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 New Zealand

Ranking for New Zealand

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

Arcs lead to the data centers of the top three hosts.
#HostNearest data centerEst. pingFrom / moCities
1LikeVPSSydneyAU42 ms$1026
2ContaboSydneyAU42 ms$6.1610
3CloudzySydneyAU42 ms$2.4813
4DigitalOceanSydneyAU42 ms$413
5UltaHostSydneyAU42 ms$5.5229
6UpCloudSydneyAU42 ms$3.5014
7Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (B-series)AucklandNZ5 ms$6.8648
8SSD NodesSydneyAU42 ms$1715
9Akamai Cloud (Linode)SydneyAU42 ms$526
10Hosting.comSydneyAU42 ms$19.9910
11is*hostingSydneyAU42 ms$5.9442
12ScalaHostingSydneyAU42 ms$24.9515
13VPSServer.comSydneyAU42 ms$421
14FastCometSydneyAU42 ms$53.8724
15Google Cloud Compute EngineSydneyAU42 ms$6.1141

Ping ladder

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

LikeVPS42 msContabo42 msCloudzy42 msDigitalOcean42 msUltaHost42 msUpCloud42 msMicrosoft Azure Virtual Machines (B-series)5 msSSD Nodes42 ms

Closest hosts by raw distance

If only latency matters and price does not.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (B-series)5 msContabo42 msCloudzy42 msDigitalOcean42 msUltaHost42 msUpCloud42 msSSD Nodes42 msLikeVPS42 ms

Data-center cities nearest to New Zealand

  • Auckland4 km · 1 host
  • Sydney2,159 km · 19 hosts
  • Canberra2,307 km · 1 host
  • Melbourne2,629 km · 4 hosts
  • Jakarta7,637 km · 7 hosts
  • Manila8,027 km · 1 host
  • Singapore8,420 km · 26 hosts
  • Johor Bahru8,437 km · 1 host

Neighbouring markets

Questions people ask

Which VPS is best for users in New Zealand?

LikeVPS ranks first here on this index, with an estimated 42 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 New Zealand?

Inside New Zealand itself, in Auckland. Across all hosts, Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (B-series) gives the lowest estimate at 5 ms (Auckland).

What is the cheapest VPS I can serve New Zealand from?

ConoHa VPS starts at $1.95 a month, with its nearest city Tokyo at about 155 ms. Under 60 ms, the cheapest is Cloudzy.