Best Performance Per Dollar: Raff Technologies

VPS PerformanceBenchmarks 2025

Independent testing of 8 VPS providers reveals the best value in cloud computing.

3.03
Top PPD Score
$20
Best Value Price
8
Providers Tested
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Benchmark Results

8 VPS configurations tested across 4 providers. All systems: 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, AlmaLinux 9.6.

3.03
Best PPD (Raff)
0.52
Worst PPD (AWS t2)
5.8x
Value Difference
$20-24
Sweet Spot Range
Raff Technologies

Standard

$20

Score

60.5

PPD Score

3.03
Best Value
Vultr

Regular

$24

Score

66

PPD Score

2.75
Strong
DigitalOcean

Regular

$24

Score

48.9

PPD Score

2.04
Fair
DigitalOcean

Premium AMD

$28

Score

56.5

PPD Score

2.02
Fair
Vultr

High Frequency

$45

Score

72.8

PPD Score

1.62
Premium
DigitalOcean

CPU Optimized

$42

Score

56.3

PPD Score

1.34
Below Average
AWS

c7a.large

$74

Score

50.9

PPD Score

0.69
Enterprise
AWS

t2.medium

$33

Score

17.4

PPD Score

0.52
Entry Level

Key Findings

  • •Raff Technologies delivers the highest PPD score at 3.03
  • •Price doesn't predict performance - $74 AWS scored lower than $20 Raff
  • •NVMe storage significantly outperforms EBS in real-world tests
  • •Bandwidth charges can double the effective monthly cost

Test Highlights

  • •Disk I/O: Raff 487 MB/s vs AWS EBS 125 MB/s
  • •File operations: Raff 2.3s vs AWS t2 12.4s (1000 files)
  • •Included storage: Raff 80GB vs industry standard 25GB
  • •No bandwidth charges vs $0.09/GB after limits

Understanding PPD: Performance Per Dollar

Our transparent metric that reveals true cloud value

The PPD Formula

PPD = Performance Score ÷ Monthly Price

Raff: 60.7 ÷ $20 = 3.03 PPD

What We Test

  • CPU & Compute
  • Memory Throughput
  • Disk I/O Speed
  • Network Performance
  • Stability & Uptime

Score Interpretation

  • >2.5: Exceptional Value
  • 2.0-2.5: Strong Value
  • 1.5-2.0: Fair Value
  • <1.5: Poor Value

Superior Value Proven

Our $20 plan outperforms competitors' premium offerings costing up to $74.

Marketing vs Reality

Competitors' "optimized" plans often underperform their standard offerings.

Optimal Performance Tier

Our $20 plan delivers enterprise-grade performance without enterprise pricing.

Performance Breakdown by Category

Detailed performance metrics across CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network categories. All scores normalized to 0-100 scale.

CPU Performance

Single & Multi-core Benchmarks

Raff
65
Vultr Regular
72
Vultr HF
78
DO Regular
45
DO Premium
58
DO CPU-Opt
40
AWS c7a
55
AWS t2
15

Memory Bandwidth

Read/Write Speed Tests

Raff
70
Vultr Regular
68
Vultr HF
85
DO Regular
52
DO Premium
60
DO CPU-Opt
65
AWS c7a
48
AWS t2
20

Disk Performance

Sequential & Random IOPS

Raff
55
Vultr Regular
60
Vultr HF
68
DO Regular
48
DO Premium
52
DO CPU-Opt
60
AWS c7a
45
AWS t2
18

Network Performance

Throughput & Latency Tests

Raff
62
Vultr Regular
70
Vultr HF
72
DO Regular
50
DO Premium
56
DO CPU-Opt
58
AWS c7a
52
AWS t2
16

Performance Per Dollar Comparison

Raff Technologies
3.03
Vultr Regular
2.75
DigitalOcean Regular
2.04
DigitalOcean Premium
2.02
Vultr High Frequency
1.62
DigitalOcean CPU-Opt
1.34
AWS c7a.large
0.69
AWS t2.medium
0.52
PPD Score Categories
Exceptional(>2.5)
Good(2.0-2.5)
Fair(1.5-2.0)
Poor(<1.5)

Top Recommendations

Based on extensive testing, here are our top three recommendations.

BEST VALUE

Raff Technologies

$20/month

3.03PPD Score
60.5/100 Performance
80GB NVMe included
Unlimited bandwidth
Best price/performance ratio

Perfect For:

Development, staging, production APIs, databases, web apps

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Vultr Regular

$24/month

2.75PPD Score
66.0/100 Performance
100GB NVMe included
Strong CPU performance
Good for CPU-intensive tasks

Perfect For:

Production workloads requiring slightly more CPU power

DigitalOcean Regular

$24/month

2.04PPD Score
48.9/100 Performance
Popular developer platform
Good documentation
Managed services available

Consider If:

You need their managed database or Kubernetes services

AWS vs Raff: The Numbers Don't Lie

Side-by-side comparison shows why smart businesses are switching

ProviderPrice/moPerformance
PPD Score
StorageBandwidth
Raff Technologies
$20
60.5
3.03
60.5 ÷ $20
80GB NVMe
Free
AWS t2.medium
$33
+65%
17.4
0.52
17.4 ÷ $33
8GB EBS
$0.09/GB
AWS c7a.large
$74
+270%
50.9
0.69
50.9 ÷ $74
20GB EBS
$0.09/GB

Why Smart Businesses Choose Raff

3x

5.8x better value than AWS EC2

99.90%

99.9% Uptime SLA

Simple

No hidden costs or surprise bills

24/7

Real human support in <10 minutes

Don't overpay for cloud computing. Get enterprise performance at a fraction of the cost.

Testing Methodology

Transparent, reproducible testing ensures fair comparisons. Here's exactly how we conducted our benchmarks.

Test Configuration

Hardware Specs (All Systems)

  • CPU: 2 vCPUs
  • RAM: 4GB Memory
  • OS: AlmaLinux 9.6
  • Region: US East/Central

Testing Process

  • Each test run 5 times
  • Outliers removed from results
  • Fresh instances for each provider
  • Tests run at different times of day

CPU & Memory

sysbench

  • • Single-core performance
  • • Multi-core performance
  • • Memory bandwidth
  • • Memory latency

Disk I/O

fio & dd

  • • Sequential read/write
  • • Random IOPS
  • • 4K block performance
  • • Latency measurements

Network

speedtest-cli & ping

  • • Download speed
  • • Upload speed
  • • Latency to major cities
  • • Packet loss testing

Real Workloads

Custom scripts

  • • 1000 file operations
  • • 100k row database sort
  • • 100MB compression
  • • Web server response

How We Calculate Scores

Performance scores are based on weighted averages of CPU (25%), Memory (20%), Disk (30%), Network (15%), and Stability (10%) metrics. All scores are normalized to a 0-100 scale for fair comparison.

The Performance Per Dollar (PPD) score is calculated by dividing the overall performance score by the monthly price, giving you a clear value metric.

Reproduce Our Tests

Want to verify our results? Run the same benchmarks on your VPS:

# Install benchmark toolsyum install -y sysbench fio pip install speedtest-cli# Run CPU benchmarksysbench cpu --cpu-max-prime=20000 run# Run memory benchmarksysbench memory --memory-total-size=10G run# Run disk benchmarkfio --name=rand-rw --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randrw --bs=4k --size=1G --numjobs=4 --runtime=60

Full benchmark script available on our GitHub repository. Compare your results with our published data.

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