We’re a Microsoft partner, which means we pay for every Windows, Office, and SQL Server license we provide to customers. Microsoft’s licensing fees start around $8/month per server. So when you see a provider advertising a Windows VPS at $10/month or less, that leaves almost nothing for actual hardware, networking, support, and data center costs. Something has to give.
What gets cut at bargain prices
To make the math work on a $10 Windows VPS, providers oversubscribe their hosts. That means cramming far more virtual servers onto a single physical machine than it can comfortably run. You’ll share CPU, RAM, and disk I/O with dozens of other tenants, and when the node gets busy, everyone slows down.
Other shortcuts we’ve seen: slow spinning disks instead of SSD, minimal RAM (512 MB or 1 GB), old hardware that should have been retired, and support that’s either slow or nonexistent. We’ve benchmarked some of these offers and the results are rough. Page loads are slow, RDP sessions lag, and if you’re running anything real (a database, an application, MetaTrader), the experience is frustrating.
Some ultra-cheap providers also cut corners on licensing itself, using evaluation copies or unauthorized keys. That puts you at risk of Microsoft audits and sudden shutdowns. If the price seems too good to be true for Windows VPS hosting, it usually is.
What proper Windows VPS hosting looks like
Our Windows VPS hosting is priced to cover legitimate Microsoft licensing and real hardware. You get the vCPUs and RAM you pay for on SSD-backed VPS hosting with KVM virtualization. We don’t oversell nodes, so your performance doesn’t tank because someone else on the same host is running a heavy workload.
Every Windows VPS comes with a fully licensed copy of Windows Server (2019, 2022, or 2025). You can deploy at any of our six data centers: Las Vegas, Dallas, Ashburn, Santa Clara, Amsterdam, or Singapore. RDP is enabled by default, so you can connect immediately after deployment.
When to use a Windows VPS
A Windows VPS makes sense when you need to run Windows-specific software: ASP.NET applications, SQL Server databases, MetaTrader for Forex trading, QuickBooks, or any desktop app you want to access remotely via RDP. It’s also useful for developers who need a Windows environment for testing without tying up their local machine.
If your workload doesn’t specifically require Windows, a Linux VPS will always be cheaper because there’s no licensing fee. But when you need Windows, don’t try to save $5/month and end up with a server that can’t actually run your software. Check our Windows VPS plans or contact us if you need help choosing the right size.