Contabo announced on June 16, 2026, that it has reached a significant milestone by hosting 500,000 virtual private servers (VPS). So what do we, the LowEnd community think about Contabo?
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Today, we're introducing you to DataPasa, who is only been around since January. They've got some nice deals in Falkenstein, Gernay - including a 1GB for only $1.79/month!
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It's always cool when someone takes a new spin on VPS hosting. You'd think by now that every possible variation of this service category had been tried...but you'd be wrong! Shellbox is the coolest idea anyone's had in a long time.
Read More about Shellbox: The Coolest New Take on Hosting! Provision Your New VPS via Command Line for $0.02/Hour!
Last time we ran these offers from Luxvps, they sold out. Could very well happen again! Take a look before they're gone.
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If you're ever signed up for shared hosting, it's likely you've encountered Softaculous. This commercial auto-installer script, integrated into many hosting control panels (like cPanel, DirectAdmin, and Plesk), lets users deploy hundreds of web apps, such as WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, etc. But in 2025, is Softaculous still essential… or is it becoming obsolete?
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What's really better for WordPress: faster cores or more cores? Did you know there are some situations where Ryzen can be 3x faster for serving WordPress? Piotr does a deep dive for us, modeling WordPress performance using a homegrown benchmarking plugin, and puts myths to rest with hard data.
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: FASTER CORES vs MORE CORES? Is Ryzen 3x the Speed of Epyc for WordPress?
Running your own infrastructure can be empowering. Whether you're managing a SaaS side project, self-hosting your favorite tools like Nextcloud or Uptime Kuma, running a game server, or just learning...
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We haven't shared an offer based in Albania (in a real Albanian datacenter) since 2016. AVS ISP has an interesting story and a very attractive offer for us! If you're looking for service in the Balkans or nearby, this is a worth a look.
Read More about Our First Offer in Albania in 9 Years! AVS ISP Has Cheap Balkan Offers Starting at $10/Quarter With Unlimited Transfer!
$22,000 in missing crypto, provider deadpools, suspicious CPU steals...you need to be reading LowEndTalk!
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Kiwix is an information archival service and recently they were dropped by Hetzner. It's quite a tale.
Read More about Hetzner Terminates Kiwix With Extreme Prejudice – What Do You Think?
Our video master, Piotr, has been lighting up the metrics on YouTube with some great videos on LowEndBoxTV. If you're not a subscriber, you're missing out! Did any of these slip past your stream unclicked?
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For a long time, hosting with Hetzner meant hosting in Germany or Finland. But recently they've gone global, expanding into the USA and later to Singapore. They claim their systems are the same at each location, but are they...? No! And Piotr has the proof.
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: Are All Hetzner Locations Alike? No! And Piotr Has the Proof: “This is Clearly Not the Same Processor”
Do you need to install Windows on your VPS? Usually you'd go to your provider's panel and install a template, or perhaps boot from an ISO. But what if neither of those are options? Can you somehow install Windows on a KVM VPS? Yes!
Read More about Install Windows Server on any VPS or Dedicated Server without KVM/iLO or IPMI!
I like to host with the best, and my LowEnd empire is a star-studded cavalcade of great LowEnd providers. Who are you hosting with these days?
Read More about So What do I Run On? Raindog308’s LowEnd Empire and Preferred LowEnd Provider List
Last July we wrote about sh97's network benchmarking script, network-speed. He's been hard at work improving it. Let's check in!
Read More about Let’s Check In: sh97’s Network Benchmark Script has Plenty of New Developments!
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part two, we'll step through provisioning these VMs at Hetzner.
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Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part one, we're covering some background, design considerations, and architecture.
Read More about Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 1: Introduction, Considerations, and ArchitectureIs a high-end dedicated server faster than a high-end VPS? It depends but the numbers are a lot closer than you'd think! In this new LowEndBoxTV video, I dig into a comparison between a ServerFactory Ryzen VPS and three different Hetzner dedicated servers.
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: Is a ServerFactory Ryzen VPS Faster Than a Hetzner Dedicated Server? You’ll Be Surprised!
I wanted a big storage box in the USA, so I gave Crunchbits a try. So far, so good!
Read More about My Latest Pet Monster: I Try Out a 4TB Storage VPS for Only $12/Month from Crunchbits!
The GEX44 is under $200/month. Is it right for you?
Read More about Need a Cheap GPU Server? Hetzner Brings Them Back, With Some ControversyIs Windows or Linux faster on a server? The answer is, naturally, "it depends". But what it depends on might surprise you, and the benchmarks will definitely surprise you!
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: Is Windows or Linux Faster on a Hetzner Dedicated Server?
The Hetzner AX41 looks like an amazing deal. But for just 2 EUR more per month, you can get something that is a bit more interesting! The EX44 features an i5, 14 cores, 65GB of RAM, and dual 512GB NVMe drives and is a lot closer to the AX102 in performance. Piotr conducts a full review!
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: Thinking About a Hetzner AX41? Consider the EX44 Instead! Nearly AX102 Performance!
2023 has been a bender. Lots of news, lots of people coming and going, and we hit the 5,000 post milestone. And of course, we shared tons of amazing offers. Besides fabulous deals on cheap VPS, cheap dedicated server, and cheap shared/reseller hosting, we also shared a lot of industry news. Let's recap the year!
Read More about Looking Back: The Mega-Recap of 2023!
Goodbye, Russian Hetzner customers. The West can't take your money anymore.
Read More about Hetzner Tells Russian Customers to Get LostHow does Hetzner's AX102 dedicated server compare to their AX41? Let's go in-depth and see!
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: How Does the Hetzner AX102 Dedicated Server Stack Up?
Installing Windows on Hetzner servers is not as straightforward as you might think. The tutorial they publish does not work on their newest dedicated servers. But Piotr has a fixed!
Read More about LowEndBoxTV: The 5-Minute Setup Guide to Windows on Hetzner: How to Make it Work, and How to Secure it
It's been an entire year since Advin Servers had a new offer for us. The drought is over, and let me tell you... the wait was worth it. Here are all the details on the new VPS offers.
Read More about Advin Servers: 2vCPU + 4GB Ram VPS for $24/Year? Yes Please.
Recently, if you host your own Plex server on a Hetzner IP address, there's a very good chance you received the following email: Important notice about the hosting service you may be using. We're cont...
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