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Run a Tor relay on a VPS, with the policy in writing

Most hosts tolerate Tor until the first abuse complaint. We would rather tell you up front exactly which of our sites permit exit traffic and which do not, so that a relay you spend time configuring does not vanish in a month.

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Nano

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 25 GB NVMe

€1.90/mo

12-month term, billed once, VAT-free outside the EU

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Amsterdam
2 ms
Reykjavík
6 ms
Chișinău
5 ms
Bucharest
3 ms
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Why people move here

VPS for a Tor relay or bridge

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Exits: four sites, named

Amsterdam, Reykjavík, Chișinău and Bucharest permit exit traffic. We ask you to run the standard reduced exit policy and to publish an abuse contact. The other thirty-eight sites permit middle relays and bridges but not exits, because their upstreams will not carry them.

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Abuse handled like adults

Complaints about an exit are forwarded to your published contact with the evidence. We do not suspend on receipt of an unverified report, and we do not ask you to justify running a relay.

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Nano is enough for a middle relay

One vCPU handles well over 100 Mbit/s of relayed traffic. For an exit, more traffic allowance is the constraint rather than CPU — Micro or Base is the usual choice.

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Ordering over Tor works

The whole flow — order, payment, console, API — is reachable over Tor with no captcha and no browser fingerprinting.

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Full specification table

Summary

Middle relay / bridge
Nano — 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 2 TB
Exit relay
Base — 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 8 TB, exit-permitted site
Exit-permitted sites
Amsterdam, Reykjavík, Chișinău, Bucharest
Required
Reduced exit policy and a published abuse contact
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Fleet

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TERM

Longer term, lower monthly rate

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Nano

€1.90/mo

billed €22.80 oncesave 21% vs 6-month

vCPU
1 × EPYC
Memory
2 GB DDR5
NVMe storage
25 GB NVMe
Traffic
2 TB
Port
1 Gbit/s
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Micro

€3.10/mo

billed €37.20 oncesave 21% vs 6-month

vCPU
2 × EPYC
Memory
4 GB DDR5
NVMe storage
50 GB NVMe
Traffic
4 TB
Port
1 Gbit/s
PART EVPS-BASEMost chosen
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Base

€5.50/mo

billed €66.00 oncesave 20% vs 6-month

vCPU
4 × EPYC
Memory
8 GB DDR5
NVMe storage
100 GB NVMe
Traffic
8 TB
Port
2.5 Gbit/s
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Work

€10.40/mo

billed €124.80 oncesave 19% vs 6-month

vCPU
6 × EPYC
Memory
16 GB DDR5
NVMe storage
200 GB NVMe
Traffic
12 TB
Port
2.5 Gbit/s
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Questions

Frequently asked questions

01Can I run a VPN, a Tor relay or a proxy?
Yes to all three, and thousands of customers do. Tor exit nodes are permitted in Amsterdam, Reykjavík, Chișinău and Bucharest, and we ask you to run the standard reduced exit policy and set an abuse contact. Exits are not permitted in the remaining regions, because their upstreams do not tolerate them and we would rather tell you that than have your server disappear.
02What happens if someone files an abuse report about my server?
We forward it to you with the evidence and give you 24 hours to respond, except for active outbound attacks and CSAM, which are cut immediately. We do not suspend on receipt of an unverified complaint, and we do not hand over customer data without an order valid in the jurisdiction the server sits in. When we do receive such an order, we tell you unless we are legally barred from doing so.
03Can I order over Tor or a VPN?
Yes. The order flow, the console and the API all work over Tor and over any VPN. We do not fingerprint browsers, we do not score orders for fraud risk, and we do not block exit nodes.
04No KYC — so anything goes?
No. No identity checks means we do not care who you are; it does not mean we do not care what leaves our network. Phishing, spam, malware distribution, botnet command-and-control, credential stuffing, outbound attacks and material involving minors get the instance terminated immediately, without refund and without appeal. The acceptable use policy is two pages, written in plain language, and we apply all of it.