AlmaLinux 10 was released in May 2025 and carries the project's ten-year lifecycle: security support through May 2035. It is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is why it is the usual destination for anyone leaving CentOS or running software that is certified for RHEL and nothing else.
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An AlmaLinux VPS from VPS For Life is an unmanaged KVM virtual private server running the current stable AlmaLinux release, with the root account in your hands. AlmaLinux is a free, community-maintained rebuild that aims to be binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and each major release carries a ten-year lifecycle. Plans run from $4.95 to $49.95 a month across five ranges, every one including a dedicated IPv4 address and a choice of 56 datacenter countries, deployed in about 60 seconds after payment.
dnf, rpm, SELinux and firewalld as standard.Related: Rocky Linux VPS · AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux · Enterprise VPS hosting · Hardware specifications
The ten-year window is the single biggest practical difference between the RHEL rebuilds and the Debian family. All four distributions below are available on every plan.
| Distribution | Current stable | Released | Security support until | Packages | Release model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian view | 13 “Trixie” | August 2025 | August 2028LTS to June 2030 | apt / dpkg | Fixed release, roughly every 2 years |
| Ubuntu view | 26.04 LTS “Resolute Raccoon” | April 2026 | April 2031ESM to April 2036 | apt / dpkg | LTS every 2 years, interim every 6 months |
| AlmaLinux This page | 10 | May 2025 | May 203510-year lifecycle | dnf / rpm | RHEL-compatible, tracks RHEL point releases |
| Rocky Linux view | 10 | June 2025 | May 203510-year lifecycle | dnf / rpm | RHEL-compatible, tracks RHEL point releases |
And where we would point you somewhere else instead.
Commercial control panels, monitoring agents and enterprise applications frequently list RHEL and its rebuilds only. Binary compatibility is the whole reason AlmaLinux exists.
An in-place conversion is supported, so you are not rebuilding a working server from scratch just to keep receiving updates.
Ten years of security updates on one major version removes two major upgrades you would otherwise have to schedule in the same period.
Mandatory access control as standard rather than as a project. You hold root, so the policy is yours to shape or disable.
The RHEL-family base is heavier than a minimal Debian install. On the smallest plan that is a real difference.
dnf, firewalld and SELinux are a different set of habits.
If your team already lives in the Debian family,
Ubuntu is less friction.
A rebuild is compatible with RHEL, but it is not RHEL and carries no Red Hat support contract. If a contract is the requirement, no rebuild satisfies it.
It does not, in any way that will change your day. Rocky gives the same compatibility and the same ten years, at the same price here.
No separate enterprise-Linux product line and no surcharge. The entry plan of each range is below.
5 plans · from $4.95/mo
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Starter Budget VPS
1 Core · 1 GB DDR3 RAM · 15 GB HDD Storage
$4.95/mo
4 plans · from $8.95/mo
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Starter SSD VPS
1 Core · 2 GB DDR3 RAM · 15 GB Enterprise SSD
$8.95/mo
4 plans · from $9.95/mo
Enterprise NVMe VPS Hosting
Starter NVMe VPS
1 Core · 2 GB DDR4 RAM · 20 GB Enterprise NVMe SSD
$9.95/mo
4 plans · from $16.95/mo
Scalable Cloud VPS Solutions
Starter Cloud VPS
2 Cores · 4 GB DDR4 RAM · 35 GB Enterprise SSD Storage
$16.95/mo
4 plans · from $29.95/mo
Dedicated Resources, Maximum Performance
Starter VDS (Xeon E3)
4 Cores · 4 GB Dedicated RAM · 40 GB NVMe or 100 GB HDD
$29.95/mo
Running a control panel or a database server? The Cloud VPS range starts at 4 GB of memory. See all 21 plans.
Fifteen articles on AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, open to read without an account.
dnf and SELinux, both give you a ten-year lifecycle per major release, and both are available on every plan here at the same price. The differences are in governance and in how each project handles compatibility. Pick the one your team or your vendor already names; if neither does, pick either and move on — or read the Rocky Linux page and the full comparison. Current stable release, real root access, a dedicated IPv4 address and your choice of 56 countries — from $4.95 a month, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on first orders.