Looking for a 1Gbps VPS? Be careful what the number means. On our KVM VPS the network port is capped per plan at 100 to 300 Mbps, so none of them is a 1 Gbps server. For sustained traffic of a gigabit or more on a VPS, our streaming VPS sit on a shared 10 Gbps port with an estimated 1 to 2 Gbps sustained on the smallest plan, from €9.99 a month. A guaranteed, unshared 1 Gbps port is a dedicated server, from €209. Here is how to tell the three apart and what each one moves in a month.
What does "1Gbps VPS" usually mean?
When a provider advertises a 1 Gbps VPS, it can mean one of three quite different things:
- The host's uplink is 1 Gbps. The physical server your VPS runs on connects at 1 Gbps, and every virtual machine on it shares that link. Your share depends on what your neighbours are doing.
- Your VPS can burst to 1 Gbps. Short transfers run at full speed, but a monthly transfer allowance, often 1 or 2 TB on small plans, limits how long you can keep it up.
- Your VPS can sustain 1 Gbps. The rarest meaning, and the one most buyers actually want: a gigabit for hours or days at a time without a traffic bill.
The easiest way to tell them apart is to ask two questions: is the speed a cap, a burst or a sustained figure, and how many terabytes a month are included? A fast port with a small allowance is a short sprint, not a 1 Gbps server.
How long does a transfer allowance last at 1 Gbps?
A 1 Gbps link moves 125 MB a second, about 450 GB an hour. So the allowance runs out quickly:
| Monthly allowance | Time at a full 1 Gbps |
|---|---|
| 1 TB | About 2.2 hours |
| 2 TB | About 4.4 hours |
| 5 TB | About 11 hours |
| 324 TB, a full 30 day month | 720 hours |
As an example from the public plan lists in November 2026, Akamai's Linode Nanode at $5 a month lists 1,000 Mbps of outbound bandwidth with 1 TB of monthly transfer, and its 2 GB plan at $12 lists 2,000 Mbps with 2 TB. That is a fine deal for a website. It is not a server that can send a gigabit all month, because the included traffic covers a couple of hours at full speed. Our post on cloud egress fees shows what that difference costs at scale.
What port speed do our KVM VPS have?
Each plan has a fixed port cap, and the traffic under it is unmetered: no allowance, no per GB charge. The host's uplink is shared with other virtual machines, so the cap is a ceiling, not a guarantee.
| KVM plan | vCPU / RAM | Port cap | Most it can move in 30 days | Per month in Bucharest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS I | 1 / 2 GB | 100 Mbps | 32.4 TB | €4 |
| VPS II | 2 / 4 GB | 140 Mbps | 45.4 TB | €6 |
| VPS III | 2 / 8 GB | 180 Mbps | 58.3 TB | €10 |
| VPS IV | 4 / 16 GB | 220 Mbps | 71.3 TB | €16 |
| VPS V | 6 / 24 GB | 260 Mbps | 84.2 TB | €30 |
| VPS VI | 8 / 32 GB | 300 Mbps | 97.2 TB | €58 |
Even the smallest plan can move far more in a month than a 1 Gbps VPS with a 2 TB allowance, just more slowly. For websites, APIs, bots, VPN exits and databases, 100 to 300 Mbps is plenty. These plans bill by the hour or the month, from €0.0056 an hour, and the KVM VPS page lists them in every location.
Which VPS can sustain 1 Gbps or more?
Our streaming VPS, sold under the same plans as our 10Gbps VPS. Each one connects to a 10 Gbps port that it shares with other servers, and we publish an estimated sustained throughput for each plan instead of only the port figure. Short bursts can use the full port; the estimate is what to plan around.
| Plan | vCPU / RAM | Estimated sustained | Bucharest | Other EU cities | Ashburn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS I Streaming | 1 / 2 GB | 1 to 2 Gbps | €9.99 | €12.99 | €14.49 |
| VPS II Streaming | 2 / 4 GB | 2 to 3 Gbps | €18.99 | €23.99 | €25.99 |
| VPS III Streaming | 4 / 8 GB | 3 to 4 Gbps | €34.99 | €44.99 | €46.99 |
| VPS IV Streaming | 6 / 16 GB | 4 to 5 Gbps | €59.99 | €76.99 | €78.99 |
| VPS V Streaming | 8 / 24 GB | 5 to 6 Gbps | €89.99 | €109.99 | €111.99 |
| VPS VI Streaming | 12 / 32 GB | 5 to 6 Gbps | €139.99 | €161.99 | €163.99 |
Traffic is unmetered on all of them. At a steady 1 Gbps, the smallest plan would move about 324 TB in a 30 day month for €9.99 in Bucharest, with no transfer bill. They are billed monthly, not hourly, and the streaming VPS page has the full specs.
On 9 November 2026, streaming VPS could be deployed in Bucharest and Ashburn. Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Vienna were sold out with preorders open and a 14 day delivery estimate, and Warsaw and Sofia were sold out.
When do you need a guaranteed 1 Gbps port?
A shared port is an estimate, not a promise. If your business depends on a gigabit every hour of every day, the port has to be yours alone, and that means a dedicated server. Ours start at €209 a month for a dual Xeon E5 2630 v3 with 16 cores and 128 GB of RAM on a guaranteed, unmetered 1 Gbps port, the same price in all 11 countries we serve.
Signs you have reached that point:
- You sell a service whose quality depends on throughput, such as video delivery, game patches or large downloads, and a slow evening means unhappy customers.
- Your traffic sits near 1 Gbps for most of the day, not just during peaks.
- You need more disk or CPU than a VPS offers alongside the bandwidth.
Beyond 1 Gbps, the same server takes 2, 5, 10 or 20 Gbps ports, and our post on whether a 10 Gbps dedicated server is worth it works out the price per TB at each step.
How to check the speed you actually get
Whatever you buy, measure it, and measure it more than once. A port figure on a plan card tells you the ceiling; a test at a busy hour tells you what your users will see. A simple method:
- Install iperf3 on the VPS and on a second machine on a fast connection, ideally another server.
- Run
iperf3 -c SERVER-IP -t 60 -P 4in both directions, so the test lasts a minute with four parallel streams. - Repeat in the evening, when shared links are busiest, and compare the averages with the daytime run.
- Download a large file from the VPS to a user location you care about, since the path to your users matters as much as the port.
A short burst that hits the port figure and then falls away over a long test is the sign of a shared link under load. That is not a fault, just the difference between a port speed and sustained throughput, and it is why we publish an estimate for each streaming plan instead of only the port.
Which one should you pick?
| Your traffic | Good fit | From, per month |
|---|---|---|
| Websites, APIs, bots, a VPN, under about 100 Mbps | KVM VPS I | €4 |
| Busier sites and apps, up to 300 Mbps | KVM VPS IV to VI | €16 |
| Streams, relays, backups or downloads at 1 Gbps or more, where an estimate is acceptable | Streaming VPS | €9.99 |
| A gigabit that has to be there all day | Dedicated server, 1 Gbps | €209 |
Questions people ask about 1Gbps VPS
Is the 1 Gbps on a VPS ever guaranteed?
Not on ours. KVM VPS are capped at 100 to 300 Mbps per plan, and streaming VPS share a 10 Gbps port with an estimated sustained throughput. Only our dedicated servers have a guaranteed port that is not shared.
How much data is 1 Gbps per month?
Running flat out for 30 days, about 324 TB. At 100 Mbps, the cap on our smallest KVM plan, about 32.4 TB.
Is traffic metered on your faster VPS?
No. Streaming VPS have unmetered traffic, with no transfer allowance and no overage charges, the same as our KVM plans.
Can I test the speed before I commit?
Yes, on the KVM line: an hourly VPS in a location that is in stock costs a fraction of a cent per hour, and you can delete it once you have measured the routes you care about.
Where are your streaming VPS sold?
In Bucharest, Sofia, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Vienna and Ashburn, the same seven locations as our KVM VPS. Stock differs by city, so check the order form, which marks sold out locations and shows preorder dates where they are open.
Get the bandwidth you actually need
Start with a KVM VPS if your traffic stays under its cap, move to a streaming VPS for a gigabit or more at VPS prices, and choose a dedicated server when the gigabit has to be guaranteed.