r/VPS

I’ve been using DigitalOcean for over 10 years, but the cost is starting to feel hard to justify. I’m considering moving to another provider, though I don’t want to sacrifice reliability or consistent performance just to save money.

My current server costs $48/month and has 4 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM, and 160 GB SSD storage. It runs Ubuntu with CloudPanel, hosting several websites and a few self-hosted apps, n8n etc. I’m looking for an unmanaged VPS in Europe with full root access and 16GB ram

Hetzner, netcup, OVHcloud, and Contabo are on my radar, but I’m open to other suggestions. I am confused as of right now because, everyone seems complaining about their providers recently.

my priorities are uptime and overall speed.

I can run a benchmark and see if the box is obviously terrible. What I can’t tell from one test is how it behaves during busy hours, whether CPU steal jumps around, or whether the network has random little drops.

How long do you normally keep a new VPS running before moving anything important to it? A few hours doesn’t seem like much, but paying for two servers for a month just to watch them sit there also feels excessive. Is two or three days usually enough? And what would make you walk away from a server even if the benchmark numbers look fine?

Hola a todos.

​Estoy desarrollando un sistema de contabilidad y facturación electrónica (adaptado a la DIAN) muy completo. La idea es ofrecerlo como un SaaS para negocios locales que necesitan cumplir con toda la normativa sin complicarse la vida.

​Apenas estoy empezando y voy a lanzar la primera versión, así que busco un VPS que sea barato y económico para arrancar. Sé que después me tocará escalar y pagar algo más robusto cuando tenga más clientes, pero por ahora busco la mejor relación calidad-precio para empezar sin desangrar el bolsillo.

​Para que se hagan una idea del consumo, el stack que estoy usando es:

​Backend en Spring Boot (Java 21)

​Base de datos PostgreSQL 17

​Frontend en React

​Aclaración importante: No lo quiero para montar servidores de juegos ni nada por el estilo. Es uso 100% profesional y exclusivo para mantener mi software contable corriendo 24/7.

​¿Cuál me recomiendan que aguante bien Java/Postgres pero que sea amigable con el bolsillo de un proyecto que recién empieza? ¿Hetzner, Contabo, DigitalOcean, o tienen alguna otra recomendación?

​¡Cualquier consejo es bienvenido, gracias!

Hi, I don't have a home lab YET. But I bought a VPS and want to learn more about it. One thing that I found that is really useful for me is setting up a VPN on it. From what I understand, I will be able to have a secure tunnel connection from, let's say, a public hotel WiFi to my VPS and do my private banking stuff there. Does this mean:

1. The public hotel WiFi will only be able to see my IP, but not what's transferred. Then the actual connection is between the VPS and the internet?
2. If 1 is true, doesn't this mean I just have to trust my VPS? (This question might sound redundant, but I just want to confirm. Definitely sounds better than trusting the public hotel WiFi)

Thanks.

Hello everyone I am looking for windows RDP (vps). It should be fast working without any hang issue and with little to no latency for peak performance during heavy rush time.

For the past 20 days, I’ve been working with servers for the first time in my life...

I set up servers on Tierhive, Hetzner, and Oracle, and I didn't encounter any issues regarding free RAM metrics on any of them.

At another company, I encountered a high-performance server equipped with a Ryzen 9950 processor for the first time.

However, `virtio_balloon` was running and causing a RAM bottleneck (Total: 4 GB RAM, Used: 2.8 GB).

With help from Gemini, I blacklisted and disabled this software (at the time, I assumed it was a program Ubuntu ran for swap space and that disabling it would solve the issue).

It turned out the hosting company was reclaiming that RAM to manage the virtualization load.

After blacklisting and disabling the program, RAM usage dropped to just 400 MB.

Since the server is sold as a VDS, could the hosting company view disabling the "balloon" feature as a breach of contract?

Would it cause problems if I temporarily disabled it during emergencies where I'm getting memory errors or encountering "Killed" signals?

Or should I keep looking for a server elsewhere?

I've got a root server at netcup right now and I'm wondering if I can do better for the money. Current specs:

• EPYC 9634, 8 dedicated cores
• 16 GB RAM
• 512 GB SSD
• 2.5 Gbps
• about €25/month

I host a ton of stuff on it (Docker, APIs, some bots, etc) and the disk is already over 80% full, so storage is my main problem. RAM gets used a lot too. CPU is mostly idle, but every now and then I run Immich machine learning jobs that max it out for a few hours.

Netcup has been fine, I just want to know if there's something with the same performance for less, or more disk/RAM for around the same price. EU based.

Anyone have recommendations?

Hallo zusammen,
ich möchte meinen Self-Hosting-Stack bei Hetzner-Cloud-Server (4 vCPU / 8 GB) auf einen größeren VPS umziehen.

Anforderungen:
- mind. 8 vCPU (shared ok), mind. 16 GB RAM (aktuell ca. 7 bis 9 GB Verbrauch, Reserve fürs Wachstum)
- mind. 100 GB SSD, bevorzugt NVMe, gute fsync-Latenz (Postgres)
- KVM, Root-Zugriff, Cloud-Init oder eigenes Image von Vorteil
- Standort in der EU (DE/AT/NL), IPv4 + IPv6
- kurze Laufzeit (monatlich oder max. 12 Monate)
- möglichst keine Setup-Gebühr
- Budget bis ca. 25 € pro Monat inkl. 20% MwSt.
- wenig CPU-Steal, erreichbarer Support

Ich sichere extern und kann zügig umziehen.

Bisher angeschaut: IP-Projects NVMe M G2, netcup VPS (Lite 3 / 2000 G12.5), Contabo Cloud VPS Plus, Leaseweb VPS 2/3. Bedenken habe ich vor allem bei Steal und Support.

Fragen:
- Erfahrungen mit diesen Tarifen, besonders Steal-Zeit, Disk-Latenz und Support?
- Weitere Empfehlungen in dieser Preisklasse?

Danke!

Hi,

I've been selfhosting for a while for my own needs but also playing with docker and setting up some web apps of my own. I treated it purely as a hobby but recently thought about publishing something to the web.

I remember checking the pricing of a Hetzner VPS instance a couple of months ago and it was something like $9/month for 4GB RAM US based server.
Now if I wanted to go on and get myself a 4GB one it would be $46 (cost-optimized is not available...)

I was wondering whether it's a Hetzner specific issue or is this problem globally justified (AI and stuff...)? And if it's Hetzner, are there any cheaper alternatives?

Thx in advance :))

I bought a VPS 4 from Hostinger as suggested by a freelancer to host my app, but it’s now overkill for what I need. I’ve since ditched that app and made my own vibe-coded app for personal use, and I’m perfectly fine with Firebase.
I don’t want to host it on the VPS and then have to worry about renewing it. Since I already have the plan, which I bought for around $200–250 with the signup discount, I’d like to see if I can resell or rent it out if I can get a decent deal.
Anyone interested, or can suggest a way to recoup at least some of the money? Unfortunately, I’m already past the 30-day cancellation period.

Hey everyone,

Just need to vent a bit and see if anyone else has run into this with AlphaVPS recently.

On Friday night (Oct 2nd, around 7 PM), I signed up for their C8G VPS plan. Hit pay, the card transaction went through (funds debited immediately), and then... the checkout screen just redirected me straight back to the blank registration page. No order confirmation screen, no welcome email, no login credentials, nothing in my account panel showing an active service.

I emailed support right away explaining what happened, included my payment details (card ending, exact time, email used, etc.), and didn't get any reply. I tried reaching out on live chat, but got the exact same result - complete silence. Not even an automated ticket confirmation.

I know weekend support for some hosting providers can be slow, but leaving a customer completely in the dark after taking their payment with zero provisioning or acknowledgment feels insanely sketchy.

Has anyone dealt with host provisioning bugs or ghosting like this from AlphaVPS? How long do they usually take to respond?

Appreciate any advice or insight.

With GreenCloud's upcoming anniversary sale, I was considering getting one of the EPYC VDS plans, so I asked GreenCloud support about how recurring discounts work when upgrading.

Basically, I asked: If I buy a VPS with a 70% recurring discount, and later upgrade to a higher-tier plan, will the same discount still apply to the upgraded plan for future renewals? They replied: >“If the initial service was discounted by 70%, the upgraded service will still be eligible for a 70% discount off the regular price for subsequent renewals.”

So it sounds like the discount follows the service after an upgrade, rather than being lost when moving to a higher plan. For example, if a $10/month plan is discounted by 70%, and I later upgrade to a $20/month plan, the upgraded plan would still be eligible for the 70% discount for subsequent renewals, according to support. I thought this might be useful for anyone considering one of their anniversary/Black Friday deals. You could start with a smaller plan and upgrade later if you need more CPU or storage, without losing the promotional discount. This is just what GreenCloud support told me in my ticket, so I'd still double-check the terms of the specific promotion before buying.

I’m looking to set up a VPS for a Palworld server with a few friends, around 5–10 players. Budget is around $10–$20/month.

I only need stable performance, decent uptime, and no constant lag or disconnects. I’ve gone through a bunch of older threads, but I’m still not sure which providers are dependable for this kind of setup.

If you’ve had a good experience with a VPS for a game server, I’d really appreciate a recommendation. I’m hoping to get this set up soon and don’t want to end up switching hosts again.

By looking at their tutorial i see i need to create a new account with the business details and transfer the products via transfer code.

But it seems way too overkill for me, on hetzner i could simply change my private account to organization acc.