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Low end VPS in Asia (SP?) lots of bandwidth. Contabo alternatives?

Hi everybody, I'm sort of new to buying VPSes.

I would like a low end VPS in Asia around the $5-6 USD/EUR range.

With LOTS of bandwidth, and a good track record as a company.

It seems Contabo is a possible option.

Are there competitors or alternatives I should know about?

Thanks

Comments

  • MikeAMikeA Member, Patron Provider

    no not really no competitors. contabo gives high bandwidth in asia unlike anyone else. $5 won't get you anything.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • DPDP Administrator, The Domain Guy

    Considering your budget, location and bandwidth requirements, Contabo is probably your only option - and maybe OVH.

    Or else, this is what you can get with $5 around here :smiley:

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    CPU cores  : 1 @ 3699.998 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
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    Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
    Kernel     : 5.10.0-25-amd64
    VM Type    : KVM
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    IPv4 Network Information:
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    ISP        : Datacamp Limited
    ASN        : AS212238 Datacamp Limited
    Host       : Extravm LLC
    Location   : San Jose, California (CA)
    Country    : United States
    
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    Read       | 336.06 MB/s  (84.0k) | 2.87 GB/s    (44.8k)
    Write      | 336.95 MB/s  (84.2k) | 2.88 GB/s    (45.1k)
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    Scaleway        | Paris, FR (10G)           | 968 Mbits/sec   | 1.08 Gbits/sec  | 166 ms
    NovoServe       | North Holland, NL (40G)   | 955 Mbits/sec   | 1.04 Gbits/sec  | --
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 949 Mbits/sec   | 907 Mbits/sec   | --
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 580 Mbits/sec   | 636 Mbits/sec   | --
    Clouvider       | Dallas, TX, US (10G)      | busy            | 358 Mbits/sec   | --
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 886 Mbits/sec   | 791 Mbits/sec   | --
    
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    https://extravm.com/billing/store/kvm-vps-singapore-ddos/1gb-ram

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • MikeAMikeA Member, Patron Provider

    @DP said:
    Or else, this is what you can get with $5 around here :smiley:

    https://extravm.com/billing/store/kvm-vps-singapore-ddos/1gb-ram

    You had to share my wimpy 750GB BW plan 🤣

    But really, even OVH is limited to like 1-2 TB/mo. Contabo really is giving a great deal in Asia. Unheard of.

    Thanked by 3CameronE DP Patriarch
  • The unbelievable thing is, they had a 2.99 euro offer for Asia for a while (well, maybe 4.5 euro with the extra fee). I am really not a shill! Just shopping around.

    It's sort of surprising how this market is kind of unefficient sometimes.

    It'll also be interesting to see what Hivevelocity announces soon.

  • If bandwidth is your main concern, try Indonesia. Many providers offer unmetered packages, but the international speed is generally poor.

    Example: https://kangserver.id/benchmark-vps-biznetgio-neo-lite-1-core-intel-2gb-ram-id-75k-idr-2023/

    The second location might be Vietnam. @NDTN offers this location, but it is currently out of stock. I would love to try the Vietnam location as well.

  • febryanvaldofebryanvaldo Member
    edited October 2023

    @CameronE said: I would like a low end VPS in Asia around the $5-6 USD/EUR range.

    With LOTS of bandwidth, and a good track record as a company.

    I think this is the highest you can get, aside from Contabo. 2TB is generous enough, Most common one is 1TB for less than 5 USD, especially in SG location.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • @Dazzle said:
    If bandwidth is your main concern, try Indonesia. Many providers offer unmetered packages, but the international speed is generally poor.

    Just incase someone want try using indonesia provider, make sure ask support first regarding your usage. Some provider can instant suspend your VPS If you blast their International port speed.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • worldbusworldbus Member, Patron Provider

    @CameronE said:
    Hi everybody, I'm sort of new to buying VPSes.

    I would like a low end VPS in Asia around the $5-6 USD/EUR range.

    With LOTS of bandwidth, and a good track record as a company.

    It seems Contabo is a possible option.

    Are there competitors or alternatives I should know about?

    Thanks

    You can use WORLDBUS CLOUD services in Turkey and I am sure you will be fully satisfied.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • jenkkijenkki Member
    edited October 2023

    @CameronE said: With LOTS of bandwidth

    A lot of traffic is usually limited by the speed of the port.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • jayjayjayjay Member, Patron Provider

    Whats LOTS of Bandwidth roughly? How much do you use on a monthly basis?

    We have VM's and Dedicated Servers in Hong Kong - and work with multiple providers for bandwidth needs. Depending on how much you need (and where to as well - e.g. Local in HK? International? Mainland China specifically?) we could recommend one over the other and work something out.

    Our NAT VM's have good bandwidth capability and get used frequently by customers for streaming purposes. Monthly cost is pretty low depending on the VM spec.

    Some of the plans are listed on the "Promotions" tab on mlnl.host, happy to work with you if you need something more custom too.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • jenkkijenkki Member
    edited October 2023

    @CameronE said: track record as a company

    Try G-Core Labs or Melbicom. Stable companies with long history so far.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • edited October 2023

    @CameronE said: With LOTS of bandwidth

    Elaborating on that can help others help you

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • MrRetslavMrRetslav Member, Host Rep

    @worldbus said: You can use WORLDBUS CLOUD services in Turkey and I am sure you will be fully satisfied.

    OP asked for Asia... not EU

    Thanked by 2CameronE worldbus
  • jayjayjayjay Member, Patron Provider

    For that price range I'd suggest going for our NAT VPS in Hong Kong - Bandwidth shouldn't be an issue and overall connectivity is good as we use HKT, so latency to China is good too.

    Plans start at 5 USD/month, discounted if you pre-pay e.g. 12 months comes out at 50/year so ~4.2/month.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • if you can increase your budget to 11USD per month. You can get a VM with 5TB of data in Manila from CloudSigma.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • worldbusworldbus Member, Patron Provider

    @MrRetslav said:

    @worldbus said: You can use WORLDBUS CLOUD services in Turkey and I am sure you will be fully satisfied.

    OP asked for Asia... not EU

    Thank you for reminding! Turkey is a transcontinental country located at the juncture of Southeast Europe and West Asia. Therefore, as an intercontinental hub, it is potentially placed at the European/Asian common point and can be used for both purposes.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • Hi, feel free to check our vps offers at SG, https://xeroz.tech/vps.html. Do know that we charge a extra 2.50EUR for SG on the payment website.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • @jayjay said:
    For that price range I'd suggest going for our NAT VPS in Hong Kong - Bandwidth shouldn't be an issue and overall connectivity is good as we use HKT, so latency to China is good too.

    Plans start at 5 USD/month, discounted if you pre-pay e.g. 12 months comes out at 50/year so ~4.2/month.

    Have you got an up-to-date looking glass for these? Last time I tried, about a year ago maybe more, I recall not getting very good transfer rates on the 10MB and 100MB test files so I'd like to try again.

    Thanked by 1CameronE
  • jayjayjayjay Member, Patron Provider

    @ralf said:

    @jayjay said:
    For that price range I'd suggest going for our NAT VPS in Hong Kong - Bandwidth shouldn't be an issue and overall connectivity is good as we use HKT, so latency to China is good too.

    Plans start at 5 USD/month, discounted if you pre-pay e.g. 12 months comes out at 50/year so ~4.2/month.

    Have you got an up-to-date looking glass for these? Last time I tried, about a year ago maybe more, I recall not getting very good transfer rates on the 10MB and 100MB test files so I'd like to try again.

    Sure, you can use http://nat0.mlnl.host:4301/.

    Its a 1Gbit line but is shared, so results could vary based on time of day / congestion. We do offer a Premium NAT option which is shared with much less customers, and Dedicated 1Gbit lines which some customers opt for.

    I've just ran a test on a VM now focused on China, to give you an idea:

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     Speedtest.net (Region: CHINA | 中華人民共和國)
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     Location         Latency     Loss    DL Speed       UP Speed       Server      
    
     ISP: Netvigator 
    
     Nearest          2.09 ms     N/A     662.21 Mbps    646.95 Mbps    STC - Hong Kong 
    
     CU - Shanghai    68.92 ms    0.0%    428.28 Mbps    128.28 Mbps    China Unicom 5G - Shanghai 
     CM - Beijing     50.17 ms    0.0%    297.12 Mbps    73.25 Mbps     China Mobile Group Beijing Co.Ltd - Beijing 
     CU - Beijing     FAILED                                                        
     CT - Nanjing     36.56 ms    0.0%    430.65 Mbps    77.26 Mbps     China Telecom JiangSu 5G - Nanjing 
     CU - Shenyang    FAILED                                                        
     CT - Suzhou      33.30 ms    N/A     375.84 Mbps    195.57 Mbps    China Telecom JiangSu 5G - Suzhou 
     CT - Yangzhou    36.51 ms    0.0%    402.17 Mbps    34.81 Mbps     江苏电信5G - Yangzhou 
     CM - Hangzhou    36.35 ms    0.0%    759.64 Mbps    186.69 Mbps    China Mobile Zhejiang 5G - Hangzhou 
     CU - Zhengzhou   FAILED                                                        
     CT - Changsha    22.44 ms    0.0%    215.57 Mbps    185.99 Mbps    湖南电信5G - Changsha 
     CU - Changsha    58.23 ms    N/A     88.44 Mbps     97.89 Mbps     湖南联通5G - Changsha 
     CM - Chengdu     68.48 ms    0.0%    362.22 Mbps    61.47 Mbps     China Mobile Group Sichuan - Chengdu 
    
    Thanked by 1ralf
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