BuyVM VPS
Ranked 18 of 21 VPS hosts by recommenders
Recommended for good value VPS plans, responsive support, and a pro-privacy, pro-free-speech hosting policy. Critics say its Tor exit policy and abuse from some hosted exits are a concern.
Recommended for good value VPS plans, responsive support, and a pro-privacy, pro-free-speech hosting policy. Critics say its Tor exit policy and abuse from some hosted exits are a concern.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Responsive, helpful customer support
“Didn't have any issues, and the few times I contacted their support they were quick to respond and helpful.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” “these companies have decent human support and some/most provide decent SLA guarantees”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS” “I have had excellent customer service from them.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” Frequently recommended as a good host
“Buyvm's an amazing choice too although they would be considered "pricey"”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” “I hear good things about BuyVM”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending” “BuyVM is another good one.”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon” Good value for the price
“You'll find much better pricing at RackNerd, DediRock, InterServer, BuyVM, etc.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” “Someone else already mentioned that you get much more for 1$.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” Pro-privacy, pro-free-speech policies
“Historically I have blocked BuyVM on my nodes due to their pro-privacy pro-tor-exit policy.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed” “Luckily their very pro-free speech pro-privacy policies comes in handy for this project”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Reimplementing Tor from Scratch for a Single-Hop Proxy”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Tor exit servers linked to compromise
“26 of the 27 compromised servers outside the Quetzalcoatl relay family (most hosting multiple exits) were at FranTech/BuyVM”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed” “Historically I have blocked BuyVM on my nodes due to their pro-privacy pro-tor-exit policy.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed”
Other VPS hosts people recommend
The four most recommended other VPS hosts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner | 415 | 212 | 66% | 13 | 5 yrs40 owners | — |
| DigitalOcean | 133 | 117 | 53% | 12 | 10 yrs15 owners | — |
| exe.dev | 115 | 56 | 67% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Hetzner Cloud | 99 | 28 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| BuyVM VPSThis page | 9 | 4 | 69% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Historically I have blocked BuyVM on my nodes due to their pro-privacy pro-tor-exit policy.”
“26 of the 27 compromised servers outside the Quetzalcoatl relay family (most hosting multiple exits) were at FranTech/BuyVM”
“I have had excellent customer service from them.”
“BuyVM is scammy. They offer a "$1" Plan but all locations are out of stock.”
“Someone else already mentioned that you get much more for 1$.”
“You'll find much better pricing at RackNerd, DediRock, InterServer, BuyVM, etc.”
“Didn't have any issues, and the few times I contacted their support they were quick to respond and helpful.”
“Buyvm and netcup are notable examples of price increase at the levels of 18-20% for most usecases”
“these companies have decent human support and some/most provide decent SLA guarantees”
“BuyVM is another good one.”
“Yeah not awesome, heavy irony in this paragraph.”
“Luckily their very pro-free speech pro-privacy policies comes in handy for this project”
“Buyvm's an amazing choice too although they would be considered "pricey"”
“I used to love buying one or two of those for simple stuff.”
“I hear good things about BuyVM”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.