US VPS is for readers and APIs in North America. Latency from Falkenstein to Ohio is a real tax; do not pick Hetzner Germany “because it is cheaper” if the users are in Texas.
Catalog examples with US regions: DigitalOcean ($6 Basic 1 GB), Linode Nanode ($5), Vultr Regular ($5), OVHcloud US VPS-1 (from $4.54), Hostinger KVM (several regions — confirm checkout), Contabo US, UpCloud US. Hetzner also has US Cloud locations; they cost more than CX in Germany.
Filter RAM and disk here the same way as the global table. Then open the provider page and confirm the city (Ashburn, Dallas, Hillsboro, Atlanta) — “USA” is not one ping.
Straight answers about ranking methodology, pricing and choosing the right plan.
On hourly clouds, Linode Nanode $5 and Vultr $5 still undercut DigitalOcean’s $6 1 GB droplet. OVH US VPS-1 starts near $4.54. Check the city, not only the country.
Hetzner Cloud exists in Ashburn and Hillsboro. Entry CX prices there are higher than Germany/Finland. Use this USA filter and compare, or see VPS in Germany for EU CX.
Match the users. Newark/Ashburn for the East and Europe; Fremont/Hillsboro/LA for the West and APAC. A single “USA” SKU can still be 70 ms away.
Some clouds include one IPv4; Hetzner often bills IPv4 as an add-on. The catalog price is the VM. Add IPv4 on the provider checkout if you need it.