plans with 4–8 GB RAM or large NVMe storage. Providers may instead:

Keep the same price but reduce RAM or storage
Offer very limited quantities
Discount only the first year
Use older hardware or increase overselling
Focus on low-cost extras such as additional bandwidth
Push two- or three-year prepayments

Small VPS and NAT VPS deals may remain cheap because they consume fewer resources and can spread IPv4 costs across multiple customers. Older servers that have already been depreciated could also produce some excellent clearance deals.

What do you think?

Are VPS providers already feeling the higher hardware costs? Do you expect worse Black Friday deals this year, or will competition and unused capacity keep prices low?

If you run a hosting business, have rising RAM and SSD prices changed your plans for Black Friday?

Comments

  • rpqurpqu Member

    Yes

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  • buggedoutbuggedout Member

    @rpqu said:
    Yes

    Did you read it all?? I just pasted this to gptii for a tldr....

  • rpqurpqu Member

    @buggedout said:

    @rpqu said:
    Yes

    Did you read it all?? I just pasted this to gptii for a tldr....

    After reading the title and the last sentence. I conclude that it's AI generated question. I read the body to reconfirm once you asked. And no deviation.
    As a doctor, you learned about reading between the lines, right?

  • buggedoutbuggedout Member

    @rpqu said:

    As a doctor, you learned about reading between the lines, right?

    Yes.... I dont think one needs to learn it tho, I think of it as a intrinsic mechanism !!

    And for some reason there are few posts which my brain straight up refuses to go through....

  • rpqurpqu Member
    edited 3:33AM

    @buggedout said:

    @rpqu said:

    As a doctor, you learned about reading between the lines, right?

    Yes.... I dont think one needs to learn it tho, I think of it as a intrinsic mechanism !!

    And for some reason there are few posts which my brain straight up refuses to go through....

    Because your brain through heuristics knows it's a low quality post.
    If you're a woman, it's similar to "emotional vampire" friend asking you to chat, and you have to hear multiple hour of mostly one-sided dialog and validating her concern once in a while.

    Thanked by 1buggedout
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