| Signup requirement | Token only. Zero identity | Email and a name (pseudonyms allowed), plus the purpose of use (their privacy policy) |
| Encrypted memory (AMD SEV-SNP) | Yes, Blackbox line from $9.99 | No |
| Measured boot (verifiable boot chain) | Yes, reproducible artifacts and a published verifier | No |
| Host access to your VM | None on Blackbox: no guest agent, disk encrypted inside the guest | Standard: the host can read the VM |
| Crypto processing | Own nodes, no third-party gateway | In-house processor |
| VPS entry price | From $9.99 a month | $0.99/mo (IPv6-only tier) / $8.00 V1 (2 cores, 1 GB, 50 GB, Germany) |
| Crypto payments | BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH, BNB, TRX, USDT, USDC | BTC, LTC, XMR, DOGE, HIVE/HBD, EOS |
| Card payments | Yes (Stripe) | No, crypto only |
| Cash by mail | Yes, any currency | Not stated |
| Monero (XMR) | Yes | Yes |
| Payment processor | In-house, no third party sees your tx | In-house, no third party sees your tx |
| Tor / I2P access | Yes | Yes, .onion + I2P eepsite |
| Jurisdiction | Montreal, Canada | Belize: Privex Inc., founded 2017 (their about page); servers in SE, DE, US |
| Server locations | 8 (US, CA, UK, NL, FR, DE, SG, HK) | SE, DE, US on their homepage (FI, NL offered previously) |
| Short rentals | Yes, 7-day minimum, custom renewal cycles | Monthly billing |
| Deployment speed | ~30 seconds | Manual, slower |
| Consumer-friendly | Yes | Technical audience only |
| Proxy network | Datacenter + residential (availability varies) | No |
| Reseller API | Yes | No |
| Dedicated servers | Yes, from $73.99/month, no setup fee, 6 datacenters (US, NL, MX), automatic deployment in about 10 minutes | Yes, $50 to $1,360+/month |
| Founded | 2025 | 2017 |
| Works without JavaScript | Yes. Every page works with JavaScript off, signup and checkout included; Stripe's script loads only if you pick card. | Order form needs it, in their words: "it looks like you've disabled Javascript (JS) in your browser... For the best order experience..." |