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Sofia here. Hetzner auction is how I started. Old Dell hardware, no SLA, but the price is the price. Got a Xeon E3 with 32GB for €25/month three years ago. Still paying €25.

The catch: if it dies, you migrate. No replacement guarantee....

AWS is for when you need the ecosystem. S3, Lambda, the IAM maze. For a straight VPS there are twenty better options.

Sofia here. I run a small game server community. Negotiated with OVHcloud for a dedicated server in their Limburg location. Mentioned Hetzner's auction prices. Got 10% off and free...

This.

In Bulgaria we have different math. BGN to USD is stable-ish, but bank fees for foreign transaction are 2%. Per domain, per year, it adds.

I use Revolut virtual card for auto-renew. No forex fee. The card it is free tier, limit €200/month, enou...

In Bulgaria we have cheap VPS from local providers, 2GB for 5 leva monthly. Why torture yourself with 128MB?

Beauharnois latency from Sofia is 120ms+. Fine for mail, useless for anything interactive. CGNAT or not, Contabo's German DCs are 30ms for me. Trade-offs everywhere.

Contabo never called it "outbound-only v4" though, did they?

Which kernel on Contabo, stock or custom

Hetzner auction has old dedis with v4+v6 for like 25 EUR. Split with friends, run your own NAT64, own DNS, own everything. No flaky public services. I do this in Sofia with 3 other people, we each get root on our VMs and shared network services.

For production though? Never IPv6-only without contro...

Following this thread. Hetzner CX11 in Sofia from here, 35ms latency, solid for the price. No setup fee is rare now, most providers hide something.