Control planes and jump hosts
Small, long-lived instances for monitoring, bastion access, CI runners, and the glue services that should not live on production hardware.
VPS hosting
Virtual compute on the same network as the metal.
Predictable NVMe-backed instances for control planes, staging environments, and workloads that need to appear quickly. Useful on their own, and more useful next to a cabinet.
VPS instances run on AS402389 in the Boston metro, so a hybrid deployment does not span two providers or two network paths.
$4.99/moEntry price for the Nano plan.
8 sizesFrom 1 vCPU to 16 vCPU with matched memory and storage.
NVMeFlash storage on every plan, not spinning disk.
AS402389Same network and metro as our colocation and bare metal.
Where VPS fits
Elastic capacity beside a fixed footprint.
Colocation and bare metal handle the steady state well. Virtual instances cover the parts of a platform that need to move faster than a purchase order.
Staging that mirrors production
Stand up a staging environment on the same network as the production cabinet, so you are testing the real path rather than an approximation.
Short-lived capacity
Absorb a launch, a migration, or a seasonal spike without buying hardware you will not need next quarter.
NVMe on every plan
Flash storage across the range, so even the entry tiers behave predictably under database and build workloads.
Plans
Eight sizes, published prices.
Pick the tier that fits and move up when you outgrow it. Every plan is NVMe-backed.
Nano
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM
$4.99/mo
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GB memory
- 25 GB NVMe
- 1 TB transfer
Micro
1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM
$6.99/mo
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GB memory
- 40 GB NVMe
- 2 TB transfer
Starter
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM
$9.99/mo
- 2 vCPU
- 4 GB memory
- 50 GB NVMe
- 2 TB transfer
Standard
2 vCPU · 6 GB RAM
$14.99/mo
- 2 vCPU
- 6 GB memory
- 80 GB NVMe
- 3 TB transfer
Professional
4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM
$24.99/mo
- 4 vCPU
- 8 GB memory
- 100 GB NVMe
- 5 TB transfer
Advanced
4 vCPU · 12 GB RAM
$34.99/mo
- 4 vCPU
- 12 GB memory
- 150 GB NVMe
- 7 TB transfer
Business
8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM
$49.99/mo
- 8 vCPU
- 16 GB memory
- 200 GB NVMe
- 10 TB transfer
Enterprise
16 vCPU · 32 GB RAM
$99.99/mo
- 16 vCPU
- 32 GB memory
- 400 GB NVMe
- 20 TB transfer
Prices are per month in USD. Add server management from $100 per month if you would rather not run it yourself.
Going hybrid
Most teams end up with both.
Virtual instances for the parts that change, dedicated hardware for the parts that should not. Keeping them on one network keeps the architecture simple.
- One provider, one network, one invoice.
- Cross-connect from virtual to physical without leaving the building.
- Move workloads between the two as they mature.
Questions, answered
VPS hosting questions
What the instances are for, where they run, and how they are priced.
What is Amherst Systems VPS hosting used for?
Amherst Systems VPS hosting is designed for web applications, internal tooling, game servers, bots, and other workloads that need fast deployment, predictable plans, and NVMe-backed storage.
Where does Amherst Systems VPS hosting run?
VPS instances run on the same Boston-metro infrastructure and the same network, AS402389, as our colocation and bare metal customers, so a hybrid footprint stays on one network path.
Where can I view current Amherst Systems VPS pricing?
Amherst Systems publishes VPS pricing on a dedicated comparison page with separate managed and unmanaged paths so buyers can review the right pricing model directly.