how to identify the top providers on LET?

PineappleM · May 2025

@root404 said:

@PineappleM said:
Though not perfect, many top providers have the "Top Host" title next to their account names, such as @crunchbits @hosthatch @host_c @Francisco . But since that's usually assigned by a community survey (I think?), there are many other good providers that may not have that title that still provide excellent services ( @MikeA @labze come to mind). An (also imperfect) litmus test is to see how active their sales threads are. The more non-spammy posts there are, the more respected the provider is by the community.

It's hit or miss, I have found gem providers that don't necessarily have the biggest marketing footprint, and I have found deadpools that seemed to have spent more on marketing than on their services. You kind of have to look around and do your own research.

@fluffernutter said:
all the providers in my signature are great, but I'm not sure if any are running deadpool deals right now.

HostHatch has flash sales in a couple of days that get somewhat close to deadpool deals. Maybe the OP can look out for that?

I saw that HostHatch flash sales but was few minutes late to grab one, it disappeared in minutes

They didn’t launch it today. It’s later this week. See: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4419124/#Comment_4419124

root404 · May 2025

@concept said:

@root404 said:
any recommendations of top providers where I can pay by debit card without verification etc ?

Most don't do KYC as long as you aren't using VPN and provide legitimate info. Some providers won't do KYC if you pay with Crypto.

Yes crypto is an option but Debit/Credit Cards are now in muscle memory so, it just feels wrong & irritating when after placing order and doing payment they randomly ask for kyc, if they wanted kyc they should have asked me before i placed the order or did payment, why are you asking once I completed the payment

PineappleM · May 2025

I haven’t had any provider except OVH, Hetzner, and Vultr ask me for KYC with credit card payment. But considering many waive KYC for crypto payments, I think it’s largely for them to fight back against chargebacks or turn away riskier customers. Providers should start using 3DSecure more to thwart chargebacks.

root404 · May 2025

@DP said:

@PineappleM said: there are many other good providers that may not have that title that still provide excellent services

Exactly.

@AlexBarakov (AlphaVPS), @MikeA (ExtraVM), @aveline (Misaka), @Hybula (Hybula), @Clouvider (Clouvider) and @LiteServer (LiteServer), just to name a few, solid choices, but don't expect to get $7/year deals.

Thanks @DP , thanks for recommendations

root404 · May 2025

@unsafetypin said:
I judge it by their willingness and ability to communicate at all and transparency. if they put their real name behind their work, they're probably doing this in their best interest. if they're flexible around their offerings and can work out custom solutions even mildly, that often to me says they know what they're doing and don't have to strictly follow templates.

I don't trust a thing where I can't easily find the person or people who stand behind the product

Exactly & for me personally when there support replies in minutes and talk like human with brain and don't ask much questions and gets the issues solved without asking much questions I'm sold

root404 · May 2025

@ServerBachelor said:

@root404 said:

@yoursunny said:
We are the bottom provider.
@oloke is our top.

Still everyone is waiting for your ipv9 native servers deal

Should we make a providers with IPv9 list?? Name n shame for those without

On that list everyone will be there by default except the ipv6 & ipv9 legend himself @yoursunny

root404 · May 2025

@PineappleM said:

@root404 said:

@PineappleM said:
Though not perfect, many top providers have the "Top Host" title next to their account names, such as @crunchbits @hosthatch @host_c @Francisco . But since that's usually assigned by a community survey (I think?), there are many other good providers that may not have that title that still provide excellent services ( @MikeA @labze come to mind). An (also imperfect) litmus test is to see how active their sales threads are. The more non-spammy posts there are, the more respected the provider is by the community.

It's hit or miss, I have found gem providers that don't necessarily have the biggest marketing footprint, and I have found deadpools that seemed to have spent more on marketing than on their services. You kind of have to look around and do your own research.

@fluffernutter said:
all the providers in my signature are great, but I'm not sure if any are running deadpool deals right now.

HostHatch has flash sales in a couple of days that get somewhat close to deadpool deals. Maybe the OP can look out for that?

I saw that HostHatch flash sales but was few minutes late to grab one, it disappeared in minutes

They didn’t launch it today. It’s later this week. See: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4419124/#Comment_4419124

Thanks i didn't knew about this upcomming one, i thought you were talking about the last HostHatch flash sale

root404 · May 2025

@PineappleM said:
I haven’t had any provider except OVH, Hetzner, and Vultr ask me for KYC with credit card payment. But considering many waive KYC for crypto payments, I think it’s largely for them to fight back against chargebacks or turn away riskier customers. Providers should start using 3DSecure more to thwart chargebacks.

I haven't used ovh & hetzner yet, but I have used vultr they only asked for credit card payment and things were up and running for me without any kyc,

But still i only have this basic question why don't they disclose it before we complete the payment that we need kyc, simply ask me at signup so that we can select accordingly or pay by crypto ,

why asking customer kyc only after getting the payment by debit/credit card

And i think now a days most of the banks are starting to enforce 3DSecure by default for payments

PineappleM · May 2025

Vultr asked me for KYC after I used $150 of services. They never asked until I used an "excessive" amount. After KYC they uncapped and let me use as much as I want (I had over 220 VPS deployed at one point with them, albeit they only lasted for 24h).

I do agree it is infuriating when they ask for KYC after you pay and not during signup. My guess is they try to hit a middle ground between asking for KYC for "high risk/high paying" customers and not burdening smaller customers (who may simply take their business elsewhere) with it. Not sure. I like the way OVH and Hetzner do it.

nohavps · May 2025

We are working on some Ryzen plans at a price of 8 GB for $12 a month, with many new features coming...

beanman109 · May 2025

@nohavps said:
We are working on some Ryzen plans at a price of 8 GB for $12 a month, with many new features coming...

weird flex but ok

shallownorthdakota · May 2025

@root404 said: with proper backups in place

You don't belong here.

nohavps · May 2025

@beanman109 said:

@nohavps said:
We are working on some Ryzen plans at a price of 8 GB for $12 a month, with many new features coming...

weird flex but ok

We're changing the way we think. If you tell us about some plans, we'll be happy to offer them. I think by summer we'll be offering plans with up to 50% off! /month (recurring)

nghialele · May 2025

@beanman109 Sir, push it!

cybertech · May 2025

there are top providers, and then there is Greencloudvps.

Here's one $7.75 yearly limited flash from top of the top providers

# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2025-04-20                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Mon May 12 09:44:15 AM +08 2025

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 77 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes
Processor  : AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor
CPU cores  : 1 @ 4291.588 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 1.9 GiB
Swap       : 4.0 GiB
Disk       : 24.9 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.12.15-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : WebNX, Inc.
ASN        : AS18450 WebNX, Inc.
Host       : WebNX, Inc.
Location   : Los Angeles, California (CA)
Country    : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda3):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 547.12 MB/s (136.7k) | 1.55 GB/s    (24.2k)
Write      | 548.56 MB/s (137.1k) | 1.56 GB/s    (24.4k)
Total      | 1.09 GB/s   (273.9k) | 3.11 GB/s    (48.6k)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 1.57 GB/s     (3.0k) | 1.64 GB/s     (1.6k)
Write      | 1.65 GB/s     (3.2k) | 1.75 GB/s     (1.7k)
Total      | 3.22 GB/s     (6.3k) | 3.40 GB/s     (3.3k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping       
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----       
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.23 Gbits/sec  | 1.36 Gbits/sec  | 125 ms     
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 1.06 Gbits/sec  | 1.53 Gbits/sec  | 161 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 590 Mbits/sec   | 758 Mbits/sec   | 231 ms     
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 605 Mbits/sec   | 981 Mbits/sec   | 165 ms
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.96 Gbits/sec  | 8.15 Gbits/sec  | 0.832 ms
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.82 Gbits/sec  | 3.96 Gbits/sec  | 68.3 ms
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 911 Mbits/sec   | 1.36 Gbits/sec  | 161 ms

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.26 Gbits/sec  | 1.08 Gbits/sec  | 124 ms
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 1.01 Gbits/sec  | 1.51 Gbits/sec  | 161 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | busy            | 231 ms
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | busy            | busy            | 165 ms
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.37 Gbits/sec  | busy            | 0.840 ms
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | busy            | busy            | 68.0 ms
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 925 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 161 ms     

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 3316
Multi Core      | 3075
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11917702

YABS completed in 11 min 52 sec

oloke · May 2025

@ServerBachelor said:

@root404 said:

@yoursunny said:
We are the bottom provider.
@oloke is our top.

Still everyone is waiting for your ipv9 native servers deal

Should we make a providers with IPv9 list?? Name n shame for those without

I seriously considered that

jsg · May 2025

@root404 said:
hi guys I'm new here in LET, is there any way I can identify the top providers that offers Annual Deals starting from ofcourse 7$ vps , or can you guys please drop the names of the Provider you guys have personally tried and tested ? I'm looking for getting one vps

But posting it here as I can't see any standard way to identify the vps provide i should go with, please drop names of provider who are trust and i should go for it for running production services

Looking forward to your suggestions

Thanks

And you ask like a noob too, sorry. What does "top-provider" mean for you? What are your needs and priorities (e.g. CPU performance, stability, reliability, disk performance, connectivity, price)? Because, you see, my top provider may be an unattractive one for you and vice versa. Also, where are you from/which world region is your main target?

And: forget about $7/yr VPS! They may be good enough for a few jobs (like. e.g. secondary NS server) but I myself have and know only 1 (well, $8 or $9 per year) super-super-cheap VPS that has served me well and quite reliably over quite a few years - and it's not from a top provider.

Motion3549 · May 2025

@jsg said:

@root404 said:
hi guys I'm new here in LET, is there any way I can identify the top providers that offers Annual Deals starting from ofcourse 7$ vps , or can you guys please drop the names of the Provider you guys have personally tried and tested ? I'm looking for getting one vps

But posting it here as I can't see any standard way to identify the vps provide i should go with, please drop names of provider who are trust and i should go for it for running production services

Looking forward to your suggestions

Thanks

And you ask like a noob too, sorry. What does "top-provider" mean for you? What are your needs and priorities (e.g. CPU performance, stability, reliability, disk performance, connectivity, price)? Because, you see, my top provider may be an unattractive one for you and vice versa. Also, where are you from/which world region is your main target?

And: forget about $7/yr VPS! They may be good enough for a few jobs (like. e.g. secondary NS server) but I myself have and know only 1 (well, $8 or $9 per year) super-super-cheap VPS that has served me well and quite reliably over quite a few years - and it's not from a top provider.

Interested in that one provider.

jsg · May 2025

@Motion3549 said:

@jsg said:

@root404 said:
hi guys I'm new here in LET, is there any way I can identify the top providers that offers Annual Deals starting from ofcourse 7$ vps , or can you guys please drop the names of the Provider you guys have personally tried and tested ? I'm looking for getting one vps

But posting it here as I can't see any standard way to identify the vps provide i should go with, please drop names of provider who are trust and i should go for it for running production services

Looking forward to your suggestions

Thanks

And you ask like a noob too, sorry. What does "top-provider" mean for you? What are your needs and priorities (e.g. CPU performance, stability, reliability, disk performance, connectivity, price)? Because, you see, my top provider may be an unattractive one for you and vice versa. Also, where are you from/which world region is your main target?

And: forget about $7/yr VPS! They may be good enough for a few jobs (like. e.g. secondary NS server) but I myself have and know only 1 (well, $8 or $9 per year) super-super-cheap VPS that has served me well and quite reliably over quite a few years - and it's not from a top provider.

Interested in that one provider.

Virmach. I got that here in a promo quite some years ago. Their occasional changing IPs is somewhat unnerving but all in all I still am very happy with that VPS.

Levi · May 2025

300+ days of uptime is alarming. This means that no proper kernel upgrades on the main node is done. And no, for low end “container migrations”, “kernel care” does not cut it. Announced maintenance is better than 300+ days of straight uptime. This means that provider actually care.

rabby · May 2025

I've had a Virmach VPS since 2016. Great in the beginning, really bad for a few months in the middle, no issues in the last 2-3 yrs.

I think with all cheap vps, have a backup and be ready to migrate at any time.

fluffernutter · May 2025

@Levi said:
300+ days of uptime is alarming. This means that no proper kernel upgrades on the main node is done. And no, for low end “container migrations”, “kernel care” does not cut it. Announced maintenance is better than 300+ days of straight uptime. This means that provider actually care.

I've had a few VMs where I was just live migrated to a new host node, node reboot took place, and I was migrated back. With lowend hosts, I feel like kernelcare is probably fine, but yearly reboots might be nice.

root404 · May 2025

@beanman109 said:

@nohavps said:
We are working on some Ryzen plans at a price of 8 GB for $12 a month, with many new features coming...

weird flex but ok

Regards

root404 · May 2025

@cybertech said:
there are top providers, and then there is Greencloudvps.

Here's one $7.75 yearly limited flash from top of the top providers

> # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
> #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
> #                     v2025-04-20                    #
> # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
> # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
> 
> Mon May 12 09:44:15 AM +08 2025
> 
> Basic System Information:
> ---------------------------------
> Uptime     : 77 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes
> Processor  : AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor
> CPU cores  : 1 @ 4291.588 MHz
> AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
> VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
> RAM        : 1.9 GiB
> Swap       : 4.0 GiB
> Disk       : 24.9 GiB
> Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
> Kernel     : 6.12.15-amd64
> VM Type    : KVM
> IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
> 
> IPv6 Network Information:
> ---------------------------------
> ISP        : WebNX, Inc.
> ASN        : AS18450 WebNX, Inc.
> Host       : WebNX, Inc.
> Location   : Los Angeles, California (CA)
> Country    : United States
> 
> fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda3):
> ---------------------------------
> Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
>   ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
> Read       | 547.12 MB/s (136.7k) | 1.55 GB/s    (24.2k)
> Write      | 548.56 MB/s (137.1k) | 1.56 GB/s    (24.4k)
> Total      | 1.09 GB/s   (273.9k) | 3.11 GB/s    (48.6k)
>            |                      |
> Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
>   ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
> Read       | 1.57 GB/s     (3.0k) | 1.64 GB/s     (1.6k)
> Write      | 1.65 GB/s     (3.2k) | 1.75 GB/s     (1.7k)
> Total      | 3.22 GB/s     (6.3k) | 3.40 GB/s     (3.3k)
> 
> iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
> ---------------------------------
> Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping       
> -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----       
> Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.23 Gbits/sec  | 1.36 Gbits/sec  | 125 ms     
> Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 1.06 Gbits/sec  | 1.53 Gbits/sec  | 161 ms
> Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 590 Mbits/sec   | 758 Mbits/sec   | 231 ms     
> Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 605 Mbits/sec   | 981 Mbits/sec   | 165 ms
> Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.96 Gbits/sec  | 8.15 Gbits/sec  | 0.832 ms
> Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.82 Gbits/sec  | 3.96 Gbits/sec  | 68.3 ms
> Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 911 Mbits/sec   | 1.36 Gbits/sec  | 161 ms
> 
> iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
> ---------------------------------
> Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
> -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
> Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.26 Gbits/sec  | 1.08 Gbits/sec  | 124 ms
> Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 1.01 Gbits/sec  | 1.51 Gbits/sec  | 161 ms
> Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | busy            | 231 ms
> Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | busy            | busy            | 165 ms
> Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.37 Gbits/sec  | busy            | 0.840 ms
> Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | busy            | busy            | 68.0 ms
> Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 925 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 161 ms     
> 
> Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
> ---------------------------------
> Test            | Value
>                 |
> Single Core     | 3316
> Multi Core      | 3075
> Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11917702
> 
> YABS completed in 11 min 52 sec
>

You really got a crazy deal at that price range

Anyways when is the next leap year

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