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Servers I Rent So Side Projects Stay Online (No AWS Invoice)
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items I rent boxes for n8n, backups, and sites instead of opening an AWS invoice. Cheap VPS to boot, Performance when CPU is the bottleneck, then EU mail and object storage so the data stays boring. These are the providers I actually pay, not a catalog of ...
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Cheap Boxes I Actually Boot
When CPU Or Neighbors Become The Problem
EU Mail, Sites, And Backups
What I Run On The Box
Cheap Boxes I Actually Boot
Everyday VPS for n8n, staging, and side projects when price per core is the whole point.
When I need a box tonight and I do not want an AWS calculator, I start on Contabo Core. Enough vCPU and RAM for n8n, staging, and backups at a price that stays boring. Support is tickets, not 24/7 chat. Fine until CPU is pegged, then I move that work...
Contabo
When someone needs a VPS with a panel and a one-click n8n template, I send Hostinger. hPanel is easier than raw SSH for a first box. Less raw CPU per euro than Contabo. I keep it for people who want the site up today, not a weekend of sysadmin.
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Hostinger
When the project has to stay in Europe and I already run mail or domains at Infomaniak, I keep compute in the same Swiss stack. Pricier than Contabo Core. Worth it when GDPR, support in French, and one invoice matter more than squeezing the last euro...
Infomaniak VPS
When CPU Or Neighbors Become The Problem
Move up when builds are slow, inference is local, or shared noisy neighbors show up.
Core is cheap until CI, databases, or local inference start waiting on CPU. Performance is the 2026 line I point at then: EPYC, NVMe, fewer noisy neighbors. Still not a dedicated server. I upgrade the one box that is actually hot instead of resizing ...
Contabo Performance
Sites I do not want to sysadmin live on PlanetHoster N0C, not on the same VPS as n8n. Panel, SSH when needed, and I already run production sites there. Heavier than a 4 euro box. The point is isolation so a broken container does not take the brochure...
PlanetHoster
Trackr already runs on a Vultr instance. I use it when I need a location Contabo does not have, or a resize I can do from the API without opening a ticket. Pricier per GB than Core. Not my default cheap box. The production VPS I keep when the app has...
Vultr
EU Mail, Sites, And Backups
Mail, brochure sites, and S3-style backups that should not live on the same VPS as production.
Mail for rentierdigital stays on Infomaniak, not on a random VPS postfix experiment. Swiss hosting, real IMAP/SMTP, and I already pay the invoice. Not the cheapest mailbox. I keep it because losing mail to a self-hosted box that I forgot to update is...
Infomaniak Mail
Small sites and domains that should not eat a VPS slot go on Infomaniak web hosting. Same account as mail, French support, no Docker required. Not for n8n. I use it when the page is a site, not an app, and I want DNS plus FTP without opening another ...
Infomaniak Web
SQLite backups and object dumps go to Contabo S3 (eu2), not to the same disk as the app. Flat storage, no AWS egress math. I already restore from it. Not a compute box. If the page currently shows Storage VPS, I still use the S3 API for off-site copi...
Contabo Object Storage
What I Run On The Box
The stack I put on the VPS once SSH works: automation first, then a quick security pass.
The reason I rent a VPS in the first place is often n8n. Self-host the workflows, keep Zapier off the invoice, and point cron at a box that does not sleep. Cloud n8n exists if I do not want SSH. For a one-person shop, Docker on Contabo or Hostinger i...
n8n
Before a new domain or VPS is public, I run Barrion so headers, TLS, and leftover JS libraries are not a guess. Read-only scan, a fix list I can ship, Slack if it drifts. Not a pentest. Enough hygiene for a box I actually expose.
Access the tool: ht...
Barrion