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Prices refreshed 2026-10-14
The cheapest VPS to host Postal, by its own requirements
Postal is an open-source mail delivery platform for sending and receiving email. At its minimum spec (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 25 GB disk), the cheapest plan we track is OVHcloud VPS-1 at $5.35 a month, and 41 providers have a plan that fits.
What Postal's documentation asks for
- Minimum
- 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 25 GB disk
- Recommended
- not stated
From the documentation: The minimum specification for Postal is as follows: At least 4GB of RAM. At least 2 CPU cores. An appropriate amount of disk space (at least 25GB)
Source: Postal documentation, read 2026-10-11.
- Postal strongly recommends a server of its own, running no other software. It runs in Docker and needs MariaDB 10.6 or newer.
- Make sure your provider does not block outbound port 25; Postal notes that this is common.
Cheapest plan per provider at the minimum spec
One row per provider: its cheapest unmanaged plan with at least 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 25 GB disk. Ranked on the real monthly cost, including a separately billed IPv4 address where that applies.
11.Hivelocity
Not paidpro.sm.amd
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 40 GB NVMe · 10 TB
checked 2026-10-14 (page) · source$10.00per month
View plan14.InterServer
Affiliate4 slices
2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD · 8 TB
checked 2026-10-14 (manual) · source$12.00per month
View plan19.CloudServer
Not paidLinux KVM 4GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 75 GB SSD (RAID-10) · 5 TB
checked 2026-10-14 (page) · source$15.00per month
View plan21.Liquid Web
Not paidVPS 4 GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD · 3 TB
offer $8.50 for the first 2 months · checked 2026-10-14 (page) · source$17.00per month
View plan22.LiteServer
Not paidNVME-4G
4 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB NVMe · 25 TB
billed €16.00 (ECB rate 2026-10-13) · ex VAT · checked 2026-10-14 (page) · source$17.90per month
View plan24.Hosting.com
Not paidSelf Managed Linux 4GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB NVMe · Not stated
offer $10.99 for the first month · checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source$19.00per month
View plan28.Atlantic.Net
Not paidG3.4GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD · 5 TB
checked 2026-10-14 (page) · source$20.00per month
View plan29.CrownCloud
Not paidKVM SSD 4
4 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 100 GB SSD (hardware RAID) · 2 TB
checked 2026-10-14 (page) · source$20.00per month
View plan36.DigitalOcean
AffiliateBasic 4GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD · 4 TB
checked 2026-10-14 (page) · source$24.00per month
View plan
All figures are the providers' own published list prices in USD, on-demand monthly. The index was last refreshed 2026-10-14, and every row shows the date its own price was read. Nothing here is live or negotiated pricing. Where a provider bills a public IPv4 address on top, it is added to the monthly price, the ranking and every cost per vCPU or per GB, and the row shows the parts: the server, any disk priced apart, and the IPv4 charge. Some prices exclude VAT or need a commitment; the plan notes say which. Check the provider's pricing page before you commit.
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