ChartVPS Alternatives (2026): 5 Trading VPS Providers Compared

ChartVPS runs current AMD Ryzen 9 9950X hardware with DDR5 and Gen4 NVMe across seven locations, with 24/7 support and a price lock on new subscriptions. Traders usually go looking for an alternative for one of three reasons: the Alpha plans are light on cores (2, 3 and 4 at $50, $80 and $140), there's no prop-firm or copier setup out of the box, or they want a lower entry price. This post compares the five options people shortlist against it, from a like-for-like trading VPS to a hyperscaler, on the numbers that decide execution: cores per dollar, latency to the exchange, uptime, and how much setup you do yourself. Prices and specs are from each provider's site as of September 2026.

Quick answer: for futures, prop-firm and automated trading from Chicago, QuantVPS is the closest like-for-like alternative with more cores at each price. For MT4/MT5 EAs near a specific broker, Beeks, ForexVPS or TradingFXVPS cost less but give you less machine. AWS is the do-it-yourself option: flexible, but you build and support the trading stack yourself and there is no exchange-proximity story below the enterprise tier.

Key Insights:

• Latency: ChartVPS claims 0–1 ms to CME from Chicago; QuantVPS publishes a measured 0.52 ms from its Chicago footprint, with a direct connection into CME Globex in Aurora; Optimus Futures cites that figure in naming it "Best for CME Futures (Overall)". ForexVPS and TradingFXVPS quote latency to forex brokers (1 ms and "0.3 ms onwards"), not to an exchange; Beeks' retail plans and AWS quote none.
• Uptime: QuantVPS carries a 99.999% SLA (about 5 minutes a year); ChartVPS reports 99.99% measured with a 100% SLA (about 53 minutes a year); ForexVPS and TradingFXVPS state 99.99%; AWS is 99.99% per region; Beeks' retail plans don't publish a figure.
• Cores per dollar: at ~$80, ChartVPS Mark-2 gives 3 cores, QuantVPS Lite+ 4, ForexVPS Prime 6 (at $51), TradingFXVPS Expert 4 (at $64). Storage runs the other way: ChartVPS 256 GB, QuantVPS 75 GB, ForexVPS 200 GB, TradingFXVPS 50 GB.
• Entry price: TradingFXVPS $17.50 (1 core, 2 GB), ForexVPS $25.60, QuantVPS $29.99, Beeks £31, ChartVPS $50, AWS roughly $60 on Linux or ~$130 on Windows for a 2-vCPU instance.
• Setup: only QuantVPS ships images pre-configured for futures prop firms, copiers and NinjaTrader; everyone else, AWS included, is a bare Windows or Linux box you configure yourself.
• GPU: ChartVPS sells a GPU VPS (Gamma, NVIDIA L4, from $100); QuantVPS offers dedicated GPU serversfrom $349.99/month; ForexVPS has a GPU dedicated option from $640; the others have none.

Quick Comparison

Provider	Entry plan	~$80 plan	Latency claim	Uptime	Chicago?	Prop-firm / copier setup
ChartVPS	$50: 2 cores, 4 GB DDR5, 128 GB	Mark-2: 3 cores, 8 GB, 256 GB	0–1 ms to CME	99.99% measured, 100% SLA	Yes	Manual
QuantVPS	$29.99: 2 EPYC cores, 4 GB DDR4, 50 GB ($39.99 Ryzen/DDR5)	Lite+: 4 Ryzen cores, 8 GB DDR5, 75 GB ($79.99)	0.52 ms to CME (measured); direct connection into Globex in Aurora	99.999% SLA	Yes	Pre-configured images; dedicated GPU servers from $349.99
Beeks Financial Cloud	£31 (~$41): 1 vCPU, 2.5 GB, 30 GB	Gold £97 (~$130): 4 vCPU, 6.5 GB, 75 GB	"Low latency" (no figure on the retail plans)	Not stated on the retail plans	Yes	Manual (MetaTrader-focused)
AWS (EC2)	Pay per hour; a 2-vCPU / 4 GB instance is roughly $60/mo on Linux or ~$130/mo on Windows on-demand, before storage and data transfer	Same instance family, bigger sizes	None to an exchange; Chicago Local Zone exists, priced above the parent region	99.99% per-region SLA	Chicago Local Zone (us-east-1-chi-2a)	None; you build it
TradingFXVPS	$17.50: 1 Ryzen core, 2 GB DDR5, 30 GB	Expert: 4 cores, 8 GB DDR5, 50 GB ($63.75)	"0.3 ms onwards" cross-connect	99.99% guarantee	Yes	Manual
ForexVPS	$25.60: 2 cores, 4 GB, 100 GB	Prime: 6 cores, 8 GB, 200 GB ($51.20)	"1 ms to forex brokers"	99.99% SLA	Via 22 locations	Manual

What ChartVPS does well, and where the gaps are

Be clear about what you'd give up, because it's less than it looks. ChartVPS's Alpha plans carry two to three times the storage of comparable plans (128–384 GB of Gen4 NVMe), which matters only if you keep tick databases or recordings on the server; a Windows trading stack with charts open fits in 50–75 GB. The Gamma series is a GPU VPS for order-flow tools that use one, on 3 cores. Support is advertised as 24/7 human with an under-two-minute first response, and every plan now bundles monitoring, DDoS protection and daily backups. Our full ChartVPS review covers all of it.

The gaps show up in three places. Cores: Mark-1's two cores run one platform with a few charts; a platform plus a trade copier, or two platforms, needs Mark-2 or Mark-3, and at $80 and $140 you're paying for disk you may not use. Setup: there's no prop-firm or copier image, so you configure the platform, the copier and the firm's connection yourself. Price: $50 is the floor, and the 30% promo (code NEWCLIENT, in our ChartVPS discount codes post) only covers the first month.

1. QuantVPS: the like-for-like alternative for futures and prop firms

QuantVPS is the provider most ChartVPS shoppers end up weighing it against, and the trade is consistent at every tier: less storage per plan, more cores per dollar. Starter+ is $39.99 for 2 Ryzen cores and 4 GB DDR5 against Mark-1 at $50; Lite+ is $79.99 for 4 cores against Mark-2's 3 at $80; Pro+ is $129.99 for 6 cores against Mark-3's 4 at $140, with a $29.99 EPYC/DDR4 entry plan below all of that. Dedicated servers run from $299.99 (12+ Ryzen cores, 128 GB, 1 TB) to $399.99 (Dedicated+, DDR5, 2 TB+, RAID1). Plans are on the pricing page.

	ChartVPS Alpha Mark-1	QuantVPS Starter+	ChartVPS Alpha Mark-2	QuantVPS Lite+	ChartVPS Alpha Mark-3	QuantVPS Pro+
Price	$50/mo	$39.99/mo	$80/mo	$79.99/mo	$140/mo	$129.99/mo
Cores	2	2	3	4	4	6
RAM	4 GB DDR5	4 GB DDR5	8 GB DDR5	8 GB DDR5	16 GB DDR5	16 GB DDR5
Storage	128 GB	50 GB	256 GB	75 GB	384 GB	150 GB
Latency to CME	0–1 ms (claimed)	0.52 ms (measured)	0–1 ms (claimed)	0.52 ms (measured)	0–1 ms (claimed)	0.52 ms (measured)
Uptime	99.99%, 100% SLA	99.999% SLA	99.99%, 100% SLA	99.999% SLA	99.99%, 100% SLA	99.999% SLA

Latency and network

Latency to CME from the Chicago data center is a measured 0.52 ms, published on the benchmarks page, against ChartVPS's claimed 0–1 ms range. QuantVPS runs a direct connection from its CME-adjacent Chicago footprint into CME Globex in Aurora, Illinois, where the matching engines sit, and Chicago is where the order-routing layer used by Tradovate, Rithmic, CQG and NinjaTrader Brokerage operates. Uptime is a 99.999% SLA (about five minutes a year) with 24/7 NOC monitoring, DDoS protection and a dedicated IP on every plan. The broker latency check maps platforms to locations before you buy: Chicago for NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Rithmic, Sierra Chart and TradingView; London for MetaTrader 4/5 and Polymarket; Tokyo for Bybit. Optimus Futures' best VPS for futures trading guide (updated February 2026) names QuantVPS "Best for CME Futures (Overall)", citing sub-1 ms routing to futures gateways and memory configurations up to 192 GB on custom builds.

Plans

Two lines, same shape: Standard plans on AMD EPYC with DDR4, and "+" plans on AMD Ryzen with DDR5, faster network and automatic backups. Every plan includes a dedicated IP, DDoS protection, 24/7 NOC monitoring, unmetered bandwidth, Windows or Linux, trade-copier compatibility, a price lock on new subscriptions and cancel-anytime billing.

Plan	Monthly	CPU	RAM	Storage	Network	Monitors	Sized for
VPS Starter	$29.99	2 EPYC cores	4 GB DDR4	50 GB NVMe	1 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	1	1 chart or strategy
VPS Starter+	$39.99	2 Ryzen cores	4 GB DDR5	50 GB NVMe	3 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	1	1 chart or strategy
VPS Lite	$59.99	4 EPYC cores	8 GB DDR4	75 GB NVMe	1 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	1	1–2 charts or strategies
VPS Lite+	$79.99	4 Ryzen cores	8 GB DDR5	75 GB NVMe	3 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	1	1–2 charts or strategies
VPS Pro	$99.99	6 EPYC cores	16 GB DDR4	150 GB NVMe	1 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	Up to 2	3–4 charts, simple backtesting
VPS Pro+	$129.99	6 Ryzen cores	16 GB DDR5	150 GB NVMe	3 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	Up to 2	3–4 charts, simple backtesting
VPS Ultra	$189.99	12 EPYC cores	32 GB DDR4	300 GB NVMe	1 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	Up to 4	5+ charts, moderate backtesting
VPS Ultra+	$199.99	8 Ryzen cores	32 GB DDR5	300 GB NVMe	3 Gbps+ (10 Gbps burst)	Up to 4	5+ charts, moderate backtesting
Dedicated	$299.99	12+ Ryzen cores	128 GB DDR4	1 TB NVMe, RAID1	1 Gbps+ (3 Gbps burst)	Up to 6	6+ charts, extensive backtesting, multi-account copiers
Dedicated+	$399.99	12+ Ryzen cores	128 GB DDR5	2 TB+ NVMe, RAID1	10 Gbps+ (20 Gbps burst)	Up to 6	Professional workloads, 30+ prop accounts

Dedicated GPU servers start at $349.99/month for order-flow tools that use one. Upgrades are handled by support, which moves your data and setup to the new plan with prorated billing.

Setup and platforms

Images come pre-configured for NinjaTrader, the major futures prop firms and trade copiers, so a funded account or a copier is running in minutes rather than an evening; this is the one thing no other provider on this list does, ChartVPS included. Platform pages cover Tradovate, Quantower, Rithmic, Sierra Chart, TradeStation, TradingView, MetaTrader 4/5, MultiCharts, Interactive Brokers, Thinkorswim, TickBlaze, Kalshi and Polymarket, each mapped to the data center that gives it the lowest latency. Prop-firm traders running several funded accounts pair a Pro+ or Dedicated plan with a copier and run every account from one master.

At a glance: Chicago, New York, London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Tokyo · AMD Ryzen (DDR5 "+" plans) or AMD EPYC (DDR4 plans) · NVMe on every plan, automatic backups on the Ryzen plans, RAID1 on dedicated · 3 Gbps+ with 10 Gbps burst, unmetered (10 Gbps+ / 20 Gbps burst on Dedicated+) · 99.999% SLA, 24/7 NOC monitoring, DDoS protection, dedicated IP · Windows or Linux · up to 6 monitors on dedicated · dedicated GPU servers from $349.99/mo · price lock on new subscriptions · cancel anytime.

The default choice if: you trade CME futures, run a prop-firm account or a copier, or your setup is core-bound, which is most setups. The case for staying with ChartVPS is narrow: you store tick data locally, you want a small GPU VPS rather than a dedicated GPU server (QuantVPS's start at $349.99/month), or you need Singapore or Dallas.

2. Beeks Financial Cloud

Beeks is best known for institutional trading infrastructure (proximity hosting for brokers and funds in the Equinix NY4/LD4 sites), which is quote-based. Its retail VPS line is a different product: Bronze at £31/month (1 vCPU, 2,560 MB RAM, 30 GB, sized for "2–4 MetaTrader platforms"), Silver at £55 (2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB) and Gold at £97 (4 vCPU, 6,656 MB, 75 GB), monthly or annual, with a managed-service option and cTrader/cAlgo support. Locations listed are London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Chicago and New York; the retail pages don't publish a latency figure or an uptime SLA.

At a glance: London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Chicago, New York · 1–4 vCPU, 2.5–6.5 GB RAM, 30–75 GB · MetaTrader broker selection, cTrader/cAlgo · managed-service option · monthly or annual · deployment within an hour in trading hours · no published latency figure or SLA on the retail plans · institutional proximity hosting quote-based.

Choose it if: you're a futures or forex trader who values the Beeks name and a managed option, or you're an institution and can use the proximity products (for retail forex from London, compare QuantVPS Starter+ at $39.99 for 2 cores and 4 GB). Not if: you want cores per dollar (Gold is four vCPUs for about $130) or a published CME latency number.

3. AWS: build it yourself

Amazon EC2 isn't a trading VPS, but people ask. You can run Windows Server on a c6i.large (2 vCPU, 4 GiB) in US East (N. Virginia) for roughly $60/month on Linux pricing or around $130/month with the Windows license, on-demand, before EBS storage, data transfer and support plans; Reserved or Savings Plans bring that down if you commit for a year. There is a Chicago Local Zone (us-east-1-chi-2a, parented to N. Virginia) that gets you into the city, at a premium over the parent region; there is no CME-adjacent placement, no trading images, no platform support, and Windows licensing is the biggest line on the bill. What you get in exchange is elasticity: spin up for a backtest, tear down after.

At a glance: c6i.large = 2 vCPU / 4 GiB at $0.085/hr Linux on-demand (~$60/mo), Windows license roughly doubles it · EBS storage, data transfer and support billed separately · Reserved / Savings Plans for 1–3 year commitments · Chicago Local Zone us-east-1-chi-2a (parent: US East N. Virginia), at a premium · 99.99% regional SLA · no trading images, no platform support, no exchange proximity.

Choose it if: you're comfortable administering Windows, you want to scale compute up and down, and latency to the exchange isn't the point. Not if: you want someone to install NinjaTrader, hold your hand on a Sunday night, or guarantee a number to CME; for a managed box with the same elasticity, QuantVPS lets you upgrade plans with support moving your setup across, prorated.

4. TradingFXVPS: lowest price, smallest machines

TradingFXVPS's "HFT" plans run from $17.50/month (1 Ryzen 9 core at 4.3 GHz, 2 GB DDR5, 30 GB NVMe) through $22.11 (2 cores, 2.5 GB, 35 GB) and $33.75 (2 cores, 4 GB, 40 GB) to $63.75 for the Expert plan (4 cores, 8 GB DDR5, 50 GB). Locations are New York, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Chicago, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo; it claims "cross-connection latency 0.3 ms onwards" and a 99.99% uptime guarantee, and offers a 7-day trial for $3.99.

At a glance: Chicago, New York, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo · AMD Ryzen 9 at 4.3 GHz, DDR5 · 30–50 GB NVMe · 1–4 cores, 2–8 GB RAM · 99.99% uptime guarantee · "0.3 ms onwards" cross-connect latency · 7-day trial for $3.99 · annual billing available.

Choose it if: budget is the constraint and the workload is one MT4/MT5 instance. Not if: you run NinjaTrader, a copier, or anything that needs more than 2 GB of RAM; the entry plans are too small for a Windows trading stack with charts open.

5. ForexVPS: cheapest entry, most locations, forex-first

ForexVPS sells three VPS plans: Core at $25.60/month (2 cores, 4 GB, 100 GB), Edge at $38.40 (4 cores, 6 GB, 150 GB) and Prime at $51.20 (6 cores, 8 GB, 200 GB), with annual billing saving 20–35% and a current extra 20% off for new customers. It advertises 22 data center locations, "1 ms low latency to forex brokers", a 99.99% SLA (marketed as a 100% uptime guarantee with exclusions), Windows Server 2016–2022, and a 14-day money-back guarantee. Dedicated servers start at $270 on Intel Xeon, with a GPU option (NVIDIA A4000) from $640. The CPU model on the VPS plans isn't stated.

At a glance: 22 locations · CPU model not stated on VPS plans · 100–200 GB storage · Windows Server 2016–2022 · MT4, MT5, cTrader · 99.99% SLA · 14-day money-back · dedicated from $270 (Intel Xeon), GPU dedicated from $640 (NVIDIA A4000) · annual billing saves 20–35%.

Choose it if: you run MT4/MT5 EAs and want a cheap box near a specific broker, anywhere in the world (the QuantVPS Forex VPS covers the same brokers from London, Dublin, Amsterdam and Frankfurt). Not if: you trade CME futures (its latency claims are broker-relative, not exchange-relative), or you want to know what CPU you're getting.

How to choose

Work out what you're actually short of. For most traders it's cores and latency to CME, and there QuantVPS gives you more of both at the same price, a measured number instead of a range, a higher SLA, and the prop-firm and copier setup done. Disk is the one thing ChartVPS has more of, and it only matters if you store tick data locally; on GPU, ChartVPS sells a small GPU VPS and QuantVPS a dedicated GPU server from $349.99/month. If it's price and the workload is a single forex EA, ForexVPS, TradingFXVPS or Beeks Bronze get you under $45 with a machine to match. If it's flexibility and you're your own sysadmin, AWS, with your eyes open on the Windows bill.

Two things to check on any provider before you pay: that the latency figure is to your exchange or broker, not a generic number; and that the promo price is the first month's price, not the ongoing one.

FAQs

What is the best alternative to ChartVPS for futures trading?

QuantVPS. It's the closest like-for-like option (Chicago, Ryzen/DDR5, 24/7 support) with more cores at each price point, a measured 0.52 ms to CME, and pre-configured images for the major futures prop firms and copiers.

Is there a cheaper alternative to ChartVPS?

Yes. QuantVPS starts at $29.99 (2 EPYC cores, 4 GB DDR4), ForexVPS . net at $25.60 (2 cores, 4 GB), TradingFXVPS at $17.50 (1 core, 2 GB) and Beeks at £31 (1 vCPU, 2.5 GB). Only QuantVPS is Chicago-and-futures focused; the others are built around MetaTrader and forex brokers. AWS can be cheaper on Linux and dearer on Windows, and you do all the setup.

Can I move my ChartVPS setup to another provider?

Yes. Export your platform workspace and templates, note your broker and data-feed logins, and reinstall on the new VPS (on QuantVPS, pick the location from the broker latency check first); none of these providers migrate a ChartVPS image for you (AWS included). Time the switch for a weekend and run both for a session before cancelling.

Does ChartVPS's three-year price lock matter?

Only if the alternative doesn't have one. QuantVPS also locks the price on new subscriptions, so between those two it's a wash; against the forex-first providers and AWS, where prices float, it's a point for ChartVPS if you plan to stay. It doesn't change what you pay today.