Best VPS for Tor Relays and Bridges (2026): Who Allows What, According to Their Own Policies and the Tor Project

A Tor relay is the easiest server to run and the easiest to lose. Middle relays and bridges generate almost no complaints; exits generate them by the dozen, and what happens next depends entirely on whether a person or a script reads them. The Tor Project keeps a community-maintained list of which hosts tolerate what; providers keep policies that sometimes agree with it.

This is a ranked list of ten hosts for Tor relays, bridges and exits, built from the providers' own pages and the Tor Project's Good/Bad ISPs list, with the hosts to avoid at the end. Every claim was re-checked in September 2026.

Relay, bridge, exit: three different risks

• Middle relays carry encrypted traffic between other relays. No complaints, modest bandwidth, allowed nearly everywhere that does not block Tor entirely. Your IP is public in the consensus.
• Bridges are unlisted entry points for censored users. No complaints, low bandwidth, and your IP stays out of the public list. The cheapest useful thing you can run.
• Exits send traffic to the open internet under your IP. Every abuse complaint the internet generates for that traffic arrives at your host. Exits need a host that has decided, in writing, to handle that, and a reduced exit policy helps.

The ten, ranked

1. Servury

Policy: relays and bridges are welcome, and the plan page says why they are workable: "abuse reports are read by a person before anything is actioned", with no automated suspension. Exits are not advertised; ask support before running one.

Signup and payment: nothing at signup; Monero, Bitcoin and six other coins on Servury's own nodes, a card, or cash by mail in any currency. No access logs, a signed warrant canary. That matters for relay operators specifically: the list of who runs which relay is public, and a host that knows nothing about you cannot add to it.

Price and places: from $9.99 on the Blackbox line (2 vCPU, 4 GB, 10 Gbps with 4 TB of transfer per 31 days, a routed /64, encrypted memory) in Montreal; standard-line locations in 7 more countries.

Honest limits: not on the Tor Project list yet (founded 2025), and no exit policy in writing.

2. FlokiNET (Iceland, Romania, Finland, Netherlands)

Policy: the Tor Project list marks bridges, relays and exits all allowed and notes FlokiNET sponsors exit nodes itself. Its homepage: "We do not require any personal details or identification. Any valid email address is enough."

Payment and price: Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum, PayPal, bank transfer; from €3.50; DDoS protection included. Full comparison.

Honest limits: manual provisioning and no refunds.

3. 1984 Hosting (Iceland)

Policy: bridges, relays and exits allowed per the Tor Project list (updated May 2024, "free speech hoster", IPv4 only noted); a stated no-logging policy on VPS since 2006.

Payment and price: Bitcoin, Monero, cards; $9.66 for 1 CPU, 1 GB, 25 GB NVMe, 1 TB. Full comparison.

Honest limits: 1 TB a month is thin for a busy relay; Iceland's latency.

4. Privex (Sweden, Germany, US)

Policy: "Tor friendly hosting provider who runs 3 relays and an exit themselves", per the Tor Project list (June 2022); exits allowed in Sweden, restricted elsewhere; crypto required.

Payment and price: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, Dogecoin, HIVE, EOS in-house; from $8.00. Full comparison.

5. IncogNET (US, Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria)

Policy: exits allowed if you "host a page on port 80 explaining the server is a Tor exit and use a reduced exit policy", per the Tor Project list (April 2023); Tor, I2P and Yggdrasil supported on its own pages.

Payment and price: Monero, Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin in-house, PayPal; from $4.62; email-only signup. Full comparison.

6. Njalla (Sweden)

Policy: bridges, relays and exits allowed per the Tor Project list (October 2023): "privacy-focused, accept cryptocurrencies".

Payment and price: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, PayPal; VPS from €15 at our last full check; email or XMPP signup. Full comparison.

Honest limits: price per gigabyte of bandwidth; a domains company first.

7. OrangeWebsite (Iceland)

Policy: bridges and relays allowed and exits listed as probable on the Tor Project list; an explicit free-speech policy under Icelandic law on its site.

Payment and price: Bitcoin, Litecoin, cards, PayPal, cash by mail; from €22.40; email-only signup. Full comparison.

8. BuyVM / Frantech (Luxembourg, Las Vegas, New York)

Policy: "All relays fine if following steps. Notices ignored", per the Tor Project list (September 2021), exits included.

Price: KVM slices from $3.50 (1 GB, 20 GB) with 3.5 Tbps DDoS protection advertised; payment methods are not published on its site.

Honest limits: an account and, in practice, identifying details; the policy note is four years old.

9. netcup (Germany, Austria, Netherlands, US)

Policy: "Everything allowed that T&Cs don't exclude", exits included, per the Tor Project list (September 2021).

Honest limits: a mainstream German host with an identified account; cheap and fast, but it knows exactly who you are.

10. Linode / Akamai (multiple)

Policy: exits allowed with a reduced exit policy, per the Tor Project list (October 2021).

Honest limits: a card, identity checks, and an abuse desk that works from tickets. Fine for a well-behaved reduced exit; not a privacy host.

Avoid for exits, or entirely

Running one well

• Start with a bridge or a middle relay. Unmetered or generous bandwidth matters more than CPU; 2 vCPU and 2 to 4 GB is plenty.
• Set MyFamily if you run more than one relay, and ContactInfo that reaches you without naming you.
• For exits, use a reduced exit policy, serve an explanation page on port 80, and set reverse DNS that says "tor-exit". Most hosts that allow exits ask for exactly those.
• Pay in a way that does not identify you if your threat model includes being identified as a relay operator; the consensus already publishes your IP.
• Keep your own logs off. Tor does not log traffic; make sure nothing else on the box does.

Our no-KYC ranking covers the identity side of the same providers.

Frequently asked questions

Which VPS providers allow Tor exit nodes?

Per the Tor Project list and their own pages: FlokiNET, 1984 Hosting, Privex (Sweden), IncogNET (reduced policy), Njalla, OrangeWebsite, BuyVM, netcup and Linode (reduced policy). Servury welcomes relays and bridges; ask before an exit.

Can I run a Tor relay on a $5 VPS?

Yes. A middle relay or bridge needs little CPU or RAM; bandwidth is the limit. Check the monthly transfer cap before choosing.

Is running a Tor relay legal?

Running relays and bridges is legal in every jurisdiction on this list. Exits are legal too, but attract complaints and, occasionally, police interest directed at the IP; choose a host that has decided how to handle that.

Do I need to hide that I run a relay?

You cannot: relay IPs are public. What you can keep private is the link between the relay and you, which is a matter of how you signed up and paid.