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NoKycVPS vs. Hetzner

Major German hosting provider since 1997. Datacenters in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki, Hillsboro, Ashburn, Singapore. Cloud VPS, dedicated servers, GPU lines. Full KYC at signup.

Entry price
$5 vs $5
Regions
4 vs 4
KYC
No vs Yes (full identity verification)
Crypto
4 vs 0
Last reviewed
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At a glance

us NoKycVPS

Founded 2026, headquartered across France, Iceland, Switzerland and Romania. Cheapest VPS plan from $5/mo with 4 jurisdictions. Accepts Bitcoin, Monero, Litecoin and Ethereum. Public agent-buyable API at /agents.

them Hetzner

Founded 1997, headquartered in Germany. Cheapest VPS plan from $5/mo, with 4 region(s). Accepts . KYC stance: Yes (full identity verification).

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Specs face-off

Eight data points, published prices, public KYC stance. Green dots flag where NoKycVPS wins. Where the competitor wins, it gets the credit.

AttributeNoKycVPSHetzner
Starting price (VPS / mo) $5 $5
KYC required? No Yes (full identity verification)
Regions 4 · FR, IS, CH, RO 4 · DE, FI, US, SG
Crypto accepted BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH
Accepts fiat (credit card / bank) No Yes (KYC required)
Free WHOIS privacy Yes No
Public agentic API (AI-buyable) Yes · /agents No
Founded 2026 1997
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Strengths

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Where NoKycVPS wins

  • Full KYC at signup — name, address, payment method tied to identity
  • No cryptocurrency payment support
  • German jurisdiction with active law enforcement cooperation
  • No public no-KYC product line
  • Has suspended accounts based on customer complaints in the past
them

Where Hetzner wins

  • Largest European hosting operation, 27+ years in business
  • Excellent price-to-performance ratio on VPS and dedicated
  • Multiple datacenter locations across Europe, US, and APAC
  • Mature ecosystem (Terraform provider, robust API, networking primitives)
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The honest verdict

Hetzner is a great product for legal European workloads where identity disclosure is acceptable. They have better hardware-per-dollar than us at the entry tier. The deciding factor is whether your threat model accepts German jurisdiction + full KYC. If yes, Hetzner. If you specifically need offshore, crypto-only, and no identity at signup, NoKycVPS is the safer architecture.

— NoKycVPS, May 20, 2026
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When to choose what

Pick NoKycVPS if…

  • You need a public agent-buyable API. Our /agents endpoint lets autonomous LLM clients sign up, top up balance, and deploy a VPS with five HTTP calls. No competitor in this list offers that today.
  • You want Monero (XMR) as a first-class payment rail with confirmation in ~30 seconds, not just Bitcoin.
  • You want jurisdiction diversification — four EU offshore regions vs the competitor's one or two — so a legal change in any one country doesn't put your stack at risk.
  • You want modern hardware (NVMe Gen5, DDR5 ECC, EPYC/Ryzen) at entry-level pricing, not just at the premium tier.
  • You want a domain registrar in the same account as your VPS, with crypto checkout and free WHOIS privacy.

Pick Hetzner if…

  • Largest European hosting operation, 27+ years in business
  • Excellent price-to-performance ratio on VPS and dedicated
  • Multiple datacenter locations across Europe, US, and APAC
  • Mature ecosystem (Terraform provider, robust API, networking primitives)
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Migration considerations

Switching from Hetzner to NoKycVPS carries real friction: SSH keys to migrate, domains to re-delegate, services to re-deploy. We do not pretend it is zero-effort. But our docs section covers the standard playbook (rsync server-to-server, cron transition, DNS cutover) — and your NoKycVPS balance can fund the new instance without re-onboarding paperwork.

  1. Top up your NoKycVPS balance (3-min crypto deposit).
  2. Deploy a clone of your current server: same OS, same plan, 47-second provision.
  3. rsync your data and config across SSH.
  4. Cut DNS to the new IP, watch TTL expire.
  5. Terminate the old instance once you are confident.

Typical sequence: 30–60 minutes per server, less for stateless workloads.

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About this comparison

All facts on this page come from each provider's public pricing page, terms of service, and our own benchmark deploys against their checkout flow. We update within 48 hours when a provider disputes a claim. The honest verdict above is ours alone, written without any contact with Hetzner.