Josh from ServerCheap wanted to help everyone celebrate the New Year with some awesome deals! They are a registered company in the state of Illinois and have been around for a few years!
The hostnodes feature Dual E5-26** with 256GB RAM and 8x1TB SSDs in RAID10. They are connected to a 1Gbps port. They utilize racks in the CoreSite datacenter with Tzulo. VPS management is built in to the client area with reboot, reinstall, and reverse DNS functionality.
In their own words:
We are a 2 year old company, with the goal of offering quality pure ssd virtual machines and unmetered bandwidth at one of the lowest prices on the market.
We are a team of 4 passionate IT people, each with about 10 years of experience in the IT industry. We are based in Chicago, and are renting racks in Coresite datacenter,
with our own ip allocations from ARIN. Our core values have always been Commitment, Determination, Honesty & Transparency, Simplicity.
They offer PayPal as a payment method. As always, please ensure you read their terms, which are available here.
Offers
KVM Plan 1
2 CPU Cores
2 GB RAM
25GB SSD
Unmetered Bandwidth
Linux & BSD Operating systems
$2.99/month recurring
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KVM Plan 2
2 CPU Cores
4 GB RAM
50GB SSD
Unmetered Bandwidth
Linux & BSD Operating systems
$5.99/month recurring
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OpenVZ Plan 1
2 CPU Cores
2GB RAM
30GB Pure SSD Space
Unmetered Bandwidth
$2.50/month recurring
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OpenVZ Plan 2
4 CPU Cores
4GB RAM
50GB Pure SSD Space
Unmetered Bandwidth
$4.50/month recurring
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Locations & Test Information
Tzulo/CoreSite Chicago USA
Test IPv4: 162.212.152.1
Test IPv6: 2607:9000:0:35::1
Test file: http://208.77.16.10/1GBtest.zip
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Good prices. Would have bitten if the disk space was a bit bigger
No Ubuntu 16.04?
Hi,
ubuntu 16 is available as an ISO
you can see all the ISOs we currently provide here:
https://servercheap.net/crm/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/34/ISO-Library.html
I was curious about this, but the order form had “Manual ISO Install. Linux & BSD” as an option for the KVM plans (checked OpenVZ and did not have this option). Went ahead and ordered and you get the option to mount a 16.04 ISO.
Can’t speak to anything else yet, but going to check them out.
Is there a cost associated with mounting ubuntu 16.0.4? How exactly do you do this?
Hi,
no there is no cost, you will have the ability to mount ubuntu 16 iso from your client area, and then install it using your vnc console. Or if you have trouble doing it you can open a ticket on our helpdesk and a tech will install it for you.
Have you considered offering a 1GB plan?
Have you considered offering annual payments?
Hi,
maybe in our next offer.
if I go with the KVM plan 1, can I get some additional discount if I pay a year in advance?
Thanks
Hi,
plans are already discounted enough, we cant give additional discounts even if prepaid for a year.
Thanks for the offer. Just in time as well, OVH decided to charge $2 more this month for the unmetered I had there so I ditched them for y’all. Performance looks good so far.
I got two servers from them and the speed and reliability so far are absolutely fantastic!
I guess until a noisy neighbor move in.
Is it possible to install Windows for KVM plans?
Hi,
these specials are only Linux & BSD
Hi, Happy New Year! I’m very interested in a plan, but i’m not looking for 2GB of ram, but instead 1GB. Is there an alternative to the $2.99 monthly but cheaper? Something like:
KVM Plan X
1 CPU Cores
1 GB RAM
10GB SSD
Unmetered Bandwidth (could be limited if you make it cheaper)
Linux & BSD Operating systems
I’m new to VPS and I’m looking to run Plex with Google Drive as the storage. From what I can tell, OpenVZ Plan 1 would be cutting it close but OpenVZ Plan 2 should do nicely. Any experience with customers doing this?
Hi,
unfortunately Plex is not something we allow on our servers, sorry.
can i use this to my android phone/tablet
its my first time to use virtual machine
or can i use as a rdp on android to use this service?
You can use SSH client on android. There are many on play store. Termius is great. You can run commands easily. Desktop is always the best way though.
Hi,
you could but it would be difficult. you need a computer or laptop.
you cant use rdp since this is not a windows server, its a linux server and it requires an SSD client to connect to, such as PUTTY for windows.
SSH rather than SSD and theirs plenty of android ssh clients and is possible to manage a vps from
i only want to use only this vps for mining a crypto currency.since i dont have a computer or laptop.. if i can use this into my android/tablet pls answer yes or no if i can thanks again..
crypto mining on a vps is a bad idea as it’s a shared resource and typically most providers don’t permit this tho id check with these guys i may be wrong
Yep, Wulfy is correct. VPS is not for mining crypto currency.
Even some dedicated server provider dont allow crypto mining through its very energy consuming.
Do you allow vpn?
Hi,
yes we do
Just wanted to pop in and give a thumbs-up to this offer. I’ve had a small VPS at this location for several months, and reachability has been good. Just added one of these KVM specials and Josh went above and beyond to get everything working for me. Recommended. :)
Hi,
yes we do.
Do you guys have any plans for Europe?
KVM Plan 1 out of stock?
Hello,
we will have more stock in a few days.
I purchased 3 VPS to test their service for WordPress hosting and my account appears to be deleted? No email, nothing. Just can’t log in. Would not recommend!
Hello,
I dont think so, you purchased 3 servers and started mining crypto currency. Thats why they were deleted and payments refunded. We dont bother emailing anybody who thinks they can mine crypto currency in a shared environment.
@Josh
I was going to buy VPS to set up crypto wallet + mining pool – that’s not mining, but it would fully consume 1 core at all times. Is this also prohibited?
Hi,
we prefer not to host such things.
Got it. Thanks!
@Free – sometimes, I look at idiots like you and wonder what providers have to deal with.
So, you were mining coin? why didn’t you say that rather than lie that you wanted to test WordPress?
I have few servers with them and the network and hardware are solid!
Same with us, my account was deleted. I’m not sure which part there are said about crypto currency mining. We are on transferring data and all data transfer seem legit.
Since now, no refund are issues. when contacted via email, the response is “our system are not allow and not designed for refund”. I don’t think that they are serious in business.
Do you have a ticket or order number please.
“our system are not allow and not designed for refund” – that doesnt sound like a response made by us.
Already out of stock
Hi,
more stock will be available in a few days.
Should i wait for more stock on KVM or i will be just fine hosting Docker Containers on the OpenVZ?
Hi,
docker does not work on openvz, you need KVM for that.
we will have more stock within less then a week.
good vps , but now out of stock :( i need buy more
This is an awesome offer! Totally happy with speeds, VPS, and pricing! Great support as well! Thank you!
Do you provide IPv6?
Yes we do
will you still be restocking KVM Plan 1?
yes we will, in about couple of days
We have released more stock on our KVM specials.
Grab one while it lasts.
Good IO and network speed! Great server for the price!
Would be even greater if there is an option to disable the VNC port. Does not feel safe having it on all the time.
Will KVM Plan 1 in the future?
I got a 4GB KVM package from servercheap, the process was very quick. I got my credentials quickly to setup my server. I haven’t tried it much, but initial setup seems fast. I hope they keep up with this speed/performance in the long run. I’m super impressed with the support, very knowledgeable and solved one of my issues quickly. I would definitely recommend this service to LEB members..:)
Thumbs Up Ram I agree with you
Hello,
What will be the cost of the custom 4GB KVM plan with 90-100GB disk space?
Regards
Hi,
if you email sales@servercheap we will give you a quote.
What’s the regular price after the one year promotion?
Hi,
The price wont change regardless of the duration.
Is there an limit on what can i do with the servers? for example im learning php and python and want to try and make a scraper on a vps. is that allowed on your servers?
@Andrea Hasani
Let me get this straight – you’re learning PHP and the first thing that comes to your mind is to create and run a scraper. Correct?
People are really funny.
will you still be restocking KVM Plan 1?
Hi,
yes but it will be a couple of weeks time probably.
Are there any plans on restocking KVM Plan 1?
Hi,
probably in a couple of weeks time.
Hey,
Do you plan on restocking your KVM options?
Thanks
Hi,
yes but it will be a couple of weeks time probably.
awesome server, is fairly shared and network speed is excellent
Hello,
Is running a cryptocurrency node (but NOT mining) allowed?
I’m looking at your VZ 3 plan since I would like 100 GB of space instead of 50 GB. Is it possible to have a promotion for this product, or to pay extra to upgrade the promotional VZ 2 plan to 100 GB of storage?
Can I run opensim and setup maybe 20 or 30 regions to share with other users as a grid
Bandwidth speed’s have been a bit underwhelming.
root@vps:~# wget -qO- bench.sh | bash
———————————————————————-
CPU model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz
Number of cores : 2
CPU frequency : 2600.071 MHz
Total size of Disk : 30.0 GB (5.2 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem : 2048 MB (214 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 2048 MB (0 MB Used)
System uptime : 5 days, 4 hour 39 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
OS : Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 2.6.32-042stab126.2
———————————————————————-
I/O speed(1st run) : 467 MB/s
I/O speed(2nd run) : 413 MB/s
I/O speed(3rd run) : 643 MB/s
Average I/O speed : 507.7 MB/s
———————————————————————-
Node Name IPv4 address Download Speed
CacheFly 205.234.175.175 274KB/s
Linode, Tokyo, JP 106.187.96.148 289KB/s
Linode, Singapore, SG 139.162.23.4 296KB/s
Linode, London, UK 176.58.107.39 302KB/s
Linode, Frankfurt, DE 139.162.130.8 324KB/s
Linode, Fremont, CA 50.116.14.9 323KB/s
Softlayer, Dallas, TX 173.192.68.18 300KB/s
Softlayer, Seattle, WA 67.228.112.250 273KB/s
Softlayer, Frankfurt, DE 159.122.69.4 272KB/s
Softlayer, Singapore, SG 119.81.28.170 292KB/s
Softlayer, HongKong, CN 119.81.130.170 293KB/s
———————————————————————-
Hi,
that doesnt look remotely close to what our speeds are, could you open a ticket so we can take a look.
that’s look like not servercheap
I created an account and paid for OpenVZ Plan 1 however I can’t log in now. When I try to do a password reset it says no accounts for that email :/
Never mind that was just me being an idiot. Service is great though :)
Perfect hosting service. I’ve been using it for a year and no issues so far. Fast and reliable.
Hi Josh
Showing out of stock, for the KVM’s
can you advise you when you will be putting it back on
Says out of stock for me for both plans. Any plan to add more?
Cuk, murah tenan (Indonesia)
means this deal is very promising.
Thanks for the offer! I have been interested in purchasing a plan from your website. There seems to be an error with registration as I cannot log onto my cilent account. I have sent emails to your support with no responses. Any other way I can purchase your OpenVZ Plan 2?
I want to run a minecraft server this is possible?
Is the price locked?
Yes for the term you keep the server for
If you ask to terminate it and you ask to reimburse it then you pay Latest Price.
Do the OpenVZ support FUSE?
Yes we do support fuse.
I just ordered an OpenVZ VPS, but sadly FUSE is not there. Are you sure you are not mistaken with KVM?
I opened a ticket. If this cannot be solved I will have to request a refund, which is very bad considering your service is superb.
Ticket resolved in 10 minutes. Keep up the good work!
KVM offers out of stock :/
Request to restock KVM offers. So far i satisfied with OpenVZ server from Servercheap.Net. Planned to move all vps from other provider. Thanks
Can I have LetsEncrypt SSL on any of these KVM boxes?
Thx
Hi,
yes you can.
Sure! why not? you can install that yourself.
Do you provide 1G KVM? This is not a pheasant node? Asia is direct or bypass?
I originally wanted to purchase the cheap KVM but it’s out of stock. I decided to get the OpenVZ instead and I have to say, so far I’m quite pleased with the server and speeds. After a week, it’s been 100% without any weird intermittent outages. I’ll test further throughout the month but so far I’m liking what I see. The manager GUI is top-notch too.
Hi,
currently we have more KVM in stock.
Hi, I’m after hosting my own DNS, email server and some web sites. I’ll also need MySQL. Will the KVM plan 2 allow me to install these requirements. I’m assuming I can simply ssh to the box and install and configure to my liking.
Thanks
Hi,
you are 100% spot on, you can install anything you need via SSH, you would have full root access.
DDoS protection?
Any yearly subscription (maybe with some discount) ?
Any kvm 2gb left in stock?
Hi,
we will have more in about a week.
Managed to get one, I’ve been testing it for the past month and just renewed! Loved your panel and the server is pretty stable, got some nice boost from my old OpenVZ solution.
Stay away from this, or at least away from the $2.99 KVM ones. I bought 3 of them. Their nodes are definitely over-provisioned. Often mine crawl to a halt while themselves having barely any CPU usage.
Avoid.
Hi,
are you sure you are not confusing us with another host, could you provide a ticket number so we can take a look please, we dont have servers that crawl to a halt.
Yes, I’m sure I’m not confusing you with another host. My level of stupidity is not that high. I will send a ticket. It’s happening quite often and only on your VMs (I have VMs with 4 other providers). I’m pretty sure you’re over provisioning. The cores for the KVM nodes are not dedicated.
@Alex W. I have 4 servers with them for months now. it has been nothing but excellent!
Not sure you are writing a review in the right place.
I’m sure I’m writing the review in the right place. My level of stupidity is not that high. I’m glad you had a better service. I’m talking about the $2.99 KVM VMs, whereas you most likely have a different plan, on a different hw node since the $2.99 offer was much newer than 4 months you claim.
@Josh I noticed you guys now have NVME Disk option. Good job!
Is there going to be a LEB offer on that (pretty please:))?
Also, any DDoS option?
Out of stock on KVM-1 again. Is a refresh coming any time soon?
KVM Plan 1 and KVM Plan 2 out of stock :(
Hi,
We have some now but you have to grab them real quick..
Jon Biloh,
Do you have any sharing plans on your server?
Kvm offer out of stock
KVM Plan 1 out of stock :(
do you know if you are bringing it back?
I registered for a 2GB KVM plan in January i think. I was using this server to host ReactJS applications and a NodeJS backend (for testing purposes, show demos to clients and to host personal projects). But suddenly, my server is down. So i decided to take a look in the admin panel. When i tried to login, i got this:
“Login Details Incorrect. Please try again.”
So i tried to reset my password by clicking in “FORGOT PASSWORD?” located in the lower right part. When i entered my email and clicked on Submit, i got this:
“No client account was found with the email address you entered ”
What is going on here? Why i cannot access my account? I have important data in my application server as well as applications running for personal use. I’m paying for that service and suddenly my user account doesn’t exist anymore. You can contact me directly via email to show you all the paypal receipts i’ve paid to demonstrate such account exists. Actually, this is the email i received when i registered with you.
Please solve this ASAP, i want my data and applications back.
“Your server is setup and will be online shortly – 0.0.0.0
Dear Oscar Calderon (XXXX)
We are happy that you chose us as your provider.
Your Professional server is being setup and will be coming online within 3 minutes.
You will find all relevant information in your client account
or click here to be taken there automatically, then click on your service.
If you have purchased cPanel/WHM along with your server and wish our techs
to install it for you, please open a ticket on our helpdesk.
Server Login
For security reasons a default password is not set for your server. In order to access your server for the first time, you will have to setup new password.
Step 1 – Login to your client area or click here to be taken there automatically
Step 2 – Click on your server
Step 3 – Click the little pen icon next to ROOT PASSWORD
Step 4 – In the pop-up window, click Yes
A new password will be generated and will be displayed on screen.
A step-by-step tutorial is also available here
Thank you for choosing Servercheap.NET for your hosting needs and we hope to exceed your expectations.
Best Regards
Servercheap.NET Team”
What happened with my account and my server? I wasn’t doing something like cryptocurrency or things like those, was hosting simple web applications built in ReactJS!!
I’M NEVER GOING TO DO BUSINESS WITH SERVERCHEAP.NET AGAIN. I had a plan with them, 2GB VPS, paying $2.99. This month, i paid the bill. When i checked my bank account statement, i was charged twice by them (you can check the image in the link):
https://ibb.co/hrbRpn
So i decided to create a claim in Paypal, and it was approved, to revert one of the charges. Suddenly, i cannot access to my applications hosted in the VPS. I thought it was a maintenance window so i tried to access the management portal in servercheap.net. For my surprise, my account didn’t exist.
Then, i contacted servercheap.net through his contact form, and half an hour later i got this email:
Hello,
Your server has been deleted and your account closed. We do not do business with customer who open paypal payment disputes.
Regards
Nadya
Servercheap.NET Sales & Support
Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/servercheap.hosting
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServerCheapNET
What kind of company is this? For filing a claim in Paypal they automatically deleted my server and my account, without considering the data i have there or applications. Why didn’t they try to contact me first to solve the issue? If there was a misunderstanding i would happily reverted the claim or pay back if needed. This is the worst service i’ve received ever by a VPS company. I will never do business with them again. That’s an unprofessional way to proceed. Delete customer information without letting customer know about it.
You should have contacted them first, not them contacting you!!
If you saw a double charge, go through the provider to resolve the issue before opening a PayPal dispute. Much like doing a credit card chargeback, disputes hurt a seller’s reputation with Paypal and should be a last resort. Most reputable companies are more than happy to resolve a double charge if you provide proof to them that it happened, or if it was actually a PayPal issue then they can work themselves with Paypal and resolve at a merchant level.
By you bypassing them entirely and just making a claim against in them in Paypal, they have every right to refuse business with someone like you. I wouldn’t want someone like you as a customer either.
I work for a company that does massive amounts of online sales. We deal with crap all the time where people’s first resort is to file chargebacks or paypal disputes, rather than spending 5 minutes on the phone with us so we can just resolve it then and there. It makes for mountains of paperwork for us to avoid losing reputation with the processing merchants, and almost 100% ends up with us firing the customer (which we reserve the right to do in our terms). Paypal and credit card disputes should be a last resort, but that’s probably only clear once you’ve worked in the industry and realize why.
Should have just made a ticket and asked them for a refund for the accidental second charge ;)
@Oscar Calderon you are one strange bird. I have 6 servers with them and not a single issue.
First, it would have taken you less than a minute to write them and ask why you were billed twice. Instead, you spent a lot more time filling a paypal dispute for $2.99 (which would cost the hosting company a lot more than that (I believe $10 to $20). And all this because you weren’t smart enough to check with them first and know why you were billed twice.
Oscar Calderon.. thanks for posting your experience.
I want to order KVM1. When will it be re-stocked?
hi can you provide your looking glass link so I can test ping to a specific site from your chicago server.
Poor support
Tech guy asks to share root password for troubleshooting ipv6. First he said ipv6 is reachable and then suddenly he said you must have misconfigured ipv6 or may be your firewall is blocking or you might have defined given ip6 on different kvm. So lame of tech guy.
Be careful when they advertise unlimited bandwidth, I used them to sync a folder between my dedi and after an arbitrary amount of bandwidth they rate limit the port to 4mpbs.
@pcjamesy that’s wicked! How many GB did you use before they cut you off?
3Tb @ the 17th day of the month
I assume you were on the $2.99 vps plan. Correct?
For how long was this limitation on (one day/week)?
Seamed to be forever, I just let the service terminate. Using Virmach now where i get 5TB for $3.50 without issues.
@pcjamesy so, it turned out you were doing something really sneaky there.
What was your aim? degrade other’s user experience? I’m pretty sure Virmach wouldn’t be happy if you do the same.
I’ve got 6 servers with them and I check here few times a week in case they restock the KVM offer so I can get more. All my servers are still as fast today as they were when I first got them 5 months. I think it’s because of the provider’s effective sanitation work :)
$2.99 for 2 core, 2GB, SSD and DDoS protection? This is arguably the best VPS deal ever!
If by “syncing folders” you mean this, found in your crondtab:
*/15 * * * * wget -O /dev/null http://*******.net/FAST/test.iso >/dev/null 2>&1
then yes, we did rate limit you.
We consider this malicious.
ServerCheap will promptly terminate your account, if they find out that you requested refund from any past companies, even if such past companies issued refund as per 30-day refund policy.
These guys want a naive person as a customer, one who signs up with Paypal and does not login or does not care about connectivity
Let me correct your statement:
ServerCheap will promptly terminate your account if you have been reported to fraudrecord by 3 other providers, last of witch is of 2 days ago.
Good luck.
Hello restock?
Scam service… they had shuted down my vps without any alert or mail!!!!
we’ll find out the truth soon enough. I doubt you’ll come back to apologize though.
Hi,
Any idea when KVM plan is going to restock?
$2.99/mo KVM is back in stock !
Id like to know the uplink speed
$2.99/mo KVM is back in stock !
Eill there be any 8gb 8cores on offer Please?
Need 8GB 8core server please what is on offer
Any chance you will be doing 8GB 8core on special offers?
Any chances of 8gb 8core comming on offers?
Looking for 8gb 8core cheap server for testing Please
shoot us and email and we will get you one.
Couple of months in. 10-30% of the time downlink is slow 8-20 mpbs. Normally max out my connection ~ 200mpbs.
I don’t do anything malicious like the dude with crontab wget-ing stuffs every 15 mins, but wanted to see when they rate limit me. Don’t tell me somewhere between 5-10 TB, I trusted you.
Their lowest plan seems to be able to do VPN just fine, depending on your VPN solution. My sirq + sys is between 10-30% load, pulling ~200mpbs ok – but that seems when system is underload.
8/10
hi, no stock?
hi, any new stock soon?
Do NOT use ServerCheap. Their network is extremely congested as they seem to be overselling. This is not the worst part though, the worst part is that they offer no money-back guarantee. I contacted their support less than an hour after placing the order to have the instance canceled and be issued a full refund, they ended up canceling the instance and rejecting my refund request!
I am escalating this issue with PayPal and if I don’t get my money back I’ll consider it a small fee for a lesson learned. From now, any hosting service with no money-back guarantee is a sketchy one and should be avoided regardless of what good promotions they have. It is a trap!
Seems they picked up and left? Site is down, VPS is down.