Index checked 15 October 2026/56 hosts/438 priced plans/150 cities in 64 countriesLatency figures are estimates from distance
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VPS hosting for users in United Kingdom

Ranking for United Kingdom

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

Arcs lead to the data centers of the top three hosts.
#HostNearest data centerEst. pingFrom / moCities
1LikeVPSLondonGB5 ms$1026
2ContaboPortsmouthGB7 ms$6.1610
3netcupAmsterdamNL11 ms$2.075
4CloudzyLondonGB5 ms$2.4813
5InfomaniakGenevaCH18 ms$3.251
6HOSTKEYLondonGB5 ms$3.607
7Hostinger VPSLondonGB5 ms$11.9910
8HostPapaAmsterdamNL11 ms$2.952
9DigitalOceanLondonGB5 ms$413
10VPSDimeLondonGB5 ms$56
11UltaHostLondonGB5 ms$5.5229
12UpCloudLondonGB5 ms$3.5014
13Tencent Cloud LighthouseFrankfurtDE16 ms$4.2011
14Hetzner CloudNurembergDE19 ms$6.716
15Alibaba Cloud Simple Application ServerLondonGB5 ms$3.5012

Ping ladder

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

LikeVPS5 msContabo7 msnetcup11 msCloudzy5 msInfomaniak18 msHOSTKEY5 msHostinger VPS5 msHostPapa11 ms

Closest hosts by raw distance

If only latency matters and price does not.

Cloudzy5 msHOSTKEY5 msHostinger VPS5 msDigitalOcean5 msVPSDime5 msUltaHost5 msUpCloud5 msAlibaba Cloud Simple Application Server5 ms

Data-center cities nearest to United Kingdom

  • London2 km · 23 hosts
  • Portsmouth104 km · 1 host
  • Coventry140 km · 1 host
  • Cardiff213 km · 1 host
  • Manchester264 km · 1 host
  • Chester267 km · 1 host
  • St. Ghislain298 km · 1 host
  • Brussels318 km · 3 hosts

Neighbouring markets

Questions people ask

Which VPS is best for users in United Kingdom?

LikeVPS ranks first here on this index, with an estimated 5 ms to London. 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 United Kingdom?

Inside United Kingdom itself, in London. Across all hosts, LikeVPS gives the lowest estimate at 5 ms (London).

What is the cheapest VPS I can serve United Kingdom from?

ConoHa VPS starts at $1.95 a month, with its nearest city Tokyo at about 167 ms. Under 60 ms, the cheapest is netcup.