ChicagoVPS review

The cloud VPS entry plan is $3.95 for 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD. That sits under the median entry price of €5.63 for VPS brands, so this is a budget tier rather than a premium box. Only monthly is listed, so the figure repeats each cycle.

The entry plan is 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD, and the bandwidth allowance on cloud VPS is 20 TB. Both linux and windows are available, and DDoS protection is stated for the Windows VPS range. A box that size suits a starter site, a build agent or a small game server.

Billing runs on monthly only, which is the most common model among the providers tracked here. A full month is billed whatever the box does, so the bill is easy to predict and awkward for a workload that idles most of the time.

All 6 locations sit in the United States. That keeps the round trip short for users inside the US and keeps billing simple, but an audience elsewhere pays a longer trip to reach your box. Choose on latency, not only on the entry price.

Support runs on email, phone and help centre only, so live chat is not among the options. Email and the help centre handle most questions, and phone is there for the ones that stall. If instant chat matters to you, look elsewhere.

DDoS protection is included, and it is stated for the Windows VPS range. Across the providers tracked here, 97.2% include protection, so it is common rather than unusual and you can treat it as a normal expectation when comparing.

Yes, the brand sells vps and bare metal, so dedicated hardware is available from the same provider when a VPS box is not enough. It keeps monthly billing and US locations, so the footprint does not change as you move up.

ChicagoVPS ranks at 53 of 200 brands on entry price, which places it in the cheaper part of the field. Aruba lists €1.99, SberCloud lists RUB 23.75 and UCloud lists $5.34, so the spread is easy to see.