openbsd.amsterdam VPS
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 16 of 21 VPS hosts by recommenders
People recommend it as a hosted OpenBSD VPS run by a helpful admin who supports the OpenBSD project. The most common caveat is that it goes down for maintenance, so it suits small blogs or testbeds rather than uptime-critical work.
People recommend it as a hosted OpenBSD VPS run by a helpful admin who supports the OpenBSD project. The most common caveat is that it goes down for maintenance, so it suits small blogs or testbeds rather than uptime-critical work.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Hosted OpenBSD VPS
“get a small VM at openbsd.amsterdam or another good hoster”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out” “I use openbsd as my server via openbsd.amsterdam”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “OpenBSD 7.9 Released” “providing a wonderful hosted OpenBSD VPS”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again” - Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “OpenBSD.Amsterdam”
- Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Goes down for maintenance
“Great service for small personal blog or a testbed. For anything that requires uptime one will have to buy multiple VMs and handle the uptime story themselves, since they go down regularly for maintenance.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” Occasional crashes reported
“My instance has suffered a few crashes over the years.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” Only hosted in Amsterdam
“its only physically in Amsterdam”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month”
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 |
| openbsd.amsterdam VPSThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“My instance has suffered a few crashes over the years.”
“Great service for small personal blog or a testbed. For anything that requires uptime one will have to buy multiple VMs and handle the uptime story themselves, since they go down regularly for maintenance.”
“the sys-admin, who runs the project, is very helpful and attentive”
“+1 for obsd.ams , great VPS!”
“Man I always look at this project with nothing by awe.”
“its only physically in Amsterdam”
“they also donate to the OpenBSD foundation”
“I use openbsd as my server via openbsd.amsterdam”
“thank you openbsd.amsterdam”
“I have a VPS here, highly recommended.”
“get a small VM at openbsd.amsterdam or another good hoster”
“providing a wonderful hosted OpenBSD VPS”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.