Recently we were talking about seedbox providers on LowEndTalk.  My go-to for several years has been PulsedMedia.

Looking back, I’ve had a total of 5 seedboxes, going back as far as 2017:

• Two Dragon Mushu 2.0
• A Corona M1000
• A Value 1000M
• An M10 SSD 455

The last two I still have.  The first three were canceled at different points, either because I was trying different providers or upgrading within PM.

First, let’s keep in mind that there are tons of seedbox providers that haven’t been around for 7 years!

In a nutshell, PM has been great.  Excellent network speeds, both for fetching torrents and for transferring files home.  I believe there is an overall bandwidth cap, because I notice that when I am seeding hard and doing a lot of transfer the bandwidth available to transfer home is less than if my torrents are idle.

The setup is competent and is based on rtorrent/rutorrent.  I just use the seedbox features, but I think some plans have more options.

One nice thing about PM is that your disk space grows over time.  My 6TB Value 1000M is now an 8TB plan.

Some other providers I’ve tried over the years:

justseed.it: Innovative design and setup, but went belly-up

RapidSeedbox: Enjoyed my time with them, but very expensive for what you get.

Ultraseedbox/Ultra.cc: some people like them but I was there during their rough patch when they blew up several times and everything had to restored/reprovisioned and it left a bad taste in my mouth.

Throughout all of this, PulsedMedia has been rock solid.  As I wrote on LowEndTalk, they’re in a very tough business:

Not only do you have your disks being hammered 24×7, but each VPS or server is opening up a billion connections to random hosts. And there’s probably tons of DMCAs or equivalents, plus a lot of your customers are yokels who have no idea what they’re doing but want teh fr33 p0rn!!!1!

You might enjoy reading our interview with Aleksi, their founder.

So who is your go-to for seedbox services?  Let us know in the comments below!

raindog308

Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.

Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.

His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.

You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.