A 1 GB RAM NVMe VPS is perfect when you keep things lean. Below are battle-tested scenarios that run well on our Ryzen 5700G hosts in Bucharest, plus clear signals for when to upgrade to 2 GB.

What runs well on 1 GB

• WireGuard VPN or SSH jump host
• Static sites (Hugo, Nginx) or tiny landing pages
• Small APIs/bots: FastAPI/Flask, Node micro-services
• Dev playground: Git, Docker basics, cron jobs

Sample minimal stack

# Ubuntu minimal + Nginx + certbot
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y nginx
sudo snap install --classic certbot
sudo certbot --nginx -d your.domain

When 1 GB is not enough

• WordPress + multiple plugins, page builders or WooCommerce
• 2+ containers always swapping (RAM consistently > 85%)
• Background workers (queues) competing with web workers

Next step: move to a 2 GB RAM NVMe VPS to add headroom without changing the architecture.

Pick a plan

• 1 GB RAM NVMe VPS (TSM1NVME10) — entry
• 2 GB RAM NVMe VPS (TSM2NVME20) — balanced
• NVMe VPS Romania – Benchmarks & Speed Tests