BuyVM alternative — Cryptoservers

Looking for an alternative to BuyVM? BuyVM runs three datacenters across Las Vegas, New York and Luxembourg under a U.S. parent; Cryptoservers operates from Saint Kitts & Nevis across four European jurisdictions. Cryptoservers is an offshore VPS and dedicated bare-metal host incorporated in Saint Kitts and Nevis, with hosting in Iceland, the Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland. We accept 20+ cryptocurrencies, ship 1 Tbps of DDoS absorption included on every plan, and provision a VPS in 41 seconds median from confirmed payment to SSH login.

Side by side

BuyVM vs Cryptoservers — the spec table

Numbers and facts only. Where the competitor wins, the table says so.

Specification	BuyVM	Cryptoservers
Datacenter regions	3 (Las Vegas, New York, Luxembourg)	Iceland, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland
Corporate jurisdiction	United States (Nevada, Five Eyes)	Saint Kitts & Nevis (outside 14-Eyes)
Payment coins	BTC, BCH, LTC and a few others via NowPayments (~5)	BTC, XMR, ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL, LTC, XRP, TRX, TON, DOGE, POL, BCH, DASH, ZEC and more (20+)
KYC at signup	Email + sometimes phone/ID on flagged orders	None — payment-only signup
DDoS protection	$3/month add-on per IP, optional	1 Tbps anycast, included on every plan
Provisioning median	Minutes to hours, longer when popular plans are out of stock	41 seconds
Entry VPS price	$3.50/month (KVM 1 GB) — lower than CS but smaller spec	$16.99/month (2 vCPU, 4 GB ECC, 60 GB NVMe)
Warrant canary	No	Weekly, PGP-signed at /canary/
Public network details	AS53667 publicly routed, peering details not published	Full ASN + live peering matrix on /network/
Storage product	Dedicated block storage slabs (extra-large, low cost)	NVMe local + standard volumes; no slab product
Virtualization	KVM and OpenVZ legacy plans	KVM only; bare-metal also offered
ECC RAM on VPS	Not advertised on standard tiers	DDR4 ECC across the VPS fleet

Honest assessment

What BuyVM does well — and where it falls short

Each competitor gets real credit for what they do well. The cons section reflects published facts and recurring customer feedback, not marketing FUD.

Strengths of BuyVM

Operated continuously since 2010 under Francisco Dias and Frantech Solutions — one of the longest-running independent VPS brands in the LowEndTalk ecosystem with strong community recognition.
Unmetered bandwidth on most plans is genuinely unmetered, not soft-capped — a rare offer at the $2-5/month tier where most competitors throttle or shape after a quota.
Dedicated IPv4 storage slabs (10 TB+ block storage attachable to any VPS) are a unique product almost no other low-end host offers at the same price point.
Strong stance against takedown pressure for legal-but-unpopular content; the Luxembourg location specifically markets free-speech tolerance and has a track record of resisting frivolous abuse complaints.
Active presence on LowEndTalk where staff respond publicly to issues — accountability that pure-marketing hosts don't offer.

Limitations of BuyVM

Frantech Solutions is incorporated in the United States (Nevada), placing the parent inside the Five Eyes signals-intelligence sphere regardless of where the server itself sits.
Two of three datacenters (Las Vegas, New York) are on U.S. soil and subject to subpoena, NSL and CLOUD Act process — a non-starter for users whose threat model includes U.S. government.
DDoS protection is sold as a separate $3/month add-on per IP rather than included; unprotected IPs have been nullrouted during attacks per multiple LowEndTalk threads.
Payment coins are limited to BTC, BCH, LTC and a handful of others via NowPayments — Monero acceptance has been intermittent and Solana/USDT-on-various-chains are not natively supported.
No published warrant canary; the company has never publicly committed to a transparency cadence.
Provisioning on out-of-stock plans can take hours to days; the Las Vegas storage slabs in particular have multi-week waitlists during demand spikes.

Decision guide

Which one fits your use case?

Sometimes the competitor is the right answer. We say so when it is.

Pick BuyVM if…

You need a $3-5/month KVM with truly unmetered bandwidth for a side project, and U.S. jurisdiction is acceptable to your threat model.
You want cheap multi-terabyte block storage attached to a small VPS — the Frantech storage slabs are genuinely best-in-class on price per TB.
You value a 15-year operational track record on LowEndTalk over a newer brand and want public staff engagement on a community forum.
Your workload is fine in Las Vegas, New York or Luxembourg and you don't need European-only or non-Five-Eyes hosting.

Pick Cryptoservers if…

Your threat model excludes Five Eyes jurisdictions: Cryptoservers is domiciled in Saint Kitts & Nevis with all four datacenters in Europe (Iceland, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland).
You pay in Monero, USDT-TRC20, Solana, TON or any of 20+ coins that BuyVM's NowPayments integration does not natively support.
You want DDoS mitigation included rather than as a $3/IP/month add-on — Cryptoservers bundles 1 Tbps anycast on every plan by default.
You need provisioning measured in seconds, not hours: the 41-second median lets you spin up infrastructure during an incident, not after a stock check.
You want a weekly PGP-signed warrant canary and a public peering matrix — transparency artifacts BuyVM has never committed to publishing.

Cryptoservers in 4 facts

What's different about Cryptoservers

VPS from $16.99

Five tiers of KVM virtual servers on AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon Gold with DDR4/DDR5 ECC and NVMe storage.

Dedicated bare-metal

Five single-tenant tiers from $79/mo — full IPMI, 4-hour hardware-swap SLA, no neighbours.

4 jurisdictions

Iceland, Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland. Real legal redundancy across regimes.

1 Tbps DDoS

Anycast scrubbing fabric included on every plan. Public ASN and peering matrix.

FAQ

BuyVM vs Cryptoservers — questions answered

Is BuyVM a good privacy host?

BuyVM is a solid budget VPS host with a 15-year track record and an active LowEndTalk presence, but it is not optimized for adversarial privacy threat models. The parent company Frantech Solutions is U.S.-incorporated, two of three datacenters are on U.S. soil, and there is no warrant canary or audited no-logs claim. For low-stakes privacy it is fine; for serious operational security a non-Five-Eyes host is a better fit.

Does BuyVM accept Monero?

BuyVM accepts cryptocurrency through NowPayments, which has supported XMR intermittently — availability has flickered as NowPayments has changed its Monero policies. BTC, BCH and LTC are consistently available. Cryptoservers accepts Monero directly and natively as one of 20+ coins, with no third-party processor in the path.

Where is BuyVM located?

BuyVM operates three datacenters: Las Vegas (USA), New York (USA) and Luxembourg (Europe). The corporate parent Frantech Solutions is registered in Nevada, USA. Two of the three locations and the legal entity itself sit inside Five Eyes signals-intelligence territory, which matters for users whose threat model includes U.S. government access.

Does BuyVM include DDoS protection?

No. BuyVM sells DDoS-protected IP addresses as a separate $3/month add-on; unprotected IPs are nullrouted during attacks per the company's published policy. Cryptoservers bundles 1 Tbps anycast mitigation on every plan at no extra cost.

Is Cryptoservers cheaper than BuyVM?

No, BuyVM is cheaper at the entry tier — its 1 GB KVM starts around $3.50/month versus Cryptoservers' $16.99/month. The Cryptoservers entry plan is a different product class: 2 vCPU, 4 GB ECC RAM, 60 GB NVMe with DDoS included. Compare price per spec, not headline price, before deciding.

How fast does BuyVM provision?

BuyVM provisioning ranges from minutes (in-stock plans, clean payment) to multiple hours or days when popular plans — particularly the storage slabs — are out of stock. Cryptoservers publishes a 41-second median from confirmed payment to SSH login regardless of plan tier.

Does BuyVM publish a warrant canary?

No, BuyVM has never published a recurring warrant canary or transparency report. Cryptoservers publishes a PGP-signed canary weekly at /canary/ documenting the absence of national security letters and gag orders during the prior period.

Is BuyVM really anonymous?

BuyVM accepts crypto and does not require ID at signup for most plans, but flagged or high-value orders have triggered manual review including phone or ID requests per LowEndTalk reports. Cryptoservers commits to payment-only signup with no KYC step at any tier.

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