# RackNerd VPS

10 Hacker News commenters recommended RackNerd VPS and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 3 years (3 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend RackNerd VPS plans for low prices and solid specs for the money, and say the machines are stable. One critic calls low-end resellers unreliable.

## Why people recommend it

- Low prices for the specs (8 comments): "you get a stable VM for very competitive prices, and they're not super overprovisioned like some cheap providers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50013568)) "My London, Tokyo, and Amsterdam VPSs are holiday sales from RareCloud and Racknerd - all less than $19/year." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47027402)) "I've personally used RackNerd (found them on LowEndBox/Talk) in the past and can't complain for the price." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46441702))
- Stable, rock solid machines (2 comments): "you get a stable VM for very competitive prices, and they're not super overprovisioned like some cheap providers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50013568)) "they have been rock solid" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49445818))
- Often recommended among budget hosts (3 comments): "There are lots of even cheaper deals than buyvm usually with racknerd and dedirock" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46439748)) "You'll find much better pricing at RackNerd, DediRock, InterServer, BuyVM, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441395)) "Racknerd,dedirock are usually recommended" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437817))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Hetzner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner.md): 415 recommend
- [DigitalOcean](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digitalocean.md): 133 recommend
- [exe.dev](https://hackerapproved.com/p/exe-dev.md): 115 recommend
- [Hetzner Cloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner-cloud.md): 99 recommend
- [OVH hosting](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ovh.md): 81 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.racknerd.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RackNerd VPS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/racknerd-vps/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).