Index checked 15 October 2026/56 hosts/438 priced plans/150 cities in 64 countriesLatency figures are estimates from distance
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Audience · Oceania

VPS hosting for users in Australia

Ranking for Australia

Sorted by fit, not by distance alone. “Est. ping” is a distance-based estimate from the biggest city in Australia to the host’s nearest data center.

Arcs lead to the data centers of the top three hosts.
#HostNearest data centerEst. pingFrom / moCities
1LikeVPSSydneyAU5 ms$1026
2ContaboSydneyAU5 ms$6.1610
3CloudzySydneyAU5 ms$2.4813
4DigitalOceanSydneyAU5 ms$413
5UltaHostSydneyAU5 ms$5.5229
6UpCloudSydneyAU5 ms$3.5014
7SSD NodesSydneyAU5 ms$1715
8Akamai Cloud (Linode)SydneyAU5 ms$526
9Hosting.comSydneyAU5 ms$19.9910
10is*hostingSydneyAU5 ms$5.9442
11ScalaHostingSydneyAU5 ms$24.9515
12VPSServer.comSydneyAU5 ms$421
13FastCometSydneyAU5 ms$53.8724
14Google Cloud Compute EngineSydneyAU5 ms$6.1141
15GcoreSydneyAU5 ms$10.0128

Ping ladder

The same top eight hosts, by estimated round trip. Orange bars are hosts we feature.

LikeVPS5 msContabo5 msCloudzy5 msDigitalOcean5 msUltaHost5 msUpCloud5 msSSD Nodes5 msAkamai Cloud (Linode)5 ms

Closest hosts by raw distance

If only latency matters and price does not.

Contabo5 msCloudzy5 msDigitalOcean5 msUltaHost5 msUpCloud5 msSSD Nodes5 msLikeVPS5 msAkamai Cloud (Linode)5 ms

Data-center cities nearest to Australia

  • Sydney3 km · 19 hosts
  • Canberra244 km · 1 host
  • Melbourne711 km · 4 hosts
  • Auckland2,156 km · 1 host
  • Jakarta5,496 km · 7 hosts
  • Manila6,271 km · 1 host
  • Singapore6,307 km · 26 hosts
  • Johor Bahru6,324 km · 1 host

Neighbouring markets

Questions people ask

Which VPS is best for users in Australia?

LikeVPS ranks first here on this index, with an estimated 5 ms to Sydney. The ranking weighs distance (46 of 100 points), price, value per GB of RAM, features, reputation and published terms.

How far is the nearest VPS data center from Australia?

Inside Australia itself, in Melbourne. Across all hosts, LikeVPS gives the lowest estimate at 5 ms (Sydney).

What is the cheapest VPS I can serve Australia from?

ConoHa VPS starts at $1.95 a month, with its nearest city Tokyo at about 138 ms. Under 60 ms, the cheapest is Cloudzy.