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is*hosting has 40+ locations and 20 years of experience. Sounds impressive on paper. But when you look at what actually matters for privacy hosting, the picture changes fast. Here's the real comparison.
✓ Zero identity. No email, no phone, no KYC
✓ LUKS2 full disk encryption (only you hold the key)
✓ BYOIP + rDNS on owned hardware
✓ 30-second deployment, pay by the day
✓ Proxies + VPS + reseller API in one platform
✓ 40+ server locations worldwide
✓ 20+ years in business
✓ Free DDoS protection and weekly backups
✗ Users report forced KYC and Visa-only restrictions
✗ No disk encryption, no BYOIP, no rDNS
| Feature | Servury | is*hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Signup requirement | Nothing. 32-char credential only | Email required |
| KYC / ID verification | None, ever | Users report being asked for ID after purchase |
| VPS entry price | From $3.99/mo | From $5.94/mo |
| Pay by the day | Yes, custom durations (1-365 days) | Monthly billing only |
| Server locations | 7 (US, CA, UK, NL, FR, DE, SG) | 40+ countries |
| Owned hardware | Yes (Montreal) | No (resold infrastructure) |
| Disk encryption | LUKS2 FDE, your passphrase only | Not available |
| BYOIP | Yes, RPKI ROA verified | Not available |
| Reverse DNS | Yes (Montreal) | Yes |
| Deployment speed | ~30 seconds | Minutes (manual provisioning possible) |
| Crypto payments | BTC, ETH, LTC, XMR, USDT + more | BTC, ETH, LTC |
| Card payments | Stripe (Visa, MC, etc.) | Visa only (reported) |
| Cash by mail | Yes | No |
| Proxy services | Datacenter, residential, rotating | No |
| Reseller API | Full REST API, white-label | No |
| OS options | Debian 12/13, Ubuntu, Rocky, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows | Linux, Windows, macOS |
| Zero logs | Yes | Not explicitly stated |
| Tor / I2P access | Yes (.onion + .i2p mirrors) | No |
| SMTP ports | Open | Blocked by default |
| DDoS protection | No (bring your own) | Free, included |
is*hosting advertises crypto payments and "anonymous VPS." But multiple users on Trustpilot report being asked for government ID after purchasing, with accounts restricted to Visa-only payments. That's not anonymous. Servury requires nothing. No email, no phone, no name. You get a 32-character credential and that's it. Pay with Monero if you want. We genuinely cannot identify you because we never asked in the first place.
Servury offers real LUKS2 full disk encryption on our Montreal hardware. You set the passphrase via a Dropbear SSH session. We never see it, store it, or transmit it. Your root partition is encrypted with argon2id key derivation. is*hosting offers no client-controlled disk encryption. Their backups are "encrypted," but that's provider-level encryption where they hold the keys. Not the same thing at all.
is*hosting operates in 40+ locations, which sounds great until you realize it's all resold infrastructure. They don't own the hardware. Servury's Montreal location runs on servers we physically own in a colocation facility. That's how we can offer features like disk encryption, BYOIP, and reverse DNS. Fewer locations, but the ones we have are genuinely ours.
Credit where it's due: is*hosting has 40+ locations (we have 7), free DDoS protection on all plans (we don't), and 20 years of operational history. If you need a server in a specific country we don't cover, or if DDoS protection is critical for your use case, is*hosting has more options. They also offer macOS VPS, which we don't.
Servury starts at $3.99/mo. is*hosting starts at $5.94/mo. Both are reasonable, but Servury lets you pay by the day. Need a server for 3 days? Pay for 3 days. is*hosting bills monthly only. That flexibility matters when you're running short-term workloads or testing something quickly.
They accept crypto, but require an email to sign up. Multiple users report being asked for government ID after purchase. If true anonymity matters to you, Servury is the safer choice: no email, no KYC, no identity of any kind.
No. is*hosting offers encrypted backups (provider-controlled) but no client-side disk encryption. Servury offers LUKS2 full disk encryption on our Montreal hardware where only you hold the passphrase.
is*hosting resells infrastructure from providers in 40+ countries. That gives them geographic reach but zero control over the hardware. Servury owns hardware in Montreal and partners with providers in 6 other locations. We prioritize control and features over raw location count.
No. BYOIP (Bring Your Own IP) is a Servury exclusive on our Montreal infrastructure. You prove ownership via RPKI ROA and we announce your prefix over BGP. Fully automated, zero admin review.
No email. No KYC. Crypto accepted. Disk encryption available. Server live in 30 seconds.
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