# Shared VPS plans with the most CPU steal

Shared-CPU plans ranked by how much of the CPU time they asked for went to someone else across every qualifying run.

| # | Plan | Median steal | Runs over 10% | Median worst minute | Runs | Dates |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Amazon Lightsail](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/lightsail-benchmarks)[Micro, 2 TB transfer](https://rackcensus.com/plans/k4spwg-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-benchmarks) | 32.0% | 7 of 7 | 88.9% | 7 runs, 4 locations | Oct 7 to Oct 8 |
| 2 | [OneProvider](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/oneprovider-benchmarks)[General Purpose GP1.1-1-10](https://rackcensus.com/plans/zbpld9-oneprovider-general-purpose-gp1-1-1-10-benchmarks) | 23.0% | 3 of 3 | 24.1% | 3 runs, 3 locations | Oct 9 to Oct 12 |
| 3 | [DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/z6r6vs-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks) | 0.98% | 0 of 4 | 6.4% | 4 runs, 3 locations | Oct 7 to Oct 8 |
| 4 | [Linode](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Nanode 1GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/cigoca-linode-nanode-1gb-benchmarks) | 0.93% | 1 of 6 | 3.5% | 6 runs, 4 locations | Oct 7 to Oct 8 |
| 5 | [UpCloud](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/upcloud-benchmarks)[Premium 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/9tjgtd-upcloud-premium-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks) | 0.06% | 0 of 3 | 0.51% | 3 runs, 3 locations | Oct 7 to Oct 10 |
| 6 | [DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[Basic AMD 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/a382v9-digitalocean-basic-amd-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks) | 0.03% | 0 of 4 | 0.18% | 4 runs, 4 locations | Oct 9 to Oct 12 |
| 7 | [UpCloud](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/upcloud-benchmarks)[Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/wn4ded-upcloud-starter-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks) | 0.02% | 0 of 6 | 0.12% | 6 runs, 4 locations | Oct 7 to Oct 8 |
| 8 | [Vultr](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/vultr-benchmarks)[High Performance AMD 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/nn8mia-vultr-high-performance-amd-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks) | 0.02% | 0 of 3 | 0.03% | 3 runs, 3 locations | Oct 8 to Oct 10 |
| 9 | [Scaleway](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/scaleway-benchmarks)[PRO2-XXS](https://rackcensus.com/plans/stfucw-scaleway-pro2-xxs-benchmarks) | 0.02% | 0 of 3 | 0.09% | 3 runs, 3 locations | Oct 8 |
| 10 | [Linode](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Linode 4GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/jqz5x2-linode-linode-4gb-benchmarks) | 0.01% | 0 of 3 | 0.04% | 3 runs, 3 locations | Oct 10 to Oct 12 |
| 11 | [Vultr](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/vultr-benchmarks)[Regular Performance Intel 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/x7v9v6-vultr-regular-performance-intel-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks) | 0.0% | 0 of 6 | 0.04% | 6 runs, 4 locations | Oct 7 to Oct 8 |

Left out because the host never reported any steal, which usually means it isn't exposed to the server rather than that none happened: [Hetzner CPX22](https://rackcensus.com/plans/sa2c28-hetzner-cpx22-benchmarks).

## How plans get on this list

- A plan needs at least 3 completed runs from the last 90 days, spread across at least 2 locations or 2 different days, so one bad host or one bad afternoon can't rank it.
- Plans are only compared with plans of the same CPU class. Shared CPU plans are never ranked against dedicated ones.
- Every completed run counts. We don't drop bad runs or rerun a plan until it looks better.
- Steal is measured once a second for the whole run, counting only the seconds where the server was asking for at least half its CPU. Steal on an idle server doesn't tell you much.
- A run only counts if it has at least 5 minutes of that kind of load.
- The worst minute is the worst 60-second average in a run. Single-second spikes are mostly noise, so they aren't used.