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Experiences with bytes.ua VPS servers (especially Ukraine)? Good or bad?
whiterider
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Hey all,
I’m considering trying out https://bytes.ua/en/ and get a VPS server in Ukraine, but I have some reservations.
The pricing looks very cheap, and their team/about page feels off https://bytes.ua/en/our-team/ the staff photos are placeholders 
.
Real feedback (good or bad) would really help.
Thanks in advance!
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Following this thread because now I'm curious too
Bit of a gamble, to be honest. The prices remind me of NTUP.net and they're not very legit. Then I came across this. (Untranslated URL because Google Translate is blocked by the website firewall.)
Their domain has been registered since 2015 and have always been a hosting company, but they've changed their website design a couple of times. Though I highly doubt that they simply forgot to change their team page. For 65 UAH, you could risk it but that's up to you. I personally wouldn't.
Yeah that’s exactly the vibe I got as well. The pricing alone wouldn’t worry me too much since some smaller providers in less expensive regions can offer very low rates, but the combination of ultra low pricing + questionable team page + limited verifiable presence is what makes me hesitate.
I did notice the domain history looks legitimate and not freshly registered, which is a positive sign, but the team page really throws me off. Thank you for the info!
Just go with VSYS and don't gamble
I don't recommend it) I tried it and took it for a test. The old e5 Xeon SoC and the speed is full of shit. Not worth the attention and money spent
It seemed that the server was in the basement of the owner house.
https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/b2efd556-5b12-4318-86c0-efd5c5e8f63b
I've had bad experiences with their support (conflicting information and different levels of management overriding each other in a circle). I believe (but might be remembering wrong) that they also don't enable CPU passthrough.
Pavlidis, are you aware that Ukraine defending its freedom against ru invasion? This creates instability, both in political context and in infra context. That means electricity and network comms are at question, no matter what provider say.
At this point with the current geo political situation it would be more of a bunker than a basement 😂 thank you for the info, I will avoid them for sure
@Levi For sure it would be hard for sure, i mean I don’t plan to host production grade apps over there. Just looking for some budget friendly (below 10-20$) options.
By the way, dmca based blockades coming to Ukraine :-/ https://torrentfreak.com/ukraine-paves-the-way-for-pirate-site-blocking-despite-ongoing-war/
ntup is legit, been using them since 2023. Servers are not very reliable, but they're fine for the price.
Their servers are in Kyiv though, not Dnipro.
They seem to be affiliated with https://vpshive.net/, which is cheaper x specs.
I've used bytes.ua for a bit until they apparently had an electricity outage, and they've been down for months. No replies on tickets or whatsoever. Revolut instantly accepted my chargeback request.
Thank you very much for the valuable info you provided! Will give ntup or vpshive a try!
@angstrom We can close this