10 Black Friday Cloud Hosting (Early Deals 2026)
Five of the ten hosts below charged their normal cloud price during Black Friday 2025, and four of them still called it a deal. We dated every price from archived copies of the providers' own pages.
Quick answer: ScalaHosting gave the only big real cut, halving its managed cloud plan to USD 14.98/mo for a year. Need cloud hosting before late November? Hostinger's 2026 sale is already live, and its own coupons page beats it.
| Provider | Best for | Black Friday 2025 | Entry today | Renews at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger | Buying now | USD 7.49/mo, 48 mo | USD 7.99/mo, 48 mo | USD 25.99/mo |
| HostArmada | 3-year shared | Cloud VPS unchanged | USD 29.95, 1st month | USD 59.90/mo |
| Verpex | One-month test | October's coupons | USD 34.50, 1st month | USD 69/mo |
| SiteGround | Flat billing | Cloud excluded | USD 100.00/mo | USD 100.00/mo |
| ScalaHosting | Biggest proven cut | USD 14.98/mo, 12 mo | USD 22.46/mo, 12 mo | USD 54.95/mo |
| FastComet | One month of cPanel | No cloud deal | USD 53.87, 1st month | USD 76.95/mo |
| Cloudways | No prepay | 50% off 3 months | USD 11/mo, hourly | USD 11/mo |
| Liquid Web | Single-tenant cloud | September's offer | USD 87/mo, 2 months | USD 174/mo |
| Contabo | RAM per dollar | USD 1.73 off a year | USD 5.28/mo, 24 mo | Not published |
| OVHcloud | Low list prices | Backup months only | USD 4.54/mo, 12 mo | USD 4.54/mo |
The six hosts from our earlier list stay, joined by four cloud sellers (how we selected them).
Last reviewed: October 2026. Prices and features verified.
Jump to: Hostinger | HostArmada | Verpex | SiteGround | ScalaHosting | FastComet | Cloudways | Liquid Web | Contabo | OVHcloud
| Hosting Provider | Reviews | Overall Rating | VPS Starts from |
|---|---|---|---|
1  Hostinger
|
63.2k+ |
|
$7.59 / mo. 80% Off |
2  HostArmada
|
1.1k+ |
|
$2.49 / mo. -85% NOW |
3  Verpex Hosting
|
1.2k+ |
|
$0.59 / mo. Special Deal -90% |
4  SiteGround
|
29.1k+ |
|
$91.24 / mo. NOW -81% |
5  ScalaHosting
|
2.2k+ |
|
$14.95 / mo. -75% |
6  FastComet
|
3.5k+ |
|
$1.79 / mo. -80% OFF |
7  Cloudways
|
3.4k+ |
|
$11.00 / mo. |
8  Liquid Web Inc.
|
2.8k+ |
|
$5.00 / mo. up to -55% |
9  Contabo
|
9.1k+ |
|
No data / mo. No Setup Fee |
10  OVHcloud
|
6.7k+ |
|
No data / mo. |
1. Hostinger
63.2k+
4.6
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Ram | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 GB | 2 cores | 3 GB | Unlimited | View Plan |
| 250 GB | 4 cores | 6 GB | Unlimited | View Plan |
| 300 GB | 6 cores | 12 GB | Unlimited | View Plan |
Hostinger - Best for a Cloud Sale You Can Buy Today
Black Friday 2025: USD 7.49/mo on 48 months | Today: USD 7.99/mo on 48 months | Renews: USD 25.99/mo
USD 7.99 a month. Hostinger's Black Friday 2026 sale began on 19 October 2026 and runs to 14 December, according to its own Black Friday page. Cloud Startup costs USD 7.99 in it, the same price we recorded on 1 October. The label changed. The cloud price didn't.
Last year's sale did cut something, if not much. Hostinger blocks the Wayback Machine, so we read Common Crawl's copies of its cloud page instead. On 15 October 2025 the sale banner was already up, with Cloud Startup at USD 7.49/mo on a 48-month term. Through the summer it had cost USD 7.99. That works out to USD 24.00 off a four-year prepay, plus free months the page didn't count. Then January 2026 undercut it: USD 6.99.
The 2026 plan is bigger, to be fair. It has 4 CPU cores and 4 GB of RAM, against 2 cores and 3 GB in 2025. And there's a cheaper way into this sale. Hostinger's coupons page applies the code COUPONSPAGE (verified October 2026, codes change), and our cart then showed USD 7.59/mo, or USD 364.34 for 48 months. That's USD 19.18 under the Black Friday total, in a cart still headed "Lowest price of the year".
Against ScalaHosting's live Black Friday price, Hostinger's 4 GB plan costs 64% less a month (USD 7.99 vs USD 22.46). ScalaHosting's term is 12 months, though, not 48.
- Pro: the 2026 sale is live now, with the discount applied automatically
- Pro: 4 cores, 4 GB, 100 GB of NVMe and daily backups at USD 7.99
- Con: the lowest rate needs 48 months paid upfront
- Con: renewal at 3.25 times the 48-month rate
Pricing: USD 7.99/mo on 48 months (USD 383.52 upfront), USD 8.99 on 24 months, USD 9.99 on 12 and USD 27.99 month to month. Every term renews at USD 25.99/mo, a rate that rose from USD 19.99 between 15 and 22 May 2025. Refunds run 30 days, and the free domain's value can be kept from a refund.
Best for: a managed cloud plan bought before November, on a four-year prepay. Skip if: you won't commit for years; even the 12-month rate renews at USD 25.99.
Verdict: Buy Hostinger now if you want managed cloud with hPanel, and buy it through the coupons page, not the sale banner. Waiting until 27 November buys you nothing that's announced. If you'd rather pay by the month, Cloudways bills hourly with no prepay.
Where the 2026 deal appears: hostinger.com/black-friday for the dates and terms, hostinger.com/coupons for the code.
2. HostArmada
1.1k+
4.9
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Ram | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 GB | 2 cores | 2 GB | Unlimited | View Plan |
HostArmada - Best for Cloud-Branded Shared Hosting on a 3-Year Term
Black Friday 2025: Web Shuttle USD 29.95 first month (unchanged) | Today: USD 29.95 first month | Renews: USD 59.90/mo
HostArmada's 2025 banner promised "50% OFF" its Cloud Servers. That 50% was already there in September. Web Shuttle, its entry managed cloud VPS, cost USD 29.95 for the first month and USD 59.90 after it, before, during and after the sale.
The real cut landed on the plans HostArmada calls Cloud SSD Shared Hosting. Start Dock fell to USD 1.49/mo on 36 months with the code HABF2585, from USD 2.49 in mid-October. That's USD 36.00 less over three years. It also matched Black Friday 2024 to the cent: same USD 1.49, same USD 9.95 renewal.
Watch the countdown. We checked six archived copies of the homepage from 12 November to 7 December 2025. Each one counted down to 17:00 Berlin time on the following day. HostArmada stated no end date, and its sale prices were still live on 8 December.
Today Start Dock costs USD 2.59/mo on 36 months and USD 2.15 on 12, renewing at USD 9.95 and USD 11.95. Web Shuttle hasn't moved. Its 1 core and 2 GB renew at USD 59.90/mo, while FastComet's Cloud 2, with 2 cores and 4 GB, renews at USD 76.95.
- Pro: Start Dock's Black Friday price beat October by USD 1.00 a month
- Pro: nine data center locations in the cart, from Dallas to Sydney
- Pro: 45-day refund on shared plans
- Con: the cloud VPS "deal" is its everyday price
- Con: only 7 days to ask for a VPS refund, and free backups sit on the server's own disk
Pricing: Web Shuttle is USD 29.95 for the first month or USD 38.94/mo on quarterly billing, both renewing at USD 59.90/mo. The cart offers no longer terms. Off-site backups start at USD 22.95/mo.
Best for: the cheapest three-year deal on this page, if it repeats. Skip if: you want a cloud VPS discount; HostArmada's didn't change in the 2025 sale.
Verdict: Buy Start Dock in HostArmada's Black Friday window if a three-year prepay suits you. Ignore its cloud VPS banner. For a managed VPS whose price really fell last year, ScalaHosting went from USD 29.95 to USD 14.98.
Where the 2026 deal appears: the hostarmada.com homepage hero and its Cloud SSD shared and VPS pricing pages. There's no Black Friday page; that address returns an error.
3. Verpex Hosting
1.2k+
4.7
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Bandwidth | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 GB | - | Unlimited | $0.59 / mo. | View Plan |
| 50 GB | - | Unlimited | $0.99 / mo. | View Plan |
| 100 GB | - | Unlimited | $1.49 / mo. | View Plan |
Verpex - Best for a One-Month Managed Cloud Test
Black Friday 2025: no managed cloud product yet; VPS price unchanged | Today: USD 34.50 first month | Renews: USD 69/mo
Say you want a managed cloud server with cPanel for one month, to test a migration. Verpex sells exactly that for USD 34.50, then USD 69/mo. You get two cores, 4 GB of memory and a 100 GB NVMe disk. Its price data dates the product to 13 April 2026, so it has no Black Friday history at all.
What Verpex ran in 2025 looked bigger than it was. The homepage put shared and reseller hosting at "up to 90%" off, and the VPS page claimed up to 50%. Yet archived copies show the same coupon, MOVEME, on the shared order buttons in early October, late November and January. The VPS-D4 card read USD 4.99/mo on 12 months, renewing at USD 9.99, on 15 October and on 29 November alike. And the countdown pointed at 7 December 2027.
After the sale came the bigger move. On 18 December 2025, by the timestamp on its own price data, Verpex doubled VPS-D4's list price to USD 19.99. In January 2026 it also cut its shared refund window from 45 to 30 days, and servers are now excluded from refunds.
Verpex labels its shared plans "Cloud Web Hosting", too. Bronze costs USD 0.60 for the first month and USD 6.00 after, or USD 36.00 for a first year that renews at USD 72.00. Against HostArmada's Web Shuttle, Verpex's managed cloud costs USD 4.55 more in month one but brings twice the RAM.
- Pro: half price for the first month, with no long prepay
- Pro: 4 GB of dedicated RAM, cPanel and a dedicated IP on the entry plan
- Pro: a 12-month option at USD 345 for the first year
- Con: no refund on servers
- Con: its 2025 sale reused its year-round coupons
Pricing: Managed cPanel 4GB is USD 34.50 for the first month, then USD 69/mo. On 12 months it's USD 345 for year one (USD 28.75/mo equivalent), then USD 690 a year. Discounts apply to new clients and the first invoice only.
Best for: testing a managed cPanel server for a month before committing. Skip if: you want a refund window on a server.
Verdict: Buy Verpex's managed cloud for a short trial at half price, and don't wait for November to do it. For a cheaper long-term managed cloud plan, Hostinger's 4 GB Cloud Startup is USD 7.99 on a 48-month prepay.
Where the 2026 deal appears: the verpex.com homepage hero and its managed cloud servers and VPS pages. Verpex has no Black Friday page.
4. SiteGround
29.1k+
4.8
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Ram | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 GB | 4 cores | 8 GB | 5 TB | View Plan |
| 80 GB | 8 cores | 12 GB | 5 TB | View Plan |
| 120 GB | 12 cores | 16 GB | 5 TB | View Plan |
SiteGround - Best for Flat Monthly Cloud Billing
Black Friday 2025: cloud not discounted | Today: USD 100.00/mo, monthly | Renews: USD 100.00/mo
Don't wait for Black Friday to buy SiteGround Cloud. It has never been in the sale. Jump Start cost USD 100.00/mo in November 2024, in the middle of the November 2025 sale, and today. That buys 4 CPU cores, 8 GB of RAM and 40 GB of SSD, billed monthly.
SiteGround's sale is real, but it's for shared hosting. On 21 November 2025 the homepage read "88% Off Web Hosting", with StartUp at USD 1.99/mo for 12 months, renewing at USD 17.99. Archived copies put the start between 1 and 12 November and the end between 1 and 5 December 2025. The 2024 sale began between 20 and 23 November, and its banner also advertised shared hosting only.
What the cloud plan offers instead is a bill that doesn't change. There's no prepay, no promo that expires and no renewal jump: USD 100.00 in month one and in month twelve. The cloud page also lists zero setup fees and a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Compare Cloudways, whose DigitalOcean server with 8 GB and 4 vCPUs lists at USD 99/mo. Its Black Friday 2025 deal took 50% off every plan for three months, while SiteGround's cloud stayed at USD 100.00.
- Pro: a fixed monthly price with no renewal step-up
- Pro: 8 GB of RAM and 4 cores on the entry cloud plan
- Pro: no setup fee and no prepay
- Con: never discounted in Black Friday sales
- Con: 40 GB of storage is small for the price
Pricing: Jump Start USD 100.00/mo, Business USD 200.00, Business Plus USD 300.00 and Super Power USD 400.00, all billed monthly, excluding VAT. Refunds run 14 days on cloud.
Best for: agencies that want SiteGround's managed stack on dedicated resources at a fixed bill. Skip if: you want a sale price; SiteGround keeps those for shared plans.
Verdict: Buy SiteGround Cloud whenever you need it, because the date doesn't change the price. If USD 100 is too much for 8 GB, Hostinger's Cloud Startup gives 4 GB for USD 7.99 on a 48-month term. You get less hands-on management, though.
Where the 2026 deal appears: the world.siteground.com homepage hero and its WordPress hosting page, where the deal linked in both years. SiteGround runs no separate Black Friday page.
5. ScalaHosting
2.2k+
4.9
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Ram | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 GB | 2 cores | 2 GB | $14.95 / mo. | View Plan |
| 50 GB | 2 x 3.6GHz | 4 GB | Unlimited | View Plan |
| 100 GB | 4 x 3.6GHz | 8 GB | Unlimited | View Plan |
ScalaHosting - Best for the Biggest Proven Cloud Cut
Black Friday 2025: USD 14.98/mo on 12 months | Today: USD 22.46/mo on 12 months | Renews: USD 54.95/mo
ScalaHosting gave the deepest real cloud cut we found. From 30 October to 1 December 2025, by its own blog's dates, Build #1 cost USD 14.98/mo on a 12-month term. Its normal October price was USD 29.95, so that's exactly half. For that you get a managed server with two cores, 4 GB of memory and a 50 GB NVMe disk. The 2024 sale used the same USD 14.98.
The 2026 sale is already live, and it's weaker. A Black Friday label appeared on the plan card between 13 and 19 October 2026, reading "59% OFF" at USD 22.46/mo. The page's own price data shows the mechanics: 25% off the annual price only, applied automatically at checkout. Prepay 36 months and you pay USD 29.95.
Where does 59% come from? It's measured against the USD 54.95 renewal, not the normal price. USD 22.46 is also a routine number here. It was the Holiday Sale price in December 2024 and December 2025, and the Easter Sale price in April 2026. Meanwhile the renewal, USD 49.95 during the 2025 sale, became USD 54.95 between 6 and 20 January 2026.
For a 4 GB managed server that's still cheap. Cloudways lists its 4 GB DigitalOcean server at USD 54/mo, more than twice ScalaHosting's live sale price.
- Pro: the only cloud deal here that halved the normal price in 2025
- Pro: the 2026 sale is live, with the code applied automatically
- Pro: a 30-day full refund for new clients, then a partial refund
- Con: the 2026 discount covers 12-month terms only
- Con: "59% OFF" counts from the renewal price
Pricing: Build #1 is USD 22.46/mo on 12 months during the sale, USD 29.95 on 36 months and USD 54.95 month to month. All terms renew at USD 54.95/mo, 2.45 times the sale price.
Best for: buyers who want managed cloud with SPanel and can prepay one year. Skip if: you prepay 36 months; the sale doesn't touch that term.
Verdict: Buy ScalaHosting on a 12-month term only when a sale price is showing, since USD 22.46 recurs through the year. Whether it falls back to USD 14.98 before 27 November isn't announced. For 4 GB at about a third of the price, Hostinger charges USD 7.99 on a four-year prepay.
Where the 2026 deal appears: scalahosting.com/managed-cloud-hosting.html, where the sale already runs, and its blog, which announced the 2025 dates.
6. FastComet
3.5k+
4.8
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Ram | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 GB | - | $1.79 / mo. | View Plan | |
| 50 GB | 1 x 2.5GHz | 2 GB | 2 TB | View Plan |
| 80 GB | 2 x 2.5GHz | 4 GB | 4 TB | View Plan |
FastComet - Best for One Month of cPanel Cloud
Black Friday 2025: no cloud deal labelled | Today: USD 53.87 first month | Renews: USD 76.95/mo
FastComet and ScalaHosting both sell managed cloud VPS plans with 2 cores and 4 GB of RAM. Only one put its cloud plans in Black Friday 2025, and it wasn't FastComet. Its sale banner, live on 27 November, pushed shared hosting at USD 1.79/mo, 80% off.
The cloud page did change around then, without a label. On 14 October 2025 Cloud 2 cost the full USD 76.95. By 20 November a 30% discount showed USD 53.87, and that price has stayed ever since. In 2024, by contrast, FastComet ran "35% off on Cloud VPS Plans" from 25 November to 2 December, with Cloud 2 at USD 50.02.
Then there's the checkout. The USD 53.87 applies to the 1-month term only. The 1-year term costs USD 76.95/mo, or USD 923.40 upfront, and that's the term the checkout selects by default. FastComet's terms also say "No refunds are available for Virtual Private Servers (Cloud VPS)". Its own cloud page still promised a 7-day money-back in February 2026.
Cloud 2 gives you 2 virtual cores, 4 GB of ECC RAM, 80 GB of storage and cPanel. That's double HostArmada Web Shuttle's RAM for USD 23.92 more in the first month.
- Pro: fully managed cPanel included in the price
- Pro: nine checkout locations, including Toronto, Mumbai and Mexico
- Pro: no prepay needed for the discounted month
- Con: the discount lasts one month
- Con: no refund on cloud VPS
Pricing: Cloud 2 is USD 53.87 for the first month, then USD 76.95/mo. The 1-, 2- and 3-year terms all bill USD 76.95/mo, paid upfront. Cloud 3 starts at USD 69.27, then USD 98.95.
Best for: a cPanel cloud server for a short project, paid monthly. Skip if: you want a yearly discount or a refund; neither exists on this plan.
Verdict: Buy FastComet Cloud 2 on the 1-month term only, and only if you need managed cPanel in one of its locations. For a 4 GB managed cloud discounted for a full year, ScalaHosting's live sale price is USD 22.46 on 12 months.
Where the 2026 deal appears: the fastcomet.com homepage hero, where the 2025 sale ran, and the promo bar on its cloud VPS page, where the 2024 one ran.
7. Cloudways
3.4k+
4.5
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Ram | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 GB | 1 x 1GHz | 1 GB | 1 TB | View Plan |
| 25 GB | 1 core | 1 GB | 1 TB | View Plan |
| 32 GB | 1 core | 1 GB | 1 TB | View Plan |
Cloudways - Best for a Black Friday Deal With No Prepay
Black Friday 2025: 50% off for 3 months | Today: USD 11/mo, billed hourly | Renews: USD 11/mo
Cloudways ran a real step up last year, and without a prepay. Through October 2025 its standing promo was 30% off for three months. For Black Friday it became 50% off for three months on hosting and add-ons. The code BFCM5050 applied at sign-up, from about 11 November to 5 December 2025.
On its USD 11 DigitalOcean plan, that meant USD 5.50 a month instead of USD 7.70 for three months. That's USD 6.60 more saved than the normal offer. The 2024 deal was built differently: 40% off for four months, hosting only, ending 6 December 2024. Applied to a USD 11 plan, it would have saved USD 17.60, slightly more than 2025's USD 16.50.
Read the terms PDF before counting on it. The discount arrives as a credit on the next month's invoice, "within the first 10 days". The month you sign up counts as month one, even if you join on the 28th. And it's for new accounts only, so an email Cloudways already knows rules you out.
There's no Black Friday offer today. The promo page shows 30% off for three months with SAVE303 (verified October 2026, codes change). The default DigitalOcean Premium server with 1 GB costs USD 14/mo, and the Standard version USD 11. Against Hostinger's USD 25.99 renewal, the Premium server costs USD 11.99 less per month, with a quarter of the RAM. Our Cloudways review covers the platform beyond the deals.
- Pro: no prepay and no renewal step-up
- Pro: the 2025 sale beat the standing promo by USD 6.60 on a USD 11 plan
- Pro: a 3-day trial with no card needed
- Con: the discount is a credit that arrives a month later
- Con: new accounts only
Pricing: DigitalOcean 1 GB servers cost USD 11/mo (Standard) or USD 14/mo (Premium), billed hourly, excluding tax. A 4 GB Premium server is USD 54/mo. Off-site backup storage adds USD 0.033 per GB.
Best for: anyone who wants a discount without prepaying a year or more. Skip if: you already have a Cloudways account.
Verdict: Sign up with Cloudways in its Black Friday window if it repeats a 50% offer. Join early in a calendar month, so month one isn't wasted. If you'd rather lock a lower fixed bill, Hostinger's 48-month Cloud Startup costs less per GB.
Where the 2026 deal appears: cloudways.com/en/promo-code.php, which served as the Black Friday landing page in 2024 and 2025.
8. Liquid Web Inc.
2.8k+
4.5
Positive
Positive
| Storage | Cpu | Ram | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 GB | 1 core | 1 GB | 1 TB | View Plan |
| 480 GB | 4 x 3.5GHz | 16 GB | 10 TB | View Plan |
| 540 GB | 6 cores | 24 GB | 8 TB | View Plan |
Liquid Web - Best for Single-Tenant Cloud Servers
Black Friday 2025: same offer as September | Today: USD 87/mo for 2 months | Renews: USD 174/mo
Liquid Web's Black Friday 2025 page looked like a sale. It wasn't a new one. An archived copy from 8 September 2025, labelled "Limited-time deal", already showed the managed cloud offer. It was USD 128/mo struck through, with 50% off for three months. In November only the label changed.
Liquid Web did state its dates: 30 October to 5 December 2025, for new products only. Its product pages told a slightly different story, though. The deals page said managed cloud from USD 64. The managed cloud page itself showed USD 89, struck from USD 178, in September and during the sale. The "Cloud VPS 50% off" line had a similar gap, since the USD 5 plan it led with was never discounted.
Black Friday 2024 went deeper, with 70% off for three months. Managed cloud cost USD 38.40 against USD 128 from 1 November to 1 December 2024.
Since then the promo has shrunk and the cheap plan has gone. By 3 January 2026 the 50% lasted two months, not three. Managed cloud now redirects to "Cloud Dedicated" at USD 87/mo for two months, then USD 174/mo. The USD 5 Cloud VPS disappeared between 29 September and 19 October 2026. The new USD 11 entry plan gives 2 GB, double the RAM of Cloudways' USD 11 Standard server.
- Pro: single-tenant bare metal, sold as what Liquid Web calls cloud flexibility
- Pro: dates and terms printed on its own deals page
- Pro: new USD 11 Cloud VPS with 2 GB
- Con: the 2025 Black Friday price was its September price
- Con: the discount now lasts two months
Pricing: Cloud Dedicated from USD 87/mo for two months, then USD 174/mo, new accounts only. Cloud VPS from USD 11/mo for 2 GB, 60 GB and 2 TB. The pages show no tax line.
Best for: businesses that need single-tenant managed servers and will pay full price from month three. Skip if: you're holding out for a Black Friday price; it's the standing promo.
Verdict: Buy Liquid Web when you need it, not in November, and budget for USD 174 from month three. For a managed cloud cut that was real in 2025, ScalaHosting went from USD 29.95 to USD 14.98.
Where the 2026 deal appears: liquidweb.com/black-friday-web-hosting-deals/, used in 2024 and 2025. Its title already says 2026.
9. Contabo
9.1k+
4.0
Positive
Positive
Contabo - Best for the Most RAM Per Dollar
Black Friday 2025: USD 1.73 off a 12-month term | Today: USD 5.28/mo on 24 months | Renews: not published
USD 1.73 for a whole year. That's what Contabo's Black Friday 2025 took off a 12-month Cloud VPS, at its best. In October 2025, Cloud VPS 10 listed at USD 4.95/mo with 3 vCPUs, 8 GB of RAM and 75 GB of NVMe. A 12-month term took 25% off, which made the year USD 44.55.
Contabo's own Black Friday page ran the sale in phases. Phase one, live by 24 November, advertised "25% OFF LONG-TERM PLANS", which was exactly the October discount. Phase two, by 28 November, offered a "10% LIFETIME DISCOUNT on your new VPS": USD 4.46 a month, or USD 42.82 for 12 months. A few days before the sale, Contabo had trimmed the 12-month discount to 20%.
Prices have moved more than the sale did. Contabo lifted the entry list price to EUR 5.50, up from EUR 4.50, between 9 and 11 June 2026. Its blog pinned rising RAM and hard drive prices on the AI boom. Today's entry plan, Cloud VPS 4, has 4 vCPUs, 8 GB and 100 GB of SSD. It costs USD 6.60, or USD 5.28/mo on a 24-month term.
Two costs sit outside that number. US locations add USD 1.30 to USD 1.90 a month, and customers outside Germany pay the whole term upfront. Even so, 8 GB for USD 5.28 is twice Hostinger's 4 GB at two-thirds of its USD 7.99 price, though Contabo is unmanaged. Our Contabo review covers its support and backup record.
- Pro: USD 5.28/mo buys 8 GB on a 24-month term
- Pro: no setup fee on 1-, 12- or 24-month terms in our check
- Pro: lifetime-style discounts when it does run a sale
- Con: Black Friday 2025 saved USD 1.73 a year
- Con: the price after 24 months isn't published
Pricing: Cloud VPS 4 is USD 6.60/mo with no term, USD 5.61 on 12 months and USD 5.28 on 24, from Contabo's own USD price data. US East adds USD 1.90, US Central USD 1.30 and US West USD 1.60 a month. Auto Backup is USD 2.00/mo.
Best for: developers who run Linux themselves and want RAM cheaply. Skip if: you need someone else to manage the server; Cloudways and Hostinger do that.
Verdict: Buy Contabo for raw resources at any time of year, because its Black Friday discount barely registers. If you want a sale that changes the maths, ScalaHosting's 2025 cut was 50%.
Where the 2026 deal appears: contabo.com/en/black-friday/, which reads "Coming Soon" today.
10. OVHcloud
6.7k+
2.3
Neutral
Neutral
OVHcloud - Best for Low VPS List Prices
Black Friday 2025: VPS price unchanged, free backup months | Today: USD 4.54/mo on 12 months | Renews: USD 4.54/mo
If you bought an OVHcloud VPS in Black Friday 2025, you paid the October price. VPS-1, with 4 vCores, 8 GB and 75 GB of NVMe, cost USD 4.20/mo on a 12-month commitment on 17 October. On 23 November it cost the same, now with a "Black Friday" tag. The sale ran from 18 November to 9 December 2025, by OVHcloud's own page.
The VPS deal was free months of Premium Automatic Backup: one month with no commitment, two with six months and three with twelve. That option costs from USD 3.70/mo, nearly as much as the server. Unless you cancel it, it keeps billing, as OVHcloud's 2024 terms spelled out. A February 2025 Reddit thread shows a buyer caught exactly that way.
Public Cloud's USD 200 free credit, with the code FREETRIAL, expires one month after activation and needs a saved payment method. It has been on offer since June 2022, so it isn't a Black Friday deal at all. The real VPS sale came in 2024, with 40% off monthly, 45% off 12-month and 50% off 24-month plans.
Then prices moved. VPS-1 went from USD 4.20 to USD 6.46 between 26 and 27 February 2026. About a week later, OVHcloud's 5 March blog post blamed rising RAM and disk prices. In June 2026 a new range replaced the plan, and today VPS-1 costs USD 4.54 for 2 vCores and 4 GB. That's half the RAM of Contabo's USD 5.28 plan.
- Pro: low list prices with no installation fee on VPS
- Pro: daily backup of the previous 24 hours included
- Pro: sale dates printed to the hour
- Con: the 2025 sale didn't cut VPS prices
- Con: free extras turn into paid ones unless cancelled
Pricing: VPS-1 is USD 4.54/mo on a 12-month commitment, USD 5.08 on 6 months and USD 5.35 with no commitment, excluding tax. Twelve-month commitments are paid upfront and renew automatically.
Best for: buyers who want a cheap VPS from a large European provider. Skip if: you're waiting for a VPS price cut; 2025 had none.
Verdict: Buy OVHcloud's VPS-1 on its merits, and if you take free backup months, set a reminder to cancel them. For more RAM at a similar price, Contabo's 8 GB plan costs USD 5.28 on 24 months.
Where the 2026 deal appears: ovhcloud.com/en/black-friday/ for the worldwide site and us.ovhcloud.com/deals/ for the US company.
How We Selected These Providers
Ten providers made the list. The six from the earlier version of this page stay, in the same order. We added Cloudways, Liquid Web, Contabo and OVHcloud. Each sells cloud servers worldwide and published a 2025 Black Friday cloud offer on its own site. A new candidate without such an offer on its own pages didn't qualify.
For each host we tracked one entry cloud plan: the cheapest plan the host itself sells as cloud. Where a host calls shared hosting "cloud", as HostArmada and Verpex do, we tracked both and said so.
The record comes from three sources. First, the providers' live pages, read on 19 October 2026. Second, archived copies in the Wayback Machine. Third, Common Crawl, a public web archive, which we used for Hostinger because the Wayback Machine refuses its pages. A "normal price" is the price on the last copy before a Black Friday banner appeared, on the same term.
Prices come from each host's US or worldwide storefront in USD, excluding tax where the page says so. Contabo's figures come from its own USD price data, because its storefront shows us euros. We opened the cart for each lead plan wherever it showed prices before asking for personal details.
Our method has limits. Archived copies are snapshots, so a price could have moved between two of them. We didn't buy or run any of these servers. Reddit threads served as buyer reports, not as evidence of prices.
Did Black Friday 2025 Beat the Normal Price?
Mostly, no. We compared each cloud plan's Black Friday 2025 price with its own price on the last archived copy before the sale, on the same term.
| Provider | Plan and term | Before the sale | Black Friday 2025 | Real cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger | Cloud Startup, 48 months | USD 7.99 (12 Aug) | USD 7.49 (15 Oct) | 6% |
| HostArmada | Web Shuttle, first month | USD 29.95 (14 Sep) | USD 29.95 (26 Nov) | 0% |
| Verpex | VPS-D4, 12 months | USD 4.99 (15 Oct) | USD 4.99 (29 Nov) | 0% |
| SiteGround | Jump Start, monthly | USD 100.00 (21 Aug) | USD 100.00 (17 Nov) | 0% |
| ScalaHosting | Build #1, 12 months | USD 29.95 (16 Oct) | USD 14.98 (11 Nov) | 50% |
| FastComet | Cloud 2, first month | USD 76.95 (14 Oct) | USD 53.87, no label (20 Nov) | 30%, still running |
| Cloudways | 1 GB server, first 3 months | USD 7.70 (Oct promo) | USD 5.50 (28 Nov) | 29% |
| Liquid Web | Managed cloud, first 3 months | USD 89 (8 Sep) | USD 89 (23 Nov) | 0% |
| Contabo | Cloud VPS 10, 12-month total | USD 44.55 (20 Oct) | USD 42.82 (28 Nov) | 4% |
| OVHcloud | VPS-1, 12 months | USD 4.20 (17 Oct) | USD 4.20 (23 Nov) | 0% |
Five of the ten cut nothing on cloud. HostArmada, Verpex, SiteGround, Liquid Web and OVHcloud all charged their pre-sale price. Four of them even labelled that price a Black Friday deal; SiteGround simply left cloud out. Only ScalaHosting and Cloudways took off more than a quarter.
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Five hosts charged their pre-sale cloud price during Black Friday 2025. Source: providers' own pages via Wayback Machine and Common Crawl copies, August to November 2025; our calculations.[/caption]
FastComet's 30% needs a footnote. It wasn't labelled Black Friday, it covers the first month only, and it's still on the page today. Hostinger's 6% has one too: January 2026 brought Cloud Startup down to USD 6.99, below its Black Friday price. In other words, the sale wasn't the cheapest moment of the season for either host.
The Fine Print on Cloud Deals
Cloud offers hide their costs in different places from shared hosting deals. These are the patterns in the terms we read.
A credit, not a lower price. Cloudways' 2025 discount arrived as a credit on the following month's invoice. The sign-up month counted as month one, so a buyer who joined on 28 November got the discount on only three days of it.
Discounts that end after month one. FastComet's USD 53.87 Cloud 2 price applies to the 1-month term, while every yearly term bills USD 76.95/mo. HostArmada's Web Shuttle and Verpex's managed cloud also halve the first invoice only. Liquid Web's 50% now lasts two months.
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Only the 1-month box carries the 30% discount, while every yearly term bills USD 76.95/mo. FastComet checkout, captured 19 October 2026.[/caption]
Terms that set the price. Hostinger's lowest cloud rate needs 48 months upfront. Contabo's headline rate needs 24, paid upfront by anyone outside Germany. ScalaHosting's 2026 discount applies to 12-month terms only, so a 36-month buyer pays USD 29.95.
Free extras that start billing. OVHcloud's free backup months turn into a USD 3.70/mo charge unless cancelled. Contabo's 2025 sale offered half-price Auto Backup for life, an add-on that lists at USD 2.00/mo today.
Percentages measured against renewal. ScalaHosting's "70% OFF" in 2025 and "59% OFF" in 2026 both count from the renewal price. Against the normal price, the cuts were 50% and 25%.
Countdowns that reset. HostArmada's 2025 timer always ended the next day at 17:00 Berlin time, in every copy we checked. Verpex's pointed to December 2027.
New accounts, no server refunds. Cloudways, Liquid Web and ScalaHosting limit their deals or guarantees to new customers. FastComet refunds no cloud VPS, Verpex excludes servers, and HostArmada gives VPS plans 7 days.
Location and setup fees. Contabo showed no setup fee in our check, but adds USD 1.30 to USD 1.90 a month for US locations. OVHcloud's VPS plans had free installation. Its Black Friday dedicated servers didn't: KS-LE-1 carried an installation fee equal to its USD 18.90 monthly price.
Why 2026 Cloud Prices Start Higher
Two normal prices rose by more in 2026 than the biggest Black Friday cut took off in 2025. Where providers gave a reason, it was the cost of memory and storage.
Hetzner raised cloud and dedicated prices for new orders on 15 June 2026, citing "ongoing challenges in the hardware procurement market". OVHcloud and Contabo blamed RAM and disk prices in their own posts. Verpex and ScalaHosting gave no reason.
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Verpex and OVHcloud raised prices by more than ScalaHosting's 50% Black Friday cut. Source: provider pages, price data and Wayback Machine copies, December 2025 to June 2026.[/caption]
On the same plans, the rises look like this. Verpex's VPS-D4 went from USD 9.99 to USD 19.99 list (+100%). OVHcloud's VPS-1 went from USD 4.20 to USD 6.46 (+53.8%) before its range changed. Contabo's entry plan rose by EUR 1.00 to EUR 5.50 (+22.2%). ScalaHosting's Build #1 renewal climbed USD 5.00 to USD 54.95 (+10.0%); our ScalaHosting review dates that change from archived copies.
Other hosts changed the product instead. Liquid Web dropped its USD 5 Cloud VPS, and OVHcloud's USD 4.54 VPS-1 now has half the cores and RAM of 2025's. Hostinger went the other way: Cloud Startup costs the same USD 7.99 as last summer, with more cores and RAM. HostArmada, SiteGround, FastComet and Cloudways kept their cloud prices where they were.
How to Choose a Black Friday Cloud Deal
Start from when you need the server and how long you'll prepay. The calendar matters less than the term.
Need managed cloud now, under USD 10/mo, and happy to prepay four years? Choose Hostinger Cloud Startup through its coupons page, at USD 7.59/mo on 48 months. Don't wait for November; the sale price is already live and higher than the code's.
Want a discount but won't prepay at all? Choose Cloudways. Its last two Black Friday sales beat its standing 30% offer, and billing is hourly. Skip FastComet here, whose cloud discount ends after one month.
Comfortable running Linux, and RAM matters most? Choose Contabo Cloud VPS 4: 8 GB for USD 5.28/mo on 24 months, plus USD 1.30 to USD 1.90 for a US location. OVHcloud's VPS-1 gives half the RAM for USD 4.54.
Managed VPS on a 12-month prepay, budget around USD 25/mo? ScalaHosting's live USD 22.46 for 4 GB beats Cloudways' USD 54 list price for the same RAM. Check the price before paying, though, because 2024 and 2025 both reached USD 14.98.
An agency with fixed monthly budgets and no wish to prepay? SiteGround Jump Start costs USD 100.00/mo on any day of the year. Liquid Web costs USD 174 from month three, so only choose it if you need single-tenant hardware.
Still unsure which kind of host fits? Our hosting finder compares plans by server location.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Hostinger's Black Friday cloud deal cheaper than its normal price?
Not for Cloud Startup. It costs USD 7.99/mo on 48 months in the sale, the same as on 1 October 2026. Hostinger's coupons page brings it to USD 7.59 with COUPONSPAGE (verified October 2026, codes change). The shared Premium plan did drop, from USD 2.99 to USD 2.49.
Is it cheaper to buy cloud hosting on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
In 2025 most sales here covered both days. ScalaHosting's ran from 30 October to 1 December, Cloudways' to 5 December and OVHcloud's to 9 December. Contabo was the exception: its offer changed between the phase we saw on 24 November and the one on 28 November.
What is the Cloudways Black Friday promo code?
In 2025 it was BFCM5050, applied automatically at sign-up for 50% off three months; the terms PDF called it BFCM2025. No 2026 code has been published yet. Today's code is SAVE303 for 30% off three months (verified October 2026, codes change).
Should I buy cloud hosting now or wait for Black Friday 2026?
It depends on the host's record, not the date. Hostinger and ScalaHosting already run their 2026 sales. SiteGround Cloud and Liquid Web kept their usual prices through the 2025 sale. Cloudways is the clearest case for waiting, since both its 2024 and 2025 sales beat its standing offer.
Final Verdict
For a managed cloud plan bought this month, Hostinger wins: USD 7.59/mo on 48 months through its coupons page, beating its own sale. For the deepest cut on record, ScalaHosting halved its price in 2025, though its live 2026 sale takes off a quarter.
If you won't prepay, wait for Cloudways, whose last two sales beat its standing promo. For raw RAM, Contabo beats everything here at USD 5.28/mo for 8 GB, with or without a sale. SiteGround and Liquid Web don't reward waiting, and OVHcloud gave backup months rather than lower prices.
Skip the banners at HostArmada and Verpex if you want cloud, since their 2025 cloud prices matched the weeks around the sale. FastComet's cloud discount isn't a Black Friday deal at all, and it lasts one month.
If you're weighing a cloud server against dedicated hardware, our dedicated server vs VDS comparison prices both, including Liquid Web's single-tenant option.