VPS plans where attack filtering is part of the package, compared by how protection is delivered, what it covers and what the server costs over time.
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We compared 25 providers and 4 plans for DDoS-protected VPS hosting on six criteria, from the real monthly cost (including the renewal price) to support and refund terms. Key factors here: the protection level (L3/L4 vs L7), whether mitigation is included in the price and the uptime SLA.
Any server with a public IP address can be hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack, but some projects are far more likely to attract one. Community forums, game and voice servers, public APIs, SaaS dashboards, online stores during sales, and sites that cover competitive or controversial topics all see more hostile traffic than a typical brochure site. For these, picking a VPS where mitigation is built into the network is simpler and usually cheaper than bolting on protection after the first outage.
Without protection, many providers respond to a large attack by null-routing your IP, which stops the attack by taking your server offline. That protects their other customers, not you.
Hosting pages use the phrase "DDoS protection" loosely. When comparing plans in the table, figure out which of these you are actually getting:
Does the provider keep your server online, reroute through a scrubbing center, or null-route after a threshold? Is there a duration limit per month? These answers matter more than a headline capacity figure.
Filtering may be available only in certain data centers. If you need a server in a specific region, confirm that the protected network covers it.
Protection does not help if the VPS itself is underpowered. Compare CPU, RAM, NVMe storage and the included traffic just as you would for any plan, and remember that legitimate traffic still counts toward bandwidth limits.
Compare the monthly price and the renewal price with protection included. Some offers look cheap until the protected IP or the higher mitigation tier is added.
Network mitigation handles volumetric floods well, but attacks aimed at your application, such as a burst of expensive search or login requests, often need rate limiting in your web server, a reverse proxy or a web application firewall. Keep the operating system patched, close unused ports, and keep backups off the server in case an attack is used as a distraction for something else.
Use the money-back guarantee period to verify latency and stability from your users' locations, since filtering can add a small detour. Ask support how attack notifications work and whether you can see mitigation logs.
For a deeper look at how filtering technology works and what to ask a provider, read our guide to DDoS protection for VPS. If you host multiplayer games, DDoS protection for game servers covers the specific attacks those servers face.
DDoS-protected VPS hosting starts at $1.83/mo. Our catalog lists 148 plans here, from budget to high-end. The final price depends on CPU cores, RAM and storage type, and on whether an intro price renews higher.
| Tier | Price, USD/mo | Best for | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget | $1.83 – $9.99 | Landing pages, bots, small sites, dev and test environments | 41 |
| Standard | $10 – $39.99 | Business sites, WooCommerce stores, SaaS apps, CI runners | 62 |
| Performance | from $40 | High-traffic projects, databases, game and GPU servers | 45 |
Providers in this ranking take payment directly at checkout, with no middleman. Here is how many of them accept each method; the full list is on every provider card.
| Payment method | Accepted by |
|---|---|
| Credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex) | 24 of 25 providers |
| PayPal | 16 of 25 providers |
| Crypto (Bitcoin, USDT and others) | 3 of 25 providers |
| Bank transfer / invoice | 1 of 25 providers |
