VPS hosting in Germany, for projects that serve Europe
A Linux server with root access, running in data centres in Germany. Your own vCPU, RAM, NVMe storage and IPv4 address, billed monthly from €4.99. Here is how to decide if a German VPS suits you, which size to pick and what to do in the first hour.
What you get with an EclipsiumX VPS
A VPS (virtual private server) is an isolated virtual machine with resources reserved for you. Nobody else's software runs inside it. You choose a Linux distribution when you order, for example Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and you sign in as root over SSH or through the browser console in the VPS panel.
Every plan has its own IPv4 address; the two largest plans add IPv6. Storage is NVMe on every plan. The VPS is unmanaged: we run the hardware and the platform, you install and maintain the software on your server.
Why Germany is a good place for a European server
- Central location: Germany sits in the middle of the European network, so round-trip times to most EU countries are short. That matters for APIs, game backends, bots and admin panels where every request waits on the server.
- EU rules: your data stays in the European Union and under the GDPR. If you process personal data of EU customers, keeping the server in the EU makes your records of processing simpler.
- An EU provider: EclipsiumX SRL is a company registered in Romania, inside the EU, so the contract and the infrastructure are both in Europe.
- When it is not ideal: if most of your users are in Asia or the Americas, a server closer to them will feel faster. Hosting location should follow your audience.
Which size to pick
Start from what the software actually needs, then leave some room. Memory usually runs out before CPU, so look at RAM first.
| Workload | Starting plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Test server, small site, one bot, VPN for yourself | Developer (1 vCPU, 2 GB) | Enough for one light service and a small database |
| Production web app or API with its database | Production (2 vCPU, 4 GB) | App and database side by side without swapping |
| Several services or containers, a busier app | Performance (4 vCPU, 8 GB) | Room for a reverse proxy, app, database, cache and monitoring |
| Many containers, heavier databases, CI runners | Enterprise (8 vCPU, 16 GB) | Parallel builds and larger working sets; IPv6 included |
| The largest single-server workloads | Sovereign Compute Ultra (12+ vCPU, 32 GB+) | Sized on request |
Not sure? The VPS size calculator turns a list of services into a starting plan.
Plans
| Plan | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Developer Compute | 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 30 GB NVMe · IPv4 | €4.99/mo |
| Production Compute | 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 60 GB NVMe · IPv4 | €8.99/mo |
| Performance Compute | 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 120 GB NVMe · IPv4 | €14.99/mo |
| Enterprise Compute | 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 240 GB NVMe · IPv4 + IPv6 | €29.99/mo |
| Sovereign Compute Ultra | 12+ vCPU · 32 GB+ RAM · 400 GB NVMe · IPv4 + IPv6 | On request |
Prices per month. Billed monthly, no long contract.
See all plansYour first hour on a new VPS
- Sign in and updateConnect with ssh root@your-ip (or open the browser console), then run apt update && apt upgrade -y on Ubuntu or Debian.
- Create a normal useradduser deploy, then usermod -aG sudo deploy. Do daily work as this user, not as root.
- Use SSH keysCopy your public key with ssh-copy-id deploy@your-ip. Once key login works, set PasswordAuthentication no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restart SSH.
- Turn on a firewallufw allow OpenSSH, then allow only the ports you serve (for example 80 and 443), then ufw enable.
- Automatic security updatesapt install unattended-upgrades and enable it, so security patches land without you logging in.
- Install your stackNginx or Caddy, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker: whatever your project runs on.
How ordering works
Pick a plan and an operating system, give the server a hostname, then continue to checkout, where you create your EclipsiumX account and pay. Billing is monthly. When the server is ready you manage power, system details, SSH and SFTP access and resource usage from the VPS panel.
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