Rocky Linux 10 arrived in June 2025 with a ten-year lifecycle running
to May 2035. It is a community rebuild of an enterprise distribution —
same package set, same dnf, same SELinux, no licence — built by
the people who did not want a repeat of what happened to CentOS.
$4.95/mo
Billed monthly · 21 plans in 5 ranges
A Rocky Linux VPS from VPS For Life is an unmanaged KVM virtual private server running the current stable Rocky Linux release, with the root account in your hands. Rocky Linux is a free, community-maintained rebuild built for Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatibility, 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: AlmaLinux VPS · AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux · Enterprise VPS hosting · Hardware specifications
Rocky and AlmaLinux sit in the same place on this table for a reason — they are rebuilds of the same upstream. All four distributions 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 view | 10 | May 2025 | May 203510-year lifecycle | dnf / rpm | RHEL-compatible, tracks RHEL point releases |
| Rocky Linux This page | 10 | June 2025 | May 203510-year lifecycle | dnf / rpm | RHEL-compatible, tracks RHEL point releases |
Including the honest case for picking something else.
Enterprise agents, commercial panels and vendor packages that list RHEL will generally install and run without modification.
Internal runbooks, a client's requirements or a vendor's install guide naming Rocky specifically is the single best reason to pick it over AlmaLinux.
Security updates through 2035 on the release you install today, with no subscription and no entitlement to manage.
In-place conversion means the servers you already built keep running instead of being rebuilt one at a time.
It does not. AlmaLinux offers the same compatibility, the same ten years and the same price here. Pick whichever your documentation names.
The enterprise base is heavier than a minimal Debian install. On the smallest plan that difference is worth counting.
Rocky is compatible with RHEL but is not RHEL and carries no Red Hat support contract. No rebuild satisfies that condition.
No separate enterprise-Linux product line and no surcharge. The entry plan of each range is below.
5 plans · from $4.95/mo
Affordable Budget VPS Hosting
Starter Budget VPS
1 Core · 1 GB DDR3 RAM · 15 GB HDD Storage
$4.95/mo
4 plans · from $8.95/mo
Reliable SSD VPS Hosting
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
Every plan includes a dedicated IPv4 address, full root access and open Port 25. See all 21 plans with full specifications.
Fifteen articles covering Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux, open to read without an account.
dnf, rpm, SELinux and firewalld, both give a ten-year lifecycle per major release, and both cost the same here because neither is a separate product. The real differences are in who governs each project and in how each handles compatibility with upstream RHEL. If your team, your vendor or your documentation already names one, use that one. If not, either is a defensible choice — there is a full breakdown in AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux vs CentOS, and the AlmaLinux page is here. 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.