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vs is*hosting

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.

Servury OUR PICK
+ 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, seven-day minimum rentals
+ Proxies + VPS + reseller API in one platform
is*hosting
+ 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

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by side

FeatureServuryIS*HOSTING
Signup requirementNothing. 32-char credential onlyEmail required
KYC / ID verificationNone, everUsers report being asked for ID after purchase
VPS entry priceFrom $15.59 a monthFrom $5.94/mo
Short rentalsYes, 7-day minimum, custom renewal cyclesMonthly billing only
Server locations7 (US, CA, UK, NL, FR, DE, SG)40+ countries
Owned hardwareYes (Montreal)No (resold infrastructure)
Disk encryptionLUKS2 FDE, your passphrase onlyNot available
BYOIPYes, RPKI ROA verifiedNot available
Reverse DNSYes (Montreal)Yes
Deployment speed~30 secondsMinutes (manual provisioning possible)
Crypto paymentsBTC, ETH, LTC, XMR, USDT + moreBTC, ETH, LTC
Card paymentsStripe (Visa, MC, etc.)Visa only (reported)
Cash by mailYesNo
Proxy servicesDatacenter, residential, rotatingNo
Reseller APIFull REST API, white-labelNo
OS optionsDebian 12/13, Ubuntu, Rocky, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, WindowsLinux, Windows, macOS
Zero logsYesNot explicitly stated
Tor / I2P accessYes (.onion + .i2p mirrors)No
SMTP portsOpenBlocked by default
DDoS protectionNo (bring your own)Free, included

The "Anonymous" Problem

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.

Disk Encryption: We Have It, They Don't

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.

Owned Hardware vs Resold Infrastructure

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.

What is*hosting Does Better

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.

Pricing

Servury starts from $15.59 a month, with a seven-day minimum and renewal cycles you set yourself. is*hosting starts at $5.94/mo and bills monthly only. That flexibility matters when you're running short-term workloads or testing something quickly.

Common
questions

Is is*hosting actually anonymous?

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.

Does is*hosting offer disk encryption?

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.

Why does is*hosting have more locations?

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.

Can I use is*hosting for BYOIP?

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.

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instead.

No email, no KYC, crypto accepted, live in thirty seconds across seven locations.

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