Before the price increase everyone seemed to recommend Hetzner. The situation for me in the UK is that these prices have gone up and all of the cheap cost-optimised servers have been bought up. So the next cheapest option to get 8GB of RAM for Immich is a CPX32 at 42.59 euros per month.

The thing is, taking a look at Ionos pricing. I can get a VPS L+ with 6 vCores for 21.10/month (8 ish for first 3 months). Half price for 2 extra cores and 50% more storage. And apparently both servers use EPYC Milan.

This seems ridiculous to me. Just wondering if I'm missing something? I've found IONOS a bit annoying with their support and business practises but nothing terrible. Every other provider else seems mixed.

I'm looking for a budget-friendly Windows VPS with a Singapore server location for running multiple MT5 terminals.

Currently, using Contabo (~$18/month for 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM)

Previously used NYC Servers, but they're around $20/month for just 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, which feels overpriced.

Does anyone have recommendations for a reliable and cheaper alternative with good performance and low latency to Singapore?

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

I have seen a bunch of people here really aggressively hate on Cantabo without offering clear reasons on why.

And I would like to know why as I’m a customer with them and would change ASAP if someone can give me a good reason. A lot of what I find is that they have slower network speeds and they are also “slow” (not sure in what respect, load times for website or when ssh-ing?)

I have noticed that maybe certain TUIs load up slower (opencode) and I chalked that up to my own network speed but I guess it’s a contabo problem?

Even still having a slow server isn’t necessarily a crime. Especially when it comes to around the half the price of providers like Hetzner.

What I have become more worried about is security concerns? are these of prominence with Contabo?

I noticed that for my Hetzner VPS, I was allowed to only login through ssh after exchanging ssh-keys between my devices. Whereas I was able to rawdog contabo, however, it isn’t that technically complex to set up ssh authentication? And if I can take other steps to secure my server as well as what would be considered “stock” through providers like Hetzner.

Then does Contabo only suck because they are kinda slow at half the price?