4 vCPU 8GB server monthly price comparison
The cheapest 4 vCPU 8GB server with no commitment is Oracle Cloud at €33.91 per month (excluding tax).
The most expensive is Google Cloud at €112.13 per month, 3.3x the cheapest.
With a 1-year commitment, Azure is lowest at €61.42 per month.
Small Arm servers such as Oracle A1 can be free within the free allowance (3,000 OCPU-hours and 18,000 GB-hours per month on paid accounts, half that on Always Free accounts). Prices in the table apply beyond that allowance.
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| Rank | Company | Product | Spec | Region | On-demand monthly | 1-year commitment monthly | Source | |
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| 1 |  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure  Medium reliability | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 4 OCPU, 8GBArm Ampere, general-purpose, disk extra; Free allowance (paid accounts: 3,000 OCPU-hours, 18,000 GB-hours per month) | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Tokyo, Japan | €33.91$0.052/hr x 730 hours, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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| 2 |  Vultr High reliability | Cloud Compute (Regular) 4 vCPU, 8GBIntel, shared-CPU, 160 GB disk; 4,096GB transfer included | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Tokyo, Japan | €35.74$40.00 flat monthly, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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| 3 |  Akamai Cloud (Linode) Medium reliability | Linode Linode 8GBshared-CPU, 160 GB disk; 5,000GB transfer included | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Tokyo, Japan | €42.88$48.00 flat monthly, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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| 4 |  Amazon Web Services High reliability | Lightsail Compute Optimized 8GBcompute-optimized, 320 GB disk; 6,144GB transfer included | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Tokyo, Japan | €75.05$84.00 flat monthly, VAT excluded | €70.371-year reserved, EC2 c6g.xlarge | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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| 5 |  Microsoft Azure High reliability | VM D4pls_v6Arm, general-purpose, disk extra | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Tokyo, Japan | €104.35$0.16/hr x 730 hours, VAT excluded | €61.421-year reserved | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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| 6 |  Google Cloud High reliability | e2-standard-4 (4 vCPU, 16GB)AMD, general-purpose, disk extra | 4 vCPU / 16GBLarger than requested | Tokyo, Japan | €112.13$0.1719/hr x 730 hours, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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The cheapest product that meets the spec. Shared-CPU products may be included.
Left out because they have no region here: DigitalOcean, Hetzner
Korea only (KRW billing)
These providers only have Korean regions, so they are not ranked here. Their Seoul prices are shown separately.
| Company | Product | Spec | Region | On-demand monthly | 1-year commitment monthly | Source | |
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 Cafe24  Not enough data | Cafe24 m3.xlarge (4 vCPU, 8GB)general-purpose, 30 GB disk; 1,008GB transfer included | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Korea | €38.85₩80/hr x 720 hours, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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| ITEasy Medium reliability | EASYCLOUD Standard (4 vCore, 8GB)general-purpose, 100 GB disk; 2,000GB transfer included | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Korea | €47.89₩71,000 flat monthly, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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 Gabia Not enough data | Gen2 High CPU 4 vCore, 8GBcompute-optimized, disk extra; 1,000GB transfer included | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Korea | €74.20₩110,000 flat monthly, VAT excluded | €66.781-year reserved | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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 Kakao Cloud Medium reliability | c2a.xlarge (4 vCPU, 8 GiB)compute-optimized, disk extra | 4 vCPU / 8GB | kr-central-2 | €79.65₩164/hr x 720 hours, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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 NAVER Cloud Platform High reliability | High CPU-g3 4 vCPU, 8GB (SSD Server)compute-optimized, disk extra | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Korea | €93.25₩138,240 flat monthly, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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 NHN Cloud Medium reliability | m2.c4m8 (Standard) 4 vCPU, 8GBgeneral-purpose, disk extra | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Pangyo, South Korea | €96.52₩196/hr x 730 hours, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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 KT Cloud Medium reliability | Server G2 (KOR-Seoul M2) Standard 4 vCore, 8GBgeneral-purpose, disk extra | 4 vCPU / 8GB | Korea | €104.29₩154,600 flat monthly, VAT excluded | - | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-24 | Details
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How we calculate
- Display currency
- EUR. KRW prices are converted at the rate below, and prices already in this currency are shown as listed
- Exchange rate
- 1 USD = ₩1,324.45 (as of 2026-10-23); 1 EUR = ₩1,482.46 (as of 2026-10-23)
- VAT
- Prices exclude tax. Local taxes such as VAT or GST depend on your country. Korea-based buyers pay 10% VAT.
- Monthly conversion
- Hourly prices are multiplied by 730 hours per month (8,760 hours per year / 12) (Cafe24, Kakao Cloud, NAVER Cloud Platform: 720 hours). Flat monthly products use their amount as is. NHN Cloud does not state an official monthly conversion, so we use 730 hours.
- Price region
- Tokyo (one region per provider in that area). Korea-only providers are shown separately with Seoul prices
- Included
- Server price, Disk or transfer bundled with the product is shown as is
- Not included
- Extra disk, Public IP, Data transfer out, Backups, Paid operating systems such as Windows
- Last updated
- 2026-10-24 06:47 KST
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