VPS guides and resources.
A single starting point for understanding, choosing and running a VPS. Plain-English explainers, the criteria that matter, published benchmarks and practical references, written from running real infrastructure.
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New to VPS? Begin with the basics.
If you are not sure what a VPS is or whether you need one, start with these.
What is a VPS?
How virtual private servers and KVM virtualization work, in plain English.
Read the explainerVPS use cases
What people run on a VPS, from websites and databases to game servers, and the tier that fits.
Explore use casesHow to buy a VPS
The deploy-to-live journey, payment methods and what you actually get at checkout.
See how buying worksChoosing the right VPS
Pick the plan that fits the job.
How to judge a provider, compare on evidence and size the plan to your workload.
How to choose the best VPS
The six criteria that separate a good VPS from a bad one, each backed by evidence.
Read the guideCompare providers
BuyVPS against DigitalOcean, OVH and Vultr on published, reproducible benchmarks.
See the comparisonCheap without the tricks
What "cheap" usually hides, and how to spot real value rather than a teaser rate.
Read the guidePerformance and hardware
Understand what is under the hood.
The hardware, the storage and the numbers, all documented and reproducible.
Published benchmarks
Geekbench, fio and pgbench results with raw runs you can download and reproduce.
Open the benchmarksInfrastructure features
KVM, EPYC, ECC memory and NVMe RAID10, and why each one matters.
See the featuresNVMe storage
Why NVMe RAID10 matters for IOPS-heavy workloads, and the numbers behind it.
About NVMeAnatomy of the server
What a VPS server is made of and the control surface you get as an operator.
About the serverRunning and managing
Operate it with confidence.
Operating systems, managed help, billing options, where it runs and how it is secured.
Linux VPS and distributions
The distributions you can run and how to choose the right one for your stack.
Linux VPS pillarManaged or unmanaged
When to add managed monitoring, uptime checks and OS updates, and what stays yours.
About managedScaling a cloud VPS
How to grow a server in place by adding RAM and vCPU without a migration.
About cloud VPSDatacenter locations
The Amsterdam and New York regions, and how to pick the right one for your users.
See locationsDeep reads
Longer pieces, from the team.
Engineering notes and explainers written by the people who run the platform.
VPS vs VPN
What each one is for, where they overlap and how to use a VPS to run your own VPN.
Read the guidePaying with crypto
How crypto billing works, what it gives you and what it does not.
About crypto VPSEngineering blog
Notes from production on transparency, infrastructure decisions and operations.
Read the blogReady to put a guide into practice?
When you have read enough, compare the plans and deploy in minutes in Amsterdam or New York.
See the plansGuide questions, answered.
Where should I start if I am new to VPS?
Start with the "What is a VPS" explainer, then look at the use cases to see what people run, and the buying guide for how deployment and payment work.
How do I choose the right plan?
Read the guide on how to judge a VPS, compare providers on published benchmarks, and use the workload sizing tool to match a plan to your requirements.
Are the benchmarks independent and reproducible?
The benchmark page publishes the median of five runs per test with the exact commands and raw datasets, so you can repeat the tests yourself on any provider.
Who writes these guides?
They are written by the team that runs the platform, based on operating real production infrastructure rather than generic copy.
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