{"id":1254,"date":"2026-09-22T23:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordablevpsserver.com\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2026-09-22T23:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:29:58","slug":"vps-ip-address-cost-addon-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affordablevpsserver.com\/blog\/vps-ip-address-cost-addon-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of a VPS IP Address: Add-On Pricing Most Plans Hide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most budget hosts bill IP addresses separately from compute. A plan priced at $4.50\/month often becomes $5.50 once you add the second IPv4 you need for a mail server, a VPN endpoint, or a staging environment on the same box. IPv4 exhaustion has pushed per-address pricing from "free with plan" to $1–$3\/month at many providers, and that change alone can shift a plan’s real cost by 20–30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost item<\/th>Typical monthly price<\/th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
First IPv4 (primary)<\/td>Included<\/td>Some hosts now charge $0.50–$1.00<\/td><\/tr>
Additional IPv4<\/td>$1–$3<\/td>Requires justification at some hosts<\/td><\/tr>
IPv6 \/64 block<\/td>Free<\/td>Almost universally included<\/td><\/tr>
Floating \/ failover IP<\/td>$2–$5<\/td>Billed even while the VPS is off<\/td><\/tr>
Reverse DNS setup<\/td>Free–$1<\/td>Ticketed at one-person hosts<\/td><\/tr>
IP after late payment<\/td>May be reassigned<\/td>New address is not guaranteed<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why extra IPv4 is the line item people miss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you sign up, the primary address is bundled into the plan price, so it is invisible. Every additional address is billed as an add-on, which means it sits outside the "plan price" you compared when shopping. If you run three sites that each need outbound mail on a distinct address, or you separate services by IP for security reasons, the add-on line grows independently of your CPU and RAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To check where a given host stands, look for the add-on or extras section of the pricing page, not the plan table. Value-focused providers that publish add-on pricing openly are easier to compare on total cost than ones that only quote plan prices. The budget VPS comparison table<\/a> lists which plans include extra addresses, which is often the deciding factor between two otherwise identical tiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IPv6 is effectively free — use it to avoid buying IPv4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IPv6 addresses cost providers almost nothing because the \/64 blocks are abundant. If a service only needs inbound reachability from IPv6-capable clients, or you control both endpoints, you can run it on an IPv6 address and skip the extra-IPv4 charge entirely. That covers inter-service communication, backups between your own machines, and admin access tunnelled over IPv6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n