Pricing
The PhoenixVPS App does NOT come with a cloud server — you pay your cloud provider directly for the server while it exists. This page shows billables component for each supported provider.
Important: the server bills for as long as it exists, not just while the VPN tunnel is connected. When you finish, use the app’s Tear Down VPN Server action to terminate the server and stop the charges. See Is my VPN server deleted when I disconnect?
All providers
Section titled “All providers”All figures below are subject to change at any time. Do not rely on these numbers for budget planning — click through to the official pricing page for each provider before committing.
AWS — t4g.nano
Beyond the EC2 instance hourly rate, the server also incurs a small per-hour charge for its public IPv4 address, plus per-GB egress cost (data out to the internet). The components below call each one out explicitly. It should be noted that Data Transfer costs are high and billed per GB rather than per TB as with the other providers
| Component | Unit | Per hour($ USD) | Per day($ USD) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC2 instance (t4g.nano, on-demand) (pricing) | per hour | 0.0048 | 0.1152 | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
| Public IPv4 address (in-use) (pricing) | per hour | 0.0050 | 0.1200 | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
| Data transfer out (100GB Free per month) (pricing) | per GB | 0.0900 | — | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
Locations
Regions launched after March 2019 are "opt-in" — they must be enabled first under Account > AWS Regions in the AWS console before PhoenixVPS can launch a server there. Instance type availability (t4g.nano) can also vary by region.
- US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1
- US East (Ohio)us-east-2
- US West (N. California)us-west-1
- US West (Oregon)us-west-2
- Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1Opt-in region
- Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1Opt-in region
- Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2Opt-in region
- Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3Opt-in region
- Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5Opt-in region
- Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4Opt-in region
- Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1
- Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3
- Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2
- Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1
- Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2
- Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7Opt-in region
- Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1
- Canada (Central)ca-central-1
- Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1Opt-in region
- Europe (Frankfurt)eu-central-1
- Europe (Ireland)eu-west-1
- Europe (London)eu-west-2
- Europe (Milan)eu-south-1Opt-in region
- Europe (Paris)eu-west-3
- Europe (Spain)eu-south-2Opt-in region
- Europe (Stockholm)eu-north-1
- Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2Opt-in region
- Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1Opt-in region
- Mexico (Central)mx-central-1Opt-in region
- Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1Opt-in region
- Middle East (UAE)me-central-1Opt-in region
- South America (São Paulo)sa-east-1
Hetzner — CX23
Hetzner typically includes generous traffic allowances per server; egress beyond the allowance is billed per TB. (1TB = 1000GB). Cost Optimised servers (CX## or CAX##) are limited to Germany and Finaland
| Component | Unit | Per hour(€ EUR) | Per day(€ EUR) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud server (CX23) (pricing) | per hour | 0.0088 | 0.2112 | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
| Public IPv4 address (in-use) (pricing) | per hour | 0.0008 | 0.0192 | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
| Data transfer out (20TB free per month) (pricing) | per TB | 1.0000 | — | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
Locations
Cost Optimised server lines (CX## / CAX##) are only available in the Germany and Finland locations.
- Falkenstein, Germanyfsn1
- Nuremberg, Germanynbg1
- Helsinki, Finlandhel1
- Ashburn, VA, USAashNot eligible for Cost Optimised (CX/CAX) server lines
- Hillsboro, OR, USAhilNot eligible for Cost Optimised (CX/CAX) server lines
- SingaporesinNot eligible for Cost Optimised (CX/CAX) server lines
Infomaniak — a1_ram2_disk20_perf1
RAM only servers are also available
| Component | Unit | Per hour(€ EUR) | Per day(€ EUR) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud server | 2GB RAM | 1vCPU | 20GB Storage | (a1_ram2_disk20_perf1) (pricing) | per hour | 0.0058 | 0.1385 | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
| Data transfer out - FREE (pricing) | per TB | 0.0000 | — | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
Locations
Infomaniak Public Cloud is hosted entirely in Switzerland; there is currently a single region, presented to the app as the region code dc3-a.
- Switzerlanddc3-a
DigitalOcean — s-1vcpu-1gb
DigitalOcean includes a public IPv4 address at no extra charge. Free Data transfer allowances increase with Droplet Size up to 11,000 GB
| Component | Unit | Per hour($ USD) | Per day($ USD) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Droplet | 1GB RAM | 1 vCPU | 25GB Storage | (s-1vcpu-1gb) (pricing) | per hour | 0.0089 | 0.2143 | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
| Data transfer out (1000GB free per month) (pricing) | per GB | 0.0100 | — | ✓ verified 2026-06-19 |
Locations
Some regions have multiple datacenters (numbered suffixes); only the latest datacenter in each city is generally available for new resources.
- New York, USAnyc1
- New York, USAnyc3
- San Francisco, USAsfo2
- San Francisco, USAsfo3
- Toronto, Canadator1
- Amsterdam, Netherlandsams3
- London, United Kingdomlon1
- Frankfurt, Germanyfra1
- Bangalore, Indiablr1
- Singaporesgp1
- Sydney, Australiasyd1
Notes on AWS costs
Section titled “Notes on AWS costs”AWS has two charges beyond the EC2 instance hourly rate that are easy to overlook:
- Public IPv4 address. Since February 2024 AWS bills a small per-hour charge for every in-use public IPv4 address. The VPN server has one (so it can be reached), so this charge applies the whole time the server exists.
- Data transfer out (egress). AWS charges per GB transferred from EC2 to the internet. The first 100 GB per month is tiered; a free-tier allowance may apply in some accounts.
Both are called out as separate rows in the table above so the total cost is visible before you launch a server.
Are these figures current?
Section titled “Are these figures current?”Consult each provider’s official pricing page directly:
- AWS EC2: aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/
- AWS public IPv4: aws.amazon.com/vpc/pricing/
- Hetzner Cloud: hetzner.com/cloud/
- Infomaniak Public Cloud: infomaniak.com/en/hosting/public-cloud