HV-1
SCOUT
A relay, a bridge, a bastion host. The smallest useful thing.
- CPU
- 1 vCPU
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB
- Transfer
- 2 TB
$4.50/mo
Frankfurt
Frankfurt · FRA-1 · Niederrad
Linux VPS in Germany
KVM virtual machines on EPYC 9354P with NVMe Gen4 storage, full root, and a routed IPv6 /64. Eight jurisdictions, no identity required, live in 55 seconds.
Answer
At FRA-1 · Niederrad in Frankfurt, Linux VPS start at $4.50 per month. You get DE-CIX, the world's largest exchange point by peak traffic, with 1 ms local latency and 7 ms to Amsterdam. No identity is required, payment is crypto-only, and the server is up in 55 seconds.
§01 $4.5 — 6 configurations
Linux VPS plans in Frankfurt
Priced at the Germany index of 1.08. Cheaper in Romania · Bulgaria · Moldova · Russia if jurisdiction is not the deciding factor.
HV-2
RELAY
VPN endpoint, proxy, small site. The default first server.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 60 GB
- Transfer
- 4 TB
$7.50/mo
Frankfurt
HV-4
VECTOR
Docker stacks, CI runners, a pruned chain node.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 140 GB
- Transfer
- 8 TB
$15.00/mo
Frankfurt
HV-8
BASTION
Production applications with a database that actually gets used.
- CPU
- 6 vCPU
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 280 GB
- Transfer
- 12 TB
$29.00/mo
Frankfurt
HV-16
CITADEL
Full Ethereum node, Elasticsearch, heavy container fleets.
- CPU
- 8 vCPU
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 560 GB
- Transfer
- 20 TB
$56.00/mo
Frankfurt
HV-32
SOVEREIGN
The largest virtual machine before bare metal is simply cheaper.
- CPU
- 16 vCPU
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 1000 GB
- Transfer
- 30 TB
$106.00/mo
Frankfurt
Why Germany
Frankfurt sits on DE-CIX, the largest exchange point in the world by peak traffic, at 1 ms local and 7 ms to Amsterdam. Germany has no enforceable general retention mandate after the Constitutional Court struck it down and the CJEU confirmed, and Art. 10 of the Grundgesetz protects telecommunications secrecy — but it remains a Fourteen Eyes participant inside EU judicial cooperation.
- General data retention struck down as unconstitutional and unenforced since 2010
- German general retention held contrary to EU law by the Court of Justice 2022
- Constitutional secrecy of telecommunications, subject to statutory limits 1949
The trade-off
The best network position in Europe and a genuinely mixed legal picture. Germany has no enforceable general retention mandate — the Constitutional Court struck it down in 2010 and the CJEU confirmed in 2022 — and Art. 10 of the Grundgesetz protects telecommunications secrecy. Against that: Fourteen Eyes participation and full EU judicial cooperation, so a European Investigation Order reaches Frankfurt directly. Better than Paris or London on paper, still not a substitute for Zürich.
- Frankfurt
- 1 ms
- New York
- 84 ms
- Uplink
- 40 Gbps
- EU member state
- Yes
§02 Optional
Add-ons
Additional IPv4
$2.50/mo per IP
Clean address from a separate /24. Up to 16 per server, no justification form.
IPv6 /64
Included
Every server ships with a routed /64. A /48 is free on request.
Encrypted snapshots
$0.04/GB/mo
Daily snapshots encrypted with your key, stored in a second jurisdiction. We cannot read them.
DDoS Shield Pro
$12.00/mo
L7 filtering on top of the always-on L3/L4 scrubbing. Custom rules, 11 Tbps capacity.
Custom ISO boot
Included
Upload any ISO and boot it over virtual media. Bring your own hardened image.
Dedicated CPU pinning
$8.00/mo
Pin your vCPUs to physical cores with no oversubscription. For latency-sensitive work.
Linux VPS elsewhere
§03 FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01 How much is a vps in Germany?
Linux VPS in Germany start at $4.50 per month, reaching $106.00 for the largest plan at FRA-1 · Niederrad. You get DDoS scrubbing, a routed IPv6 /64, and full root access at every tier.
02 Why choose Germany for this?
Frankfurt owes its network edge to DE-CIX, the world's largest exchange point by peak traffic — 1 ms local, 7 ms to Amsterdam. Germany also has no enforceable general retention mandate after the Constitutional Court ruled in 2010 and the CJEU concurred in 2022, and Art. 10 of the Grundgesetz protects telecommunications secrecy. Best for peering-sensitive workloads, European CDN origins, GPU training with EU latency, and bulk transfer.
03 What is the catch with Germany?
The best network position in Europe and a genuinely mixed legal picture. Germany has no enforceable general retention mandate — the Constitutional Court struck it down in 2010 and the CJEU confirmed in 2022 — and Art. 10 of the Grundgesetz protects telecommunications secrecy. Against that: Fourteen Eyes participation and full EU judicial cooperation, so a European Investigation Order reaches Frankfurt directly. Better than Paris or London on paper, still not a substitute for Zürich.
04 Do you require identity verification in Germany?
No. The same token-only model applies in all 16 locations—no name, email, phone, or ID at any point, and crypto-only settlement.
55-second deploy
Linux VPS in Germany, from $4.5
No account to create, no email to confirm, no card to enter.