Welcome to LowEndBox.com, a place to discuss running very low end virtual private servers. I will be listing VPS plans that I found on the web that cost less than USD$7 per month, and how to run various services on them.
LEA (LowEndAdmin) is the original founder of LowEndBox and the visionary who gave rise to an entire movement around minimalist, efficient hosting. In 2008, LEA launched LowEndBox with a simple but powerful idea: that it was possible to run meaningful applications, web servers, VPNs, mail servers, and more – on small, low-cost virtual machines with minimal resources.
At a time when most infrastructure discussions were dominated by high-end servers and enterprise platforms, LEA championed the opposite approach: lightweight Linux distros, self-managed servers, open source software, and thoughtful optimization. This philosophy gave birth to the term “Low End Box”, which would come to define a new genre of hosting tailored to developers, tinkerers, and budget-conscious users around the world.
Through LowEndBox and its companion forum, LowEndTalk, LEA built the foundation for what would become one of the most active and enduring communities in the hosting world, prioritizing knowledge-sharing, transparency, and accessibility.
After several years of nurturing the site and community, LEA stepped away from active involvement, passing the torch to a new generation of admins, contributors, and moderators. Today, LEA remains a respected figure in the LowEnd ecosystem, credited with launching a platform and philosophy that continues to influence thousands of infrastructure providers and users globally.
LowEndBox’s legacy, and its thriving community, is a direct result of LEA’s original vision.
Nice site! But why $7? I’d suggest to increase $7 to $15, so more good vps can be included.
@weakish — increasing the threshold to $15 would mean that *a lot* of VPS providers will get included, and many are offering 256MB+ memory for that amount per month, i.e. no where near “low end” in the VPS market.
$7 is also comparable to shared hosting, make it a great alternative to your typical shared hosts.
Yes, You’re right. $15 may not be low-end any more. But I still think $7 is a bit low. I guess $10 may be a good idea. A lot of shared hosting plans are offered at $9.xx per month
Towards this goal, I’ve begun compiling a review checklist. Simply registering with and launching YABS is not enough. I want to make sure I put the supplier through its paces by running it through a series of tests.
I’ve started creating a review checklist in order to achieve this goal. It is not sufficient to just launch and register with YABS. I want to make sure I put the provider through a number of tests to make sure it is up to par.
The LowEndBox community was founded in large part thanks to the efforts of LowEndAdmin. He founded the website and popularized the idea of hosting at a reasonable price. As additional users and hosting companies joined, the community expanded.