PHP 5.5.11 compiled:
3m16.052s on Digital Ocean 2GB
3m9.606s on Linode 2GB
1m50.630s on Vultr 2GB
2m15.880s on Wable 2GB
PHP source directory compressed (tar zcf):
0m15.037s on Digital Ocean 2GB
0m10.395s on Linode 2GB
0m7.649s on Vultr 2GB
0m8.826s on Wable 2GB
PHP source tar.gz decompressed (tar zxf):
0m7.987s on Digital Ocean 2GB
0m2.107s on Linode 2GB
0m1.735s on Vultr 2GB
0m1.831s on Wable 2GB
VM Generation:
45 seconds on Digital Ocean
7 seconds on Linode
64 seconds on Vultr
37 seconds on Wable
Price for 2GB 2Core:
$20/month on Digital Ocean
$20/month on Linode
$15/month on Vultr
$8/month on Wable (1 more extra vCPU included)
All VPS's have 2GB memory and 2 vCPUs.