There is no fixed number. Hosts’ guidance for the same 4 GB VPS runs from a single chart or strategy to six MetaTrader terminals, and most do not say how they arrived at the figure. What decides your own number is mostly memory. Microsoft lists 2 GB as the minimum for Windows Server 2025 with the desktop and recommends 4 GB [1]; that is a requirement, not a measurement, and in practice a server running the desktop, a remote desktop session, Defender and updates sits at roughly 1.5 to 2.5 GB. Each terminal then adds its own load, and for MT5 the MQL5 reference says price history and indicator buffers can reach “hundreds of megabytes” [2].
VPSforFX publishes this guide and sells one of the plan sets compared here, so its own plans sit in the same tables as everyone else’s and their limitations are listed in full.
A Forex VPS (virtual private server) is a rented share of a physical machine with its own processor allocation and memory, running Windows so your terminals and Expert Advisors (EAs, the automated trading programs inside MetaTrader) stay online when your own computer is off. This guide shows how hosts rate their plans, how much memory that leaves each terminal, and what to do when one VPS is no longer enough. It ends with notes on cTrader, NinjaTrader 8 and Python bots.
The short version
One account, one EA, no DLLs: MetaQuotes’ own MetaTrader VPS costs $15 a month ($10 a month on a 12-month plan) and hosts one trading account with up to 3 GB of memory, but it blocks every DLL call [3].
One or two light MT4 terminals: VPSforFX Starter ($19.99, 1 vCPU, 2.5 GB) is rated for two [4]. That leaves about 0.25 GB per terminal after setting aside 2 GB for Windows, and one vCPU for everything, which suits MT4 terminals with near-empty charts.
Three to six terminals: a 4 GB VPS. VPSforFX Standard ($29.99, 2 vCPUs, 4 GB) is rated for six [4]; MT5 terminals or heavier charts fit better at four or five.
Seven to twelve terminals: two plans. Starter plus Standard covers up to eight for $49.98 a month, with the two Starter terminals kept to light MT4, and two Standard plans cover up to twelve for $59.98. VPSforFX has no plan between 4 GB and 16 GB.
More than twelve terminals, or NinjaTrader 8: adding Standard plans stays cheapest (three cover up to 18 terminals for $89.97, four up to 24 for $119.96). Enterprise ($149.99, 12 vCPUs, 16 GB) is rated for 32 and is the option when every terminal must share one server, and the only VPSforFX plan with the 8 GB NinjaTrader 8 recommends. For NinjaTrader on its own, an 8 GB plan from another host costs less.
How this guide was built
Timeframe: plans, prices, terminal ratings and software requirements were read from provider and software vendor websites on October 20, 2026, unless a reference gives an earlier date.
Sources: hosts’ plan pages, FAQs, trial pages and setup guides; MetaQuotes, Microsoft, Spotware, NinjaTrader and FX Blue documentation; and the Python Package Index.
Evaluation dimensions: vendor-stated terminal ratings, memory left per terminal after Windows, vCPU count, the host memory type each provider states, backups, Windows version, and the monthly price on monthly billing.
Order: tables list plans by monthly price, lowest first, with ties in alphabetical order; the order says nothing about quality.
Conflict of interest: VPSforFX publishes this guide and sells the Starter, Standard and Enterprise plans it describes. To limit the effect of that, every figure comes from a public page, VPSforFX’s limitations are listed in full, and where another host fits a setup better the guide says so.
Benchmark caveat: terminal ratings are each host’s own guidance, not limits anyone measured for this guide. The memory-per-terminal figures are arithmetic on published numbers, using Microsoft’s 2 GB minimum as a planning convention for what Windows needs, not as a measurement. QuantVPS says its plan guidance is based on audited “VPS performance tickets”; the other hosts, VPSforFX included, do not describe how their ratings were set [8]. Prices exclude VAT.
What fills a VPS
Start with Windows. Microsoft lists 2 GB of memory as the minimum for Windows Server 2025 with the desktop and recommends 4 GB [1]. The desktop is what you log into over remote desktop, so it is not optional for MetaTrader. Actual use varies, roughly 1.5 to 2.5 GB at idle with a remote desktop session, Defender and updates, so this guide sets 2 GB aside for Windows as a convention.
MT4 and MT5 are not the same load. MT4 is a 32-bit program, so each MT4 terminal can address at most 2 GB of memory, or 4 GB on 64-bit Windows if the program is marked large-address-aware [14]. MT5 is 64-bit: MetaQuotes’ release notes for build 2940, dated May 21, 2021, say support for the 32-bit version ended a year earlier, after build 2361 [15]. MT5 is also generally heavier at idle. The MQL5 reference, which documents MT5, says that with a large “Max bars in chart” setting and deep history on small timeframes, the memory used by price history and indicator buffers “can become hundreds of megabytes” [2]. Lowering Max bars is the cheapest fix; the new value takes effect after the terminal restarts [2].
Processor load matters as much as memory on small plans. In MT4, each Expert Advisor runs in its own thread, while all indicators share the terminal’s interface thread [17], so a burst of ticks during news wakes every EA at once. On a single vCPU those threads queue behind Windows itself, the remote desktop session, Defender scans and Windows Update. Hosts describe processors as “cores” or “vCPU”; on a VPS both mean virtual CPUs, usually one hardware thread each on a host shared with other customers, and a host can allocate more of them than the machine has unless it says they are dedicated. This guide counts them as vCPUs. QuantVPS describes its CPU as “dedicated” and VPSForexTrader its vCPUs as “dedicated”; the other hosts here, VPSforFX included, do not say either way [5][8]. QuantVPS’s MetaTrader page also advises leaving “CPU and memory headroom for news releases, history loading, and market-open tick bursts” [8].
Memory type is a host property. Microsoft’s ECC (error-correcting) memory requirement applies to physical servers [1], and a Windows VPS cannot see or confirm the host’s memory type from the inside, so a plan that states ECC memory is describing the host hardware. Disk matters less: every Windows VPS plan in the tables below has at least 50 GB, though each extra MetaTrader installation keeps its own data, including price history, in its own folder [6].
How hosts rate the same 4 GB VPS
Only a broker can tell you where its trade server is, and most FCA-authorised firms do not say. Six firms have stated a location, Six options sit around 4 GB of memory, and their guidance runs from one chart or strategy (QuantVPS) to six terminals. The table shows each host’s rating on monthly billing, checked on October 20, 2026, and the memory each terminal would get after setting aside 2 GB for Windows.
| Plan | Memory and disk (as the host states them) | Processor | Terminals (vendor-stated) | Memory per terminal after 2 GB for Windows | Price per month |
| MetaTrader VPS | Up to 3 GB; up to 16 GB disk | Not stated | One account per subscription | Not applicable: no Windows desktop; up to 3 GB for one terminal | $15.00 |
| QuantVPS VPS Starter | 4 GB DDR4; 50 GB NVMe | 2 AMD EPYC 7003 vCPUs | 0 to 1 charts or strategies | 2.00 GB at one | $29.99 |
| VPSforFX Standard | 4 GB DDR4 ECC; 70 GB NVMe | 2 AMD EPYC vCPUs | 6 (questions page: 6 to 7 MT4) | 0.33 GB | $29.99 |
| VPSForexTrader Smart | 4 GB ECC; 120 GB NVMe with HA | 3 AMD EPYC vCPUs | Up to 4 MT4 or MT5 | 0.50 GB | $31.99 |
| NYCServers Standard | 4 GB DDR5; 70 GB NVMe | 2 vCPUs | 3 to 6 trading accounts | 0.33 to 0.67 GB | $33.33 |
| Beeks Silver | 4,096 MB; 50 GB disk | 2 vCPUs | About 6 (guideline, about 18 charts) | 0.33 GB | £55 (about $73.32) |
Sources: MetaQuotes [3]; VPSforFX [4]; VPSForexTrader [5]; NYCServers [7]; QuantVPS [8]; Beeks, converted at the ECB reference rates of October 19, 2026, the latest published when checked [9]; Microsoft [1].
The hardware is similar; the guidance is not. QuantVPS’s guidance for its 4 GB Starter is 0 to 1 charts or strategies [8], while Beeks gives a guideline of six MetaTrader instances with about 18 charts in total and notes that the real number depends on the EAs you use [9]. NYCServers rates its Standard plan for 3 to 6 trading accounts [7]. MetaTrader VPS works differently from the rest: it hosts a copy of one terminal for one trading account, with no Windows desktop to log into, so one subscription never runs a second terminal [3].
VPSforFX rates Standard for six terminals on its plan cards, the top of the range alongside Beeks’ guideline and NYCServers’ upper figure, which leaves about 0.33 GB per terminal [4]. Its questions page gives slightly different figures: 1 to 2 MT4 platforms for Starter, 6 to 7 for Standard and up to 30 for Enterprise [4]. VPSForexTrader rates its 4 GB Smart for up to four, which leaves 0.50 GB each, and adds that “heavier indicators or multiple charts may warrant the next tier” [5]. VPSforFX and VPSForexTrader are the two hosts in the table that state ECC memory; as noted above, that describes their host servers.
Memory per terminal on Starter, Standard and Enterprise
VPSforFX publishes the same set of details for its three VPS plans, so they show how its rating scales with memory [4].
| Plan | Processor | Memory (as the host states it) | Storage | Terminals (plan card) | Memory per terminal after 2 GB for Windows | Price per month | Yearly billing, per month |
| Starter | 1 AMD EPYC vCPU | 2.5 GB DDR4 ECC | 50 GB NVMe | 2 | 0.25 GB | $19.99 | $19.99 |
| Standard | 2 AMD EPYC vCPUs | 4 GB DDR4 ECC | 70 GB NVMe | 6 | 0.33 GB | $29.99 | $22.49 |
| Enterprise | 12 AMD EPYC vCPUs | 16 GB DDR4 ECC | 100 GB NVMe | 32 | 0.44 GB | $149.99 | $112.49 |
Take each plan’s memory, set aside 2 GB for Windows, and divide by the rating. Starter leaves about 0.25 GB per terminal, Standard 0.33 GB and Enterprise 0.44 GB [1][4]. That is less than VPSForexTrader Smart’s 0.50 GB, and the share has to hold the terminal itself. As a rough working figure, an idle MT4 terminal with a couple of charts uses about 100 to 200 MB and an idle MT5 terminal about 150 to 300 MB, before EAs and deep history. So Starter’s rating of two works for MT4 terminals with near-empty charts, not for MT5, and six MT5 terminals on Standard leave little headroom. Running short rarely crashes a terminal: Windows moves data to disk first, so the symptom is delay, with slower tick processing, late order sends and remote desktop lag, worst during news. On Starter, the single vCPU may be the tighter limit of the two. The cost per terminal falls as the plans grow: $10.00 on Starter, $5.00 on Standard and $4.69 on Enterprise at each plan’s rating.
The three plans leave some gaps worth knowing before you order.
Strengths: ECC memory on the host servers and NVMe storage stated on Starter, Standard and Enterprise; licensed Windows Server 2025 on every plan; a 2.5 GB entry plan at $19.99 a month; Standard rated for six terminals at $29.99, or $22.49 a month on yearly billing; Enterprise rated for 32 terminals on one VPS; a $0.99 three-day trial on the Standard specification in London, New York or Hong Kong; a 14-day money-back guarantee; upgrades without data loss.
Limitations: a single vCPU on Starter; terminal ratings differ between its plan cards and its questions page; its ratings leave 0.25 to 0.44 GB per terminal after Windows, so Starter suits light MT4 terminals only; no plan between 4 GB and 16 GB, so seven or more terminals on one server means the $149.99 Enterprise plan; vCPUs not described as dedicated; backups mentioned without a frequency; data centre buildings not named; processor model and clock speeds not published; the method behind the ratings is not described; the trial page does not say whether a card is needed or what the plan costs after the trial; Starter’s yearly price carries no discount.
Limits that have nothing to do with hardware
VPSForexTrader’s setup guide for large servers says “Windows has 32 MT4 platforms limitation” and that the way around it is to “create a new Windows user”, and advises running no more than 12 MT4 instances per user [6]. That limit is about MT4; nothing comparable is documented for MT5, and MetaQuotes does not document the MT4 limit either, so treat it as one host’s field guidance. It is usually traced to the desktop heap, a block of memory Windows gives each signed-in user’s session for windows and menus, which is why a new Windows user gets around it [18]. The heap size is a documented registry setting (SharedSection), but Microsoft advises against raising it under normal circumstances and against setting the interactive value above 20,480 KB, the default it lists for 64-bit Windows Server [18], so ask the host before changing it.
Extra users have a licensing consequence. Enterprise is rated for 32 terminals, and 32 MT4 terminals at 12 per user means three Windows users. A disconnected remote desktop session keeps its programs running [19], so the users do not have to stay connected, but a disconnected session still holds one of the two remote desktop sessions Windows Server allows for administration without extra licences, so a third connection forces one of the other two out. Beyond two, the server needs the Remote Desktop Session Host role, and each user who connects to it needs a Remote Desktop Services client access licence once a 120-day grace period ends [16]. Ask the host whether it provides them before planning more than two sessions, or split the terminals across two servers.
Two practical points come from the software itself. MetaTrader VPS allows up to 32 charts with EAs on a paid subscription and stops any program that calls a DLL [3]. And every extra MT4 installation needs its own folder: VPSForexTrader’s install guide puts each platform in a uniquely named folder, and QuantVPS’s page gives the same advice [6][8].
Sizing by workload
A single account and one EA. MetaTrader VPS is the smallest step: $15 a month, or $10 a month on a 12-month plan, with up to 3 GB of memory and 16 GB of disk, rented from inside the terminal [3]. Scripts are not migrated, and you have no access to the hosted terminal’s desktop. If your EA uses a DLL, or you want to see the charts yourself, you need a Windows VPS.
One or two terminals. VPSforFX Starter is rated for two at $19.99 [4]. With about 0.25 GB each after Windows, it suits two light MT4 terminals; for MT5 or heavier charts, start on Standard.
Three to six terminals. This is where most retail EA traders sit, and where Standard fits at $29.99, or $22.49 a month on yearly billing [4]. A $0.99 three-day trial runs on the Standard specification in London, New York or Hong Kong, so you can load your own EAs and watch memory use before paying for a month, and a 14-day money-back guarantee applies [4].
Seven to twelve terminals. Two plans cover this range: Starter plus Standard holds up to eight for $49.98 a month, with the two Starter terminals kept to light MT4, and two Standard plans hold up to twelve for $59.98. If your brokers are in different cities, put one VPS near each group of brokers: latency depends on the network path to each broker’s trade server, which is usually shortest from a server in the same city, although two data centres in one city can still differ. Two servers also split the risk, so one outage stops only the accounts on that server. If the terminals must share one machine, as with a local trade copier, Enterprise is the single-server option.
More than twelve terminals. Adding Standard plans stays cheapest: three cover up to 18 terminals for $89.97 a month and four up to 24 for $119.96, at $5.00 per terminal, with the same city logic as above. Enterprise puts up to 32 terminals, 12 vCPUs and 16 GB of memory on one VPS for $149.99 a month, or $112.49 a month on yearly billing [4]; it costs less per terminal only when nearly full, and it is the choice when every terminal must share one server, which a local trade copier needs: FX Blue’s Personal Trade Copier copies only between terminals on the same computer, with a separate tool for copying across machines, so keep a master and its followers together [13]. The trade-offs are that one outage stops every terminal at once, and that more than 24 MT4 terminals at 12 per Windows user runs into the remote desktop licensing point above.
How to check your own load
Run your terminals for a full trading day, including a busy session such as the London open, with Task Manager and Resource Monitor open. In Task Manager’s memory view, watch “Committed” against its limit rather than memory in use, because Windows fills spare memory with cache; in Resource Monitor’s Memory tab, a steady stream of hard faults per second means Windows is reading from disk because memory is short. A processor that stays pinned during news, slow tick updates, late order confirmations and remote desktop lag are the other signs. Windows inside a VPS has no counter for processor time the host gives to other customers, so a terminal can stall while Task Manager shows the processor at 30 percent; if delays come with modest CPU readings, ask the host. Any of these is a reason to cut Max bars, close idle charts or move up a plan.
cTrader, NinjaTrader 8 and Python bots
Spotware lists a dual-core processor and 2 GB of memory as the minimum for cTrader on Windows, and 4 GB as recommended [11]. Those are figures for a whole computer running one installation, so size each extra cTrader instance like an MT5 terminal and check its memory after a full trading day.
NinjaTrader 8 is heavier. Its help guide lists 2 GB of memory as the minimum, recommends a quad-core processor at 2 GHz or faster with 8 GB of memory, says the platform uses all available cores, and highly recommends a DirectX 10 compatible graphics card [10]. None of the plans in this guide lists a graphics card, and NinjaTrader’s product management has noted that on servers without one, “the CPU must be utilized to render” its charts [10]. Charts open over remote desktop therefore cost processor time on top of the strategy itself, and because the drawing runs in software, clock speed and vCPU count both matter: watch CPU use with your charts open, and close the ones you do not need. Enterprise, with 12 vCPUs and 16 GB, is the only VPSforFX plan with the recommended memory. For NinjaTrader on its own, a host with an 8 GB plan charges less for that size: VPSForexTrader Max, with 8 vCPUs and 8 GB, costs $79.99 a month [5].
Python bots that trade through MetaTrader 5 need Windows too. The official MetaTrader5 package for Python is published only as 64-bit Windows wheels, with no 32-bit build and no source package, for Python 3.6 to 3.14, and connects to an MT5 terminal on the same machine; version 5.0.6231 was released on September 27, 2026 [12]. Count the terminal plus your Python process, not the script alone.
Mistakes that cost money
Filling a plan to its rating with heavy EAs. A 4 GB plan rated for six terminals, such as VPSforFX Standard, NYCServers Standard at its upper figure or Beeks Silver, leaves about 0.33 GB each after setting aside 2 GB for Windows, while the MQL5 reference says heavy MT5 charts can use hundreds of megabytes per terminal [2][4][7][9].
Buying by memory instead of by rating. QuantVPS Starter and VPSforFX Standard both have 4 GB and both cost $29.99, but QuantVPS’s guidance for Starter is 0 to 1 charts or strategies, while VPSforFX rates Standard for six [4][8]. Treat each rating as that host’s own guidance and test your own EAs.
Paying for several MetaTrader VPS subscriptions. Five accounts cost $75 a month at the monthly rate, or $50 a month on 12-month plans [3]. VPSforFX Standard covers up to six terminals for $29.99 a month, or $22.49 on yearly billing [4].
Assuming backups are frequent. VPSforFX’s pages mention backups without saying how often they run [4]. Ask support for the schedule, and keep your own copies of EA settings, templates and profiles, so a restore does not mean rebuilding them.
Which setup fits which trader
A trader running one EA on one account, with no DLLs, can start on MetaTrader VPS at $15. Once there is a second account, a DLL, or a wish to watch the charts, a Windows VPS is the simpler path: VPSforFX Starter for two light MT4 terminals, or Standard at $29.99 for up to six.
Prop firm traders with seven or more terminals fit several plans, at $29.99 for each Standard and six terminals, one per broker city where the brokers differ; Starter plus Standard covers up to eight for $49.98 when two of them are light MT4 terminals. A trade copier that must keep every terminal on one machine fits Enterprise, with the remote desktop licensing point in mind above 24 MT4 terminals. NinjaTrader 8 traders need at least 8 GB: Enterprise at VPSforFX, or a cheaper 8 GB plan from another host if NinjaTrader is all the server runs.
Frequently asked questions
How much memory does one MT4 or MT5 terminal need?
MetaQuotes does not publish a fixed figure. The MQL5 reference says price history and indicator buffers “can become hundreds of megabytes” with a large Max bars setting and deep history on small timeframes [2]. As a rough working figure, an idle MT4 terminal with a couple of charts uses about 100 to 200 MB and an idle MT5 terminal about 150 to 300 MB. VPSforFX’s plans leave 0.25 to 0.44 GB per terminal at their plan-card ratings after setting aside 2 GB for Windows, and VPSForexTrader Smart leaves 0.50 GB [1][4][5].
How many MT4 terminals can a 4 GB VPS run?
Hosts disagree. On October 20, 2026, QuantVPS’s guidance for its 4 GB Starter was 0 to 1 charts or strategies, while terminal ratings for a 4 GB plan ran from up to four (VPSForexTrader Smart) to six (VPSforFX Standard, NYCServers Standard’s upper figure, and Beeks Silver as a guideline) [4][5][7][8][9]. Test your own EAs, because chart history and indicators change the answer.
Can MT4 and MT5 run on the same VPS?
Yes. VPSforFX describes its plans as supporting “multiple active MT4 or MT5 terminals”, and QuantVPS notes that the two “can coexist on a Windows VPS”, as separate installations with separate accounts and EAs [4][8]. Size them separately: MT4 is a 32-bit program and MT5 a heavier 64-bit one [14][15].
Can one VPS run 32 MT4 terminals?
VPSforFX Enterprise is rated for 32, the most of any plan in this guide [4]. VPSForexTrader’s setup guide describes a 32-platform MT4 limit per Windows user and advises up to 12 MT4 instances per user [6], so 32 terminals means three Windows users. Disconnected sessions still count toward Windows Server’s two remote desktop sessions for administration, so the third user needs Remote Desktop Services licences [16][19].
Can I run NinjaTrader 8 or Python bots on a forex VPS?
Yes, on Windows. NinjaTrader 8 recommends a quad-core processor and 8 GB of memory and highly recommends a graphics card, which VPS plans do not list, so its charts draw on the processor [10]. Enterprise is the only VPSforFX plan with at least 8 GB, and if NinjaTrader is the only platform on the server, VPSForexTrader Max offers 8 GB for $79.99 a month [4][5]. The MetaTrader5 Python package runs only on 64-bit Windows alongside an MT5 terminal [12].
References
[1] Microsoft Learn: “Hardware requirements for Windows Server”, Windows Server 2025 RAM requirements (“2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience, 4 GB recommended”) and ECC requirement for physical host deployments. Checked October 20, 2026.
[2] MetaQuotes: MQL5 Reference, “Organizing Data Access” (Max bars in chart and memory use). Checked October 15, 2026.
[3] MetaQuotes: MetaTrader VPS plans page and rules page. Checked October 20, 2026.
[4] VPSforFX: homepage plan cards and FAQ, London VPS page, trial page and questions and answers page. Checked October 20, 2026 (trial and questions pages October 16, 2026).
[5] VPSForexTrader: homepage plan cards and plan guide, New York VPS page and trial page. Checked October 20, 2026 (trial page October 19, 2026).
[6] VPSForexTrader: setup guides “How to Overcome 32 MT4 Platforms Issue on Dedicated Server” (January 11, 2026, updated January 27, 2026) and “How to Install Multiple MT4 Platforms on Your VPS or Dedicated Server” (January 2026). Checked October 15, 2026.
[7] NYCServers: forex VPS plans page. Checked October 20, 2026.
[8] QuantVPS: forex VPS page (checked October 20, 2026), MetaTrader VPS page and pricing page (checked October 19, 2026).
[9] Beeks: VPS Silver store page; European Central Bank reference rates of October 19, 2026, the latest published when the page was checked, for the dollar conversion. Checked October 20, 2026.
[10] NinjaTrader: NinjaTrader 8 help guide, “Minimum System Requirements” (checked October 19, 2026), and NinjaTrader support forum, “NT8 slow in virtual machine” thread in the NinjaTrader 8 beta archive, reply from NinjaTrader product management (undated; checked October 19, 2026).
[11] Spotware: cTrader help centre, “cTrader Windows” system requirements. Checked October 15, 2026.
[12] MetaQuotes: MetaTrader5 package on the Python Package Index, files list for version 5.0.6231 (uploaded September 27, 2026). Checked October 20, 2026.
[13] FX Blue: free downloads page and Personal Trade Copier description. Checked October 15, 2026.
[14] Microsoft Learn: “Memory Limits for Windows and Windows Server Releases”, user-mode address space for 32-bit processes on 64-bit Windows. Checked October 19, 2026.
[15] MetaQuotes: MetaTrader 5 build 2940 release notes (May 21, 2021), end of support for the 32-bit platform. Checked October 19, 2026.
[16] Microsoft Learn: “License Remote Desktop Services with Client Access Licenses (CALs)” (last updated June 16, 2025; applies to Windows Server 2016 to 2025), RDS CAL requirement and 120-day grace period; AWS re:Post Knowledge Center article on allowing more than two Remote Desktop users on Windows Server, default of two administrative sessions. Checked October 20, 2026.
[17] MetaQuotes: MQL4 Reference, “Program Running” (threads for Expert Advisors, scripts and indicators). Checked October 20, 2026.
[18] Microsoft Learn: troubleshooting article on desktop heap limitations and “out of memory” errors in Windows Server (last updated May 5, 2026), per-session desktop heap and the SharedSection registry value. Checked October 20, 2026.
[19] ANS documentation: “Managing Remote Desktop sessions” (disconnecting leaves applications open). Checked October 20, 2026.
Editorial note
VPSforFX publishes this guide and sells the Starter, Standard and Enterprise plans it describes. Plans are listed by monthly price, lowest first, so VPSforFX Standard appears third in the 4 GB table and second in Figure 1; the order says nothing about quality. VPSforFX’s section lists 8 strengths and 11 limitations, and the places where another option fits better (MetaTrader VPS for a single account, more memory per terminal at QuantVPS Starter and VPSForexTrader Smart, and a cheaper 8 GB plan for NinjaTrader 8 on its own) are stated in the short version, the sizing sections and the FAQ. Plans, prices, terminal ratings and software requirements were verified on October 20, 2026, unless a reference gives an earlier date. Prices are on monthly billing unless a longer term is named, and exclude VAT; providers change prices and promotions often, so confirm the amount at checkout. Terminal ratings are each host’s own guidance. The memory-per-terminal figures are our arithmetic on published numbers, with 2 GB set aside for Windows as a convention, and the idle terminal figures are rough working estimates, not measurements. This guide covers trading infrastructure only and does not constitute financial advice: trading performance depends on broker execution quality, market conditions, and trader skill, none of which a VPS can fully control. Send corrections through the contact page; we record them in the change log.
Change log
October 20, 2026: first version. Plans, prices, terminal ratings and software requirements captured on October 20, 2026, unless a reference gives an earlier date.
