RackNerd VPS
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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.
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.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 3 years
Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 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
Low prices for the specs
“you get a stable VM for very competitive prices, and they're not super overprovisioned like some cheap providers”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?” “My London, Tokyo, and Amsterdam VPSs are holiday sales from RareCloud and Racknerd - all less than $19/year.”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Knock-Knock.net – Visualizing the bots knocking on my server's door” “I've personally used RackNerd (found them on LowEndBox/Talk) in the past and can't complain for the price.”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” - Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “Google Workspace thinks my domain is an email provider (2025)”
- Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service”
- Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month”
- Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?”
- Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “CLI RSS/Atom feed reader inspired by Taskwarrior, synced using Git”
Stable, rock solid machines
“you get a stable VM for very competitive prices, and they're not super overprovisioned like some cheap providers”
Comment from 8 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?” “they have been rock solid”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month” Often recommended among budget hosts
“There are lots of even cheaper deals than buyvm usually with racknerd and dedirock”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service” “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” “Racknerd,dedirock are usually recommended”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service”
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 |
| RackNerd VPSThis page | 10 | 1 | 91% | 6 | 3 yrs3 owners | Approved |
What people said
12 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“$10/mo buys 7 vCPU Cores and 8gb ram which is not bad at all.”
“you get a stable VM for very competitive prices, and they're not super overprovisioned like some cheap providers”
“they have been rock solid”
“Too many of these low end resellers are unreliable, root your VM and unprofesionally fight with customers in the forums.”
“You'll find much better pricing at RackNerd, DediRock, InterServer, BuyVM, etc.”
“Prices are good, machines are machines, support exists and is helpful even for off-the-beaten-path issues”
“It's been as smooth sailing as any other email provider.”
“8$ VPS for a year (Racknerd)”
“My London, Tokyo, and Amsterdam VPSs are holiday sales from RareCloud and Racknerd - all less than $19/year.”
“I've personally used RackNerd (found them on LowEndBox/Talk) in the past and can't complain for the price.”
“There are lots of even cheaper deals than buyvm usually with racknerd and dedirock”
“Racknerd,dedirock are usually recommended”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.