What about RackNerd? They had cheap JP deals.
Cheap VPS in Tokyo or Singapore — who is decent right now?
Manish19 said:
They had cheap JP deals.
seedbox, NAS, tape, and three offsite
My mistake, I meant a JP proxy project using RackNerd LA. Not a JP location. Sorry for confusion.
So to summarize for lurkers: under $5, Tokyo or SG, current best options are Vultr SG $4.20 or Contabo JP €4.99. Hetzner SG €4.51 if you need bandwidth. Correct?
kenji3
Member OP
That's my read, yeah. Vultr SG if CPU matters, Contabo JP if absolute lowest latency to Kanto and you don't mind old Xeon.
conbini > datacenter snacks
Does Vultr bill in USD? With exchange rate fluctuations that's annoying for EU people.
ana_mad
Member
Yes Vultr bills USD. We bill EUR but our SG node is still USD converted. Exchange pain is real.
swimming upstream since 2019 🐟
I eat the forex on Vultr Toronto, it's fine until it's not. 2022 was brutal. Not relevant to kenji3 in Osaka but EU/CA people factor it in.
Back to the Tokyo vs SG question: has anyone tested Oracle Cloud free tier SG? Always free 1GB ARM, but you need to stay under limits and they can terminate anytime. Not production worthy.
minh1987
Member
Oracle free tier is a hobby project minefield. Good for learning, terrible for clients. Would not recommend for anything kenji3 described.
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