What changed

A dated log of changes at providers we track. Each entry cites the provider's own page.

Entries are only added when we can cite the provider's own page or docs. Dates are the date of the change where the provider states it; otherwise the date we observed it.
Baseline

First snapshot recorded: 46 providers

Prices, specs and terms for all 46 listings were read from the providers' own pages on this date. Future updates will show up here with before and after values.

Data update

Second verification pass: 11 listings upgraded, corrections made

Re-read the provider pages for Hetzner, Akamai, Contabo, Oracle, Google Cloud, Cloudflare Sandboxes, Vast.ai, Northflank, Zeabur, Daytona, Vultr and Hostinger OpenClaw. Corrections: Oracle's Always Free Arm allowance is stated as 12 GB (we had assumed more); Contabo's entry plan is named Cloud VPS 4 and is $5.28/mo excl. VAT in USD; Akamai's entry Shared CPU plan is 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GB at $5; Hostinger's managed OpenClaw is $10.99 month-to-month, $7.99 on 12 months and $5.99 on 24 months.

Oracle Cloud Free Tier · Contabo Cloud VPS · Akamai Cloud (Linode) · Hostinger Managed OpenClaw · Hetzner Cloud · Google Cloud Free Tier · Cloudflare Sandboxes · Vast.ai · Northflank · Zeabur · Daytona · Vultr Cloud Compute

Price increase

Hetzner raises Cloud prices for new orders and rescales

For Germany/Finland, excl. IPv4: CX23 €3.99 → €5.49/mo; CAX11 €4.49 → €5.99; CPX11 €5.99 → €17.49; CCX13 €15.99 → €42.99. Existing servers keep their old price unless rescaled. Our Hetzner listing uses the new CX23 price.

Hetzner Cloud  ·  Source

Billing change

DigitalOcean moves Droplets to per-second billing

Per DigitalOcean's pricing page, Droplets are billed per second from 1 January 2026, with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher.

DigitalOcean Droplets  ·  Source

New product

IONOS VPS page labels 1-click app installation as new

IONOS's VPS page shows a NEW badge for 1-click app installation and links dedicated OpenClaw and n8n hosting pages. Observed on this date; IONOS does not state when it launched.

IONOS VPS  ·  Source

Heads-up

Promo prices that renew higher

Hostinger (VPS and managed OpenClaw), xCloud and IONOS advertise promotional prices that renew higher: Hostinger KVM 1 $6.49 → $11.99, Hostinger managed OpenClaw $5.99 → $11.99, xCloud $9.99 → $19.99. Always compare renewal price.

Hostinger VPS · Hostinger Managed OpenClaw · xCloud OpenClaw Hosting · IONOS VPS

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