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.
They seem reliable to me,
it would have been nice to have less space and more RAM or a burstable RAM option
do you know what’s the datacenter? do they own it?
I have one in Cicago. Their using Ubiquity Server data center with fixed network Level3 and Mzima.
Sorry, losing “h” in Chicago D
Well, I took advantage of this offer today. The vpn was setup within minutes. The double disk space was not intially there, but I put in a support ticket and it was fixed in minutes. everything seems to be working pretty good so far.
i am also planning to signup for this..
Hi,
How can I order vps online. I dont find any payment option on the website.
We accept PayPal once you order..
Thanks everyone for the kind words!
is the services are fully managed?
No, they are not.
We use the money saved by having unmanaged VPS to help better the company. :)
Anyone know what happened to these guys? Sites been showing ‘under construction’ for a few weeks now.
We are doing a lot of internal restructuring, and it is taking greatly longer then expected.
No worries, we are not going anywhere, I assure you.
@Douglas — looks like the “internal restructuring” means that you guys were on the market? It appears that ZoomVPS has been sold to BoostHosting in Australia.