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> Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.

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# VPS with dedicated vCPU: cores no neighbour touches.

> VPS with dedicated vCPU on EPYC 9004/9005 and NVMe in Amsterdam, Zurich or Bucharest. From $10.49 a month, paid in crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Every vCPU of your plan is pinned to your VPS alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam, Zurich or Bucharest. No ID, no card: an account number and a crypto top-up.

**Dedicated vCPU per plan**

- Fell 2 (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM): $10.49/mo, 12-month term; $14.98 monthly
- Fell 4 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM): $19.49/mo, 12-month term; $27.84 monthly
- Fell 8, Best price per core (8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM): $38.24/mo, 12-month term; $54.63 monthly
- Fell 16 (16 vCPU, 32 GB RAM): $129.87/mo, 12-month term; $185.53 monthly

Amsterdam · Zurich · Bucharest

**Quick answer — Where can I buy a VPS with dedicated CPU cores and pay in crypto?**

At **Cobaltfell**, a VPS provider whose vCPU belong to one customer only, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors launched from 2022. Four plans run from 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU, starting at $10.49 a month on the 12-month term (prices of 2 November 2026). You pay in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR and never upload an ID.

## Four plans, from 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU

Prices per month. Choose a term above the cards: 3, 6 or 12 months cost 10%, 20% or 30% less than paying month by month. Every plan is sold in Amsterdam, Zurich and Bucharest at the same price.

| Plan | Quantity | 30 days | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 dedicated vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB NVMe | $14.98 | $40.44 (−10%) | $71.90 (−20%) | $125.83 (−30%) |
| Fell 4 | 4 dedicated vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe | $27.84 | $75.16 (−10%) | $133.63 (−20%) | $233.85 (−30%) |
| Fell 8 | 8 dedicated vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB NVMe | $54.63 | $147.50 (−10%) | $262.22 (−20%) | $458.89 (−30%) |
| Fell 16 | 16 dedicated vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB NVMe | $185.53 | $500.93 (−10%) | $890.54 (−20%) | $1,558.45 (−30%) |

In every plan: Dedicated vCPU, pinned 1:1 · Full load allowed · NVMe storage · IPv4 + IPv6 /64 · Root over SSH · No KYC

**Before you pay**

- Minimum top-up $1. Top up once in crypto, then buy any plan from your balance.
- Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your VPS. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it.
- Credited once your payment is checked on the blockchain. Typical network confirmation time: BTC ≈ 20 min · USDT TRC-20 ≈ 1 min · USDT ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · USDC ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · ETH ≈ 5 min · SOL ≈ 1 min · LTC ≈ 15 min · XMR ≈ 20 min

## What a dedicated vCPU changes on a VPS

- **[No cycles lost to neighbours](https://cobaltfell.com/how-we-work/ "How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?")** — On a shared vCPU your work waits while another customer's VPS is busy, and Linux counts that wait as steal time. On a dedicated vCPU, steal time should sit at or near zero. We will publish the figure we measure on our own machines, with its date, and never an estimate.
- **Full load, as long as you need** — Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. Builds, encoders and databases can hold 100% for days.
- **A named CPU family** — AMD EPYC 9004/9005 (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022. No silent move to an older node.
- **[Paid in crypto, without ID](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-with-crypto/ "Where can I buy a dedicated-CPU VPS with crypto?")** — An account number signs you in, an email is optional, and nothing asks for a document or a selfie.
- **Built by a person, in minutes** — Each VPS is set up by hand, never by a script left alone: 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes.
- **Numbers before adjectives** — Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.

## How is a dedicated vCPU different from a shared one?

**A shared vCPU is a slice of time on a processor thread that the host also hands to other virtual machines; a dedicated vCPU is a thread that no other machine is ever given.** On a busy shared host, the hypervisor makes your VPS wait its turn. Inside the VPS that wait shows up as *steal*: the `st` figure of `top` and the `%steal` column of `mpstat`, as explained in [what CPU steal time is and how to check it](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "CPU steal time: what it is and how to check it").

Steal is invisible in a quick test and costly over a day: builds run slower at peak hours than at night, and a database's slowest queries stretch while the host is busy. Pinning removes that variable; [the difference between a shared and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "Shared vs dedicated vCPU on a VPS") goes through it.

At Cobaltfell: A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted. You can check it yourself from the first login, with the commands below.

*Watch steal time on any Linux VPS*

```bash
# 'st' at the end of the %Cpu(s) line is the time stolen by the hypervisor
top -b -n 1 | head -n 5

# per-vCPU view, one sample a second for 10 seconds (package sysstat)
mpstat -P ALL 1 10

# which processor the VPS sees
lscpu | grep -E 'Model name|^CPU\(s\)|Thread'
```

## What do two dedicated vCPU cost elsewhere?

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, Fell 2 is priced against RDP.monster Swift, a 2-vCPU dedicated-CPU VPS on a 2022-or-newer processor at a host that takes crypto without ID, listed at $13.99 a month.** Fell 2 costs $10.49 a month on the 12-month term and $14.98 month to month. The mainstream clouds below sell dedicated vCPU too, but they take cards, not crypto, or may ask for an ID.

*Monthly prices as listed by each host on 2 November 2026; euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). "Dedicated" is each host's own word: nobody in this table, us included, has published a measurement yet.*

| Host and plan | vCPU / RAM / disk | Price a month | Crypto without ID |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cobaltfell Fell 2, 12-month term | 2 / 4 GB / 80 GB NVMe | $10.49 | Yes |
| Cobaltfell Fell 2, month to month | 2 / 4 GB / 80 GB NVMe | $14.98 | Yes |
| RDP.monster Swift | 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 60 GB NVMe | $13.99 | Yes |
| netcup RS 500 G12.5 | 2 / 4 GB / 64 GB NVMe | $16.61 (VAT included) | No |
| Linode Dedicated 4GB | 2 / 4 GB / 80 GB | $36.00 | No |
| Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute | 2 / 4 GB / 50 GB | $40.00 | No |
| DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized | 2 / 4 GB / 25 GB | $42.00 | No |
| Hetzner CCX13 | 2 / 8 GB / 80 GB | $48.59 (excl. VAT) | No |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

The rule behind our prices, the three other reference plans and the hosts we left out are on the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?"). Every host of the survey, with its price per core, is in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "Dedicated CPU VPS price per core, survey of 2 November 2026"), and a ranked shortlist in [which is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "Best dedicated CPU VPS in 2026, compared").

## From payment to a running VPS

1. **Fund your balance in crypto** — Pick a plan, a term and a city at checkout, then send BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR: the top-up equals the price of that order. Minimum top-up $1.
2. **The network confirms it** — Once the blockchain has confirmed the transaction and we have checked it, the amount lands on your balance. Typical network confirmation time: BTC ≈ 20 min · USDT TRC-20 ≈ 1 min · USDT ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · USDC ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · ETH ≈ 5 min · SOL ≈ 1 min · LTC ≈ 15 min · XMR ≈ 20 min.
3. **Your cores are set aside and the VPS is built** (within 1 h) — A member of the team pins your vCPU, installs the image you picked in the city you chose, and hands the VPS over minutes after the payment is confirmed, 1 hour at most. Locations: Amsterdam, Zurich, Bucharest.
4. **Root login, from your dashboard** — The IP address of the VPS shows in your dashboard. Root signs in with your SSH key, or with the temporary password shown beside it when you gave no key. `ssh root@<server IP>`

## Quick questions

### Is a dedicated vCPU a whole CPU core?

A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. Fell 8, for example, holds 8 threads, which is 4 whole physical cores.

### Can my VPS run at 100% CPU all the time?

Yes. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

### Which processor runs a Cobaltfell VPS?

Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first. `lscpu` shows the model from your first login.

### How soon is my VPS ready after I pay?

A member of the team builds each VPS by hand once the payment is confirmed, a job of minutes rather than seconds: the dashboard shows the progress, then the IP address once the VPS boots. 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes.

### Which coins can I pay with?

BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR, through a prepaid balance with a minimum top-up of $1. Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your VPS. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it.

**Pick the height of your ridge** Fell 2 $10.49, Fell 4 $19.49, Fell 8 $38.24 and Fell 16 $129.87 a month on the 12-month term. Dedicated vCPU, paid in crypto, no ID. [Choose your plan](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") · [Crypto and no KYC](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-with-crypto/ "Where can I buy a dedicated-CPU VPS with crypto?")

## Sources

1. [top(1): display Linux processes (the st field)](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/top.1.html) — man7.org / procps-ng (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [mpstat(1): report processor statistics (%steal)](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org / sysstat (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [RDP.monster Linux VPS, High Performance plans](https://dashboard.rdp.monster/embed/order/linux/europe/high-performance/swift/monthly?lang=en) — RDP.monster (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [netcup Root Server G12.5](https://www.netcup.com/en/server/root-server) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [Linode plan types (Dedicated CPU)](https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types) — Akamai (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Vultr plans API](https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [DigitalOcean Droplet pricing](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Hetzner Cloud, dedicated vCPU (CCX)](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/general-purpose/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Who is behind Cobaltfell, and what does it sell?

> Cobaltfell is run by DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama: 4 dedicated-vCPU VPS plans in 3 cities, paid in crypto, no KYC, prices tied to a dated survey.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/about/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

The company that sells and bills every Cobaltfell VPS, the one product it offers, the rule behind each price, and what the site deliberately leaves out.

**Quick answer — Who runs Cobaltfell?**

**Cobaltfell** is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a limited liability company registered in Panama. It sells a single product: Linux VPS with 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors, in Amsterdam, Zurich and Bucharest, paid in crypto without ID. Its prices follow a published rule, with every reference plan checked on 2 November 2026.

## The company and the product, line by line

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Run by | DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama as a limited liability company |
| Website | https://cobaltfell.com |
| Product | Linux virtual servers on KVM whose vCPU are dedicated: each vCPU of your plan is held for your VPS alone, on server processors launched in 2022 or later, with NVMe storage and root access over SSH |
| Price list | Fell 2 $10.49, Fell 4 $19.49, Fell 8 $38.24 and Fell 16 $129.87 a month on the 12-month term ($14.98, $27.84, $54.63 and $185.53 month to month) |
| CPU family | Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first |
| Where the VPS run | Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price |
| Terms | 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, at 0%, 10%, 20% or 30% off the monthly price |
| Payment | Crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR, from a $1 top-up; Lightning is not accepted |
| ID at signup | No KYC at any point: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card and no phone number |
| Support | support@cobaltfell.com, in English |
| Abuse reports | abuse@cobaltfell.com |

## Which company is behind Cobaltfell?

**DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama, sells and bills every Cobaltfell VPS.** The brand is summed up in one fixed paragraph:

> Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.

Other than its legal name and its country of registration, the company states no history, no founding date and no team on this site. What it puts forward instead can be checked by anyone: the price of each plan with its date, the plan at another host that each price was set against, and the rule linking the two. The seller and the contract are named in the [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Terms of Service").

## What does Cobaltfell sell?

**One product in four sizes: a Linux VPS whose vCPU no other customer is ever given.** A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.

Each size doubles the one below it, and all four are offered in the three cities at the same price. The plan name is its count of dedicated vCPU.

*Prices in USD as of 2 November 2026. Every plan includes one IPv4 address, an IPv6 /64 and a 1 Gbit/s port; traffic counts outgoing data only.*

| Plan | What it holds | Per month, 12-month term | Month to month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe, 4 TB traffic | $10.49 | $14.98 |
| Fell 4 | 4 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe, 8 TB traffic | $19.49 | $27.84 |
| Fell 8 | 8 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe, 16 TB traffic | $38.24 | $54.63 |
| Fell 16 | 16 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 32 GB RAM, 640 GB NVMe, 32 TB traffic | $129.87 | $185.53 |

## How does Cobaltfell set its prices?

**Every price starts from a dated survey of other hosts, not from a list drawn up in-house.** The rule, word for word: On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named reference plan (prices read on 2 November 2026): Fell 2 against RDP.monster's “Swift” at $13.99 a month; Fell 4 against RDP.monster's “Velocity” at $25.99 a month; Fell 8 against HostSailor's “Commodore” at $50.99 a month; Fell 16 against Hiddence's “Ryzen-5” at €155.00 ($173.17) a month. A plan can serve as a reference only if it is comparable: its own host says the CPU is dedicated, the processor was launched in 2022 or later, it has at least as many vCPU with 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe per vCPU, an IPv4 address is included, it is billed one month at a time and it is in stock. Of the 51 VPS hosts that accept crypto and ask for no ID at signup, 6 had such a plan (Servury, RDP.monster, HostSailor, Cherry Servers, VPSLab and Hiddence); for each tier, the reference is the comparable plan among them with the smallest monthly price. Only one plan met the rule at 16 vCPU, so Fell 16 rests on a single host. SporeStack, BitLaunch and NoctHost also take crypto without ID but are left out: SporeStack asks every new account for a first deposit of $1,000, BitLaunch shows its prices only after you log in and NoctHost publishes only “from” prices. Euro prices use 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026), and the month-to-month price is the 12-month monthly price divided by 0.7.

The table names the plan each tier was set against. Those prices are monthly; the Cobaltfell figure on the same line is the monthly cost on the 12-month term.

*Reference prices as each host listed them on 2 November 2026; euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). A plan qualified only if its own host called the CPU dedicated, the processor dated from 2022 or later, and it could be bought one month at a time, besides the other conditions of the rule.*

| Tier | Reference host and plan | Its specs | Its processor | Its monthly price | Cobaltfell, per month on 12 months | Hosts that qualified |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | RDP.monster Swift | 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 60 GB NVMe | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | $13.99 | $10.49 | 6 |
| Fell 4 | RDP.monster Velocity | 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB NVMe | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | $25.99 | $19.49 | 6 |
| Fell 8 | HostSailor Commodore | 16 vCPU / 16 GB / 200 GB NVMe | AMD EPYC 9534 (2 sockets per node) | $50.99 | $38.24 | 5 |
| Fell 16 | Hiddence Ryzen-5 | 16 vCPU / 32 GB / 480 GB NVMe | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | €155.00 ($173.17) | $129.87 | 1 |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

These hosts describe their CPU as dedicated in their own words. Nobody, Cobaltfell included, has yet published a measurement that shows it.

We do not claim to be the cheapest at every size, and the rule has two limits, stated up front. Month to month, each plan costs more than its reference ($14.98 for Fell 2 against $13.99): the 25% gap is measured on the 12-month term. And Fell 16 leans on one host alone, since a single 16-vCPU plan met every condition. The hosts left out, and why, are on the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What does Cobaltfell leave off its site?

Some things are missing on purpose, so that every line on the site can be checked:

- **Reviews, ratings and testimonials:** no customer is quoted anywhere, and none will be made up.
- **A customer count:** the site gives no number of clients served or servers sold.
- **Performance figures of its own:** Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.
- **An uptime percentage:** instead, days lost to an outage that support cannot fix go back to your balance, as the [refund policy](https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/ "Refund Policy") sets out.
- **A company history or team page:** the legal name and the country are the company facts this page can stand behind.

## Where are the rules every VPS follows?

They are written out in four places: [how a VPS is built and run](https://cobaltfell.com/how-we-work/ "How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?"), the [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Terms of Service"), the [privacy policy](https://cobaltfell.com/privacy/ "Privacy Policy") and the [acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "Acceptable Use Policy"). Between them they cover what may run on a VPS, what the company keeps about you and which law governs the contract. One rule draws more questions than the others: Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

## How do I reach Cobaltfell?

By email only. Support lives at support@cobaltfell.com: A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules. Reports of abuse from a Cobaltfell address go to abuse@cobaltfell.com. There is no phone line and no chat app. The [contact page](https://cobaltfell.com/contact/ "How can I reach Cobaltfell support or report abuse?") lists what a message should hold, and what it must never hold.

## About the company: short answers

### Where is Cobaltfell registered?

In Panama: the operator is DomaineGoat LLC. The VPS themselves run in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania).

### Does Cobaltfell show reviews or customer numbers?

No. Judge it on what can be verified instead: dated prices, the reference plan behind each one and, once they exist, dated benchmark results.

### Why does Cobaltfell sell only dedicated vCPU?

Because steal time is the problem it is built to remove. On a shared vCPU, other customers' load shows up as `st` in `top` and as slower, uneven response times. On a dedicated vCPU, steal time should sit at or near zero. We will publish the figure we measure on our own machines, with its date, and never an estimate.

### Does Cobaltfell need to know who I am?

No. No KYC at any point: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card and no phone number. The [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Terms of Service") still set two conditions: Accounts are open only to people who are at least 18 years old, and residents of the countries they list cannot use the service.

### When will Cobaltfell publish benchmarks?

Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own. Each result will name its date, its city and the CPU model it ran on.

**Four plans, one rule behind each price** From $10.49 a month for 2 dedicated vCPU on the 12-month term, paid in crypto, with no ID. [See the plans](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") · [Contact support](https://cobaltfell.com/contact/ "How can I reach Cobaltfell support or report abuse?")

## Sources

1. [RDP.monster Linux VPS, High Performance (Swift, Velocity)](https://dashboard.rdp.monster/embed/order/linux/europe/high-performance/swift/monthly?lang=en) — RDP.monster (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [HostSailor KVM VPS NVMe (Commodore)](https://hostsailor.com/kvm-vps) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Hiddence virtual servers (Ryzen-5)](https://hiddence.net/) — Hiddence (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml) — European Central Bank (rate of 2026-10-30)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Acceptable Use Policy

> Cobaltfell acceptable use policy: full CPU load allowed, mining banned, Tor relays and nodes allowed, DMCA notices ignored, port 25 closed. No KYC, crypto.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

What may run on a Cobaltfell VPS, what is forbidden, how abuse reports are dealt with and how to appeal a suspension.

**Quick answer — What can I run on a Cobaltfell VPS?**

**Cobaltfell** lets you run websites, self-hosted VPNs such as WireGuard, Tor relays including exits, blockchain nodes, and your own CPU-heavy work at 100% load for as long as it needs. Mining any coin is forbidden. Spam, phishing, malware, botnet control, attacks, scanning other people's systems, booters, carding and child sexual abuse material lead to suspension. DMCA notices get no action, and outbound port 25 stays closed.

## 1. Scope

Every Cobaltfell account and every VPS falls under this acceptable use policy, and so does every person who uses them. The policy forms part of the [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Cobaltfell terms of service under Panamanian law") and applies to all plans listed on the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "Cobaltfell plans, terms and prices"). You answer for whatever runs on your VPS and for each person you allow to log in to it.

## 2. Applicable law

Cobaltfell is operated by DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama, and the only law it answers to is Panama’s. Each datacenter, for its part, is bound by the law of the country it stands in. When a legal demand rests on the law of another country, Cobaltfell takes no action on it.

## 3. Allowed uses

Any service that section 6 does not forbid may run on your VPS. The uses below are allowed by name:

- websites, web applications, APIs and self-hosted software;
- builds, CI runners, video encoding, CPU inference, databases and other heavy jobs of your own, at full load (section 4);
- self-hosted VPNs such as WireGuard or OpenVPN;
- Tor relays of every kind may run here, exit relays included, as well as bridges;
- full nodes for Bitcoin, Lightning or Monero that validate a blockchain;
- a mail server, provided its outgoing mail leaves through a mail provider on port 465 or 587 (section 7);
- servers for development, testing or personal use.

## 4. Mining and full CPU load

Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

- **Allowed:** Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. Dedicated vCPU are sold so that your own work can use all of them.
- **Forbidden:** mining of any coin, with any software, whether solo or for a pool, and whether it is the main job of the VPS or hidden inside another program or container.
- **Not mining:** a node that only validates a blockchain and relays its blocks and transactions. Such a node is allowed.

A VPS caught mining is suspended like any other breach of section 6, with no credit for its remaining days.

## 5. DMCA and foreign copyright notices

DMCA notices and other foreign copyright claims receive no action from us: only Panamanian law and the orders of Panamanian courts bind us. Whether it is sent under the DMCA or under the copyright law of any other foreign country, a notice triggers neither a takedown nor a suspension.

Ignoring such notices leaves the rest of this policy intact: section 4 and section 6 apply to every VPS without exception.

## 6. Forbidden uses

Not allowed: spam or bulk email, phishing, malware or botnet control, DDoS and other attacks, scanning or brute-forcing systems that are not yours, booter or stresser services, carding and fraud, child sexual abuse material, cryptocurrency mining, and any service to sanctioned people or companies.

Some points of that list, spelled out:

- **Mining:** section 4 sets the rule and its limits.
- **Scanning:** your own systems may be scanned and tested; anyone else's may not.
- **Spam:** every VPS has outbound port 25 closed (section 7), and bulk email is forbidden through any port and any provider.
- **Sanctions:** Residents and companies of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, China, Yemen and Western Sahara, and of the occupied regions of Ukraine, cannot use the service. Before a payment is credited, the address that sent it is checked against public sanctions lists of blockchain addresses whenever its blockchain makes that address public; money from a listed address is never credited.

## 7. Port 25 and email

Outbound port 25 is blocked on every VPS and is not opened on request; ports 465 and 587 towards a mail provider stay open. A mail server hosted on Cobaltfell therefore hands its outgoing mail to a mail provider over one of those two ports.

## 8. Abuse reports

Copyright complaints from outside Panama are not acted on; Panamanian law and Panamanian court orders are what we follow. Spam, phishing, malware, botnet control, attacks of any kind and child sexual abuse material are banned and get the VPS suspended.

Reports about a Cobaltfell IP address go to abuse@cobaltfell.com. We can act on a report faster when it contains:

- the IP address of the VPS;
- the date and time of the activity, with its time zone, ideally UTC;
- which abuse it was (spam, phishing, malware, botnet control, an attack, a scan, mining);
- proof of the activity, for example log excerpts, mail headers or a URL.

Copyright notices mailed to that address receive no action, whether they invoke the DMCA or another foreign law.

## 9. Suspension

Breaking section 4 or section 6 gets the VPS suspended. The dashboard marks it as suspended, and support will give you the reason if you write in. Because the [refund policy](https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/ "Cobaltfell refund cases with worked examples") is limited to the cases it lists, the days left on a VPS suspended for a breach are not credited.

A VPS stopped because its term ran out unpaid is a separate matter, which the terms of service cover: its disk is held for 7 days and erased after that.

## 10. Appeals

Appeals against a suspension go to support@cobaltfell.com. A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules.

- Quote the order reference (ORD-…) together with the IP address of the VPS.
- Your account number never belongs in the message. Nobody from our team will ever ask for your account number, your root password or your private SSH key, by email or in a chat.
- Explain what happened and what you changed, for instance the malware you removed, the miner you uninstalled or the open mail relay you shut.

## 11. Legal orders

Only an order of a Panamanian court gets records released. The [privacy policy](https://cobaltfell.com/privacy/ "The records Cobaltfell holds and the logs it never writes") lists every record that exists. We run no connection logs and no traffic logs, and we store no IP address of a visitor or a customer, whether on this website, in the dashboard or on the servers.

## 12. Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated. Updates take effect for every VPS from the date shown at the top, which identifies the version in force.

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?

> Best dedicated CPU VPS paid in crypto with no KYC, 2 Nov 2026: 7 providers on 2022+ CPUs ranked by the price of 4 vCPU, from $25.99 a month.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Seven VPS providers that take crypto without an ID document and sell dedicated cores on a 2022-or-later processor, ordered by one price test. Cobaltfell is one of them.

**Quick answer — What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?**

The best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026 can only be judged on facts you can check, because none has published a measurement of its cores. According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 6 of 51 no-KYC crypto hosts sold a dedicated CPU VPS on a 2022-or-later processor; ranked by the price of 4 vCPU, RDP.monster Velocity led at $25.99 a month and **Cobaltfell** Fell 4 came second at $27.84.

## Which dedicated CPU VPS providers rank best on 2 November 2026?

**Methodology.** Published by Cobaltfell (DomaineGoat LLC). Every provider is compared on the same criteria, taken from its own public website: the host's own page calls the CPU dedicated, quoted as written, a processor launched in 2022 or later is named, crypto accepted, no ID document at signup, order = monthly price of the least expensive plan with 4 vCPU, 8 GB of RAM and 80 GB of NVMe or more, billed monthly, IPv4 included, in stock.

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

Only the price decides the order; thread or core, RAM per vCPU, city, coins and ID rules are shown, not scored. Cobaltfell's 12-month price is given beside its monthly one.

### 1. RDP.monster — Least expensive at 4 vCPU

Velocity runs on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, in Paris or New York. One sentence covers the whole fleet: "dedicated vCPU cores (no neighbor stealing cycles)".

- Best for: A small, always-busy service at the least monthly cost
- Price: $25.99 a month (Velocity, 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB)
- KYC: No ID at signup
- Crypto payment: BTC, ETH, LTC, XMR, USDT, USDC and others
- Pros: Same price in Paris and New York
- Pros: Monero accepted
- Cons: The claim also covers its Classic Xeon tier
- Cons: Sells Windows RDP first; Linux plans share its prices

### 2. Cobaltfell — Ours

Fell 4 runs in Amsterdam, Zurich or Bucharest, and each pair of vCPU is one whole physical core held for one VPS.

- Best for: The core rule in writing and a European city
- Price: $27.84 a month (Fell 4, 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GB), $19.49 on 12 months
- KYC: No ID: an account number is the login
- Crypto payment: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR
- Pros: 160 GB of NVMe, the most of the seven at this size
- Pros: One price in three European cities
- Cons: Processor family named (AMD EPYC 9004/9005), exact model not yet published
- Cons: Built by hand, so not instant: up to 1 hour after the payment is confirmed
- Cons: No benchmark or steal figure published yet

### 3. Servury

VDS-200 runs on an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X in New York or Frankfurt. "Dedicated" appears on its blog; the plans page says "VDS keeps them to itself".

- Best for: Short or irregular rentals: billed by the day, 7 days minimum
- Price: $31.19 per 31 days (VDS-200, 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 80 GB)
- KYC: No ID: a generated credential is the account
- Crypto payment: BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH, BNB, TRX, USDT, USDC
- Pros: Monero and many stablecoin networks
- Cons: Lists DDR4 memory beside AM5 processors that only take DDR5
- Cons: Stock changed during the day we read it

### 4. HostSailor

Captain runs on AMD EPYC 9534 in the Netherlands; its 16-vCPU Commodore was the least expensive core of the survey, $3.19.

- Best for: Many light parallel processes that need cores more than memory
- Price: $31.99 a month (Captain, 8 vCPU / 8 GB / 150 GB)
- KYC: No ID at signup; photo ID possible for card payments
- Crypto payment: BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC
- Pros: Least expensive per core of the survey
- Cons: 1 GB of RAM per vCPU on every plan
- Cons: One bullet covers the whole line

### 5. VPSLab

R9 Apex, its first plan with 80 GB of disk, runs on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. The page says the cores are "pinned to your VPS via KVM" and that CPU is not oversold.

- Best for: Memory-heavy work on recent desktop-class cores
- Price: €39.99 ($44.68) a month (R9 Apex, 8 vCPU / 24 GB / 80 GB)
- KYC: No ID at signup
- Crypto payment: BTC, XMR, ETH, USDT
- Pros: 3 GB of RAM per vCPU
- Cons: Does not say where the Ryzen line runs
- Cons: Nodes may fall back to Ryzen 9 7950X3D

### 6. Hiddence

Ryzen-3 runs on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. Hiddence was the only host with a 16-vCPU plan that met every condition (Ryzen-5, €155).

- Best for: 16 dedicated vCPU on one VPS
- Price: €56 ($62.56) a month (Ryzen-3, 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 120 GB)
- KYC: No ID at signup
- Crypto payment: BTC, ETH, XMR and others
- Pros: The only 16-vCPU option of the strict pool
- Cons: Names no company and no country; addresses geolocate to Belize
- Cons: Claim is short: "Dedicated CPU and RAM resources"

### 7. Cherry Servers

Premium VDS 2 runs on an AMD EPYC 9554P. Each plan states the physical cores behind its vCPU (4 vCores "on 2 physical cores"), so both threads of each core are yours.

- Best for: The most documented offer, if its ID rule is acceptable
- Price: €69 before VAT ($77.09) a month (Premium VDS 2, 4 vCPU / 16 GB / 100 GB)
- KYC: New crypto clients ordering its lowest-priced plans must verify ID or spend €100
- Crypto payment: BTC, ETH, LTC, USDC, ADA, BNB
- Pros: 4 GB of RAM per vCPU
- Pros: Cities in Europe, the US and Asia
- Cons: Most cities queued on the day we read it
- Cons: Highest monthly price of the seven

*Disclosure: this page is published by Cobaltfell. Competitor details come from their public websites at the date shown above and may have changed since.*

## How do the seven compare on the same checklist?

**Only two of the seven, Cobaltfell and Cherry Servers, say how a vCPU maps to a physical core, and only Cherry Servers names an exact processor model while doing so.** Five of the seven accept Monero, Cobaltfell since 3 November 2026, and four name the city where the VPS runs. The table shows each criterion as the host's own pages showed it on 2 November 2026.

*Read on each host's public pages on 2 November 2026. "Calls the CPU dedicated" records the host's words, not a measurement.*

| Provider | Calls the CPU dedicated | 2022+ model named | Says thread or core | 2 GB RAM per vCPU or more | City named | No ID at signup | Monero |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RDP.monster | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cobaltfell | Yes | Family only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Servury | On its blog | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HostSailor | Yes | Yes | No | No | Country only | ID possible on card payments | Not listed |
| VPSLab | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Hiddence | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cherry Servers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ID or €100 for new crypto clients | Not listed |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## Why rank on the price of 4 vCPU?

**Because 4 vCPU is the size where all seven providers have a plan, and price is the one criterion every host publishes in the same form.** The floor of 8 GB of RAM and 80 GB of NVMe keeps plans comparable; a host with no 4-vCPU plan at that floor enters with its next plan up, which is why HostSailor and VPSLab appear with 8 vCPU. A different test gives a different order, as the table shows.

Every host and tier is in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "Dedicated CPU VPS price per core, survey of 2 November 2026").

*Monthly prices as read on each host's site; euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). Cherry Servers takes 15% off yearly billing.*

| Test | Who costs least | Price, 2 November 2026 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4 vCPU, billed monthly (this ranking) | RDP.monster Velocity | $25.99 a month |
| Prepaid terms | RDP.monster Velocity on 24 months; Fell 4 on 12 months | $13.00 a month on 24 months ($22.35 on 6); $19.49 on 12 months |
| Price per core, any size | HostSailor Commodore, with 1 GB of RAM per core | $3.19 per core |
| 8 vCPU | HostSailor Commodore (16 vCPU), then Servury VDS-350 | $50.99 and $57.59; Fell 8 $54.63, or $38.24 on 12 months |
| 16 vCPU | Hiddence Ryzen-5, the only plan that qualified | €155 ($173.17) |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## What does this ranking not prove, and how do you check a provider?

**No ranking of dedicated CPU VPS proves dedication: no one has published a measurement for any of the seven, ours included.** Every "dedicated" on this page is the provider's sentence. For Cobaltfell: On a dedicated vCPU, steal time should sit at or near zero. We will publish the figure we measure on our own machines, with its date, and never an estimate. The ranking also leaves out support times, network quality and real disk speed.

The proof comes after purchase, in under half an hour: `lscpu` for the processor model, a steal log under load as shown in [what CPU steal time is and how to check it on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "CPU steal time: what it is and how to check it"), and two runs of [YABS or Geekbench 6 to benchmark a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-benchmark/ "How to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6"), morning and evening. A large gap on a dedicated plan is worth a ticket.

## What about netcup, Hetzner and the large clouds?

**They sell dedicated cores too, but none takes crypto without an identity layer, so they sit outside the ranking.** On 2 November 2026, 4 dedicated cores cost $27.93 at netcup (EPYC 9645, VAT included, identity check after the first order), $96.63 at Hetzner (CCX23, before VAT, no crypto), and $80.00, $84.00 and $72.00 at Vultr, DigitalOcean and Linode. The full comparison is in [what a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto looks like](https://cobaltfell.com/hetzner-ccx-alternative/ "What is a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto?").

## What other questions do people ask about the best dedicated CPU VPS?

### Why is Cobaltfell not first?

Because the order follows one price test applied to every provider, and RDP.monster's 4-vCPU plan cost less month to month on 2 November 2026. Prepaid terms change the picture: Fell 4 is $19.49 a month on 12 months, and RDP.monster showed Velocity at $13.00 a month on 24 months.

### Which provider is best for 16 dedicated vCPU?

Only Hiddence sold a 16-vCPU plan meeting every condition on 2 November 2026: Ryzen-5 at €155 ($173.17) a month. Fell 16 costs $185.53 month to month, or $129.87 a month on the 12-month term.

### Is a host that says "dedicated" really dedicated?

Nobody can tell from the outside. The claim is a promise; steal time measured under load on your own VPS is the evidence.

### How often is this ranking updated?

With each monthly edition of our price survey. The date above the list is the day the prices and the wording were read.

## Sources

1. [RDP.monster Linux VPS, High Performance](https://dashboard.rdp.monster/embed/order/linux/europe/high-performance/swift/monthly?lang=en) — RDP.monster (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [Servury servers](https://servury.com/servers/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Servury blog: best VPS for trading](https://servury.com/blog/best-vps-for-trading-what-actually-matters-beyond-price/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [HostSailor KVM VPS NVMe](https://hostsailor.com/kvm-vps) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [HostSailor terms of service](https://hostsailor.com/terms-of-service) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [VPSLab Ryzen VPS](https://vpslab.cloud/ryzen-vps) — VPSLab (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Hiddence virtual servers](https://hiddence.net/) — Hiddence (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Cherry Servers virtual servers pricing](https://www.cherryservers.com/pricing/virtual-servers) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [Cherry Servers Premium VDS](https://www.cherryservers.com/virtual-servers/premium-vds) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [Cherry Servers terms of service, section 3.3](https://www.cherryservers.com/legal/terms-of-service) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
11. [netcup Root Server G12.5](https://www.netcup.com/en/server/root-server) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
12. [Hetzner Cloud general purpose (CCX)](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/general-purpose/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
13. [Vultr plans API](https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
14. [DigitalOcean Droplet pricing](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
15. [Linode types API (Dedicated CPU plans)](https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types) — Akamai / Linode (checked 2026-11-02)
16. [mpstat(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org (sysstat) (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# How can I reach Cobaltfell support or report abuse?

> Contact Cobaltfell by email: 2 addresses, one for support (a person replies within 12 hours), one for abuse. No phone. Dedicated vCPU VPS, crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/contact/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

One address for support, one for abuse reports, and nothing else: no phone, no chat app, no social media account. What to write, what never to send, and where many answers already wait.

**Quick answer — How do I contact Cobaltfell support?**

Email **Cobaltfell** support at support@cobaltfell.com for orders, payments, SSH access and reinstalls; a person replies within 12 hours. Reports of abuse coming from a Cobaltfell IP address go to abuse@cobaltfell.com. Quote your order reference (ORD-…), never your account number. As of 2 November 2026, support works in English and by email only.

> **Three things you never send** Your account number, your root password and your private SSH key stay with you. On our side the rule is absolute: Nobody from our team will ever ask for your account number, your root password or your private SSH key, by email or in a chat. Mail asking for any of them is fake, whatever name or address it shows.

## Addresses and replies

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Support | support@cobaltfell.com |
| Who answers | A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules |
| Abuse reports | abuse@cobaltfell.com |
| Language | English |
| Phone, chat apps, social media | None |
| Signing in | An account number is the only login you need, and an email address stays optional |

## What makes a support email quick to answer?

**Name the VPS and show the problem, so support can act without a round of questions first.** Put in:

- **the order reference** (ORD-…) from your dashboard;
- **the IP address**, the city and the image, for example Debian 12 in Zurich;
- **the exact error**, pasted rather than retyped, such as `Permission denied (publickey)` or `Connection timed out`;
- **the time** it happened, in UTC;
- **what you already tried**: a reboot from the dashboard, a different key, another network.

One message per problem keeps each thread easy to follow.

## What must never appear in a message?

**The account number, the root password and the private SSH key.** Any one of them, on its own, is enough to take over your account or your VPS. The public half of a key, the file ending in `.pub`, is safe to paste.

If a secret slipped into a message by mistake, change it at once: run `passwd` for the root password, or swap the key in `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` for a fresh one.

## How do I report abuse coming from a Cobaltfell IP address?

**Write to abuse@cobaltfell.com, not to support, and include enough for the team to find the VPS and see the activity.** A report that can be acted on holds:

- the Cobaltfell IP address and, when you know it, the port;
- the date and time of each event, in UTC;
- what happened: spam, phishing, malware, a botnet controller, an attack, a scan or brute-force attempts;
- evidence, such as log lines, full mail headers, URLs or a packet capture;
- an address where a reply can reach you.

The uses that are banned on a VPS are listed in the [acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "Acceptable Use Policy"), and section 8 of that policy covers how reports are handled.

## I lost my account number. Can support give it back?

**Only through an email you added beforehand.** Keep your account number safe, because it is the only key to your account. Add an email and a lost number can be sent back to you; with no email, nobody can restore it.

Without an email on file, writing to support will not help: the account was opened with no proof of who you are, so nothing exists that could show it belongs to you. Keep the number in a password manager, and add an email in the dashboard if you want a way back in.

## Is there a phone number, Telegram or a social media account?

No. Cobaltfell answers by email only, from the two addresses on this page. It runs no phone line, no Telegram or WhatsApp account and no official profile on any social network. Anyone presenting as Cobaltfell somewhere else is not us, so never pay or sign in through a link they send.

## Where are answers already written?

Many questions are settled before you write:

- plans, terms and what each plan holds: [pricing](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?");
- cores, steal time, coins, delivery, mining and blockchain nodes: the [FAQ](https://cobaltfell.com/faq/ "Cobaltfell FAQ: dedicated vCPU VPS, paid in crypto");
- how a VPS is pinned, built and handed over: [how we work](https://cobaltfell.com/how-we-work/ "How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?");
- days credited back and the minimum top-up: the [refund policy](https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/ "Refund Policy");
- what is kept about you, and for how long: the [privacy policy](https://cobaltfell.com/privacy/ "Privacy Policy");
- renewals, suspension and the end of a term: the [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Terms of Service").

## Support: short answers

### How quickly does Cobaltfell support reply?

A person replies within 12 hours, on every day of the week, in English. Abuse reports have their own address, abuse@cobaltfell.com.

### Can support reboot or reinstall my VPS?

Reboots and reinstalls are asked for from the dashboard and carried out by the team; a reinstall wipes the disk. Write to support if SSH still does not answer after a reboot, with the IP address and the time in UTC.

### Will support help with SSH keys or firewall rules?

Yes, both are part of the job. Send the commands you ran and their full output, and say which rule or key you expected to work.

### Will support ever ask for my password?

No. A message asking for your account number, your root password or your private key is fake, even when it seems to come from support@cobaltfell.com.

**Not written yet? Start with the plans** Four dedicated-vCPU plans from $10.49 a month on the 12-month term, in three cities, paid in crypto with no ID. [See the plans](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") · [Read the FAQ](https://cobaltfell.com/faq/ "Cobaltfell FAQ: dedicated vCPU VPS, paid in crypto")

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?

> CPU steal time on a VPS: what the st and %steal columns mean, 4 ways to check them, how to read the values. Dedicated vCPU VPS paid in crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

The one counter inside a VPS that shows when other tenants are taking your processor. What Linux means by it, four ways to read it, and what the numbers say about a shared or a dedicated vCPU.

**Quick answer — What is CPU steal time and how do I check it on my VPS?**

CPU steal time is the share of time your vCPU was ready to run while the hypervisor ran another machine; at 10% steal, a busy job loses about a tenth of its time. On 2 November 2026, none of the 22 no-KYC crypto hosts promising dedicated CPU published a steal measurement, and neither had **Cobaltfell**. Linux shows steal as `st` in `top` and `%steal` in `mpstat`.

## What exactly is steal time?

**Steal time counts the moments when your virtual CPU wanted to work and the physical processor was busy with another guest.** The Linux tools describe it in three slightly different ways:

- `top`: "time stolen from this vm by the hypervisor".
- `mpstat`: the percentage of "involuntary wait" while the hypervisor "was servicing another virtual processor".
- `/proc/stat`: "the time spent in other operating systems when running in a virtualized environment", counted since Linux 2.6.11.

The kernel's KVM documentation adds the detail that makes the counter useful: steal is the time in which the vCPU did not run, and time during which the vCPU is idle is not reported as steal. An idle VPS cannot show steal, however crowded the host is. The number appears only when you ask for CPU and do not get it.

The figure comes from the hypervisor, which shares it with the guest kernel. A guest can only count what the hypervisor reports, which is one more reason to confirm a low value with a repeated benchmark.

## How do I check steal time?

**Four commands show it; run them while your real workload is running, not on an idle machine.** `top` and `vmstat` come with the procps package on every common distribution. `mpstat` comes with sysstat (`apt install sysstat` on Debian and Ubuntu, `dnf install sysstat` on AlmaLinux and Rocky).

*1. top: the st value in the %Cpu(s) line (press 1 for one line per vCPU, q to quit)*

```bash
top
```

*2. vmstat: one line per second for 60 seconds, steal in the st column of the cpu group*

```bash
vmstat 1 60
```

*3. mpstat: %steal for every vCPU, one report per second for 60 seconds*

```bash
mpstat -P ALL 1 60
```

*4. /proc/stat: steal as a share of CPU time over 10 seconds, with no extra package*

```bash
a=($(head -n1 /proc/stat)); sleep 10; b=($(head -n1 /proc/stat))
# fields 1-8: user nice system idle iowait irq softirq steal
all=0; for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do all=$((all + b[i] - a[i])); done
awk -v st=$((b[8] - a[8])) -v all=$all 'BEGIN { printf "steal: %.2f%%\n", 100 * st / all }'
```

The first line of `/proc/stat` adds up all vCPU, in units of USER_HZ (a hundredth of a second on most systems). The script reads it twice, ten seconds apart, and divides the steal that accrued by all the time that passed. To confirm that you are on a virtual machine at all, `systemd-detect-virt` prints the hypervisor type, `kvm` on KVM.

## How do I read the numbers?

**No standard sets a "good" steal value, but the arithmetic is simple: a job that needs the CPU all the time gets at most 100% minus the steal.** At 5% steal it gets about 95% of the time it asks for; at 25%, about three quarters. Read the pattern, not one sample.

*Patterns to look for while your own workload is running; on an idle VPS steal is not counted.*

| What you see | What it means | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0 on every vCPU while your job runs at full load | Nothing is taken from you, or the hypervisor reports no steal | Confirm with the same benchmark at two different hours |
| A few non-zero samples, then 0 again | Short contention on the host | Usually nothing; keep a log if your job is latency-sensitive |
| Steady steal under load, every second | Your vCPU queues behind other guests | Note the hours, measure for a day, send the log to the host |
| Steal on one vCPU only in `mpstat -P ALL` | One of your threads lands on a busier part of the host | Mention the vCPU number in your ticket |
| Steal that rises at the same hours each day | Neighbours with a schedule: backups, batch jobs, peak traffic | Move heavy jobs to other hours, or move to dedicated vCPU |
| Any lasting steal on a plan sold as dedicated | The promise is not being met at that moment | Ask the host to explain or move the VPS |

## Is my CPU shared with noisy neighbours?

**If steal rises when you load the CPU and the rise follows the clock rather than your own work, other tenants are sharing your processor time.** Three checks narrow it down:

1. **Load it yourself.** Run your real job, or a CPU-bound test, and keep `mpstat -P ALL 1` open in a second terminal. Steal that tracks your load says the host has less free CPU than your plan suggests.
2. **Compare hours.** Run the same benchmark in the morning and in the evening. On a dedicated vCPU, the two results should be close; [how to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-benchmark/ "How do I benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6?") gives the commands.
3. **Read the plan.** A plan sold with shared vCPU is allowed to show steal; that is what it costs less for. The page on [the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?") explains what each one buys.

A slow VPS with zero steal points elsewhere: disk waits (the `wa` column, time waiting for I/O), memory pressure or the application itself.

## What causes steal time, and what fixes it?

**Steal grows when the host has sold more busy vCPU than it has hardware threads to run them.** When every guest asks for CPU at once, some have to wait, and the waiting is counted as steal in each of them.

What you can do, from least to most effort:

- **Move the heavy work** to hours when the host is quieter, if your workload allows it.
- **Ask the host** to move your VPS to a less loaded node; a log from `mpstat` makes the request concrete.
- **Change plan type.** A dedicated vCPU removes other guests from your threads. Hosts that sell them, with the words each uses and the price per core, are listed in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?").

According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 22 of 51 VPS hosts that take crypto without an ID document promised a dedicated CPU in writing, and none of them showed a steal-time measurement on the pages we read.

Adding more shared vCPU rarely helps: more threads from the same crowded host wait in the same queue.

On a database, steal shows first in the slowest queries, as explained in [how CPU steal affects PostgreSQL p99 latency on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-postgresql/ "How much CPU and RAM PostgreSQL needs on a VPS").

## What steal should a Cobaltfell VPS show?

**On a dedicated vCPU, steal time should sit at or near zero. We will publish the figure we measure on our own machines, with its date, and never an estimate.** Each vCPU is held for one VPS: A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.

Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own. Until that page carries a dated figure, run the commands above on your own VPS; if steal stays up while your job runs, the log is enough for a ticket. The [best dedicated CPU VPS providers in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?") are compared on the same written criteria, ours included. A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules.

## What other questions do people ask about CPU steal time?

### Is steal time the same as iowait?

No. Steal (`st`) is time your vCPU wanted to run but the hypervisor ran another guest. Iowait (`wa`) is time the CPU sat idle waiting for disk or other I/O to finish. High iowait points to storage, high steal to CPU contention.

### Why does top not show an st value?

The `top` manual notes that the st field may not be shown depending on the kernel version. On current distributions it appears in the %Cpu(s) line; on an old kernel or outside a virtual machine it may be missing or stay at zero.

### Can a dedicated server show steal time?

A system running directly on the hardware, with no hypervisor under it, has nobody to steal from it, so the counter stays at zero. Steal only exists for a guest running under a hypervisor.

### What steal value is too high?

No standard sets a limit. Use the arithmetic instead: at 10% steal a CPU-bound job gets about 90% of the time it needs. On a plan sold with dedicated vCPU, steal should stay at or near zero while you work.

### Does steal time affect latency as well as throughput?

Yes. Each wait delays the request that was running on that vCPU, so steal shows up first in the slowest requests, the p99 of a database or an API, before it moves the average.

## Sources

1. [KVM-specific MSRs: MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME](https://docs.kernel.org/virt/kvm/x86/msr.html) — The Linux Kernel documentation (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [proc_stat(5): kernel/system statistics](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc_stat.5.html) — man7.org (Linux man-pages 6.19) (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [top(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/top.1.html) — man7.org (procps-ng) (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [vmstat(8) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/vmstat.8.html) — man7.org (procps-ng) (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [mpstat(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org (sysstat) (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [systemd-detect-virt(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/systemd-detect-virt.1.html) — man7.org (systemd) (checked 2026-11-02)

---

Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?

> Dedicated CPU VPS price per core on 2 Nov 2026: 22 no-KYC crypto hosts, their exact claims and CPUs, median $8.20 on 2022+ chips.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Every no-KYC crypto VPS host in our survey that calls a CPU dedicated: its exact words, its processor, what one core costs a month. Redone monthly at this address.

**Quick answer — What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?**

According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, the least expensive dedicated CPU core at a no-KYC crypto VPS host was HostSailor Commodore's, $3.19 a month (16 vCPU, 16 GB of RAM, $50.99). The median was $12.50 per core across 141 plans, and $8.20 on processors launched in 2022 or later. **Cobaltfell** redoes this index monthly; its own Fell 8 costs $4.78 per vCPU on 12 months.

- **71** VPS hosts read on 2 November 2026 (public pages only, nothing bought)
- **22** no-KYC crypto hosts calling a CPU dedicated (of 51 taking crypto without ID)
- **$12.50** median price of one dedicated vCPU a month (141 plans, any processor)
- **$8.20** median on processors launched in 2022 or later (34 plans at 6 hosts)

## How was the index built?

**We read 71 VPS hosts on 2 November 2026, through their public pages only: no account, no order, no payment, no message to support.** The same rules applied to every host:

- **Pool:** crypto accepted and no ID document at signup. A host that asks for one only on written triggers (card payment, refund, fraud flag) stays in, marked "only on triggers". 51 hosts passed.
- **Dedicated:** the host's own text says the CPU, the cores or the vCPU are dedicated. "Dedicated resources" alone, or the label "VDS" alone, does not count. 22 pool hosts passed.
- **2022 or later:** the named processor came out in 2022 or after (Ryzen 7000/9000, EPYC 4004/8004/9004/9005, Intel 13th/14th generation, Xeon Scalable 4th generation onward).
- **Price:** the shortest billed cycle as a monthly figure, 30 or 31 days counting as a month; euros at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026), before VAT where the host says so. Per core = that price divided by the dedicated vCPU.
- **Ranked plans:** NVMe, in stock, read on the host's own site: 141 plans at 16 hosts. The other 6 hosts appear further down with the reason.

**In this index, "dedicated" means the host wrote it about the CPU; it never means someone measured it.** Only a purchase followed by a steal-time log shows whether a promise holds; [what CPU steal time is and how to check it on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?") gives the commands.

## What does one dedicated vCPU cost per month?

**The median was $12.50 per dedicated vCPU a month across all 141 ranked plans, and $8.20 across the 34 plans on processors launched in 2022 or later.** The range ran from $3.19 to $98.18 per core.

Two things move these medians:

- **One host weighs heavily.** VPSBG lists 36 of the 141 plans, all between $53 and $99 per core. Set them aside and the median of the other 105 plans falls to $9.15.
- **Newer chips were not dearer.** The 2022-or-later median sits below the overall one. Four of the six hosts with recent processors (HostSailor, VPSLab, RDP.monster and Servury) price every plan between $3.19 and $12 per core, while VPSBG, Evolution Host, Servers.Guru and CryptoVPS.host, on older or unnamed processors, ask $17 to $98.

**A median per core says nothing about speed.** A Ryzen 9 9950X core and a 2016 Xeon E5 core can cost the same and perform very differently; the guide on [how to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-benchmark/ "How do I benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6?") shows how to check one after purchase.

## Which plans are least expensive per dedicated core?

**HostSailor, Cloudzy and VPSFaster sold the least expensive dedicated cores, each under $4 a month, but with 1 GB of RAM or less per core.** The table keeps, for each product line, the plan that costs least per core. Rows are sorted by that figure.

*One row per product line: the plan with the lowest monthly price per dedicated core, NVMe, in stock, read on the host's site on 2 November 2026. At Cherry Servers, "only on triggers" includes new crypto clients ordering its lowest-priced plans without spending €100.*

| Host and plan | Cores / RAM / NVMe | Processor (launch year) | 2022 or later | Price a month | Per core | Where | ID at signup |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HostSailor Commodore | 16 / 16 GB / 200 GB | AMD EPYC 9534 (2022) | Yes | $50.99 | $3.19 | Netherlands | Only on triggers |
| Cloudzy High Performance 1 GB | 1 / 1 GB / 25 GB | "Ryzen 9", model not named | Not stated | $3.48 (50% launch discount) | $3.48 | 13 cities, incl. Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London | Only on triggers |
| VPSFaster L1 | 1 / 0.5 GB / 15 GB | Not named | Not stated | $3.99 | $3.99 | Not stated | No |
| KernelHost VPS-3 | 4 / 8 GB / 80 GB | AMD EPYC, model not named | Not stated | €14.99 before VAT ($16.75) | $4.19 | Frankfurt | No |
| PrivateAlps V1-NVME.CH | 4 / 1 GB / 30 GB | Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 (2016) | No | €15 ($16.76) | $4.19 | Zurich, Frankfurt | No |
| AlexHost P16 (Platinum) | 16 / 32 GB / 320 GB | Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 (2019) | No | €70 ($78.20) | $4.89 | Chisinau, Las Vegas | Only on triggers |
| VPSLab R9 Start | 2 / 6 GB / 30 GB | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (2024) | Yes | €9.99 ($11.16) | $5.58 | Not stated | No |
| RDP.monster Velocity | 4 / 8 GB / 100 GB | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (2022) | Yes | $25.99 | $6.50 | Paris, New York | No |
| KernelHost Prof-VDS-2 | 12 / 48 GB / 240 GB | AMD EPYC, model not named | Not stated | €69.99 before VAT ($78.19) | $6.52 | Frankfurt | No |
| Servury VDS-400 | 10 / 20 GB / 200 GB | AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (2024) | Yes | $70.79 per 31 days | $7.08 | New York | No |
| Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 8 (US/SG sale) | 16 / 64 GB / 400 GB | Intel Xeon Gold 6230R or 6330 (2020–2021) | No | €109 before VAT ($121.77) | $7.61 | Chicago, Singapore | Only on triggers |
| Ultahost POWER Silver | 10 / 20 GB / 500 GB | "Dual AMD EPYC", model not named | Not stated | $91.49 | $9.15 | 26 cities | No |
| Hiddence Ryzen-5 | 16 / 32 GB / 480 GB | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (2024) | Yes | €155 ($173.17) | $10.82 | Europe outside the EU, country not named | No |
| Cherry Servers Premium VDS 6 | 12 / 48 GB / 300 GB | AMD EPYC 9554P (2022) | Yes | €129 before VAT ($144.12) | $12.01 | 5 cities, most queued | Only on triggers |
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 6 | 12 / 48 GB / 600 GB | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (2022) | Yes | €149 before VAT ($166.46) | $13.87 | 7 cities, most queued | Only on triggers |
| Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 2 (Gen 2) | 4 / 16 GB / 100 GB | Not named | Not stated | €59 before VAT ($65.91) | $16.48 | Frankfurt, Tokyo | Only on triggers |
| CryptoVPS.host Ninja VDS | 16 / 64 GB / 360 GB | AMD EPYC 7003 (2021) | No | $276.00 | $17.25 | Ashburn, Hillsboro, Helsinki, Nuremberg, Falkenstein | No |
| Cherry Servers Cloud ARM VDS 1 | 1 / 6 GB / 25 GB | AmpereOne A192-32X (2023) | Yes | €19 before VAT ($21.23) | $21.23 | Siauliai, Lithuania | Only on triggers |
| Servers.Guru Cloud 16 vCPU | 16 / 64 GB / 360 GB | AMD EPYC 7003 (2021) | No | €349.99 ($391.01) | $24.44 | Nuremberg, Falkenstein, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro | No |
| Evolution Host Gold VDS | 16 / 64 GB / 700 GB | Not named | Not stated | €420 ($469.22) | $29.33 | 16 cities | No |
| VPSBG VDS 8 GB | 2 / 8 GB / 50 GB | AMD EPYC, model not named | Not stated | €95 before VAT ($106.13, computed) | $53.07 | Sofia | No |
| Cobaltfell Fell 8 (ours, not in the medians) | 8 / 16 GB / 320 GB | AMD EPYC 9004/9005 (since November 2022) | Yes | $54.63, or $38.24 a month on 12 months | $6.82, or $4.78 on 12 months | Amsterdam, Zurich, Bucharest | No |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

Euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). VPSBG shows list and yearly prices; its monthly figure is computed with the formula of its own order page.

## How does each host word "dedicated"?

**Each host words its promise its own way, and only Cherry Servers says how many physical cores sit behind its vCPU.** These are the exact words we read on 2 November 2026. We quote them without grading them: nobody we know of has measured any of these plans.

*The 22 hosts of the pool whose own text calls a CPU dedicated, quoted as written. Coins as named on each site; 30 of the 51 pool hosts named Monero.*

| Host | Its words, read on 2 November 2026 | Where the words appear | Coins named | In the per-core table |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HostSailor | "Dedicated CPU cores for stable performance" | One bullet for its whole KVM NVMe line | BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC | Yes |
| Cloudzy | "Each plan ships with dedicated vCPU cores, no shared CPU contention." | Pricing page | BTC, ETH, USDT | Yes |
| VPSFaster | "We provide dedicated CPU and RAM for each client, ensuring that your resources aren’t shared with anyone else." | Home page | BTC, XMR and others | Yes |
| KernelHost | "vCPU, RAM and NVMe storage reserved exclusively for your instance, never shared with other customers." | VDS pages | 30+, incl. BTC, XMR, USDT, USDC | Yes |
| PrivateAlps | "Dedicated CPU & instant OS reinstall" | Linux VPS NVMe page | BTC, LTC, ETH, XMR | Yes |
| AlexHost | "Each VPS receives dedicated CPU, RAM, and storage allocations, preventing performance degradation due to shared workloads" | Platinum VPS page; the same line sits in the FAQ of its ordinary VPS | BTC, ETH, LTC, XMR, USDT, USDC and others | Yes |
| VPSLab | "Each plan gets Zen 5 cores of a real AMD Ryzen 9 9950X pinned to your VPS via KVM. We do not oversell CPU" | Ryzen VPS page (nodes may fall back to Ryzen 9 7950X3D) | BTC, XMR, ETH, USDT | Yes |
| RDP.monster | "Our high-performance fleet uses AMD Ryzen 7950X and Intel Xeon Gold CPUs with dedicated vCPU cores (no neighbor stealing cycles)" | Order page, for the whole fleet | BTC, ETH, LTC, XMR, USDT, USDC and others | Yes |
| Servury | "VDS plans run Intel i9 14900K and Ryzen 9 9900X processors ... with dedicated (not shared) CPU allocation" | Its blog; the plans page says only "VDS keeps them to itself" | BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH, BNB, TRX, USDT, USDC | Yes |
| Cherry Servers | "The cores are dedicated solely to your workload, with no other customers sharing them." | Performance VDS page; plans state the physical cores behind the vCores (4 vCores "on 2 physical cores") | BTC, ETH, LTC, USDC, ADA, BNB | Yes |
| Ultahost | "UltaHost Virtual Dedicated Server hosting allocates exclusive access to physical CPU cores, DDR5 RAM, and NVMe storage." | VDS page | BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT, XMR and others | Yes |
| Hiddence | "Dedicated CPU and RAM resources" | Ryzen 9 9950X page | BTC, ETH, XMR and others | Yes |
| CryptoVPS.host | "16 Dedicated Core CPU AMD Milan™ Epyc 7003" | Plan card of Ninja VDS | BTC, LTC, XMR, USDT, DOGE, ETH | Yes |
| Servers.Guru | "Every dedicated vCPU instance has its own dedicated CPU resources" | Cloud servers page | 14 coins, incl. BTC, XMR | Yes |
| Evolution Host | "Dedicated CPUs clocked up to 5.7Ghz"; "Your resources will not be shared with anyone else and are dedicated to you." | VDS page | BTC, ETH, LTC | Yes |
| VPSBG | "VDS with dedicated AMD EPYC CPU & NVMe SSDs offers maximum performance" | VDS page, column "Dedicated CPU Cores" | BTC, Lightning | Yes |
| NiceVPS | "Dedicated CPU and RAM resources" | VPS order page | BTC, DASH, ETH, LTC, XMR, USDT, ZEC | No: SSD disks |
| LunaNode | "Compute-Optimized plans include dedicated CPU cores" | Pricing page | BTC | No: SSD, Xeon E5-2690 v2 (2013), $20 per core |
| Zomro | "Dedicated Cores" | Storage VPS feature list | USDT | No: SSD disks |
| LiteServer | "With a Virtual Dedicated Server you will always get 100% hardware allocation. No limits, no sharing, no noisy neighbors." | VDS store | Crypto, coins not listed | No: HDD or SSD, out of stock |
| BuyVM | "1 Core @ 3.50+ GHz Dedicated CPU Usage" | Ryzen KVM order page | BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, DOGE, XMR | No: out of stock everywhere |
| NoctHost | "Cores are yours alone, with no neighbours on the same physical CPU." | Dedicated CPU page | BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, LTC and others | No: only "from" prices published |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## What do 2, 4, 8 and 16 dedicated cores cost?

**At 2 dedicated cores the least expensive plan on a 2022-or-later processor was $13.99 a month; at 16 cores only one plan qualified, at €155.** A tier asks for at least its core count, 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe per core, an IPv4 included, monthly billing and stock. The strict pool also needs a named processor from 2022 or later; the loose pool accepts any processor, old or unnamed.

*One plan per host in each column. HostSailor qualifies at 2 and 4 cores with a larger plan whose RAM still covers the tier, at 1 GB per core.*

| Tier (minimum) | Strict: 1st | Strict: 2nd | Strict: 3rd | Plans that qualified (strict) | Loose: 1st | Cobaltfell, 12-month term / month to month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 cores, 4 GB, 40 GB | RDP.monster Swift, Ryzen 9 7950X: $13.99 | HostSailor Seaman (4 cores, 4 GB): $15.99 | Servury VDS-100: $16.79 per 31 days | 29 | AlexHost P2, Xeon Platinum 8268: €12 ($13.41) | Fell 2: $10.49 / $14.98 |
| 4 cores, 8 GB, 80 GB | RDP.monster Velocity: $25.99 | Servury VDS-200: $31.19 per 31 days | HostSailor Captain (8 cores, 8 GB): $31.99 | 21 | KernelHost VPS-3, EPYC not named: €14.99 before VAT ($16.75) | Fell 4: $19.49 / $27.84 |
| 8 cores, 16 GB, 160 GB | HostSailor Commodore (16 cores, 16 GB): $50.99 | Servury VDS-350: $57.59 per 31 days | RDP.monster Boost: $87.99 | 11 | AlexHost P8: €40 ($44.69) | Fell 8: $38.24 / $54.63 |
| 16 cores, 32 GB, 320 GB | Hiddence Ryzen-5, Ryzen 9 9950X: €155 ($173.17) | None | None | 1 | AlexHost P16: €70 ($78.20) | Fell 16: $129.87 / $185.53 |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

Cobaltfell's column follows the written price rule set out on its pricing page, where each tier is priced against a named plan of the strict columns; its plans are left out of every median. We do not claim to be the cheapest at every size: the loose column lists month-to-month prices below ours in every row, on older or unnamed processors.

## What do netcup, Hetzner and the big clouds charge for the same cores?

**netcup's Root Servers, on an AMD EPYC 9645, cost $6.54 to $8.31 per dedicated core from 2 to 8 cores, close to the strict pool, but netcup takes no crypto and checks identity after the first order.** The five references below sit outside the pool on purpose: none takes crypto without an identity layer.

*Monthly prices for 2, 4, 8 and 16 dedicated vCPU. netcup includes 19% German VAT; Hetzner is before VAT, IPv4 included. Hetzner's CCX plans have 4 GB of RAM per vCPU, the others 2 GB, except netcup's 16-core plan (64 GB).*

| Provider and line | Processor | 2 vCPU | 4 vCPU | 8 vCPU | 16 vCPU | Crypto | Identity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| netcup Root Server G12.5 | AMD EPYC 9645 | $16.61 | $27.93 | $52.30 | $190.69 | No | ID and selfie after the first order, or prepayment |
| Linode Dedicated CPU G6 | Not stated | $36.00 | $72.00 | $144.00 | $288.00 | No | Card must match the billing contact |
| Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute (CPU) | AMD EPYC, generation not stated | $40.00 | $80.00 | $160.00 | $320.00 | Through BitPay | A payment method is required to verify identity |
| DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized | Intel Xeon Scalable, 2nd generation or older | $42.00 | $84.00 | $168.00 | $336.00 | Stablecoins, not offered to everyone | One-time $25 authorization |
| Hetzner Cloud CCX | AMD, model not stated | $48.59 | $96.63 | $155.28 | $308.89 | No | ID or card prepayment may be asked |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

Hetzner and netcup prices in euros converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). Linode prices from its public API; Vultr prices from its public API.

For the Hetzner line in detail, with the June 2026 price change, read [what a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto looks like](https://cobaltfell.com/hetzner-ccx-alternative/ "What is a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto?").

## What can this index not tell you?

**It cannot tell you whether any of these cores is really dedicated, because nobody has bought and measured them.** Other limits of the data:

- **One sentence, many plans.** HostSailor's claim is one bullet for a whole line priced at $3 to $5 per EPYC Genoa core; RDP.monster's covers its whole fleet; Servury writes "dedicated" only on its blog.
- **Processors not named.** Cloudzy shows "Ryzen 9" on the page and "EPYC" in its menu; KernelHost gives a 2021 chip, the EPYC 7763, as an example; Ultahost, VPSBG and Evolution Host name no model.
- **Inconsistencies and unknown places.** Servury lists DDR4 memory beside Ryzen processors that only take DDR5; VPSLab does not say where its Ryzen line runs, and Hiddence names no company and no country.
- **Computed or promotional prices.** VPSBG's monthly price comes from its own formula, 8 Ultahost prices from its cart data, and Cloudzy's includes a 50% discount with no stated renewal price.

## How often is the index updated, and can I reuse it?

**The survey is redone once a month and published at this same address, with the date of the reading at the top.** Quote the date with any figure.

The tables may be reused under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0): name Cobaltfell, link to this page and give the survey date. A wrong figure can be reported to support@cobaltfell.com with the page that shows the right one; the next edition carries the correction.

Our own plans and their pricing rule are on [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs at Cobaltfell](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?"). A ranked shortlist is in [which is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?").

## What other questions do people ask about dedicated CPU VPS prices?

### Why is the overall median higher than the median for 2022-or-later processors?

Because one host with high prices lists many plans. VPSBG contributes 36 of the 141 ranked plans at $53 to $99 per core, on EPYC chips it does not name. Most plans on recent processors came from hosts charging $3.19 to $12 per core.

### Does a lower price per core mean a faster VPS?

No. Price per core ignores the processor generation, the clock speed, the RAM per core and whether a vCPU is a full core or one thread. A benchmark after purchase, such as YABS or Geekbench 6, tells you more than the price.

### Why is Cobaltfell in the table but not in the medians?

Because we sell VPS ourselves, and counting our own prices would bend the figures we publish. Our row is labelled as ours and kept apart; our prices are set from this survey by a written rule.

### Which of these hosts accept Monero?

30 of the 51 hosts in the pool named Monero on 2 November 2026; the coins column above shows which. Cobaltfell, which is not counted in the pool, has accepted Monero since 3 November 2026: its coins are BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR.

## Sources

1. [HostSailor KVM VPS NVMe](https://hostsailor.com/kvm-vps) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [Cloudzy pricing](https://cloudzy.com/pricing/) — Cloudzy (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [VPSFaster home page and plans](https://vpsfaster.net/) — VPSFaster (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [KernelHost: rent a VPS (VDS)](https://www.kernelhost.com/en/rent-a-vps) — KernelHost (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [KernelHost Professional VDS list](https://www.kernelhost.com/en/rent-a-professional-vds-list) — KernelHost (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [PrivateAlps Linux VPS NVMe](https://privatealps.net/en/services/linux-vps-nvme) — PrivateAlps (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [AlexHost Platinum VPS](https://alexhost.com/vps/platinum-vps/) — AlexHost (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [VPSLab Ryzen VPS](https://vpslab.cloud/ryzen-vps) — VPSLab (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [RDP.monster Linux VPS, High Performance](https://dashboard.rdp.monster/embed/order/linux/europe/high-performance/swift/monthly?lang=en) — RDP.monster (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [Servury servers](https://servury.com/servers/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
11. [Servury blog: best VPS for trading](https://servury.com/blog/best-vps-for-trading-what-actually-matters-beyond-price/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
12. [Cherry Servers virtual servers pricing](https://www.cherryservers.com/pricing/virtual-servers) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
13. [Cherry Servers terms of service, section 3.3](https://www.cherryservers.com/legal/terms-of-service) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
14. [Ultahost POWER Silver VDS](https://checkout.ultahost.com/power-silver?billingcycle=monthly&currency=USD) — Ultahost (checked 2026-11-02)
15. [Hiddence virtual servers](https://hiddence.net/) — Hiddence (checked 2026-11-02)
16. [CryptoVPS.host Ninja VDS](https://clients.cryptovps.host/index.php?rp=/store/dedicated-cpu-hetzner-cloud-useu/ninja-vds) — CryptoVPS.host (checked 2026-11-02)
17. [Servers.Guru cloud servers with dedicated vCPU](https://servers.guru/anonymous-dedicated-cloud-servers/) — Servers.Guru (checked 2026-11-02)
18. [Evolution Host VDS hosting](https://evolution-host.com/vds-hosting.php) — Evolution Host (checked 2026-11-02)
19. [VPSBG VDS](https://www.vpsbg.eu/dedicated-servers) — VPSBG (checked 2026-11-02)
20. [NiceVPS VPS configuration](https://nicevps.net/products/configure/VPS_1.0G) — NiceVPS (checked 2026-11-02)
21. [LunaNode pricing](https://www.lunanode.com/pricing) — LunaNode (checked 2026-11-02)
22. [Zomro Storage VPS](https://zomro.com/big_vds) — Zomro (checked 2026-11-02)
23. [LiteServer Virtual Dedicated Server store](https://clients.liteserver.nl/index.php?rp=/store/virtual-dedicated-server) — LiteServer (checked 2026-11-02)
24. [BuyVM Ryzen KVM order page](https://my.frantech.ca/cart.php?gid=39) — BuyVM (Frantech) (checked 2026-11-02)
25. [NoctHost dedicated CPU VPS](https://nocthost.com/dedicated-cpu-vps) — NoctHost (checked 2026-11-02)
26. [netcup Root Server G12.5](https://www.netcup.com/en/server/root-server) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
27. [netcup help center: identity verification](https://www.netcup.com/en/helpcenter/documentation/general/identity-verification) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
28. [Linode types API (Dedicated CPU plans)](https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types) — Akamai / Linode (checked 2026-11-02)
29. [Akamai TechDocs: manage payment methods (archived 2026-07-10)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260710204236/https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/manage-payment-methods) — Akamai (read 2026-11-02)
30. [Vultr plans API](https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
31. [Vultr: why do I need to enter a payment method?](https://docs.vultr.com/support/platform/billing/why-do-i-need-to-enter-a-payment-method) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
32. [DigitalOcean Droplet pricing](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
33. [DigitalOcean: manage payment methods](https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/manage-payment-methods/) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
34. [Hetzner Cloud general purpose (CCX)](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/general-purpose/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
35. [Hetzner fraud prevention FAQ](https://docs.hetzner.com/general/security-and-identify/fraud-prevention-faq/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
36. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml) — European Central Bank (rate of 2026-10-30)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Where can I buy a dedicated-CPU VPS with crypto?

> Where to buy a VPS with dedicated CPU cores in crypto: 6 of 51 no-KYC hosts did it on 2022+ CPUs on 2 Nov 2026. Cobaltfell from $10.49/mo.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-with-crypto/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Which hosts sell dedicated-CPU VPS for crypto without asking for an ID, what each one means by "dedicated", and how an order at Cobaltfell works from top-up to root login.

**Quick answer — Where can I buy a VPS with dedicated CPU cores and pay with crypto?**

**Cobaltfell** sells VPS with 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU for BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR, from $10.49 a month on the 12-month term, with no ID. Few others do: Cobaltfell checked 51 hosts taking crypto without ID on 2 November 2026; 22 called a CPU dedicated, and only 6 did so on a 2022-or-newer processor.

- **51** VPS hosts taking crypto without an ID check (of 71 surveyed, 2 Nov 2026)
- **22** say a plan's CPU is dedicated (in their own words)
- **6** say so on a processor from 2022 or later (the pool our prices follow)
- **$8.20** median price of one such vCPU a month (plans on 2022+ processors)

## Which hosts sell dedicated-CPU VPS for crypto without ID?

**Six hosts met both tests on 2 November 2026: crypto with no ID at signup, and a dedicated-CPU plan on a processor launched in 2022 or later.** The table quotes the sentence each host uses for "dedicated", word for word. None of these claims has been measured by anyone we know of, so read them as promises, not proof. All 22 hosts and their price per core are in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "Dedicated CPU VPS price per core, survey of 2 November 2026"), and the same hosts ranked at 4 vCPU in [the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "Best dedicated CPU VPS in 2026, compared").

*Monthly prices as listed on each host's site on 2 November 2026, before tax where the host says so; euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). "Monero": the host names it among its coins.*

| Host | Its words for "dedicated" | Processor | Least expensive such plan | ID at signup | Monero |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RDP.monster | "dedicated vCPU cores (no neighbor stealing cycles)" | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | Swift: 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 60 GB, $13.99 | No | Yes |
| HostSailor | "Dedicated CPU cores for stable performance" | AMD EPYC 9534 | Mini Sailor: 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 30 GB, $4.99 | Only on triggers (card payments) | No |
| Servury | "dedicated (not shared) CPU allocation" (blog) | AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, Intel Core i9-14900K | VDS-100: 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB, $16.79 per 31 days | No | Yes |
| VPSLab | "cores of a real AMD Ryzen 9 9950X pinned to your VPS" | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (fallback 7950X3D) | R9 Start: 2 vCPU / 6 GB / 30 GB, €9.99 ($11.16) | No | Yes |
| Hiddence | "Dedicated CPU and RAM resources" | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Ryzen-1: 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 30 GB, €18 ($20.11) | No | Yes |
| Cherry Servers | "Own full power of the underlying CPU and memory resources" | AMD EPYC 9554P, Ryzen 9 7950X, AmpereOne | Cloud ARM VDS 1: 1 vCPU / 6 GB / 25 GB, €19 ($21.23) | For new crypto clients on the lowest-priced plans | No |
| Cobaltfell | A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares | AMD EPYC 9004/9005 | Fell 2: 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB, $14.98, or $10.49 a month on 12 months | No | Yes |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

HostSailor's plans give 1 GB of RAM per vCPU. VPSLab does not say where its Ryzen line runs. Hiddence names no company or country; its addresses geolocate to Belize. Cherry Servers asks new clients paying in crypto to verify their identity or spend €100 before ordering its lowest-priced plans.

## Can I get a dedicated-CPU VPS without ID verification?

**Yes. At Cobaltfell the account is a number: no ID, no selfie, no card and no phone, at signup or later.** Elsewhere the choice is narrow: of the 51 VPS hosts that took crypto without ID at signup on 2 November 2026, 15 could still ask for one on triggers such as a card payment, and only 6 sold dedicated cores on a 2022-or-newer processor.

An account number is the only login you need, and an email address stays optional. Keep your account number safe, because it is the only key to your account. Add an email and a lost number can be sent back to you; with no email, nobody can restore it.

The mainstream dedicated-vCPU clouds work the other way round. On 2 November 2026:

- **netcup** asks for an identity check with an ID photo and a selfie after the first order, or for a prepayment, and takes no crypto.
- **Hetzner** may ask you to verify your account before it processes an order, and takes no crypto.
- **Vultr** accepts some coins through BitPay but requires a payment method that, in its own words, helps verify your identity.
- **Linode** and **DigitalOcean** take payment methods tied to a billing identity; DigitalOcean's stablecoin option is limited.

## How do I pay for a Cobaltfell VPS in crypto?

You top up a balance once, then order a plan from it. The top-up equals the price of the plan and term you pick: the floor is $1, under the price of every plan, so no order is rounded up. Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your VPS. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it.

### Paying, step by step

1. **Top up $1 or more** — Choose the amount and the coin (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR). The crypto amount and its rate are locked for 30 minutes.
2. **Send it to the address shown, on the exact network** — The payment page shows our deposit address for the coin and network you picked: BTC on Bitcoin, USDT on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20), USDC on Ethereum (ERC-20), ETH on Ethereum, SOL on Solana, LTC on Litecoin, XMR on Monero. Send only that coin on that network: funds sent on another network or in another coin can’t be recovered. The network fee comes on top of the amount.
3. **Send the exact amount shown, then click “I’ve sent the payment”** — Each top-up has its own exact amount (down to the last decimals): that is how we find your payment and link it to your account.
4. **Credited once your payment is checked on the blockchain** — Your balance is credited once we have checked the transaction on the blockchain, after the network has confirmed it. Typical network confirmation times:
5. **Order your VPS** — Choose a plan, a term, a city, a Linux image and, if you like, an SSH key; the top-up matches the price of that term. Once the payment is confirmed, a person builds the VPS, most often in a few minutes and in 1 hour at most, and its IP address shows in your dashboard. Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your VPS. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it.

| Crypto | Network | Confirmations | Usual time |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | Bitcoin | 2 | ≈ 20 min |
| Tether (USDT) | Tron (TRC-20) | 20 | ≈ 1 min |
| Tether (USDT) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| USD Coin (USDC) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| Ethereum (ETH) | Ethereum | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| Solana (SOL) | Solana | 1 | ≈ 1 min |
| Litecoin (LTC) | Litecoin | 6 | ≈ 15 min |
| Monero (XMR) | Monero | 10 | ≈ 20 min |

Closed the tab? The pending top-up stays under Billing in your account: open it to see the address and the exact amount again.

## Which coins are accepted, and is Monero one of them?

**Cobaltfell takes BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR, so Monero is one of them; Lightning is not.** A Monero top-up works like the others: you send the exact amount to our Monero address, and it is credited after 10 confirmations, about 20 minutes. A public block explorer shows neither the sender nor the amount of that payment, which it does show for BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL and LTC. Our billing still links your account to its orders, the IP addresses of its VPS and the TXID you declare. Other hosts take Monero too: 30 of the 51 no-KYC crypto hosts in our survey did on 2 November 2026, among them four of the six in the table above.

Stablecoins keep the amount simple: USDT and USDC are priced at one dollar, so the top-up equals the plan price. Other coins are converted at the rate shown on the payment page, which holds for a few minutes.

## What does "dedicated" mean at each host, and how can I check it?

**"Dedicated" has no standard meaning on a VPS.** It can mean a vCPU pinned to one physical thread, a full core, or only that the host does not oversell; [the difference between a shared and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "Shared vs dedicated vCPU on a VPS") sets the terms out. At Cobaltfell the answer is written down: A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.

Whatever host you choose, two checks take a minute after your first login. Run `lscpu` to see the processor model the VPS is given, and watch the `st` value of `top`, or the `%steal` column of `mpstat`, while your workload runs. On a dedicated vCPU, steal should stay at or near zero all day.

## What do you get when the payment is confirmed?

A member of the team builds each VPS by hand once the payment is confirmed, a job of minutes rather than seconds: the dashboard shows the progress, then the IP address once the VPS boots. 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes.

- **Plan and term:** Fell 2, 4, 8 or 16 for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months; longer terms cost less a month.
- **City:** Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price.
- **System:** Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10.
- **Access:** Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login.

The full walk-through, from the order to the first `ssh`, is on [how a Cobaltfell VPS is built](https://cobaltfell.com/how-we-work/ "How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?"). Prices and the reference behind each one are on the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What other questions do people ask about crypto, ID and dedicated CPU?

### Do I need an email address to buy a VPS?

No. An account number is the only login you need, and an email address stays optional. An email only helps you recover a lost account number.

### Can I pay for a dedicated-CPU VPS with USDT?

Yes: USDT on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20). Send it on the exact network the payment page shows; a payment on another network cannot be recovered.

### Is paying in crypto the same as staying private?

Not by itself. A payment in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL or LTC is public, so the transaction can be linked to the wallet that sent it; a Monero payment shows neither its sender nor its amount on an explorer, yet our billing still ties your account to its orders, the IP addresses of its VPS and the TXID you declare. What Cobaltfell avoids is the identity layer on top: no ID, no card, no phone.

### Can I mine crypto on a dedicated-CPU VPS?

Not here. Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

### Which host had the least expensive 16-vCPU plan of this kind?

Only one host sold a 16-vCPU dedicated-CPU plan on a 2022-or-newer processor, monthly and in stock, on 2 November 2026: Hiddence Ryzen-5 at €155.00 ($173.17) a month. Fell 16 costs $129.87 a month on the 12-month term.

## Sources

1. [RDP.monster Linux VPS, High Performance](https://dashboard.rdp.monster/embed/order/linux/europe/high-performance/swift/monthly?lang=en) — RDP.monster (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [HostSailor KVM VPS NVMe](https://hostsailor.com/kvm-vps) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [HostSailor terms of service](https://hostsailor.com/terms-of-service) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Servury servers](https://servury.com/servers/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [VPSLab Ryzen VPS](https://vpslab.cloud/ryzen-vps) — VPSLab (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Hiddence virtual servers](https://hiddence.net/) — Hiddence (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Cherry Servers virtual servers pricing](https://www.cherryservers.com/pricing/virtual-servers) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Cherry Servers terms of service, section 3.3](https://www.cherryservers.com/legal/terms-of-service) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [netcup help center: identity verification](https://www.netcup.com/en/helpcenter/documentation/general/identity-verification) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [Hetzner fraud prevention FAQ](https://docs.hetzner.com/general/security-and-identify/fraud-prevention-faq/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
11. [Vultr: why do I need to enter a payment method?](https://docs.vultr.com/support/platform/billing/why-do-i-need-to-enter-a-payment-method) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
12. [DigitalOcean: manage payment methods](https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/manage-payment-methods/) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
13. [top(1) and mpstat(1) manual pages](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/top.1.html) — man7.org (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?

> Dedicated vs shared vCPU on a VPS: who else runs on your thread, credits, steal time and price, with 2 Nov 2026 figures. Dedicated vCPU paid in crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Both are sold as "1 vCPU". One is a thread you rent alone, the other a turn on a thread that other customers also use. How each behaves under load, how to tell which you have, and what each costs.

**Quick answer — What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?**

A shared vCPU is a turn on a processor thread that the hypervisor hands out among several customers; a dedicated vCPU is a thread held for you alone. On 2 November 2026, one dedicated vCPU cost $24.30 a month at Hetzner (CCX13) and $4.78 at **Cobaltfell** (Fell 8, 12-month term), which pins each vCPU one to one.

## What is a vCPU in the first place?

**On most clouds, one vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor, and two threads make one physical core.** DigitalOcean states it directly: "A vCPU is a unit of processing power corresponding to a single hyper-thread on a processor core." Amazon's EC2 documentation gives the same rule for most of its burstable instances: each vCPU is a thread of an Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC core.

So "4 vCPU" usually means four threads, or two physical cores. Whether those threads are shared or dedicated is a separate question, and it is the one this page answers. The thread-or-core question has its own guide: [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread?](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?")

## How does a shared vCPU behave under load?

**A shared vCPU gets as much of a thread as is free at that moment.** When neighbours are quiet, it can run at full speed; when they are busy, it gets a fraction. DigitalOcean describes its own shared plans in those terms: the hyper-thread "may be shared between multiple other Droplets", and a Droplet "could receive fractions of hyper-threads" when neighbouring Droplets are under high load. Hetzner says that on its shared plans the hypervisors "distribute usage rights of CPU resources among several virtual servers".

Some clouds add a budget on top. Amazon's burstable T instances earn CPU credits below a baseline and spend them above it. One credit is one vCPU at 100% for one minute. A t3.medium has a baseline of 20% per vCPU; in Standard mode, once its credits run out, it "gradually comes down to baseline CPU utilization".

Inside the VPS, the waiting shows up as **steal time**: the share of time your vCPU was ready to run while the hypervisor ran something else. The guide [what CPU steal time is and how to check it on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?") shows how to read it with `top`, `vmstat` and `mpstat`.

## What does a dedicated vCPU change?

**A dedicated vCPU removes the other tenants from your thread: no queue behind neighbours, no credit budget, and full load for as long as your job runs.** DigitalOcean writes that its dedicated-CPU Droplets have the full hyper-thread at all times. Hetzner writes that every dedicated instance "has its own dedicated CPU resources".

Two things a dedicated vCPU does not settle by itself:

- **Speed.** A dedicated thread on a 2016 Xeon is still a 2016 Xeon. The processor generation and clock decide how fast each vCPU is; dedication decides how steady it is.
- **The sibling thread.** If your vCPU is one thread of a core, the core's other thread can serve another VPS unless the host says it does not. Few hosts say. According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 22 of 51 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts called a plan's CPU dedicated, and of the 6 that did so on a 2022-or-later processor, only Cherry Servers stated the physical cores behind its vCPU (4 vCores "on 2 physical cores").

At Cobaltfell the rule is written down: A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.

## How do shared and dedicated vCPU compare side by side?

*General behaviour as described by DigitalOcean, Hetzner and Amazon; exact rules differ by host.*

|  | Shared vCPU | Dedicated vCPU |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Who uses the thread | You and other customers, in turns | You alone |
| Time you get | What is free at that moment, or a credit-limited baseline | All of it, all the time |
| Steal time under load | Common, rises when neighbours are busy | At or near zero if the promise holds |
| Running at 100% for hours | Limited by credits or fair-use rules on many plans | Allowed |
| Results from one run to the next | Vary with neighbours and the hour | Stable for the same job |
| Price per vCPU | Lower | Higher: median $8.20 a month on 2022+ processors at no-KYC crypto hosts, 2 Nov 2026 |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## When is a shared vCPU enough?

**A shared vCPU is enough when your CPU sits idle most of the day and only spikes briefly.** Amazon makes the same point to sell its burstable line: many general-purpose workloads are on average not busy and do not need a high level of sustained CPU.

Typical cases:

- a personal site, a blog or a small API with modest traffic;
- a development or staging box that runs a few minutes of tests at a time;
- a VPN endpoint, a bastion host, a small monitoring agent;
- background jobs that can finish a little later without anyone noticing.

If a slow minute now and then costs you nothing, a shared plan is the sensible buy.

## When do you need a dedicated vCPU?

**You need dedicated vCPU when the CPU is busy for long stretches, or when a slow second has a cost.** The usual signs are steal time that climbs during your busy hours, build times that change by the hour, or a database whose slowest queries get slower at peak.

Workloads that tend to need it:

- **CI runners and compiles**, which hold every core for minutes ([sizing a GitLab Runner VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-ci-builds/ "GitLab Runner VPS: how many dedicated vCPU?"));
- **databases** whose slowest queries matter as much as the average ([PostgreSQL on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-postgresql/ "How much CPU and RAM PostgreSQL needs on a VPS"));
- **headless-browser workers** that render page after page ([scraping workers](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-web-scraping/ "VPS for headless Chrome scraping workers"));
- **video encoding** with FFmpeg ([FFmpeg without a GPU](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-video-transcoding/ "FFmpeg on a VPS without a GPU"));
- **small language models on CPU**, where every token waits on the cores ([Ollama without a GPU](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-llm-without-gpu/ "Ollama and small LLMs on a VPS without a GPU")).

Mining is not one of them here: Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

## How can you tell which one you have?

**Read the host's own wording, then measure steal time while your workload runs.**

1. **The wording.** "Dedicated resources" or a product called "VDS" does not say the CPU is dedicated. Look for a sentence that names the CPU, the cores or the vCPU. The page [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?") quotes that sentence for 22 hosts, and [the difference between a VPS and a VDS server](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-vs-vds/ "What is the difference between a VPS and a VDS server?") explains why the label alone means little.
2. **The processor.** Run `lscpu` and check the model against the order page.
3. **Steal time under load.** Run your job and `mpstat -P ALL 1 60`. On a dedicated vCPU, `%steal` should stay at or near zero.
4. **Repeat a benchmark.** The same benchmark at two different hours should give close results on a dedicated vCPU. See [how to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-benchmark/ "How do I benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6?").

## What does a dedicated vCPU cost in November 2026?

**At hosts that take crypto without an ID document, the median dedicated vCPU on a 2022-or-later processor cost $8.20 a month on 2 November 2026.** The large clouds charged more for the same vCPU: Hetzner CCX13 $24.30, Linode $18, Vultr $20 and DigitalOcean $21 per vCPU at the 2-vCPU size.

Cobaltfell's price per dedicated vCPU, on the 12-month term: Per dedicated vCPU on the 12-month term: Fell 2 $5.24, Fell 4 $4.87, Fell 8 $4.78 and Fell 16 $8.11. Month to month, Fell 2 costs $14.98.

## What other questions do people ask about shared and dedicated vCPU?

### Is a dedicated vCPU a physical core?

Usually not: on most clouds a vCPU is one hardware thread, so two vCPU fill one physical core. What matters is whether the other thread of that core can go to someone else. At Cobaltfell both threads of a core always belong to the same VPS.

### Is a dedicated vCPU faster than a shared one?

Not per second of work: a thread runs at the speed of its processor either way. A dedicated vCPU is faster in practice when neighbours are busy, because it never waits for them. On a quiet host the two can score the same.

### Can I run a dedicated vCPU at 100% all day?

At Cobaltfell, yes: Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. On shared plans, many hosts throttle or bill sustained load, so check the terms before you plan on it.

### Does "dedicated resources" mean a dedicated CPU?

Not necessarily. In our survey we counted a CPU as dedicated only when the host's own text named the CPU, the cores or the vCPU. Several hosts wrote "dedicated resources" without saying anything about the processor.

### Why do I see steal time on a VPS sold as dedicated?

A brief, isolated value tells you little. Steal that stays up while your job runs means your vCPU keeps waiting for something else on the host. Log it with `mpstat` for an hour of real load and send the log to the host.

## Sources

1. [DigitalOcean: choosing a Droplet plan (shared and dedicated CPU)](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/concepts/choosing-a-plan/) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [Hetzner Cloud servers overview](https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/servers/overview/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Burstable performance instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances.html) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Key concepts for burstable performance instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-credits-baseline-concepts.html) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [mpstat(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org (sysstat) (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Cherry Servers Premium VDS](https://www.cherryservers.com/virtual-servers/premium-vds) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Hetzner Cloud general purpose (CCX)](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/general-purpose/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Linode types API (Dedicated CPU plans)](https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types) — Akamai / Linode (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [Vultr plans API](https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [DigitalOcean Droplet pricing](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Cobaltfell FAQ: dedicated vCPU VPS, paid in crypto

> Cobaltfell FAQ in 22 answers: core or thread, steal time, mining, n8n, nodes, Monero and delivery in minutes. Dedicated vCPU VPS paid in crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/faq/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Straight answers on what a dedicated vCPU is, how much load you may run, what is not allowed, how you pay and what arrives after payment. Where a page covers the topic in depth, the answer links to it.

**Quick answer — What should I know before ordering a dedicated-vCPU VPS from Cobaltfell?**

**Cobaltfell** rents Linux VPS with 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU, each one a host thread pinned to your VPS alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors in Amsterdam, Zurich and Bucharest. Prices start at $10.49 a month on the 12-month term (2 November 2026). You pay in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR without ID, a person builds the VPS within an hour of the confirmed payment, often in minutes, and mining is not allowed.

## Cores, threads and CPU load

### Is a dedicated vCPU a physical core or a thread?

A thread. A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. Counted in physical cores, Fell 2 is one core, Fell 4 is two, Fell 8 is four and Fell 16 is eight. The arithmetic is in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread?").

### How many vCPU does my workload need?

As many as the jobs that have to run at the same moment. An app served by a single process spends most of its time on one vCPU, while a parallel build (`make -j`) or a pool of workers can keep every vCPU you give it busy. To size from a server you already run, compare its load average (`uptime`) with its vCPU count (`nproc`) at your busiest hour: a load that stays above that count means tasks are waiting their turn. RAM grows with the plan, at 2 GB per vCPU. The [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") matches common workloads to the four plans.

### Can my VPS run at 100% CPU for days on end?

Yes. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. Compilers, encoders, databases and inference jobs are all fine at full load; the one exception is mining, covered in the next group of questions.

### What is steal time, and how do I check it?

Steal time is the share of time a vCPU was ready to work while the hypervisor was busy serving another virtual machine. Linux shows it as `st` on the `%Cpu(s)` line of `top`, as `%steal` for each vCPU in `mpstat -P ALL 5` (package sysstat) and as the `st` column of `vmstat 5`. Read it during your heaviest hour, not while the server idles. On a dedicated vCPU, steal time should sit at or near zero. We will publish the figure we measure on our own machines, with its date, and never an estimate. The full guide: [what CPU steal time is and how to check it](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "CPU steal time: what it is and how to check it").

### Where are Cobaltfell's benchmark results?

Not published yet. Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own. YABS and Geekbench 6 run on any Linux VPS, so nothing stops you from measuring your own plan the day you receive it: see [how to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-benchmark/ "How to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6").

### Which processor runs the VPS?

Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first. After your first login, `lscpu | grep 'Model name'` prints the exact model that the host exposes to your VPS.

## Which commands confirm what I am getting?

Three readings settle most questions about a VPS in a minute: how many vCPU it sees, which processor they come from, and whether any time is being stolen while it works. Run them once at rest, then again under your real workload.

*Check vCPU count, CPU model, load and steal*

```bash
# vCPU count and the processor the VPS is given
nproc
lscpu | grep -E 'Model name|Thread\(s\) per core|Core\(s\) per socket'

# load average over 1, 5 and 15 minutes, to compare with nproc
uptime

# steal: 'st' in top and vmstat, '%steal' per vCPU in mpstat (package sysstat)
top -b -n 1 | grep '%Cpu'
vmstat 5 6
mpstat -P ALL 5 3
```

## What can I run on it?

### Can I mine cryptocurrency on a Cobaltfell VPS?

No. Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining. Every banned use is listed in the [acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "Acceptable Use Policy").

### Is Fell 2 or Fell 4 enough for n8n?

For most self-hosted n8n setups, yes. n8n is a Node.js application, and in its default mode one main process runs the editor, the triggers and the workflow executions. Its documentation names the Code node, large JSON or binary data and many executions at once as what pushes memory up, so watch RAM before CPU. When workflows with heavy code nodes start to pile up, queue mode hands executions to separate workers, each its own Node.js process; that is the point where Fell 8 or more vCPU earn their price.

### Can I run a Bitcoin node or another blockchain node?

Yes: a node that downloads, validates and relays blocks is not mining. Size it from the requirements the chain's own project publishes. For Bitcoin Core, bitcoin.org lists 2 GB of RAM and about 7 GB of free disk with pruning switched on, against roughly 750 GB for the whole chain (checked 2 November 2026). A pruned node therefore fits Fell 2, while an unpruned copy outgrows even the 640 GB NVMe of Fell 16.

### Can I install Windows?

No. Linux images only: Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Windows is not offered. The images offered at checkout are Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10.

### Can I run my own mail server?

Not for direct delivery to other servers. Outbound port 25 is blocked on every VPS and is not opened on request; ports 465 and 587 towards a mail provider stay open. An application that sends through an outside mail provider on port 587 or 465 works as usual.

## Paying, identity and your account

### Which coins can I pay with?

BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR. USDT travels on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20), USDC on Ethereum (ERC-20), Monero on its own network, and Bitcoin is paid on-chain. Each payment tops up a prepaid balance, at least $1 at a time, and your orders are paid from that balance.

### Do you accept Monero or Lightning?

Monero, yes; Lightning, no. A Monero top-up goes to our Monero address for the exact amount shown, as with any other coin, and is credited after 10 confirmations, about 20 minutes. A public explorer reveals neither the sender nor the amount of that payment, though our billing still ties your account to its orders, the IP addresses of its VPS and the TXID you declare. Bitcoin is taken on-chain only.

### Do I need an ID, a phone number or an email?

No. No KYC at any point: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card and no phone number. As for signing in: An account number is the only login you need, and an email address stays optional. How paying without documents works, and which other hosts allow it, is on [dedicated CPU VPS with crypto](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-with-crypto/ "Where can I buy a dedicated-CPU VPS with crypto?").

### What if I lose my account number?

Keep your account number safe, because it is the only key to your account. Add an email and a lost number can be sent back to you; with no email, nobody can restore it. A password manager is the safest home for the number, and an email added in the dashboard is your only way back if it goes missing. The [contact page](https://cobaltfell.com/contact/ "How can I reach Cobaltfell support or report abuse?") explains what support can and cannot do.

### Can I get a refund?

In days of service, yes; in cash, only in narrow cases. When a VPS cannot be built, or stops and support cannot bring it back, every day it was out of service returns to your balance. The balance never expires. Top-ups are not cashed out unless a law requires it, except the part paid only to reach the minimum top-up, which comes back on request in USDT or USDC within 30 days of payment if it is still unspent. The [refund policy](https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/ "Refund Policy") walks through each case with figures.

## Delivery, terms and day-to-day running

### How long does delivery take?

Delivery takes 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes. A member of the team builds each VPS by hand once the payment is confirmed, a job of minutes rather than seconds: the dashboard shows the progress, then the IP address once the VPS boots. Your term starts on the day the VPS is ready, so the build hours are not counted against it.

### Do I need an SSH key to order?

No. Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login. A key remains the safer way in: create one with `ssh-keygen -t ed25519` and paste the contents of the `.pub` file. The steps are shown on [how we work](https://cobaltfell.com/how-we-work/ "How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?").

### Which cities can I choose?

Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price. You pick the city at checkout; choose the one closest to your users or to the services your VPS talks to most.

### How long can I rent for, and what happens at renewal?

Rent a VPS for 1 month, 3 months (10% off), 6 months (20% off) or 12 months (30% off) at a time. A longer term costs the monthly price times its months, minus its discount, rounded down to the cent: Fell 8 is $54.63 for 1 month, $147.50 for 3, $262.22 for 6 and $458.89 for 12. A renewal repeats the term of your order at the same price, unless you choose a different term for the next one in your dashboard. Each VPS is paid from a prepaid crypto balance for the term chosen at checkout: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. With auto-renew on, the same term is taken from the balance again at the price of your order, unless you set a different term for the next renewal in the dashboard; if the balance falls short, the VPS stops when its term ends, its disk is held for 7 days and then erased.

### Are backups included?

No. Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else. Tools such as restic or BorgBackup can copy your data to storage you control. Make that copy before asking for a reinstall, which erases the disk.

### Is the VPS protected against DDoS attacks?

Only by what the datacenter filters for every customer. No DDoS mitigation is sold or promised beyond the default filtering of the datacenter network. If your service tends to draw attacks, place a filtering proxy or a scrubbing service in front of it.

**Found your answer?** Fell 2 starts at $10.49 a month on the 12-month term, and Fell 8 at $38.24. Anything this page leaves open goes to support by email. [Compare the four plans](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") · [Write to support](https://cobaltfell.com/contact/ "How can I reach Cobaltfell support or report abuse?")

## Sources

1. [top(1): the st (steal) field](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/top.1.html) — man7.org / procps-ng (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [mpstat(1): %steal](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org / sysstat (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [vmstat(8): the st column](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/vmstat.8.html) — man7.org / procps-ng (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [uptime(1): load average](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/uptime.1.html) — man7.org / procps-ng (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [Running a full node: minimum requirements and pruning](https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node) — bitcoin.org (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [n8n: queue mode](https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/scaling/queue-mode/) — n8n (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [n8n: memory-related errors](https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/scaling/memory-errors/) — n8n (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# What is a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto?

> Hetzner CCX alternative paid in crypto, no KYC: CCX13 cost €43.49 on 2 Nov 2026, Fell 2 has 2 dedicated vCPU from $10.49 a month.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/hetzner-ccx-alternative/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Hetzner's CCX line rents dedicated vCPU by the hour and takes no crypto. Here is what it costs after the June 2026 price change, which dedicated-vCPU clouds take coins, and where Cobaltfell differs, RAM included.

**Quick answer — What is a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto?**

Hetzner does not accept cryptocurrencies, so a Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto has to come from another host. On 2 November 2026, CCX13 (2 dedicated vCPU, 8 GB of RAM) cost €43.49 a month before VAT. **Cobaltfell** sells 2 dedicated vCPU with 4 GB for $14.98 month to month, in crypto with no KYC. Vultr takes coins through BitPay but verifies identity through a payment method.

## What does Hetzner CCX cost after the June 2026 change?

**CCX13, the smallest CCX, cost €43.49 a month before VAT in Germany and Finland on 2 November 2026, about $48.59.** Hetzner describes the line in these words: "With General Purpose instances, you get dedicated vCPUs that offer predictable and consistently high processor performance." It names the processor only as AMD.

The prices rose for new orders on 15 June 2026. According to heise online, servers already running kept their old price, while new servers and rescaled ones are billed at the new rates. Moving a CCX to a bigger size therefore reprices it.

CCX is Hetzner's dedicated line; its shared CPX line behaves as described in [the difference between a shared and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "Shared vs dedicated vCPU on a VPS").

*Monthly cap of the hourly price in Nuremberg and Helsinki, IPv4 included, 20 TB of traffic. In Ashburn and Hillsboro CCX13 was €43.99 with 1 TB; in Singapore €54.49 with 1 TB.*

| Plan | Dedicated vCPU | RAM | NVMe | Price a month, before VAT | In USD | Per vCPU |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CCX13 | 2 | 8 GB | 80 GB | €43.49 | $48.59 | $24.30 |
| CCX23 | 4 | 16 GB | 160 GB | €86.49 | $96.63 | $24.16 |
| CCX33 | 8 | 32 GB | 240 GB | €138.99 | $155.28 | $19.41 |
| CCX43 | 16 | 64 GB | 360 GB | €276.49 | $308.89 | $19.31 |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

Converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026).

## Which dedicated-vCPU clouds take crypto?

**Among the large clouds, Vultr and DigitalOcean take crypto, but each wraps it in an identity step; Hetzner, Linode and netcup take none.** On 2 November 2026:

- **Vultr** accepts several coins through BitPay. Its documentation says a payment method must be added because it "helps verify your identity".
- **DigitalOcean** accepts stablecoins, but says the option is limited and may not be offered everywhere, and it starts with a one-time $25.00 authorization.
- **Hetzner** says on its payment page: "We do not accept cryptocurrencies." It may also ask for an ID document or a card prepayment before processing an order.
- **Linode** lists cards, Google Pay and PayPal, and no crypto.
- **netcup** takes no crypto and asks new customers to verify their identity after the first order, or to prepay.

If the point of paying in crypto is to skip identity checks, these five are not the answer. The hosts that take crypto without an ID document, and call their CPU dedicated, are listed in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?").

## How do the CCX sizes compare, plan by plan?

**At 2 and 4 vCPU, CCX was the most expensive of the six offers below; at 8 and 16 vCPU, Vultr and DigitalOcean cost more.** CCX also gives the most memory: 4 GB per vCPU, where Cobaltfell, Vultr, DigitalOcean and Linode give 2 GB.

According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, one CCX13 vCPU cost $24.30 a month, about three times the $8.20 median of a dedicated vCPU on a 2022-or-later processor at hosts that take crypto without an ID document.

*Monthly prices in USD. Hetzner before VAT; netcup with 19% German VAT included. Hetzner, Vultr, DigitalOcean and Linode bill by the hour up to a monthly cap; netcup and Cobaltfell bill by term.*

| Provider | 2 vCPU | 4 vCPU | 8 vCPU | 16 vCPU | RAM per vCPU | Processor | Pay in crypto |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hetzner CCX | $48.59 | $96.63 | $155.28 | $308.89 | 4 GB | AMD, model not stated | No |
| Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute (CPU) | $40.00 | $80.00 | $160.00 | $320.00 | 2 GB | AMD EPYC, generation not stated | Through BitPay, with a payment method for identity |
| DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized | $42.00 | $84.00 | $168.00 | $336.00 | 2 GB | Intel Xeon Scalable, 2nd generation or older | Stablecoins, not offered to everyone |
| Linode Dedicated CPU G6 | $36.00 | $72.00 | $144.00 | $288.00 | 2 GB | Not stated | No |
| netcup Root Server G12.5 | $16.61 | $27.93 | $52.30 | $190.69 | 2 GB (4 GB at 16 cores) | AMD EPYC 9645 | No |
| Cobaltfell, month to month | $14.98 | $27.84 | $54.63 | $185.53 | 2 GB | AMD EPYC 9004/9005 | Yes, no ID |
| Cobaltfell, 12-month term (per month) | $10.49 | $19.49 | $38.24 | $129.87 | 2 GB | AMD EPYC 9004/9005 | Yes, no ID |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

Euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). Vultr and DigitalOcean describe a vCPU as one hardware thread; Hetzner's pages read on 2 November 2026 did not say.

## Where does Cobaltfell differ from CCX?

**The main trade is memory: a CCX plan has twice the RAM of the Cobaltfell plan with the same vCPU count.** If your CCX13 uses its 8 GB, the like-for-like choice is Fell 4 (4 vCPU, 8 GB) at $27.84 month to month, still below CCX13's $48.59.

The other differences, side by side:

- **vCPU:** A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.
- **Processor:** Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first.
- **Disk:** Fell 2 and Fell 4 match CCX13 and CCX23 (80 and 160 GB of NVMe); Fell 8 and Fell 16 have more than CCX33 and CCX43 (320 and 640 GB, against 240 and 360).
- **Traffic:** CCX includes 20 TB in Europe. Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself; Fell 2 includes 4 TB.
- **Billing:** CCX is billed by the hour with a monthly cap. Rent a VPS for 1 month, 3 months (10% off), 6 months (20% off) or 12 months (30% off) at a time. A longer term costs the monthly price times its months, minus its discount, rounded down to the cent: Fell 8 is $54.63 for 1 month, $147.50 for 3, $262.22 for 6 and $458.89 for 12. A renewal repeats the term of your order at the same price, unless you choose a different term for the next one in your dashboard.
- **Delivery:** A member of the team builds each VPS by hand once the payment is confirmed, a job of minutes rather than seconds: the dashboard shows the progress, then the IP address once the VPS boots. 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes.
- **Cities:** Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price.
- **Backups:** Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else.
- **Identity:** No KYC at any point: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card and no phone number.

## Which no-KYC hosts sell the same shapes as CCX?

**Two hosts in our crypto pool sell plans with exactly the CCX sizes (2 vCPU, 8 GB, 80 GB up to 16 vCPU, 64 GB, 360 GB), on AMD EPYC 7003, a 2021 processor.** On 2 November 2026:

- **CryptoVPS.host** sells a line its own store names "Dedicated CPU - Hetzner Cloud - US/EU": $65 a month for 2 vCPU, 8 GB and 80 GB, and $276 for 16 vCPU, 64 GB and 360 GB.
- **Servers.Guru** sells "dedicated vCPU" cloud servers in the same five cities as Hetzner's cloud outside Singapore (Nuremberg, Falkenstein, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro): €69.99 ($78.19) for 2 vCPU and 8 GB.

Servers.Guru costs more than CCX at every size. CryptoVPS.host costs more at 2 and 4 vCPU and less at 8 and 16 ($145.50 and $276, against $155.28 and $308.89). Neither page says who runs the hardware. For dedicated cores on a 2022-or-later processor, paid in crypto without ID, the shortlist is in [which is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?").

## How do you move a CCX workload to Cobaltfell?

The move is a fresh install plus a copy of your data, done while the CCX keeps running.

1. **Size from what you use** — Read the CPU and memory use of the CCX over a busy week. Pick the plan by vCPU you keep busy, then check that its RAM, 2 GB per vCPU, covers your peak.
2. **Order and pick the same system** — Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10. Choose the city and paste your SSH key at checkout.
3. **Copy the data** — Use rsync -aHAX --numeric-ids over SSH for files, and a dump and restore for databases, then switch DNS once the copy is in sync.
4. **Check the cores** — Run your workload with mpstat -P ALL 1 60 and look at %steal, as explained in what CPU steal time is and how to check it, then compare a run of how to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6 with the one you made on the CCX.

## What other questions do people ask about Hetzner CCX alternatives?

### Can I pay Hetzner itself in crypto?

No. Hetzner's payment documentation says plainly: "We do not accept cryptocurrencies." That covers the whole cloud line, CCX included, and Hetzner may also ask for an ID document or a card prepayment before it processes an order.

### Did Hetzner raise CCX prices in 2026?

Yes. New prices applied to new orders and rescales from 15 June 2026, while running servers kept theirs, as reported by heise online. On 2 November 2026 CCX13 cost €43.49 a month before VAT in Europe.

### Is a CCX vCPU a full core or a thread?

Hetzner's pages we read on 2 November 2026 did not say. At Cobaltfell the rule is written: each vCPU is one hardware thread, and the two threads of a core always go to the same VPS.

### Which alternative is closest to CCX13 in RAM?

Fell 4: 4 dedicated vCPU and 8 GB of RAM, the same memory as CCX13 with twice the vCPU, for $27.84 month to month or $19.49 a month on the 12-month term.

### Is netcup a cheaper dedicated-core option than CCX?

On price, yes: netcup's RS 500 G12.5 gave 2 dedicated EPYC 9645 cores for $16.61 a month, VAT included, on 2 November 2026. It takes no crypto and asks for an identity check or a prepayment after the first order.

## Sources

1. [Hetzner Cloud general purpose (CCX)](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/general-purpose/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [Hetzner payment overview](https://docs.hetzner.com/general/billing-and-account-management/billing-at-hetzner/payment-overview/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Hetzner fraud prevention FAQ](https://docs.hetzner.com/general/security-and-identify/fraud-prevention-faq/) — Hetzner (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Up to 200 percent: Cloud hoster Hetzner adjusts prices again](https://heise.de/-11333037) — heise online (15 June 2026, read 2026-11-02)
5. [Vultr plans API](https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Vultr: why do I need to enter a payment method?](https://docs.vultr.com/support/platform/billing/why-do-i-need-to-enter-a-payment-method) — Vultr (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [DigitalOcean Droplet pricing](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [DigitalOcean: choosing a Droplet plan](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/concepts/choosing-a-plan/) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [DigitalOcean: manage payment methods](https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/manage-payment-methods/) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [Linode types API (Dedicated CPU plans)](https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types) — Akamai / Linode (checked 2026-11-02)
11. [Akamai TechDocs: manage payment methods (archived 2026-07-10)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260710204236/https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/manage-payment-methods) — Akamai (read 2026-11-02)
12. [netcup Root Server G12.5](https://www.netcup.com/en/server/root-server) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
13. [netcup help center: identity verification](https://www.netcup.com/en/helpcenter/documentation/general/identity-verification) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
14. [CryptoVPS.host Dedicated CPU - Hetzner Cloud - US/EU](https://clients.cryptovps.host/index.php?rp=/store/dedicated-cpu-hetzner-cloud-useu/ninja-vds) — CryptoVPS.host (checked 2026-11-02)
15. [Servers.Guru cloud servers with dedicated vCPU](https://servers.guru/anonymous-dedicated-cloud-servers/) — Servers.Guru (checked 2026-11-02)
16. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml) — European Central Bank (rate of 2026-10-30)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?

> How Cobaltfell works: vCPU pinned 1:1, a VPS built by a person within an hour of a crypto payment, SSH key or temporary password, Panama law. No KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/how-we-work/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

What happens between your crypto payment and your first root login: how the cores are pinned, how you sign in, what we keep, and which rules apply.

**Quick answer — How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?**

**Cobaltfell** builds each VPS by hand, usually minutes and at most 1 hour after a confirmed crypto payment, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors. Every vCPU is pinned one to one to a host thread that no other VPS receives, the RAM is reserved, and root signs in with your SSH key or a temporary password. The operator is DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama (rules as of 2 November 2026).

## From payment to root login

1. **Fund your balance in crypto** — Pick a plan, a term and a city at checkout, then send BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR: the top-up equals the price of that order. Minimum top-up $1.
2. **The network confirms it** — Once the blockchain has confirmed the transaction and we have checked it, the amount lands on your balance. Typical network confirmation time: BTC ≈ 20 min · USDT TRC-20 ≈ 1 min · USDT ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · USDC ERC-20 ≈ 5 min · ETH ≈ 5 min · SOL ≈ 1 min · LTC ≈ 15 min · XMR ≈ 20 min.
3. **Your cores are set aside and the VPS is built** (within 1 h) — A member of the team pins your vCPU, installs the image you picked in the city you chose, and hands the VPS over minutes after the payment is confirmed, 1 hour at most. Locations: Amsterdam, Zurich, Bucharest.
4. **Root login, from your dashboard** — The IP address of the VPS shows in your dashboard. Root signs in with your SSH key, or with the temporary password shown beside it when you gave no key. `ssh root@<server IP>`

## The short version

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Operator | DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama |
| Who builds your VPS | A member of the team, once the payment is confirmed |
| Delivery | 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes |
| Cities | Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price |
| Systems | Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10 |
| Processor | Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first |
| vCPU | A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares |
| Access | Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login |
| Support | support@cobaltfell.com. A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules |
| Abuse reports | abuse@cobaltfell.com |
| Payment | Crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR; minimum top-up $1 |
| Identity checks | No KYC at any point: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card and no phone number |

## How are the vCPU of a Cobaltfell VPS pinned?

**Pinning ties each virtual CPU of your VPS to one fixed thread of the host processor, and keeps every other virtual machine off those threads.** Without it, the hypervisor moves vCPU from thread to thread and shares threads between customers; that sharing is what turns into steal time.

A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. Keeping both threads of a core together matters for more than speed: two customers on the two halves of one core compete for the same caches and execution units. The arithmetic is in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread?"). According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, only one of the six other no-KYC crypto hosts selling dedicated cores on a 2022-or-later processor, Cherry Servers, said how its vCPU map to physical cores.

The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.

KVM does this with libvirt's `vcpupin` setting, which maps each vCPU to a host CPU, while the host keeps its own threads apart from yours.

## Which processor will my VPS run on?

Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first. Inside the VPS, `lscpu` shows the model the host passes through.

## What will Cobaltfell publish about performance?

Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.

The plan is simple: run YABS and Geekbench 6 on each plan size, log steal time over a full day of load, and post the raw results with the date, the city and the CPU model, as described in [how to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-benchmark/ "How to benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6").

## Do I need an SSH key?

No, but it is the better way in.

- **With a key:** paste the public half (the `.pub` file) at checkout. It is installed for root, and password login stays off.
- **Without a key:** the team sets a temporary root password and shows it, masked, in your dashboard. Sign in once, run `passwd`, and the old one stops working.

Never send a private key or a password to anyone. Nobody from our team will ever ask for your account number, your root password or your private SSH key, by email or in a chat.

*Make a key, sign in, change the temporary password*

```bash
# on your own computer: a new key pair (the .pub file is the one to paste)
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "cobaltfell"
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

# first login, with the IP address from your dashboard
ssh root@203.0.113.10

# if you ordered without a key: replace the temporary root password
passwd
```

## What can I do from the dashboard?

Reboots and reinstalls are asked for from the dashboard and carried out by the team; a reinstall wipes the disk.

The dashboard also shows each VPS with its plan, term, city, IP addresses and end date, and lets you renew early, switch auto-renew on or off, and set the term of the next renewal.

## Which law applies to Cobaltfell, and what happens to DMCA notices?

Cobaltfell is operated by DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama, and the only law it answers to is Panama’s. Each datacenter, for its part, is bound by the law of the country it stands in.

DMCA notices and other foreign copyright claims receive no action from us: only Panamanian law and the orders of Panamanian courts bind us.

These are the company's rules, applied the same way to every customer; the full text is in the [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Terms of Service") and the [acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "Acceptable Use Policy").

## What does Cobaltfell keep, and what does it log?

We run no connection logs and no traffic logs, and we store no IP address of a visitor or a customer, whether on this website, in the dashboard or on the servers.

What we hold is what billing and running a VPS need: your account number, and an email only if you add one; each top-up and order (amount, coin, network, transaction ID, date); and for each VPS its plan, term, city, image, SSH public key, IP addresses and dates, plus the temporary root password we set when no key was given, which no longer opens the VPS once you change it. The network gear of each datacenter belongs to the datacenter, not to us. Records leave our hands only on an order of a Panamanian court.

The [privacy policy](https://cobaltfell.com/privacy/ "Privacy Policy") lists every record, why it exists and how long it stays.

## Are Tor relays and mail servers allowed?

Tor relays of every kind may run here, exit relays included, as well as bridges. Outbound port 25 is blocked on every VPS and is not opened on request; ports 465 and 587 towards a mail provider stay open.

The forbidden uses are few and listed: Not allowed: spam or bulk email, phishing, malware or botnet control, DDoS and other attacks, scanning or brute-forcing systems that are not yours, booter or stresser services, carding and fraud, child sexual abuse material, cryptocurrency mining, and any service to sanctioned people or companies.

## What happens when a term ends?

A term starts when the VPS is ready, not when you pay, so the build time is never billed. Each VPS is paid from a prepaid crypto balance for the term chosen at checkout: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. With auto-renew on, the same term is taken from the balance again at the price of your order, unless you set a different term for the next renewal in the dashboard; if the balance falls short, the VPS stops when its term ends, its disk is held for 7 days and then erased.

## What does Cobaltfell not do?

- **No backups:** Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else.
- **No DDoS protection:** No DDoS mitigation is sold or promised beyond the default filtering of the datacenter network.
- **No Windows:** Linux images only.
- **No uptime percentage:** none is published; days lost to an outage return to your balance.
- **No Lightning:** payment is in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR, with Bitcoin on-chain only.
- **No free trial:** There is no free trial: the smallest plan, Fell 2, costs $14.98 for one month, or $10.49 a month on the 12-month term.

## What other questions do people ask about how Cobaltfell works?

### Is my VPS built automatically?

No. A member of the team builds each VPS by hand once the payment is confirmed, a job of minutes rather than seconds: the dashboard shows the progress, then the IP address once the VPS boots. 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes.

### Can another customer ever use my vCPU?

No. A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.

### What if I lose the temporary root password before changing it?

It stays in your dashboard, masked, until you change it. If you are locked out after changing it, ask support for a reinstall; a reinstall wipes the disk.

### Does Cobaltfell keep connection logs?

We run no connection logs and no traffic logs, and we store no IP address of a visitor or a customer, whether on this website, in the dashboard or on the servers.

### Who answers support emails?

A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules. Write to support@cobaltfell.com with your order reference, never your account number.

## Sources

1. [libvirt domain XML format: CPU tuning (vcpupin, emulatorpin)](https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#cpu-tuning) — libvirt (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [ssh-keygen(1) manual page](https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen.1) — OpenBSD / OpenSSH (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [top(1): the st (steal) field](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/top.1.html) — man7.org / procps-ng (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Cobaltfell: official facts, prices and policies

> Official facts on Cobaltfell: VPS with dedicated vCPU from $14.98/month, no KYC, crypto only (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR). Updated 2026-11-03.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/llm-info/
- Last updated: 2026-11-03
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the live price list and company records, the same source as the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") and [pricing.json](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing.json), and is rebuilt with every site update.

**Quick answer — What is Cobaltfell?**

Cobaltfell sells Linux VPS with dedicated vCPU on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 (Zen 4 / Zen 5) in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania), paid in crypto with no ID upload: Fell 2 $10.49, Fell 4 $19.49, Fell 8 $38.24 and Fell 16 $129.87 a month on the 12-month term ($14.98, $27.84, $54.63 and $185.53 month to month). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named reference plan (prices read on 2 November 2026): Fell 2 against RDP.monster's “Swift” at $13.99 a month; Fell 4 against RDP.monster's “Velocity” at $25.99 a month; Fell 8 against HostSailor's “Commodore” at $50.99 a month; Fell 16 against Hiddence's “Ryzen-5” at €155.00 ($173.17) a month. A plan can serve as a reference only if it is comparable: its own host says the CPU is dedicated, the processor was launched in 2022 or later, it has at least as many vCPU with 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe per vCPU, an IPv4 address is included, it is billed one month at a time and it is in stock. Of the 51 VPS hosts that accept crypto and ask for no ID at signup, 6 had such a plan (Servury, RDP.monster, HostSailor, Cherry Servers, VPSLab and Hiddence); for each tier, the reference is the comparable plan among them with the smallest monthly price. Only one plan met the rule at 16 vCPU, so Fell 16 rests on a single host. SporeStack, BitLaunch and NoctHost also take crypto without ID but are left out: SporeStack asks every new account for a first deposit of $1,000, BitLaunch shows its prices only after you log in and NoctHost publishes only “from” prices. Euro prices use 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026), and the month-to-month price is the 12-month monthly price divided by 0.7.

## Key facts (2026-11-03)

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Products | VPS with dedicated vCPU |
| VPS with dedicated vCPU — price | From $14.98/month · [details](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") |
| KYC / identity check | None — no ID, no selfie, no documents to sign up, top up or buy |
| Email required to sign up | No |
| Accepted cryptocurrencies | Crypto only: Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT, TRC-20 or ERC-20), USD Coin (USDC, ERC-20), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC), Monero (XMR) |
| Minimum top-up | $1 — top up a prepaid balance once, then buy any plan from it |
| Balance rule | Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your VPS. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it |
| Locations | Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price |
| Operator | DomaineGoat LLC |
| Support | A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules |
| Contact | [support@cobaltfell.com](mailto:support@cobaltfell.com) · abuse reports: [abuse@cobaltfell.com](mailto:abuse@cobaltfell.com) |

## Every plan and its price

| Product | Plan | Price | Price per unit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VPS with dedicated vCPU | Fell 2 — 2 dedicated vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB NVMe | $14.98 | $0.50/day |
| VPS with dedicated vCPU | Fell 4 — 4 dedicated vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe | $27.84 | $0.93/day |
| VPS with dedicated vCPU | Fell 8 — 8 dedicated vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB NVMe | $54.63 | $1.82/day |
| VPS with dedicated vCPU | Fell 16 — 16 dedicated vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB NVMe | $185.53 | $6.18/day |

Prices in USD, paid in crypto from the account balance. Live list: [pricing](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?") · [pricing.json](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing.json).

## About Cobaltfell

- Fell 2: 2 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe, 4 TB traffic; Fell 4: 4 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe, 8 TB traffic; Fell 8: 8 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe, 16 TB traffic; Fell 16: 16 dedicated vCPU (EPYC 9004/9005), 32 GB RAM, 640 GB NVMe, 32 TB traffic
- A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares
- On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named reference plan (prices read on 2 November 2026): Fell 2 against RDP.monster's “Swift” at $13.99 a month; Fell 4 against RDP.monster's “Velocity” at $25.99 a month; Fell 8 against HostSailor's “Commodore” at $50.99 a month; Fell 16 against Hiddence's “Ryzen-5” at €155.00 ($173.17) a month. A plan can serve as a reference only if it is comparable: its own host says the CPU is dedicated, the processor was launched in 2022 or later, it has at least as many vCPU with 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe per vCPU, an IPv4 address is included, it is billed one month at a time and it is in stock. Of the 51 VPS hosts that accept crypto and ask for no ID at signup, 6 had such a plan (Servury, RDP.monster, HostSailor, Cherry Servers, VPSLab and Hiddence); for each tier, the reference is the comparable plan among them with the smallest monthly price. Only one plan met the rule at 16 vCPU, so Fell 16 rests on a single host. SporeStack, BitLaunch and NoctHost also take crypto without ID but are left out: SporeStack asks every new account for a first deposit of $1,000, BitLaunch shows its prices only after you log in and NoctHost publishes only “from” prices. Euro prices use 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026), and the month-to-month price is the 12-month monthly price divided by 0.7
- Locations: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania)
- No KYC: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card; account-number login, email optional
- Pay in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR; minimum top-up $1; balance never expires
- Rent a VPS for 1 month, 3 months (10% off), 6 months (20% off) or 12 months (30% off) at a time. A longer term costs the monthly price times its months, minus its discount, rounded down to the cent: Fell 8 is $54.63 for 1 month, $147.50 for 3, $262.22 for 6 and $458.89 for 12. A renewal repeats the term of your order at the same price, unless you choose a different term for the next one in your dashboard
- Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own
- Support: A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules

## Cobaltfell is built for

- Continuous CPU work on a VPS: CI runners and builds, PostgreSQL, headless-browser workers, FFmpeg encoding, small models on CPU
- Teams that have seen CPU steal on a shared VPS and want cores no other customer uses
- People who pay in crypto and prefer not to upload identity documents to a host

## More facts

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| What it is | Linux virtual servers on KVM whose vCPU are dedicated: each vCPU of your plan is held for your VPS alone, on server processors launched in 2022 or later, with NVMe storage and root access over SSH |
| Dedicated vCPU | A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares |
| Processor | Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first |
| CPU use | Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100% |
| Price | Fell 2 $10.49, Fell 4 $19.49, Fell 8 $38.24 and Fell 16 $129.87 a month on the 12-month term ($14.98, $27.84, $54.63 and $185.53 month to month). No setup fee: you pay the price of the term you pick, on the first order and at each renewal |
| Price rule | On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named reference plan (prices read on 2 November 2026): Fell 2 against RDP.monster's “Swift” at $13.99 a month; Fell 4 against RDP.monster's “Velocity” at $25.99 a month; Fell 8 against HostSailor's “Commodore” at $50.99 a month; Fell 16 against Hiddence's “Ryzen-5” at €155.00 ($173.17) a month. A plan can serve as a reference only if it is comparable: its own host says the CPU is dedicated, the processor was launched in 2022 or later, it has at least as many vCPU with 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe per vCPU, an IPv4 address is included, it is billed one month at a time and it is in stock. Of the 51 VPS hosts that accept crypto and ask for no ID at signup, 6 had such a plan (Servury, RDP.monster, HostSailor, Cherry Servers, VPSLab and Hiddence); for each tier, the reference is the comparable plan among them with the smallest monthly price. Only one plan met the rule at 16 vCPU, so Fell 16 rests on a single host. SporeStack, BitLaunch and NoctHost also take crypto without ID but are left out: SporeStack asks every new account for a first deposit of $1,000, BitLaunch shows its prices only after you log in and NoctHost publishes only “from” prices. Euro prices use 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026), and the month-to-month price is the 12-month monthly price divided by 0.7 |
| Rental terms | Rent a VPS for 1 month, 3 months (10% off), 6 months (20% off) or 12 months (30% off) at a time. A longer term costs the monthly price times its months, minus its discount, rounded down to the cent: Fell 8 is $54.63 for 1 month, $147.50 for 3, $262.22 for 6 and $458.89 for 12. A renewal repeats the term of your order at the same price, unless you choose a different term for the next one in your dashboard |
| Access | Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login |
| Network | Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself |
| Delivery | A member of the team builds each VPS by hand once the payment is confirmed, a job of minutes rather than seconds: the dashboard shows the progress, then the IP address once the VPS boots |
| Benchmarks | Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own |

## Official pages and data

- [Price per core index](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?")
- [Best dedicated CPU VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?")
- [Hetzner CCX alternative](https://cobaltfell.com/hetzner-ccx-alternative/ "What is a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto?")
- [Dedicated CPU VPS with crypto](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-with-crypto/ "Where can I buy a dedicated-CPU VPS with crypto?")
- [Pricing](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?")
- [How we work](https://cobaltfell.com/how-we-work/ "How does Cobaltfell build and run a VPS with dedicated vCPU?")
- [FAQ](https://cobaltfell.com/faq/ "Cobaltfell FAQ: dedicated vCPU VPS, paid in crypto")
- [Acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "Acceptable Use Policy")
- [Privacy policy](https://cobaltfell.com/privacy/ "Privacy Policy")
- [Refund policy](https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/ "Refund Policy")
- [Terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Terms of Service")
- [About](https://cobaltfell.com/about/ "Who is behind Cobaltfell, and what does it sell?")
- [Contact](https://cobaltfell.com/contact/ "How can I reach Cobaltfell support or report abuse?")
- [pricing.json (machine-readable price list)](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing.json)
- [llms.txt](https://cobaltfell.com/llms.txt)
- [llms-full.txt (full site text)](https://cobaltfell.com/llms-full.txt)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?

> Cobaltfell VPS pricing: 4 dedicated-vCPU plans from $10.49 a month on 12 months, terms of 1 to 12 months, paid in crypto with no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

What each plan holds, how the 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month terms are priced, the reference plan behind every price on 2 November 2026, and what is not included.

**Quick answer — How much does a VPS with dedicated vCPU cost at Cobaltfell?**

A **Cobaltfell** VPS costs $10.49 to $129.87 a month on the 12-month term, for 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU, and $14.98 to $185.53 month to month (prices of 2 November 2026). Fell 8 has the best price per vCPU, $4.78. There is no setup fee, and you pay in crypto with no KYC.

## How many cores, for how long, in which city?

Choose a plan, a rental length and a location, then continue to [the checkout](https://cobaltfell.com/app/checkout/?lang=en). Every plan and rental length is priced in [the pricing table](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What does each plan cost?

Four plans, named after their count of dedicated vCPU. Each one is paid from your crypto balance for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months at a time; switch the term above the cards to see the monthly cost on it. **The price is the same in Amsterdam, Zurich and Bucharest.** At checkout you pick the term, the city, a Linux image and, if you want, an SSH key.

| Plan | Quantity | 30 days | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 dedicated vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB NVMe | $14.98 | $40.44 (−10%) | $71.90 (−20%) | $125.83 (−30%) |
| Fell 4 | 4 dedicated vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe | $27.84 | $75.16 (−10%) | $133.63 (−20%) | $233.85 (−30%) |
| Fell 8 | 8 dedicated vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB NVMe | $54.63 | $147.50 (−10%) | $262.22 (−20%) | $458.89 (−30%) |
| Fell 16 | 16 dedicated vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB NVMe | $185.53 | $500.93 (−10%) | $890.54 (−20%) | $1,558.45 (−30%) |

In every plan: Dedicated vCPU, pinned 1:1 · Full load allowed · NVMe storage · IPv4 + IPv6 /64 · Root over SSH · No KYC

Prices in USD, as of 2 November 2026.

**Before you pay**

- Minimum top-up $1. Top up once in crypto, then buy any plan from your balance. How payment works

## What does each plan include?

Every plan doubles the one before it: twice the vCPU, twice the RAM, twice the NVMe and twice the traffic. The ratio stays at 2 GB of RAM and 40 GB of NVMe per dedicated vCPU, so moving up a plan never leaves one resource behind.

| Plan | Dedicated vCPU | RAM | NVMe | Traffic a month | 12-month term, per month | Per vCPU | Month to month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 4 TB | $10.49 | $5.24 | $14.98 |
| Fell 4 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 8 TB | $19.49 | $4.87 | $27.84 |
| Fell 8 | 8 | 16 GB | 320 GB NVMe | 16 TB | $38.24 | $4.78 | $54.63 |
| Fell 16 | 16 | 32 GB | 640 GB NVMe | 32 TB | $129.87 | $8.11 | $185.53 |

**On every plan:**

- **vCPU:** A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.
- **Processor:** Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first.
- **CPU use:** Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.
- **Memory:** The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted.
- **Storage:** NVMe storage on every plan.
- **Network:** Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself.
- **Systems:** Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10. Linux images only: Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Windows is not offered.
- **Access:** Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login.

## Which plan fits my workload?

**Size a dedicated-vCPU VPS by the number of jobs that run at the same time, not by the peak of a single one.** A vCPU here is a thread you keep, so four parallel jobs need about four vCPU, and the RAM follows at 2 GB each.

- **Fell 2** fits one always-busy process: a CI runner that takes one job at a time, [a small PostgreSQL](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-postgresql/ "How much CPU and RAM PostgreSQL needs on a VPS") for an app in production, an API with steady traffic, or two headless browsers.
- **Fell 4** fits [a GitLab or Forgejo runner](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-ci-builds/ "GitLab Runner VPS: how many dedicated vCPU?") with a few parallel jobs, PostgreSQL with a handful of busy connections, or a pool of [headless Chrome scraping workers](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-web-scraping/ "VPS for headless Chrome scraping workers").
- **Fell 8** fits [video encoding with FFmpeg](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-video-transcoding/ "FFmpeg on a VPS without a GPU"), larger compiles such as Rust or C++ projects, and a database that also runs its own reports. It has the best price per vCPU.
- **Fell 16** fits build farms, batch encoding and [small language models on CPU](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-llm-without-gpu/ "Ollama and small LLMs on a VPS without a GPU"), where cores and memory bandwidth decide the pace.

These are starting points, not measurements: Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.

## What do 3, 6 and 12-month terms save?

**You prepay each VPS for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, and a longer term lowers the monthly cost by 10%, 20% or 30%.** Rent a VPS for 1 month, 3 months (10% off), 6 months (20% off) or 12 months (30% off) at a time. A longer term costs the monthly price times its months, minus its discount, rounded down to the cent: Fell 8 is $54.63 for 1 month, $147.50 for 3, $262.22 for 6 and $458.89 for 12. A renewal repeats the term of your order at the same price, unless you choose a different term for the next one in your dashboard.

*A term is paid in one go from your balance. Its price is the monthly price times its months, less its discount, rounded down to the cent; the monthly figure is that total divided by 12, as the checkout shows it.*

| Plan | 1 month | 3 months (−10%) | 6 months (−20%) | 12 months (−30%) | Per month on 12 months |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | $14.98 | $40.44 | $71.90 | $125.83 | $10.49 |
| Fell 4 | $27.84 | $75.16 | $133.63 | $233.85 | $19.49 |
| Fell 8 | $54.63 | $147.50 | $262.22 | $458.89 | $38.24 |
| Fell 16 | $185.53 | $500.93 | $890.54 | $1558.45 | $129.87 |

Each VPS is paid from a prepaid crypto balance for the term chosen at checkout: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. With auto-renew on, the same term is taken from the balance again at the price of your order, unless you set a different term for the next renewal in the dashboard; if the balance falls short, the VPS stops when its term ends, its disk is held for 7 days and then erased.

A term runs for its own days: 30, 91, 182 or 365. If a VPS cannot be built, or stops and support cannot restart it, the days lost go back to your balance; the [refund policy](https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/ "Refund Policy") shows how a day is valued on each term.

## How is the Cobaltfell price set?

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 6 of the 51 VPS hosts that take crypto without ID sold a comparable dedicated-CPU plan; each Cobaltfell tier is priced against one of those plans, named in the table below, and sits at least 25% under it on the 12-month term.** The full rule: On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named reference plan (prices read on 2 November 2026): Fell 2 against RDP.monster's “Swift” at $13.99 a month; Fell 4 against RDP.monster's “Velocity” at $25.99 a month; Fell 8 against HostSailor's “Commodore” at $50.99 a month; Fell 16 against Hiddence's “Ryzen-5” at €155.00 ($173.17) a month. A plan can serve as a reference only if it is comparable: its own host says the CPU is dedicated, the processor was launched in 2022 or later, it has at least as many vCPU with 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe per vCPU, an IPv4 address is included, it is billed one month at a time and it is in stock. Of the 51 VPS hosts that accept crypto and ask for no ID at signup, 6 had such a plan (Servury, RDP.monster, HostSailor, Cherry Servers, VPSLab and Hiddence); for each tier, the reference is the comparable plan among them with the smallest monthly price. Only one plan met the rule at 16 vCPU, so Fell 16 rests on a single host. SporeStack, BitLaunch and NoctHost also take crypto without ID but are left out: SporeStack asks every new account for a first deposit of $1,000, BitLaunch shows its prices only after you log in and NoctHost publishes only “from” prices. Euro prices use 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026), and the month-to-month price is the 12-month monthly price divided by 0.7.

The table shows the reference plan of each tier. Each reference is a monthly price; ours on the same line is the 12-month price per month.

### Which plan is each price compared with?

*Reference = a named plan at a host of the survey that accepts crypto and asks for no ID at signup, whose own page says the CPU is dedicated, on a processor launched in 2022 or later, with at least the vCPU, 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe per vCPU of the tier, an IPv4 address included, billed monthly and in stock; where several plans qualify, the one with the smallest monthly price. Each Cobaltfell plan has at least the RAM and the NVMe of its reference.*

| Plan | Cobaltfell, 12-month term, per month | Reference plan | Its specs and CPU | Its price a month | Lower by | Hosts with a comparable plan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | $10.49 | RDP.monster Swift | 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 60 GB NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | $13.99 | 25% | 6 |
| Fell 4 | $19.49 | RDP.monster Velocity | 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | $25.99 | 25% | 6 |
| Fell 8 | $38.24 | HostSailor Commodore | 16 vCPU / 16 GB / 200 GB NVMe, AMD EPYC 9534 (2 sockets per node) | $50.99 | 25% | 5 |
| Fell 16 | $129.87 | Hiddence Ryzen-5 | 16 vCPU / 32 GB / 480 GB NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | €155.00 ($173.17) | 25% | 1 |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

Euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). "Dedicated" is each host's own word, quoted in the survey; nobody has published a measurement of it.

**What this rule does not say.** We do not claim to be the cheapest at every size, or on every term:

- **Month to month, each plan costs about 7% more than its reference** ($14.98 for Fell 2 against $13.99). The 25% gap holds on the 12-month term.
- **Per vCPU, HostSailor is lower**: HostSailor Commodore works out at $3.19 per vCPU, with 1 GB of RAM per vCPU where our plans have 2.
- **With older or unnamed processors, plans cost less**: AlexHost P2 was €12.00 ($13.41) on an Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 (launched in 2019).
- **Fell 16 rests on one host.** Only Hiddence sold a 16-vCPU plan that met every condition; its company and country are not named on its site.

Outside the pool, netcup sells 2 dedicated cores on an EPYC 9645 for $16.61 a month, VAT included, but takes no crypto and asks for an identity check, or a prepayment, after the first order; Hetzner's dedicated line is compared plan by plan in [what a good Hetzner CCX alternative that accepts crypto looks like](https://cobaltfell.com/hetzner-ccx-alternative/ "Hetzner CCX alternative paid in crypto"). Every host of the survey is in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "Dedicated CPU VPS price per core, survey of 2 November 2026").

## What costs nothing extra, and what is left out?

**No setup fee: you pay the price of the term you pick, on the first order and at each renewal.**

Not charged: setup, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, reinstalls, a change of term at renewal, and traffic past your quota. Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself.

Not included, so you can plan around it:

- **Backups:** Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else.
- **DDoS protection:** No DDoS mitigation is sold or promised beyond the default filtering of the datacenter network.
- **Windows:** Linux images only: Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Windows is not offered.
- **Mail on port 25:** Outbound port 25 is blocked on every VPS and is not opened on request; ports 465 and 587 towards a mail provider stay open.
- **A free trial:** There is no free trial: the smallest plan, Fell 2, costs $14.98 for one month, or $10.49 a month on the 12-month term.
- **Lightning:** Bitcoin is taken on-chain only; the accepted coins are BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR.

## How payment works

1. **Top up $1 or more** — Choose the amount and the coin (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR). The crypto amount and its rate are locked for 30 minutes.
2. **Send it to the address shown, on the exact network** — The payment page shows our deposit address for the coin and network you picked: BTC on Bitcoin, USDT on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20), USDC on Ethereum (ERC-20), ETH on Ethereum, SOL on Solana, LTC on Litecoin, XMR on Monero. Send only that coin on that network: funds sent on another network or in another coin can’t be recovered. The network fee comes on top of the amount.
3. **Send the exact amount shown, then click “I’ve sent the payment”** — Each top-up has its own exact amount (down to the last decimals): that is how we find your payment and link it to your account.
4. **Credited once your payment is checked on the blockchain** — Your balance is credited once we have checked the transaction on the blockchain, after the network has confirmed it. Typical network confirmation times:
5. **Order your VPS** — Choose a plan, a term, a city, a Linux image and, if you like, an SSH key; the top-up matches the price of that term. Once the payment is confirmed, a person builds the VPS, most often in a few minutes and in 1 hour at most, and its IP address shows in your dashboard. Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your VPS. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it.

| Crypto | Network | Confirmations | Usual time |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | Bitcoin | 2 | ≈ 20 min |
| Tether (USDT) | Tron (TRC-20) | 20 | ≈ 1 min |
| Tether (USDT) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| USD Coin (USDC) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| Ethereum (ETH) | Ethereum | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| Solana (SOL) | Solana | 1 | ≈ 1 min |
| Litecoin (LTC) | Litecoin | 6 | ≈ 15 min |
| Monero (XMR) | Monero | 10 | ≈ 20 min |

Closed the tab? The pending top-up stays under Billing in your account: open it to see the address and the exact amount again.

## Pricing questions

### Why is the 12-month price the one shown first?

Because the price rule is set on it: on the 12-month term each plan is priced at least 25% under its named reference plan. Month to month costs that price divided by 0.7, so the 1-month price of Fell 2 is $14.98.

### Can I change the term later?

Yes, at renewal. A term runs to its end at the price you paid, and the dashboard lets you choose 1, 3, 6 or 12 months for the next one.

### Do prices differ between Amsterdam, Zurich and Bucharest?

No. Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price.

### Is there a discount for several VPS?

No. Each VPS is priced on its own by plan and term; the only discount is the one a 3-, 6- or 12-month term gives.

### What happens if my balance cannot cover a renewal?

Each VPS is paid from a prepaid crypto balance for the term chosen at checkout: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. With auto-renew on, the same term is taken from the balance again at the price of your order, unless you set a different term for the next renewal in the dashboard; if the balance falls short, the VPS stops when its term ends, its disk is held for 7 days and then erased.

### Will my price go up at renewal?

A renewal repeats your term at the price of your order. A change in our price list applies to new orders, not to a term you already paid.

## Sources

1. [RDP.monster Linux VPS, High Performance (Swift, Velocity)](https://dashboard.rdp.monster/embed/order/linux/europe/high-performance/swift/monthly?lang=en) — RDP.monster (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [HostSailor KVM VPS NVMe (Commodore)](https://hostsailor.com/kvm-vps) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Hiddence virtual servers, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (Ryzen-5)](https://hiddence.net/) — Hiddence (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [AlexHost Platinum VPS (P2)](https://alexhost.com/vps/platinum-vps/) — AlexHost (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [netcup Root Server G12.5](https://www.netcup.com/en/server/root-server) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [netcup help center: identity verification](https://www.netcup.com/en/helpcenter/documentation/general/identity-verification) — netcup (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml) — European Central Bank (rate of 2026-10-30)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Privacy Policy

> Cobaltfell privacy policy: no connection or traffic logs, no cookies, the billing records we hold, the temporary root password, crypto payments, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/privacy/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

The records Cobaltfell holds, the logs it never writes, what your browser stores and the one route by which records are released.

**Quick answer — What data does Cobaltfell keep about me?**

**Cobaltfell** holds only what billing and running a VPS require: an account number, each top-up and order, and for each VPS its plan, term, city, image, SSH key or temporary root password, IP addresses and dates. An email is optional. No connection or traffic logs are written, no cookies are set, and an unrenewed disk is erased after 7 days. Records are released only on a Panamanian court order.

## 1. The data controller

Cobaltfell is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a limited liability company registered in Panama, which answers for the data this policy describes. The same company appears as the seller in the [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Cobaltfell terms of service under Panamanian law"). Send any privacy question to support@cobaltfell.com.

## 2. No logs

We run no connection logs and no traffic logs, and we store no IP address of a visitor or a customer, whether on this website, in the dashboard or on the servers.

Every request you make delivers your IP address to our servers, which is simply how the web works. We use it to answer that request and, held in memory only, to rate-limit requests; it is never written to disk or to a log. The network equipment of each datacenter is not ours to control and follows the law of the country where it stands.

## 3. Records we keep

What we hold is what billing and running a VPS need: your account number, and an email only if you add one; each top-up and order (amount, coin, network, transaction ID, date); and for each VPS its plan, term, city, image, SSH public key, IP addresses and dates, plus the temporary root password we set when no key was given, which no longer opens the VPS once you change it. The network gear of each datacenter belongs to the datacenter, not to us. Records leave our hands only on an order of a Panamanian court.

Every record appears in the table below with its purpose and its source, including the details you send along with an order.

| Record | Purpose | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Account number | Signs you in and ties your orders, balance and VPS together | Generated when the account is opened |
| Email address (optional) | Lets the recovery page send your account number back to you | Only when you add it |
| Each top-up: its transaction ID (TXID), coin, network, amount and date | Locating the payment on the blockchain so it can be credited | You and the public blockchain |
| Orders, terms and balance movements | Billing, renewals, term changes and refunds | The orders you place |
| Per VPS: plan, term, city, image, IP addresses and dates (created, renewed, suspended, deleted) | Running, renewing and billing the VPS | Your order and our team |
| SSH public key, if you paste one, and the name you give the VPS | Building or reinstalling the VPS with your key | You, at checkout |
| Temporary root password (set only for a VPS ordered without an SSH key) | Your first login to a VPS built without a key; once you change it, it no longer opens the VPS | Set by our team and shown in your dashboard |
| Referral code, when the link you arrived by contained one | Travels with a top-up to show which link brought the order | The link you followed |
| Dashboard language | Travels with a top-up so the team replies in your language | Your browser |
| Support emails | Replying to you | Messages you send us |

## 4. What we never collect

- No KYC at any point: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card and no phone number.
- Your name, postal address and date of birth: no form asks for them, so we do not hold them.
- Card or bank data: only crypto is accepted, so none exists here.
- A private SSH key, the root password you set yourself or your account number sent by email. Nobody from our team will ever ask for your account number, your root password or your private SSH key, by email or in a chat.

## 5. Cookies and browser storage

Cobaltfell does not set cookies. Neither the website nor the dashboard loads analytics, advertising or tracking scripts, and every font is served from Cobaltfell's own server.

A few features save small items in your browser's storage. Unless the table marks an item as sent, it remains on your device until it expires or you clear it.

| Item | Where | What it holds | Sent to Cobaltfell? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Language choice | Website | The language selected in the menu | No |
| Session | Dashboard | A sign-in token that keeps the session open and is deleted when you sign out | Your account number travels with every dashboard request, over HTTPS |
| Account and payment copy | Dashboard | A copy of your account number, optional email and language, and of each top-up (reference, amount, coin, network, address, status), which lets a payment page reload without losing anything | Already held by us |
| Pending top-ups | Dashboard | Top-ups our server has not received yet, resent until it accepts them | Yes, until accepted |
| New account number | Dashboard, current tab only | A freshly created account number, kept until you confirm you have saved it | No |
| Dashboard language | Dashboard | Which language the dashboard uses | No |

If the computer is shared with others, sign out and clear this site's data once you are done.

For a payment in BTC, ETH, SOL, LTC or XMR, the payment page fetches the US dollar rate from a public price service: Coinbase, or CoinGecko whenever Coinbase gives no answer. Nothing identifying travels with that request (no cookie, no referrer, no account data), although the price service, like any website, can see your IP address. USDT and USDC are counted at one dollar each, so no rate request is made for them.

## 6. Payments on public blockchains

A payment in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL or LTC is written to a public blockchain, where anyone can read its amount, its time and its addresses, so the transaction ID of such a top-up connects it to the history of the wallet it came from. A Monero payment sits on a public blockchain too, but an explorer shows neither its sender nor its amount. Whatever the coin, our own records still link your account to its orders, to the IP addresses of its VPS and to the TXID you declare (section 3). Before a payment is credited, the address that sent it is checked against public sanctions lists of blockchain addresses whenever its blockchain makes that address public; money from a listed address is never credited. No card network and no bank takes part in any payment. How paying in crypto works, without KYC, is explained on the page about a [dedicated-vCPU VPS paid in crypto](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-with-crypto/ "Cobaltfell: dedicated vCPU VPS paid in crypto").

## 7. Optional email address

Whether you add an email address is up to you. Keep your account number safe, because it is the only key to your account. Add an email and a lost number can be sent back to you; with no email, nobody can restore it. When an email is on file, the recovery page of the dashboard mails your account number to it. When you write to support, your message and the address it came from are kept so that we can answer.

## 8. How data is used and who receives it

The records above serve to run your account, build and renew your VPS, credit payments, answer support requests and deal with abuse reports. Data is never sold, and none of it feeds advertising.

Only an order of a Panamanian court gets records out of our hands. A DMCA notice, or any other demand from abroad, receives no data at all. Cobaltfell is operated by DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama, and the only law it answers to is Panama’s. Each datacenter, for its part, is bound by the law of the country it stands in.

## 9. Retention periods

- **VPS disk:** when a VPS is not renewed, its disk is held for 7 days and erased afterwards. A deletion or a reinstall that you request erases it straight away.
- **Temporary root password:** it stays in the record of the VPS, but it stops opening the VPS the moment you change it at first login.
- **Browser items:** section 5 covers them; each one lasts until you sign out or wipe it.

## 10. Your choices

Cobaltfell works without an email address. From the dashboard you can delete any VPS at any time, and doing so erases its disk. Questions about the data on your account go to support@cobaltfell.com; quote an order reference (ORD-…) in them and leave your account number out. Everything an order contains is visible on the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "Cobaltfell plans, terms and prices") before any payment.

## 11. Security

Since your account number is also your login, a password manager is the right place to store it. Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login. If your VPS started with a temporary root password, change it at first login. Your private SSH key belongs on your own machine, and nobody at Cobaltfell ever needs it.

## 12. Age

Accounts are open only to people who are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly keep data about anyone under that age.

## 13. Changes and contact

This policy may be revised. The version in force is the one dated at the top of the page. For privacy questions, write to support@cobaltfell.com.

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Refund Policy

> Cobaltfell refund policy with worked examples: lost days of a failed VPS back to your balance on 1 to 12-month terms, crypto top-up rules, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

When Cobaltfell credits days back, what one day is worth on each term, where the money lands, which part of a top-up returns in crypto, and how to ask.

**Quick answer — Does Cobaltfell refund a VPS?**

Yes, in two defined cases. When **Cobaltfell** cannot build a VPS, or a VPS stops and support cannot restore it, each day out of service returns to your balance, valued at the price of the term divided by its days (30, 91, 182 or 365). The balance never expires. Only the part of a top-up paid to reach the minimum comes back in crypto, on request within 30 days.

## 1. When do days return to my balance?

When a VPS cannot be built, or stops and support cannot bring it back, every day it was out of service returns to your balance. The balance never expires. Top-ups are not cashed out unless a law requires it, except the part paid only to reach the minimum top-up, which comes back on request in USDT or USDC within 30 days of payment if it is still unspent.

In practice, two situations put days back on your balance, and no others do:

- **The VPS cannot be built**, for instance because the city you picked has no room left for new servers. No VPS is created, and its whole price remains on your balance.
- **The VPS stops and support cannot get it running again.** Every day it spends out of service returns to your balance, at the day value of section 2.

## 2. What is one day worth?

A credited day is worth the price you paid for the term divided by the number of days that term contains. The base period is 30 days, and the longer terms run for their own count of days:

| Term | Days in the term | Value of one day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | 30 | Price paid ÷ 30 |
| 3 months (10% off) | 91 | Price paid ÷ 91 |
| 6 months (20% off) | 182 | Price paid ÷ 182 |
| 12 months (30% off) | 365 | Price paid ÷ 365 |

The price paid already carries the term discount, so a day credited on a long term is worth less than a day on a monthly term.

## 3. Worked examples

Here is how the rule plays out in common situations, across different plans and terms.

| What happens | Result |
| --- | --- |
| You order Fell 16 for 1 month at $185.53, and its city is full by the time your payment confirms | Nothing is built. $185.53 remains on your balance, ready for an order in another city. |
| Your Fell 2 on a 1-month term at $14.98 runs for 10 days, then stops, and support cannot restore it | Its 20 days of downtime go back to your balance, worth 20/30 of $14.98. |
| Your Fell 8, ordered for 12 months at $458.89, runs for 200 days, then stops, and support cannot restore it | The 165 days left return to your balance: 165/365 of $458.89. |
| Your Fell 4, ordered for 6 months at $133.63, fails on day 150 and support cannot restore it | 32 days return to your balance: 32/182 of $133.63. |
| You delete your Fell 2 12 days into its term | No credit: deleting a VPS ends it together with its remaining days. |
| Your VPS is suspended for mining or for sending spam | No credit: the refund cases do not include a VPS stopped for an acceptable use breach. |
| Auto-renew is off, or the balance is too low, when the term ends | Suspension follows, with a 7-day hold on the disk before it is erased. Nothing further is charged, and nothing is credited. |
| You set the next renewal to 12 months instead of 1 | Not a refund case: the term already paid runs to its end, and the new term is charged at renewal. |

## 4. Where does a credit go?

Once support confirms them, credited days are added to your Cobaltfell balance in US dollars. Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your VPS. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it.

That balance pays for any plan and any term on the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "Cobaltfell plans, terms and prices"), in all three cities.

## 5. Can a top-up come back in crypto?

Except where a law demands it, top-ups stay on the balance and are not paid out. The one exception is the part added solely to reach the $1 minimum. On request, that part returns in USDT or USDC within 30 days of the payment, provided it is still unspent.

The exception only matters for an order priced under the minimum, and today none is: the least expensive, Fell 2 for 1 month at $14.98, costs more than $1. A top-up made for an order therefore equals its price, with nothing added to reach the minimum.

| What you paid | What can return in USDT or USDC |
| --- | --- |
| A top-up for Fell 2 on a 1-month term at $14.98, the least expensive order | Nothing: even this order costs more than the $1 minimum, so no part of the top-up was added to reach it. |
| More than the price of the same 1-month Fell 2 | Nothing in USDT or USDC: the amount above the price is ordinary balance, which never expires. |
| A top-up for Fell 8 on a 12-month term at $458.89 | Nothing: that order already costs more than the minimum, so no part was added to reach it. |
| A top-up of $1 or above that orders no VPS | Nothing: with no plan to top up for, the whole amount is ordinary balance. |
| A request made 45 days after a top-up, whatever its size | Nothing, because the request comes after the 30-day window; the money remains usable on a balance that never expires. |

## 6. How do I ask for a refund?

Refund requests are made by email, and no ID or document is ever needed.

1. **Email support** — Write to support@cobaltfell.com with "Refund request" as the subject, sending from the address on your account if it has one.
2. **Point to the payment** — Include the order reference (ORD-…) and the transaction ID (TXID). Leave your account number out. Nobody from our team will ever ask for your account number, your root password or your private SSH key, by email or in a chat.
3. **State what should come back** — For a VPS that failed, give its IP address and describe the fault. To get the minimum top-up part back, name the USDT or USDC address that should receive it and say which network it is on.
4. **Wait for the reply** — A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules.

## 7. What is not refundable?

- Top-up balance, unless a law requires a payout; the only exception is the minimum top-up part described in section 5.
- The remaining days of a VPS you delete.
- The rest of a 3-, 6- or 12-month term you no longer need: a paid term is neither cut short nor partly refunded.
- The remaining days of a VPS suspended for breaking the [acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "What may run on a Cobaltfell VPS"), mining included.
- Data on a VPS erased after its 7-day hold. Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else.
- The network fees you paid to send crypto.
- Money sent from an address that a sanctions list names. Before a payment is credited, the address that sent it is checked against public sanctions lists of blockchain addresses whenever its blockchain makes that address public; money from a listed address is never credited.
- Crypto paid to an incorrect address, or over a network other than the one displayed, since nothing can reverse a blockchain transaction.

## 8. Is a chargeback possible on a crypto payment?

No. A crypto payment cannot be pulled back after the blockchain confirms it, so chargebacks do not exist here. Money comes back only through this refund policy, and every request reaches us by email at support@cobaltfell.com. This policy forms part of the [terms of service](https://cobaltfell.com/terms/ "Cobaltfell terms of service under Panamanian law").

## 9. Changes to this policy

This policy may be revised. Revisions apply to payments made on or after the date shown at the top, which identifies the version in force.

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Where can I rent a Ryzen 9 9950X VPS with dedicated vCPU?

> Where can I rent a Ryzen 9 9950X VPS? On 2 Nov 2026, 2 crypto hosts sold one with a dedicated-CPU claim, from $11.16 a month. Prices, places and no-KYC rules.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/ryzen-vps/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Where can I rent a Ryzen 9 9950X VPS? Who sold Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen 7000 VPS on 2 November 2026, at what price and where, what each host says about its cores, and how a Ryzen host differs from an EPYC one.

**Quick answer — Where can I rent a Ryzen 9 9950X VPS?**

A Ryzen 9 9950X VPS with a dedicated-CPU claim was on sale at two hosts that take crypto on 2 November 2026: VPSLab, from €9.99 ($11.16) a month for 2 vCores, and Hiddence, from €18 ($20.11). Servury sells the same claim on the 9900X. Advin Servers and Spartan Host sell 9950X VPS with CPU-use caps. **Cobaltfell** sells no Ryzen: its dedicated vCPU run on AMD EPYC 9004/9005.

## Who sells a Ryzen 9 9950X VPS, and at what price?

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 5 of 71 hosts listed a VPS on a named Ryzen 9000 processor, and 3 of those 5 say the CPU is dedicated.** Two more, AlexHost and LiteServer, had announced 9950X lines that could not be ordered that day. The table quotes each host's own words about its cores: none of them has published a measurement, and neither has Cobaltfell.

*Monthly prices shown on each host's site on 2 November 2026; euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). "ID at signup": whether the host asks for an identity document when an account is opened. "Monero": the host lists it among accepted coins.*

| Host | Processor | What the host says about the cores | Least expensive plan, a month | Where | ID at signup | Monero |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VPSLab | Ryzen 9 9950X (may fall back to Ryzen 9 7950X3D nodes) | "Each plan gets Zen 5 cores of a real AMD Ryzen 9 9950X pinned to your VPS via KVM. We do not oversell CPU" | R9 Start: 2 vCores / 6 GB / 30 GB, €9.99 ($11.16) | Not stated for this line | No | Yes |
| Servury | Ryzen 9 9900X | "dedicated (not shared) CPU allocation" (company blog) | VDS-100: 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB, $16.79 per 31 days | New York, Frankfurt | No | Yes |
| Hiddence | Ryzen 9 9950X | "Dedicated CPU and RAM resources" | Ryzen-1: 1 vCore / 2 GB / 30 GB, €18 ($20.11); 16 vCores €155 ($173.17) | Europe outside the EU, country not named | No | Yes |
| Advin Servers | Ryzen 9 9950X | Shared: its documentation says CPU cores are shared among multiple VPS; fair-use cap of 75% of CPU | KVM Ryzen 1: 1 core / 4 GB / 128 GB, $8 | Kansas City, Nuremberg, Johor Bahru | Only on triggers | No |
| Spartan Host | Ryzen 9 9950X (Dallas, Ashburn); 7950X (Seattle) | Capped: "A VPS must not use more than 50% of the allocated cores for more than 1 hour." | Premium KVM 2048MB: 2 cores / 2 GB / 50 GB, $12 | Dallas, Ashburn, Seattle | No | No |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

VPSLab announced its 9950X line on 4 September 2026. Servury lists DDR4 memory, while AMD gives DDR5 as the memory type of these processors.

## Which Ryzen 7000 VPS say the CPU is dedicated?

**One generation back, the Ryzen 9 7950X carries more dedicated-CPU VPS lines than the 9950X: three against two.** The 7950X is a Zen 4 part from 27 September 2022 with the same 16 cores and 32 threads.

*Read on each host's site on 2 November 2026; euro prices converted at 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026). Cloudzy's site menu calls the same product "Dedicated EPYC cores".*

| Host | Processor | What the host says about the cores | Least expensive plan, a month | Where | ID at signup |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RDP.monster (High Performance) | Ryzen 9 7950X | "dedicated vCPU cores (no neighbor stealing cycles)" | Swift: 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 60 GB, $13.99 | Paris, New York | No |
| HOSTKEY (vds.ryzen) | Ryzen 9 7950X | "Dedicated CPU cores" | vds.ryzen-8: 2 cores / 8 GB / 100 GB, €28.90 ($32.29) | 11 cities in Europe, the US and Turkey | Yes |
| Cherry Servers (Performance VDS) | Ryzen 9 7950X | "The cores are dedicated solely to your workload"; 4 vCores sit on 2 physical cores | Performance VDS 2: 4 vCores / 16 GB / 200 GB, €89 ($99.43) | 7 cities in Europe, the US and Asia | Conditional |
| Cloudzy (High Performance) | "AMD Ryzen 9", model not stated | "Each plan ships with dedicated vCPU cores, no shared CPU contention." | 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GB, $3.48 at a 50% promotion | 13 regions | Only on triggers |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## What do these Ryzen offers leave unsaid?

**Most Ryzen VPS offers leave out the two facts that decide what a buyer gets: whether a vCore is a whole core or a thread, and where the machine is.** Of the nine hosts above, only Cherry Servers says its vCores are threads kept in pairs per customer; why that matters is explained in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?"). Three more points to check before paying:

- **Fallback hardware.** VPSLab warns that a plan may land on Ryzen 9 7950X3D nodes; `lscpu` shows the truth on day one.
- **Location and operator.** VPSLab gives no datacenter for its Ryzen line; Hiddence names neither a company nor a country.
- **Sharing rules.** On shared Ryzen VPS the cap is in the terms: 50% for more than an hour at Spartan Host, 75% at Advin Servers. **A fast core capped at half load for long runs is a burst machine, not a build machine.**

Prices per core for every surveyed host are in [what a dedicated vCPU costs per month in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?"); a criteria ranking is in [what is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?").

## Ryzen 9 9950X or EPYC: what changes for a VPS?

**A Ryzen core clocks higher; an EPYC socket has six times the memory channels and four times the threads.** Per AMD's specification pages, single-threaded work (one request, one compile step, one query) finishes sooner on the higher clock, while memory-hungry work such as databases and inference shares two memory channels on a 9950X host against twelve on an EPYC one. At one thread per vCPU, all the VPS on a 9950X host share at most 32 vCPU.

*From AMD's product pages, read on 2 November 2026. The two EPYC models are examples of AMD's 9004 and 9005 families, not the exact model of any host named on this page.*

|  | Ryzen 9 9950X | EPYC 9554 | EPYC 9555 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Architecture | Zen 5 | Zen 4 | Zen 5 |
| Cores / threads | 16 / 32 | 64 / 128 | 64 / 128 |
| Max boost clock | up to 5.7 GHz | up to 3.75 GHz | up to 4.4 GHz |
| Memory channels | 2 (DDR5-5600) | 12 (DDR5-4800) | 12 (DDR5, up to 6400 MT/s on targeted configurations) |
| Memory bandwidth per socket (AMD) | not stated | 460.8 GB/s | 614 GB/s |
| ECC memory | Yes, requires motherboard support | Server platform | Server platform |
| Launch date | 15 August 2024 | 10 November 2022 | 10 October 2024 |

## What does Cobaltfell run instead of Ryzen?

**Cobaltfell's line is AMD EPYC 9004/9005, with no Ryzen plan.** Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first. A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.

Two vCPU against two vCores: Fell 2 costs $10.49 a month on the 12-month term and $14.98 month to month, with 4 GB of RAM and 80 GB NVMe, as listed under [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?"). VPSLab's R9 Start costs €9.99 ($11.16) with 6 GB of RAM and 30 GB of disk, on a core with a higher boost clock and an unstated location. For single-thread speed alone, the 9950X plan is the stronger choice; for a written core-and-thread rule and a named city (Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price), the EPYC 9004/9005 plan is.

## How do I check which processor a VPS really runs?

**Read the model string the hypervisor passes to the VPS on the first day, and again after any migration or reinstall.**

*Processor model, clock and vCPU count*

```bash
# processor model as passed to the VPS
lscpu | grep -E 'Model name|^CPU\(s\)|Thread\(s\) per core'

# same information from /proc
grep -m1 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo

# current clock of each vCPU, in MHz
grep 'cpu MHz' /proc/cpuinfo
```

## What other questions do people ask about Ryzen VPS?

### Does Cobaltfell sell a Ryzen 9 9950X VPS?

No. Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first. This page describes the Ryzen VPS market as it stood on 2 November 2026.

### Is a 9950X VPS faster than an EPYC VPS?

For one thread, yes: the 9950X boosts up to 5.7 GHz against 3.75 to 4.4 GHz on the EPYC models in the table. For memory-heavy or many-threaded work, the EPYC platform has more memory channels and threads to share. A CPU name says nothing about how many neighbours share it.

### Which Ryzen 9000 VPS hosts accept Monero?

On 2 November 2026, VPSLab, Hiddence and Servury listed Monero among their coins; Advin Servers and Spartan Host did not. Cobaltfell has taken Monero since 3 November 2026, among BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR.

### Do Ryzen VPS have ECC memory?

The 9950X supports ECC when the motherboard does, according to AMD. VPSLab writes DDR5 ECC for its Ryzen line; the other hosts in the tables do not say, so ECC on their plans is unconfirmed.

## Sources

1. [VPSLab Ryzen VPS](https://vpslab.cloud/ryzen-vps) — VPSLab (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [VPSLab launches Ryzen 9 9950X VPS hosting (announcement of 4 September 2026)](https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/announcements/vpslab-launches-ryzen-9-9950x-vps-hosting-with-zen-5-ddr5-ecc-and-10-gbits-networking-01) — VPSBenchmarks (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Hiddence virtual servers](https://hiddence.net/) — Hiddence (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Servury servers](https://servury.com/servers/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [Servury blog: best VPS for trading](https://servury.com/blog/best-vps-for-trading-what-actually-matters-beyond-price/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Advin Servers VPS](https://advinservers.com/vps) — Advin Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Advin Servers fair use policy](https://docs.advinservers.com/policies/fair-use) — Advin Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Spartan Host VPS](https://spartanhost.org/vps) — Spartan Host (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [Spartan Host terms of service](https://spartanhost.org/tos) — Spartan Host (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [RDP.monster Linux VPS, High Performance](https://dashboard.rdp.monster/embed/order/linux/europe/high-performance/swift/monthly?lang=en) — RDP.monster (checked 2026-11-02)
11. [HOSTKEY VDS with dedicated vCPU](https://hostkey.com/vps/vds/) — HOSTKEY (checked 2026-11-02)
12. [Cherry Servers Ryzen VDS](https://www.cherryservers.com/virtual-servers/ryzen-vds) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
13. [Cherry Servers virtual servers pricing](https://www.cherryservers.com/pricing/virtual-servers) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
14. [Cloudzy pricing](https://cloudzy.com/pricing/) — Cloudzy (checked 2026-11-02)
15. [AMD Ryzen 9 9950X specifications](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html) — AMD (checked 2026-11-02)
16. [AMD Ryzen 9 7950X specifications](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-9-7950x.html) — AMD (checked 2026-11-02)
17. [AMD EPYC 9554 specifications](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc/4th-generation-9004-and-8004-series/amd-epyc-9554.html) — AMD (checked 2026-11-02)
18. [AMD EPYC 9555 specifications](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc/9005-series/amd-epyc-9555.html) — AMD (checked 2026-11-02)
19. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml) — European Central Bank (rate of 2026-10-30)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Terms of Service

> Cobaltfell Terms of Service: law of Panama, account-number login, 1 to 12-month terms paid from a crypto balance, no KYC, 7-day disk hold, no backups.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/terms/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

The contract under which Cobaltfell rents you a Linux VPS with dedicated vCPU, governed by the law of Panama.

**Quick answer — What are the main terms for renting a Cobaltfell VPS?**

**Cobaltfell** rents Linux VPS with dedicated vCPU for terms of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, charged to a prepaid crypto balance, with no KYC. The seller is DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama, and only Panamanian law and Panamanian courts govern the contract. Foreign copyright notices get no action. A VPS left unpaid keeps its disk for 7 days before erasure, and refunds follow the refund policy.

## 1. Who we are and what these Terms cover

The Cobaltfell VPS service, the https://cobaltfell.com website and the customer dashboard all fall under these Terms of Service (the "Terms"). DomaineGoat LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in Panama, sells and operates the service. Throughout these Terms, "we" refers to DomaineGoat LLC, while "you" refers to whoever holds the account.

You accept these Terms as soon as you open an account, add funds to a balance or use a VPS. They also take in three further documents, each binding in the same way: our [privacy policy](https://cobaltfell.com/privacy/ "The records Cobaltfell holds and the logs it never writes"), our [refund policy](https://cobaltfell.com/refunds/ "Cobaltfell refund cases with worked examples") and our [acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "What may run on a Cobaltfell VPS").

## 2. Eligibility

- Accounts are open only to people who are at least 18 years old.
- Residents and companies of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, China, Yemen and Western Sahara, and of the occupied regions of Ukraine, cannot use the service.
- Neither you nor any person or company you act for may appear on a sanctions list.
- Where you live, you need the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract.

## 3. Your account

An account number is the only login you need, and an email address stays optional. No KYC at any point: no ID, no selfie, no documents, no card and no phone number.

- Treat the account number as a password: anyone who has it controls the account, its balance and every VPS on it.
- Keep your account number safe, because it is the only key to your account. Add an email and a lost number can be sent back to you; with no email, nobody can restore it.
- Anything done with your account number, your SSH keys or your root password is your responsibility.
- Nobody from our team will ever ask for your account number, your root password or your private SSH key, by email or in a chat.

## 4. What we provide

Linux virtual servers on KVM whose vCPU are dedicated: each vCPU of your plan is held for your VPS alone, on server processors launched in 2022 or later, with NVMe storage and root access over SSH. A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.

- **Plans:** Fell 2 $10.49, Fell 4 $19.49, Fell 8 $38.24 and Fell 16 $129.87 a month on the 12-month term ($14.98, $27.84, $54.63 and $185.53 month to month). RAM, NVMe and traffic for each plan appear on the [pricing page](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "Cobaltfell plans, terms and prices").
- **Processor:** Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first.
- **Memory and disk:** The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted. NVMe storage on every plan.
- **Cities:** Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania): all four plans in all three cities, at one price.
- **Operating systems:** Linux images only: Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Windows is not offered. Images on offer today: Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10.
- **Access:** Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login.
- **Server actions:** Reboots and reinstalls are asked for from the dashboard and carried out by the team; a reinstall wipes the disk.

## 5. Prices and payment

All prices are stated in US dollars. Rent a VPS for 1 month, 3 months (10% off), 6 months (20% off) or 12 months (30% off) at a time. A longer term costs the monthly price times its months, minus its discount, rounded down to the cent: Fell 8 is $54.63 for 1 month, $147.50 for 3, $262.22 for 6 and $458.89 for 12. A renewal repeats the term of your order at the same price, unless you choose a different term for the next one in your dashboard.

- We take crypto and nothing else: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR. Tether (USDT) may be sent on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20), USD Coin (USDC) only on Ethereum (ERC-20), and Bitcoin only on-chain. Monero (XMR) travels on its own network and is credited after 10 confirmations; the Lightning Network is not among the accepted options.
- Funds go into a prepaid balance, with a minimum top-up of $1, and every term you order is then charged to that balance.
- Pay the exact amount, to the address and over the network that the payment page displays; coins sent over a different network may never arrive.
- The network fee of your own transaction is yours to cover.
- Before a payment is credited, the address that sent it is checked against public sanctions lists of blockchain addresses whenever its blockchain makes that address public; money from a listed address is never credited.
- New prices affect new orders only, and a term you have already paid for keeps the price you paid.

## 6. Delivery

A member of the team builds each VPS by hand once the payment is confirmed, a job of minutes rather than seconds: the dashboard shows the progress, then the IP address once the VPS boots. Delivery time: 1 hour at most after your payment is confirmed; most VPS are ready within a few minutes. Your term starts counting once the VPS is ready, not at the moment of payment. When a VPS cannot be built, nothing is created and its full price remains on your balance, as the refund policy sets out.

## 7. Terms, renewal, suspension and deletion

Each VPS is paid from a prepaid crypto balance for the term chosen at checkout: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. With auto-renew on, the same term is taken from the balance again at the price of your order, unless you set a different term for the next renewal in the dashboard; if the balance falls short, the VPS stops when its term ends, its disk is held for 7 days and then erased.

The base period is 30 days, and each term lasts its own number of days: 30 for 1 month, 91 for 3 months, 182 for 6 months and 365 for 12 months.

- **Renew early:** the dashboard lets you renew a VPS before its current term runs out.
- **Change the term:** a different term can be chosen in the dashboard for the next renewal; the term already paid stays as it is.
- **Auto-renew turned off:** once the paid days are used up, the VPS is suspended and its disk is held for the same 7 days.
- **Coming back:** renew inside those 7 days and the VPS starts again with its disk untouched; after day 7 the disk is erased for good.
- **Delete:** deleting a VPS ends it at once and wipes its disk, and the unused days on it are not credited.
- **Reinstall:** the disk is wiped, then the image you select is installed from scratch.

## 8. Your data and backups

Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else. The data on your VPS, and any copies of it, are your responsibility. Once a disk has been reinstalled, deleted or held past its 7 days, no one is able to bring it back.

## 9. Network, traffic and mail

- Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself.
- Outbound port 25 is blocked on every VPS and is not opened on request; ports 465 and 587 towards a mail provider stay open.
- Using the IP addresses of your VPS for anything the [acceptable use policy](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "What may run on a Cobaltfell VPS") forbids is not permitted.

## 10. Acceptable use and mining

These Terms include the acceptable use policy. Not allowed: spam or bulk email, phishing, malware or botnet control, DDoS and other attacks, scanning or brute-forcing systems that are not yours, booter or stresser services, carding and fraud, child sexual abuse material, cryptocurrency mining, and any service to sanctioned people or companies. Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining. Tor relays of every kind may run here, exit relays included, as well as bridges. Whatever runs on your VPS, and whatever is done there by anyone you share a login with, is your responsibility.

## 11. Copyright notices and the law we follow

DMCA notices and other foreign copyright claims receive no action from us: only Panamanian law and the orders of Panamanian courts bind us. Cobaltfell is operated by DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama, and the only law it answers to is Panama’s. Each datacenter, for its part, is bound by the law of the country it stands in.

Records leave our hands only when a Panamanian court orders it. Every record that exists is listed in the privacy policy, and that list holds no connection logs, no traffic logs and no IP address of a visitor or a customer.

## 12. Suspension

A VPS is suspended in two situations, and in no others:

- its term ends without a renewal (section 7);
- it is used for something the acceptable use policy forbids.

Copyright complaints from outside Panama are not acted on; Panamanian law and Panamanian court orders are what we follow. Spam, phishing, malware, botnet control, attacks of any kind and child sexual abuse material are banned and get the VPS suspended. Your dashboard marks a suspended VPS as such. When the suspension follows a breach of the acceptable use policy, the remaining days are not credited, since the refund policy covers only the cases it names. Appeals go to support@cobaltfell.com, quoting the order reference and the IP address of the VPS. Whenever you want to stop using the service, deleting your VPS ends it.

## 13. Availability

No uptime figure is promised. Maintenance work, the datacenter network or events beyond our control can interrupt a VPS. No DDoS mitigation is sold or promised beyond the default filtering of the datacenter network. When a VPS stops and support cannot get it running again, each day it was out of service returns to your balance. Plans, cities and images may be added or withdrawn for new orders, but a term that is already paid keeps what you ordered.

## 14. Disclaimers

The service comes "as is" and "as available". There is no promise that a VPS fits a particular purpose, or that a given website or service will accept its IP address. Nor is there any promise about the country in which IP geolocation databases place that address.

## 15. Limitation of liability

To the extent Panamanian law permits, we bear no liability for indirect or consequential loss, for lost profit or for lost data. For any claim, our total liability is capped at the price paid for the current term of the VPS concerned. No part of these Terms limits a liability that Panamanian law forbids us to limit.

## 16. Indemnity

If a third party brings a claim against us because you broke these Terms or the acceptable use policy, you cover the reasonable costs and losses that result.

## 17. Governing law and courts

The law of the Republic of Panama governs both these Terms and the service. Any dispute about either falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Panama.

## 18. Changes and language

We may revise these Terms. Each revision carries its own date at the top of this page and governs every new order, renewal and continued use from that day. English is the language of these Terms, and where a translation says something different, the English wording prevails.

## 19. Contact

- Support: support@cobaltfell.com. A person answers support emails within 12 hours, seven days a week, including help with SSH keys, reinstalls and firewall rules.
- Abuse desk: abuse@cobaltfell.com.
- We recognise you by an order reference (ORD-…) or by the IP address of your VPS; your account number should never appear in a message. What a message should include is explained on the [contact page](https://cobaltfell.com/contact/ "Reach Cobaltfell support or the abuse desk").

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?

> Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread? On a VPS it is a thread: 2 dedicated vCPU = 1 physical core at Cobaltfell. How many you need, crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread, and how many vCPU does a VPS need? What hosts write about it, how to read the topology from inside a VPS, and how to count the vCPU a workload uses.

**Quick answer — Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?**

A dedicated vCPU is one hardware thread, not a core. At **Cobaltfell**, both threads of each physical core go to the same VPS, so 2 vCPU make one whole core and Fell 16 holds 8 cores (rule as of 2 November 2026). To size a plan, count the work that runs at the same moment: one busy process uses about one vCPU, a parallel build uses all of them.

## How many physical cores does each plan hold?

*Each pair of vCPU is the two threads of one core, held by one VPS. Processor family: AMD EPYC 9004/9005 (Zen 4 / Zen 5).*

| Plan | Dedicated vCPU (threads) | Whole physical cores | RAM | RAM per vCPU |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Fell 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Fell 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Fell 16 | 16 | 8 | 32 GB | 2 GB |

## Is a dedicated vCPU a physical core or a thread?

**A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor; a physical core runs two of them.** Server and desktop processors run two threads per core through simultaneous multithreading (SMT). AMD's specification pages show it: a Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores and 32 threads, an EPYC 9554 has 64 cores and 128 threads. A host that sells by the vCPU sells those threads.

Cobaltfell's written rule: A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.

A Fell 4 is therefore two complete cores, not four halves taken from four different cores. Counted the way a processor vendor counts, every plan holds half as many physical cores as it has vCPU.

## Why should both threads of a core belong to the same VPS?

**Two threads of one core share that core's execution units and private caches, so a busy neighbour on the sibling thread slows you down without any steal time being recorded.** Nothing is taken by the hypervisor in that case; the core is simply full.

Giving both siblings to one VPS removes that coupling. The two threads still compete, but only with your own work, which you can see and schedule. It also explains why 2 vCPU deliver less than 2 whole cores: the pair shares one core's resources, and the gain from the second thread depends on the code it runs. libvirt's `vcpupin` setting, which ties each virtual CPU to a chosen host CPU, keeps the rule in place over time.

## What do other hosts mean by a vCPU?

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 22 of the 51 hosts that take crypto without an ID check call a plan's CPU dedicated, and only 2 of those 22 say how their cores map to threads: Cherry Servers and LiteServer.** The others write "core", "vCore" or "vCPU" without a definition. Where a host says nothing, read one vCPU as one thread, possibly paired with another customer's thread on the same core. The table quotes what each source wrote; the wider comparison is in [what is the difference between a shared and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?").

*Wording read on each host's public pages on 2 November 2026 and summarized. Nobody listed here, Cobaltfell included, has published a measurement that proves it.*

| Host | What its own page says a vCPU or core is | Thread pairing stated? |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DigitalOcean | A unit of processing power equal to a single hyper-thread on a processor core | No |
| Amazon EC2 | Each SMT thread is one vCPU; an m5.xlarge has 2 cores and 2 threads per core, so 4 vCPU | Yes |
| Cherry Servers (Premium and Performance VDS) | 4 vCores sit on 2 physical cores, and both threads of each core go to the same customer | Yes |
| VPSLab (Ryzen VPS) | "vCores"; the page does not say whether a vCore is a physical core or a thread | No |
| Hiddence (Ryzen 9 9950X line) | "vCore", not defined as a core or a thread | No |
| HOSTKEY (vds.ryzen) | "2 cores of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X", without saying whether a core means a thread | No |
| Cobaltfell | One vCPU is one thread; both threads of a core go to the same VPS | Yes |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## How do I see cores and threads from inside my VPS?

**`nproc` gives the vCPU count; `lscpu` gives the topology the hypervisor chooses to present, which is a label and not proof.** libvirt describes its `topology` element as the requested topology of the virtual CPU provided to the guest. The host decides what a VPS is shown, and it does not have to mirror the real pairing underneath: a VPS can report one thread per core while its threads are sibling pairs, or the reverse.

The evidence of a dedicated vCPU is behavioural: steal time that stays near zero under load, and the same benchmark score at noon and at midnight. The commands are explained in [what is CPU steal time and how do I check it on my VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?").

*Read the vCPU count and the presented topology*

```bash
# vCPU available to you
nproc

# topology as presented to the VPS, plus the processor model
lscpu | grep -E '^CPU\(s\)|Thread\(s\) per core|Core\(s\) per socket|Socket\(s\)|Model name'

# which vCPU the guest kernel treats as siblings of one core
grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/topology/thread_siblings_list

# 1, 5 and 15-minute load averages, to compare with nproc
uptime
```

## How many vCPU do I need?

**Size a VPS by the tasks that run at the same instant, not by the tasks that exist.** On a server you already run, compare the load average from `uptime` with the count from `nproc` during your busiest hour. A load that stays above the vCPU count means tasks are queuing for a turn.

Most tools pick their parallelism from the vCPU count on their own, so each workload has its own counter:

*Starting points drawn from each tool's documented defaults, not from measurements. Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.*

| Workload | What decides the vCPU it uses | Starting plan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CI jobs and compiles | Jobs at once, times the `-j` of each build; cargo defaults to every logical CPU | Fell 4 for two parallel jobs |
| PostgreSQL | One backend process per connection; count the queries running at the same moment | Fell 2 for one application |
| Headless Chrome | Browsers rendering at once; Playwright Test starts one worker per two logical cores by default | Fell 4 for two browsers |
| FFmpeg encoding | One encode can fill every vCPU; x265 sizes its thread pool from the CPU count by default | Fell 8 for a steady queue |
| LLM inference on CPU | RAM decides which model fits; generation keeps every thread it is given busy | Fell 8 or Fell 16 |
| A single-process app | One process uses about one vCPU however many the plan has | Fell 2 |

Two of these workloads have their own sizing guides: [what VPS a GitLab Runner or CI build needs](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-ci-builds/ "How many dedicated vCPU does a GitLab Runner VPS need?") and [how much CPU and RAM PostgreSQL needs on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-postgresql/ "How much CPU and RAM does PostgreSQL need on a dedicated vCPU VPS?"). Plan prices are listed under [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## When do more vCPU stop helping?

**More vCPU speed up only work that can be split.** A single-threaded program, such as one Node.js process, runs on one thread on every plan; its speed comes from the clock and the core architecture. The other ceiling is memory: every parallel job carries its own RAM, and Cobaltfell plans keep 2 GB per vCPU. A workload that needs more memory per thread runs better with fewer jobs than with cores it cannot feed.

## What other questions do people ask about vCPU, cores and threads?

### What does 16 vCPU mean on a VPS?

Sixteen hardware threads. At Cobaltfell that is Fell 16: 8 physical cores, each with both of its threads held by one VPS. At a host that does not state its rule, 16 vCPU can be 16 threads spread over more than 8 cores, with other customers on the sibling threads.

### Is 2 vCPU enough, or do I need 4?

Two vCPU suit one always-busy process with room for the system: a small database, an API, one CI job at a time. Four suit two heavy tasks that overlap, such as a build running while the app it deploys keeps serving, or two scraping browsers.

### Are two vCPU as fast as two physical cores?

No. Two sibling threads share one core's execution units and caches, so together they deliver less than two whole cores. The size of the gap depends on the code: a compile with many cache misses gains more from the second thread than a tight numeric loop does.

### Which processor do Cobaltfell's threads come from?

Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first. `lscpu | grep 'Model name'` shows the model the VPS is given.

## Sources

1. [AMD Ryzen 9 9950X specifications](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html) — AMD (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [AMD EPYC 9554 specifications](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc/4th-generation-9004-and-8004-series/amd-epyc-9554.html) — AMD (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Choosing the right Droplet plan (vCPU definition)](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/concepts/choosing-a-plan/) — DigitalOcean (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [CPU options for Amazon EC2 instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-optimize-cpu.html) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [Cherry Servers virtual servers pricing (Premium and Performance VDS)](https://www.cherryservers.com/pricing/virtual-servers) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [VPSLab Ryzen VPS](https://vpslab.cloud/ryzen-vps) — VPSLab (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Hiddence virtual servers](https://hiddence.net/) — Hiddence (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [HOSTKEY VDS with dedicated vCPU](https://hostkey.com/vps/vds/) — HOSTKEY (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [libvirt domain XML format: CPU topology and vcpupin](https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html) — libvirt (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [CPU topology in sysfs](https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/cputopology.html) — The Linux kernel documentation (checked 2026-11-02)
11. [lscpu(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/lscpu.1.html) — man7.org / util-linux (checked 2026-11-02)
12. [cargo build: the --jobs option](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-build.html) — The Rust Project (checked 2026-11-02)
13. [Playwright TestConfig: workers](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig) — Microsoft Playwright (checked 2026-11-02)
14. [x265 threading](https://x265.readthedocs.io/en/master/threading.html) — x265 project (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


---

# How do I benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6?

> Benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6: commands, flags, how to read 4 fio tests and the 2,500 baseline. For dedicated CPU VPS paid in crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vps-benchmark/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

The two benchmarks most VPS buyers run, what each one measures, the commands and flags, and how to read the numbers without fooling yourself. Cobaltfell's own results will be published here once its first test machine is delivered.

**Quick answer — How do I benchmark a VPS with YABS or Geekbench 6?**

To benchmark a VPS, run `curl -sL yabs.sh | bash`: YABS (version v2026-10-31 on 2 November 2026) returns disk (fio), network (iperf3) and Geekbench 6 results in one pass, and `./geekbench6 --upload` runs Geekbench 6 alone. Geekbench 6 scores a Core i7-12700 at 2,500, and double the score means double the speed. **Cobaltfell** quotes no score of its own yet; its dated results follow its first test machine.

## What does YABS measure?

**YABS (Yet Another Bench Script) runs three tests in one go: disk with fio, network with iperf3, and CPU with Geekbench 6.** The version we read on 2 November 2026 was v2026-10-31.

- **Disk (fio):** four mixed random tests, half reads and half writes, at block sizes of 4k, 64k, 512k and 1m. Each runs for 30 seconds with direct I/O, an I/O depth of 64 and 2 jobs, on a 2 GB test file (512 MB on Arm and RISC-V) written in the directory you start from.
- **Network (iperf3):** download and upload against public iperf3 servers, with 8 parallel streams. The README warns that it tries to fill the port for about 20 seconds per location, 10 in each direction.
- **CPU (Geekbench):** Geekbench 6 by default. Since 24 July 2026, the `-7` flag runs Geekbench 7 instead; `-4` and `-5` run the older versions.

It prints the system details first: processor model, vCPU count, RAM, disk, kernel and, unless you skip it, the network owner of the IP address.

## How do I run YABS?

**The one-line form downloads the script and runs it; the safer form lets you read it first.** The README itself asks you to use it at your own risk, and its fio and iperf3 binaries are built by GitHub Actions, with checksums published.

*Run everything (disk, network, Geekbench 6)*

```bash
curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
```

*Read the script first, then run it*

```bash
curl -sL yabs.sh -o yabs.sh
less yabs.sh
bash yabs.sh
```

*Skip the network test and save the results as JSON*

```bash
curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -i -w yabs-$(date +%F).json
```

### Which YABS flags will you use most?

*From the YABS README, read on 2 November 2026. Flags combine: -fg skips both disk and Geekbench.*

| Flag | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| `-i` | Skip the iperf3 network test |
| `-r` | Test fewer iperf3 locations, to use less bandwidth |
| `-f` or `-d` | Skip the fio disk test |
| `-g` | Skip Geekbench |
| `-n` | Skip the lookup of network information |
| `-5` / `-7` | Run Geekbench 5 or 7 instead of 6 |
| `-j` | Print the results as JSON |
| `-w <file>` | Write the JSON results to a file |

## How do I run Geekbench 6 on its own?

**Download the Linux build from Primate Labs, unpack it and run `geekbench6`.** The version below, 6.7.2, is the one YABS used on 2 November 2026; take the current number from geekbench.com if it has moved on. Primate Labs lists Linux support from Ubuntu 18.04, on x86-64 and AArch64.

*Geekbench 6 on x86-64 Linux*

```bash
mkdir -p ~/gb6 && cd ~/gb6
curl -sL https://cdn.geekbench.com/Geekbench-6.7.2-Linux.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./geekbench6 --upload
```

The run ends with a Single-Core Score, a Multi-Core Score and a link to the full result on the Geekbench Browser. On Arm servers, the file name ends in `LinuxARMPreview` instead of `Linux`. A licence key is optional: YABS reads one from a `geekbench.license` file if you have it.

## How do I read the results?

**Read each number for what it measures, and compare it only with results from the same tool and version.**

*Sources: Geekbench 6 Benchmark Internals (Primate Labs) and the YABS README.*

| Result | What it tells you | What it does not |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 6 single-core | Speed of one thread: page renders, request handling, most of a compile step. 2,500 = a Dell Precision 3460 with a Core i7-12700 | Whether that speed holds at 3 a.m. and at 9 p.m. |
| Geekbench 6 multi-core | How the vCPU work together on one shared task | A per-vCPU figure: it does not grow in step with the vCPU count |
| fio 4k | Small random reads and writes, the pattern of databases and package installs | Sequential speed for large files |
| fio 1m | Large-block throughput: backups, media, big copies | Latency of small requests |
| iperf3 | Throughput to a few public test servers at that moment | Your route to your own users; busy servers are skipped |

Three facts from Primate Labs' Geekbench 6 documentation help with reading the CPU scores:

- **The scale is linear.** The baseline is 2,500, and double the score means double the performance.
- **Integer work weighs more.** Each composite score weights integer workloads at 65% and floating-point at 35%.
- **Multi-core uses shared tasks.** Geekbench 6 splits one larger task across threads instead of running one copy per thread as Geekbench 5 did, so its multi-core score scales less than the vCPU count. Compare a 16-vCPU result with another 16-vCPU result.

Scores from Geekbench 5, 6 and 7 are not interchangeable: Geekbench 7, announced on 23 July 2026, brings new workloads. Keep the version beside every number you quote.

## How do I make a benchmark fair?

**One run tells you how the VPS behaved for ten minutes; three runs at different hours tell you how it behaves.** According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 10 of the 22 no-KYC crypto hosts that call a CPU dedicated named no processor precise enough to date it, so on those plans `lscpu` and a benchmark are the only way to learn what you rent. A short routine:

1. **Run on an idle VPS.** YABS loads every vCPU, the disk and the network port; do it before production traffic arrives.
2. **Repeat at three hours of the day,** for example morning, evening and night. On a dedicated vCPU, the Geekbench scores should stay close; a wide spread points to contention.
3. **Log steal time during the run.** Keep `mpstat -P ALL 5` open in a second session; [what CPU steal time is and how to check it](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?") explains the reading.
4. **Write down the context:** date, `lscpu` model name, vCPU count, kernel, YABS or Geekbench version, city.
5. **Mind your traffic.** The iperf3 test pushes the port for about 20 seconds per location; use `-r` or `-i` on a metered plan.

A dedicated vCPU should show the same behaviour at every hour. The page on [the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?") explains why a shared one often does not, and [which is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "What is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026?") lists the hosts whose promises are worth testing.

A timed job of your own completes the picture: an encode, as in [can I transcode video with FFmpeg on a VPS without a GPU](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-video-transcoding/ "FFmpeg on a VPS without a GPU"), or a model run, as in [can I run Ollama on a VPS without a GPU](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-llm-without-gpu/ "Ollama and small LLMs on a VPS without a GPU").

## Where are Cobaltfell's own results?

**Not published yet, on purpose.** Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.

When they appear, each result will carry its date, the plan, the city, the processor that `lscpu` reports and the version of the tool, beside the steal time logged during the run. Until then, any number you see for Cobaltfell elsewhere did not come from us.

You can run the same tests on your own VPS from the first login: Root over SSH. Paste a public key at checkout and password login stays off; leave the field empty and the team sets a temporary root password, shown in your dashboard, that you replace at first login. Plans and prices are on [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs at Cobaltfell](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What other questions do people ask about VPS benchmarks?

### Is it safe to pipe YABS into bash?

It runs code from the internet as your user, so read it first if you can: download it with `curl -sL yabs.sh -o yabs.sh`, look through it, then run `bash yabs.sh`. Its README says to use it at your own risk and publishes checksums for its binaries.

### How long does YABS take?

The four fio tests take about two minutes, Geekbench a few more, and the network test about 20 seconds per iperf3 location. The sample run in the README finished in 12 minutes 49 seconds; `-i` makes it much shorter.

### Do I need a Geekbench licence?

No. YABS and the plain `geekbench6 --upload` command run without one and upload the result to the Geekbench Browser. A licence key unlocks extra features; YABS reads it from a `geekbench.license` file.

### Why is my multi-core score not the single-core score times my vCPU count?

Because Geekbench 6 measures threads working together on one task, which costs coordination. Its documentation says this "shared task" model may not scale as well as the separate copies Geekbench 5 ran per thread.

### Can I compare a Geekbench 6 score with a Geekbench 5 or 7 score?

No. Each version has its own workloads and scaling. Compare Geekbench 6 with Geekbench 6 only, and quote the version with the number.

### Will benchmarking use my traffic allowance?

The iperf3 part does: it fills your port for about 20 seconds per location, in both directions. Use `-r` for fewer locations or `-i` to skip it. The disk and CPU tests use no traffic beyond downloading the tools.

## Sources

1. [Yet Another Bench Script (YABS), README](https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script) — masonr on GitHub (latest entry 31 Oct 2026, read 2026-11-02)
2. [yabs.sh, version v2026-10-31](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script/master/yabs.sh) — masonr on GitHub (read 2026-11-02)
3. [Geekbench 6 Benchmark Internals](https://www.geekbench.com/doc/geekbench6-benchmark-internals.pdf) — Primate Labs (May 2024, read 2026-11-02)
4. [Geekbench 7 announcement](https://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2026/07/geekbench-7/) — Primate Labs (23 July 2026, read 2026-11-02)
5. [Geekbench 6.7.2 for Linux (download file)](https://cdn.geekbench.com/Geekbench-6.7.2-Linux.tar.gz) — Primate Labs (available 2026-11-02)
6. [mpstat(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org (sysstat) (checked 2026-11-02)

---

Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


---

# How many dedicated vCPU does a GitLab Runner VPS need?

> What VPS do I need for a GitLab Runner? About 2 dedicated vCPU per parallel CI job, on 2 to 16 vCPU. Sizing, config.toml, crypto and no KYC at Cobaltfell.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-ci-builds/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

What VPS do I need for a GitLab Runner or a CI/CD pipeline? How many jobs a dedicated-vCPU VPS runs at once, how GitLab's hosted runner sizes compare, and how to keep parallel builds from fighting over threads.

**Quick answer — What VPS do I need for a GitLab Runner or a CI/CD pipeline?**

A GitLab Runner VPS needs about 2 dedicated vCPU for each CI job that runs at the same time: on **Cobaltfell**, Fell 2 takes one job, Fell 4 two and Fell 8 four. GitLab's default hosted Linux runner has 2 vCPU and 8 GB of RAM (checked 2 November 2026), so a Cobaltfell plan with the same vCPU count has half that memory, and memory-hungry builds need the next size up.

## How many CI jobs can one VPS run at the same time?

**One CI job needs two dedicated vCPU and the RAM that comes with them; the runner's `concurrent` setting decides how many such jobs share the VPS.** In `config.toml`, `concurrent` caps the jobs across all registered runners, and `limit` caps them for one registered runner (`0`, the default, means no limit). GitLab's requirements page names the three inputs to size from: the CPU load of the jobs, their memory use and how many run concurrently.

*Starting points taken from tool defaults, not timings. Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.*

| Plan | vCPU | RAM | concurrent | Fits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 | 4 GB | 1 | One pipeline at a time: a personal project or a team that pushes a few times an hour |
| Fell 4 | 4 | 8 GB | 2 | Two short jobs at once, or one long build on four threads |
| Fell 8 | 8 | 16 GB | 4 | Four jobs of two vCPU, or two of four |
| Fell 16 | 16 | 32 GB | 4 to 8 | A team whose merge requests start several pipelines at once |

## How do GitLab's hosted runner sizes compare with a VPS?

**GitLab's hosted Linux runners give 4 GB of RAM per vCPU; Cobaltfell plans give 2 GB per vCPU.** The vCPU counts line up one for one, which makes the table a direct way to pick a size for pipelines that already run on GitLab.com. Jobs that use most of the memory of their current machine need the Cobaltfell plan one size up, or fewer jobs at once.

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, one dedicated vCPU on a processor from 2022 or later cost a median $8.20 a month at hosts that take crypto without an ID check, so each parallel CI job of two vCPU costs about twice that.**

Every host and price behind that median is in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "Dedicated CPU VPS price per core, survey of 2 November 2026").

*GitLab machine types as listed in GitLab's hosted runner documentation on 2 November 2026. A hosted runner serves one job per machine; a self-hosted runner on a VPS shares its vCPU between several jobs.*

| GitLab-hosted machine type | vCPU | RAM | Disk | VPS plan with the same vCPU | Its RAM and NVMe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| saas-linux-small-amd64 (default) | 2 | 8 GB | 30 GB | Fell 2 | 4 GB, 80 GB NVMe |
| saas-linux-medium-amd64 | 4 | 16 GB | 50 GB | Fell 4 | 8 GB, 160 GB NVMe |
| saas-linux-large-amd64 (Premium and Ultimate) | 8 | 32 GB | 100 GB | Fell 8 | 16 GB, 320 GB NVMe |
| saas-linux-xlarge-amd64 (Premium and Ultimate) | 16 | 64 GB | 200 GB | Fell 16 | 32 GB, 640 GB NVMe |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## Why do dedicated cores matter for CI and compile jobs?

**A build holds the CPU at full load for minutes at a time, the exact pattern that shared VPS plans are written to limit.** Two hosts in the same survey put it in their rules: Spartan Host's terms forbid using more than 50% of the allocated cores for more than an hour, and Advin Servers' fair-use policy caps CPU use at 75%.

On a shared vCPU the cost also appears as steal time. A pipeline that is quick on a quiet night stretches at peak hours, and job timeouts fire for reasons unrelated to the code; [what CPU steal time is and how to check it on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?") shows how to read it.

At Cobaltfell: Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. With no neighbour on the threads, a cache-warm pipeline takes about the same time on every run, so a slow job points at the code. How the vCPU-to-core rule works is explained in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?").

## How do I stop parallel builds from fighting over the same vCPU?

**Give each job a fixed share of the VPS and pass the same number to the build tool.** Build tools disagree on defaults. GNU make runs one recipe at a time unless given `-j`. Cargo runs as many jobs as there are logical CPUs. Ninja runs in parallel based on the CPU count without being asked. Four such builds on Fell 8 would each start eight compilers: 32 processes for 8 threads and 16 GB of RAM.

With the Docker executor, each job runs in its own container, and `[runners.docker]` takes a `cpus` and a `memory` limit for that container. Set both, then match the parallelism inside the job:

*config.toml for four jobs of two vCPU each on Fell 8*

```toml
concurrent = 4            # jobs at once, all runners together
check_interval = 3

[[runners]]
  name = "fell-8-docker"
  url = "https://gitlab.com"
  token = "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_RUNNER_TOKEN"
  executor = "docker"
  limit = 4
  [runners.docker]
    image = "debian:13"
    cpus = "2"             # CPUs for each job container
    memory = "3g"          # leaves room for the system and Docker
```

*Matching parallelism inside .gitlab-ci.yml*

```yaml
variables:
  MAKEFLAGS: "-j2"          # GNU make
  CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"     # cargo (build.jobs)

build:
  script:
    - make
    - cargo build --release
    - ninja -C build -j 2
```

## What does compiling Rust or C++ need on a VPS?

**Compiles need threads and memory in step: every parallel compiler process and every link step takes its own share of RAM.** Large C++ translation units and Rust crates with heavy generics are the usual memory peaks, and the final link of a big binary can need more than any single compile.

A build killed for lack of memory needs a lower `-j` or `CARGO_BUILD_JOBS`, not more vCPU: fewer jobs finish, more jobs crash. Keep build caches on the VPS's own disk (NVMe storage on every plan) and prune old images with `docker image prune`, because a busy runner fills a disk faster than its pipelines suggest.

A monorepo that needs tens of gigabytes of RAM per build is bare-metal territory, which Cobaltfell does not sell. Database-backed test suites have their own sizing rules, covered in [how much CPU and RAM PostgreSQL needs on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-postgresql/ "How much CPU and RAM does PostgreSQL need on a dedicated vCPU VPS?").

## Which executor should a runner on a VPS use?

**The Docker executor is the right default: GitLab's executor guide says it gives each build a clean, isolated environment, while the Shell executor offers neither a clean environment per build nor protection of the runner's file system.** The Shell, SSH and VirtualBox executors are in maintenance mode.

Who can start a job matters as much: a merge request from a fork runs its own code on the VPS. GitHub's security guide says self-hosted runners should almost never be used for public repositories, and the same reasoning applies to any CI system that runs untrusted pull requests.

Forgejo, Woodpecker, Jenkins and GitHub Actions agents size the same way: count overlapping jobs, give each fixed threads and memory. Plan prices for each size are listed under [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What other questions do people ask about CI runners on a VPS?

### Can a Cobaltfell VPS run GitHub Actions self-hosted runners?

Yes. Any Linux runner agent works: Linux images only: Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Windows is not offered. Size it like a GitLab Runner, about two vCPU per overlapping job, and keep it away from public repositories where strangers can open pull requests.

### Is a build at 100% CPU for an hour throttled?

Not at Cobaltfell. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. The only CPU-heavy use that is banned: Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

### Does GitLab Runner need Docker?

No, the Shell executor runs jobs directly on the VPS. GitLab notes that it gives no clean environment per build and that it is in maintenance mode, so Docker is the better default for anything you would not run by hand as root.

### Should GitLab itself run on the same VPS as the runner?

No. GitLab and its runner then compete for the same threads and memory, and a heavy pipeline slows the web interface used to watch it. A runner belongs on its own VPS.

### How fast is a pipeline on each plan?

No timings are published yet. Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own. Run the same pipeline twice on the chosen plan and keep the second, cache-warm time as the baseline.

## Sources

1. [GitLab Runner advanced configuration (concurrent, limit, [runners.docker])](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/advanced-configuration/) — GitLab (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [GitLab Runner system requirements](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/requirements/) — GitLab (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [GitLab-hosted runners on Linux: machine types](https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/runners/hosted_runners/linux/) — GitLab (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [GitLab Runner executors](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/) — GitLab (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [GNU make manual: parallel execution](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel.html) — GNU Project (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [cargo build: the --jobs option](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-build.html) — The Rust Project (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [The Ninja build system manual](https://ninja-build.org/manual.html) — Ninja (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Secure use reference: self-hosted runners](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/security/secure-use) — GitHub (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [Spartan Host terms of service](https://spartanhost.org/tos) — Spartan Host (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [Advin Servers fair use policy](https://docs.advinservers.com/policies/fair-use) — Advin Servers (checked 2026-11-02)

---

Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


---

# Can I run Ollama or a small LLM on a dedicated vCPU VPS without a GPU?

> Can I run Ollama on a VPS without a GPU? Yes: quantized LLMs up to about 32B on 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU, RAM per model and speed data. Crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-llm-without-gpu/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Can I run Ollama or an LLM on a VPS without a GPU? Which quantized models fit the RAM of each plan, what published CPU tests show about speed, how to set Ollama up on a CPU-only VPS, and when a GPU is the right tool.

**Quick answer — Can I run Ollama or an LLM on a VPS without a GPU?**

Yes: Ollama runs an LLM on a VPS without a GPU when the quantized model fits in RAM. On **Cobaltfell**, Fell 8 (16 GB) runs 8B to 14B models such as qwen3:8b, a 5.2 GB download, and Fell 16 (32 GB) runs 27B to 32B models of 17 to 20 GB (Ollama library, checked 2 November 2026). A GPU wins for many users at once, long prompts or models larger than the RAM.

## Which models fit the RAM of each plan?

**On a CPU, RAM decides which model runs and the vCPU decide how fast it runs.** The whole model lives in system memory, and the download size Ollama shows is a good first estimate of the memory it takes. Context, the system and anything else on the VPS come on top: Ollama's documentation says the RAM required grows with `OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL` times `OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH`, and the default context is 4,096 tokens.

*Download sizes of the default tags on the Ollama library pages, read on 2 November 2026. "With room to spare" keeps the model at or under about 60% of the plan's RAM, a rule of thumb rather than a measurement. Out of reach on every plan: deepseek-r1:70b (43 GB) and deepseek-r1:671b (404 GB).*

| Plan | RAM | Fits with room to spare | Fits with a short context and little else running |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 4 GB | gemma3:1b (806 MB), llama3.2:1b (1.3 GB), qwen3:1.7b (1.4 GB), llama3.2:3b (2.0 GB) | qwen3:4b (2.5 GB) |
| Fell 4 | 8 GB | qwen3:4b (2.5 GB), gemma3:4b (3.4 GB), deepseek-r1:7b (4.7 GB) | qwen3:8b and deepseek-r1:8b (5.2 GB) |
| Fell 8 | 16 GB | qwen3:8b (5.2 GB), gemma3:12b (8.2 GB), deepseek-r1:14b (9.0 GB), qwen3:14b (9.3 GB) | two small models loaded side by side |
| Fell 16 | 32 GB | gemma3:27b (17 GB), qwen3:30b (19 GB) | qwen3:32b and deepseek-r1:32b (20 GB) |

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 4 of the 6 hosts that sell dedicated vCPU on a 2022-or-newer processor without an ID check listed a plan with 32 GB of RAM or more; the least expensive was VPSLab's R9 Ultra, 12 vCores and 48 GB, at €69.99 ($78.19) a month.**

## How fast is LLM inference on a CPU?

**CPU inference is slower than a GPU by a margin set by threads, memory bandwidth and quantization.** Cobaltfell publishes no tokens-per-second figure of its own: Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.

The most useful public figure is a test Leaseweb published on 5 April 2026 (page updated 20 August 2026). On a server with two AMD EPYC 9334 processors (Zen 4) running 24 threads, the test generated **27.8 tokens per second** with an 8B model at 4-bit quantization (DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B, Q4_K_M), and **8.1 tokens per second** with the same model at FP16. An NVIDIA L4 GPU reached 16.7 tokens per second on that model at FP16. Time to first token at Q4 ranged from 3.6 to 4.8 seconds across the models tested.

*Figures as published by Leaseweb (5 April 2026, updated 20 August 2026), read on 2 November 2026. Two-socket bare metal, not a VPS.*

| Hardware in the Leaseweb test | Model and precision | Generation speed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2 × AMD EPYC 9334, 24 threads | DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B, Q4_K_M | 27.8 tokens/s |
| 2 × AMD EPYC 9334, 24 threads | DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B, FP16 | 8.1 tokens/s |
| NVIDIA L4 | DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B, FP16 | 16.7 tokens/s |

Those numbers come from two-socket bare metal with 24 threads. A VPS with 8 or 16 vCPU has fewer threads and a share of one socket, so its figure is lower; by how much is unmeasured.

One lesson carries over directly: the same model ran more than three times faster at Q4 than at FP16 on the same CPU. **On a CPU, a smaller quantized file is the first speed-up to try.**

## How do I run Ollama on a CPU-only VPS?

**Install Ollama with the official script, pull a model that fits the plan, and confirm it runs entirely on the CPU.** `ollama ps` shows where a loaded model lives: its `PROCESSOR` column reads `100% CPU` on a VPS. Ollama listens on 127.0.0.1, port 11434, by default; reach it through an SSH tunnel, or put an authenticating reverse proxy in front before changing `OLLAMA_HOST`.

*Install Ollama, run a model, set context and parallelism*

```bash
# official install script for Linux
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

# pull and run a model that fits the plan (here about 2.5 GB)
ollama run qwen3:4b "Summarize what a dedicated vCPU is in one sentence."

# where the model is loaded: expect 100% CPU
ollama ps

# service settings: add these two lines under [Service]
sudo systemctl edit ollama
#   Environment="OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH=4096"
#   Environment="OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL=1"
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart ollama
```

## Should I use llama.cpp directly?

**llama.cpp is the choice when the quantization, the thread count and the server flags matter.** Its README lists AVX, AVX2, AVX512 and AMX support on x86, and integer quantization from 1.5-bit to 8-bit to cut memory use and speed up inference. It ships `llama-bench`, a performance testing tool whose defaults process a 512-token prompt and generate 128 tokens, and which tries several thread counts in one run.

Two checks take a minute on any VPS: which vector instructions the processor exposes, and whether the model runs faster on as many threads as vCPU or on one thread per physical core. At Cobaltfell, A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares, so Fell 16 gives 16 threads on 8 cores to compare; the rule is explained in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?").

*CPU features and a thread-count comparison*

```bash
# vector instructions the VPS can use
grep -o -w -E 'avx2|avx512f|avx512_bf16|amx_tile' /proc/cpuinfo | sort -u

# prompt 512 tokens, generate 128, on 8 and then 16 threads
llama-bench -m qwen3-8b-q4_k_m.gguf -p 512 -n 128 -t 8,16
```

## What do dedicated vCPU change for inference?

**Generation keeps every thread busy for the whole length of an answer, so lost CPU time turns directly into slower tokens.** On a shared vCPU, a neighbour's burst stretches each reply as steal time, explained in [what CPU steal time is and how to check it on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?"), and fair-use caps on long full-load periods throttle inference first.

At Cobaltfell: Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted, so a loaded model is never pushed out of RAM by the host. The processor family is AMD EPYC 9004/9005 (Zen 4 / Zen 5). Running a model at 100% is allowed; the line is drawn elsewhere: Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

Hosts that sell dedicated vCPU, and the price of one core, are compared in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "Dedicated CPU VPS price per core, survey of 2 November 2026").

## When is a GPU the right answer for an LLM?

**A GPU is the right answer when speed per user, the number of users or the size of the model matters more than cost.** The Leaseweb test draws the same line: CPU suits batch, asynchronous and light workloads, while GPUs stay ahead for latency-critical work, high concurrency and models above 20B parameters without quantization. Three more cases point to a GPU:

- **Models larger than the RAM.** Fell 16 has 32 GB; a 70B model at 43 GB fits no plan.
- **Long prompts.** Retrieval and document chat feed thousands of tokens before the first word, and that prompt stage is where a CPU waits longest.
- **Training and fine-tuning.** These are GPU jobs in practice.

Cobaltfell sells no GPU. For those cases a GPU server is the right rental, with a CPU VPS kept for the API, the queue and the vector database around the model. Video encoding raises the same question, answered in [can a VPS transcode video with FFmpeg without a GPU](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-video-transcoding/ "Can I transcode video with FFmpeg on a dedicated vCPU VPS without a GPU?").

## What other questions do people ask about LLMs on a VPS without a GPU?

### Can DeepSeek R1 run on a VPS without a GPU?

The distilled versions, yes: deepseek-r1:8b (5.2 GB) on Fell 8, and deepseek-r1:32b (20 GB) on Fell 16 with a short context. The full deepseek-r1:671b is a 404 GB download and fits no VPS plan.

### Can several users share one model on a CPU?

Yes, at a memory cost per parallel request. Ollama serves one request per model at a time by default (`OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL=1`), and the RAM needed grows with that setting times the context length. Raise it one step at a time and watch `free -h`.

### How do I measure how fast a model runs on my plan?

`llama-bench` reports prompt and generation speed in tokens per second for a model file and a thread count. It repeats each test 5 times by default and gives the average with its standard deviation.

### How many models can Ollama keep loaded on a CPU?

Up to 3 by default for CPU inference, each kept in memory for 5 minutes after its last use. On Fell 2 and Fell 4, one model at a time keeps the second from pushing the first into swap.

### Does Cobaltfell offer GPU servers?

No. Cobaltfell sells Linux VPS with dedicated vCPU on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors, from $10.49 a month on the 12-month term, as listed under [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## Sources

1. [Ollama FAQ (context length, parallel requests, loaded models, bind address)](https://docs.ollama.com/faq) — Ollama (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [Ollama on Linux (install script, systemd)](https://docs.ollama.com/linux) — Ollama (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Ollama library: qwen3](https://ollama.com/library/qwen3) — Ollama (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Ollama library: gemma3](https://ollama.com/library/gemma3) — Ollama (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [Ollama library: llama3.2](https://ollama.com/library/llama3.2) — Ollama (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Ollama library: deepseek-r1](https://ollama.com/library/deepseek-r1) — Ollama (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [llama.cpp README](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/README.md) — ggml-org (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [llama-bench](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/tree/master/tools/llama-bench) — ggml-org (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [AMD EPYC LLM Inference Benchmark: CPU Performance for 7B-20B Models and TTS Workloads](https://blog.leaseweb.com/2026/04/05/amd-epyc-llm-inference-benchmark-cpu-vs-gpu/) — Leaseweb (published 2026-04-05, updated 2026-08-20, checked 2026-11-02)
10. [VPSLab Ryzen VPS (R9 Ultra, 48 GB)](https://vpslab.cloud/ryzen-vps) — VPSLab (checked 2026-11-02)

---

Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


---

# How much CPU and RAM does PostgreSQL need on a dedicated vCPU VPS?

> How much CPU and RAM does PostgreSQL need on a VPS? One dedicated vCPU per active query, shared_buffers at 25% of RAM, 2 to 16 vCPU. Crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-postgresql/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

How much CPU and RAM does PostgreSQL need on a VPS? How PostgreSQL turns connections into CPU work, what the PostgreSQL 18 documentation says about memory, which plan fits which database, and why CPU steal shows up in the slowest queries first.

**Quick answer — How much CPU and RAM does PostgreSQL need on a VPS?**

PostgreSQL needs about one vCPU per query running at the same moment, and enough RAM to keep its working set cached. On **Cobaltfell**, Fell 2 (4 GB) fits a small production app, and Fell 8 (16 GB) fits a database that runs reports beside live traffic. The PostgreSQL 18 documentation, read on 2 November 2026, gives 25% of RAM as the starting value for shared_buffers.

## How many vCPU does PostgreSQL use?

**PostgreSQL uses one CPU thread per running query, because every connection gets its own backend process.** The documentation calls it a "process per user" model: the postmaster spawns a new backend for each connection. The CPU a database needs is therefore set by the number of queries executing at the same instant, not by the number of open connections. An idle connection costs memory and no CPU.

Three things add threads on top of your queries:

- **Parallel query.** A large scan recruits helpers: `max_parallel_workers_per_gather` defaults to 2 and `max_parallel_workers` to 8, drawn from `max_worker_processes` (default 8).
- **Autovacuum.** Up to `autovacuum_max_workers` processes (default 3) clean tables in the background.
- **The application,** when it runs on the same VPS.

On a 2-vCPU VPS, one report that goes parallel can occupy every thread while the app's short queries wait behind it. Lowering `max_parallel_workers_per_gather` for the reporting role, or moving up a plan, solves it. The thread-versus-core rule behind these counts is explained in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?").

## How much RAM does PostgreSQL need on a VPS?

**Start shared_buffers at 25% of the VPS's RAM and leave most of the rest to the operating system's page cache.** The PostgreSQL 18 documentation gives that starting value for a dedicated database server with 1 GB or more of RAM, and adds that more than 40% is unlikely to work better, because PostgreSQL also relies on the kernel's cache. The shipped default is 128 MB.

Two more settings follow from the RAM:

- **effective_cache_size** is an estimate for the planner only (default 4 GB). Set it to what shared_buffers and the page cache hold together, so index scans are costed correctly.
- **work_mem** (default 4 MB) applies to each sort or hash step in each session. One complex query uses it several times over, and many sessions do so at once, so it grows with care.

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 106 of the 202 dedicated-CPU plans recorded at hosts that take crypto without an ID check gave 4 GB of RAM or more per vCPU.** For a database, RAM per vCPU matters as much as the vCPU count.

The plans behind that count are listed in [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "Dedicated CPU VPS price per core, survey of 2 November 2026").

*shared_buffers = 25% of the plan's RAM, the starting value in the PostgreSQL 18 documentation. The "Fits" column is a starting point, not a measurement: Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.*

| Plan | vCPU | RAM | shared_buffers at 25% | Fits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 | 4 GB | 1 GB | One app's database, a few busy connections at a time |
| Fell 4 | 4 | 8 GB | 2 GB | A SaaS backend with steady traffic, or a database plus its app |
| Fell 8 | 8 | 16 GB | 4 GB | Live traffic plus reports or parallel scans |
| Fell 16 | 16 | 32 GB | 8 GB | Many concurrent queries and a working set of tens of gigabytes |

## How does CPU steal affect PostgreSQL p99 latency?

**CPU steal stretches the slowest 1% of queries long before it moves the average.** The Linux kernel describes steal as involuntary wait: time when a vCPU had work while the hypervisor ran someone else. A backend paused mid-query simply stops, and every client waiting on that query, or on a lock it holds, stops with it.

The pauses are short and irregular, so they hit only the queries that happen to be on the CPU at that moment. As an illustration, not a measurement: when a vCPU loses a few tens of milliseconds to a neighbour now and then, a 2 ms query that lands in one of those windows takes ten times longer, while the thousands of queries around it run at normal speed. The mean barely changes; the 99th percentile carries the whole cost.

A database on a shared vCPU therefore looks healthy in averages and still produces timeouts. Three readings expose it:

- **Steal:** the `%steal` column of `mpstat` during the busiest hour, explained in [what CPU steal time is and how to check it on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?").
- **Worst cases:** `pg_stat_statements` reports `max_exec_time` and `stddev_exec_time` per statement, and no percentiles.
- **Percentiles:** `log_min_duration_statement` (for example `250ms`) logs slow statements; a latency histogram in the application gives the p99 itself.

*Count active queries, find the worst cases, watch steal*

```bash
# queries on the CPU right now (run at your busiest hour)
psql -c "SELECT count(*) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE state = 'active';"

# statements with the worst single run (needs pg_stat_statements in shared_preload_libraries)
psql -c "SELECT left(query, 60) AS query, calls,
  round(mean_exec_time::numeric, 2) AS mean_ms,
  round(max_exec_time::numeric, 2) AS max_ms
  FROM pg_stat_statements ORDER BY max_exec_time DESC LIMIT 10;"

# steal per vCPU, every 5 seconds (package sysstat)
mpstat -P ALL 5 6
```

## What does a dedicated vCPU change for a database?

**A dedicated vCPU removes the one source of tail latency that cannot be tuned from inside the VPS.** Slow plans, missing indexes and lock contention are the operator's to fix; a neighbour's batch job on a shared core is not. The general case is laid out in [what is the difference between a shared and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?"). On a Cobaltfell VPS:

- **CPU:** A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.
- **Steal:** On a dedicated vCPU, steal time should sit at or near zero. We will publish the figure we measure on our own machines, with its date, and never an estimate.
- **Memory:** The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted.
- **Disk:** NVMe storage on every plan.
- **Load:** Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. A long `VACUUM` or index build runs flat out.

The processor family is AMD EPYC 9004/9005 (Zen 4 / Zen 5).

## When is a VPS the wrong home for PostgreSQL?

**A VPS is the wrong home when the data queried every minute is much larger than the RAM of the largest plan, or when replicas and backups must be managed for you.** Fell 16 has 32 GB. A working set that does not fit in memory turns every query into disk reads, and storage throughput, not vCPU, then sets the pace.

Backups stay with the operator: Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else. A nightly `pg_dump` or a WAL archive sent to storage in another place covers most small databases; a restore test belongs on the calendar before it is needed.

Failover across two or three VPS with streaming replication works, but it is self-managed. Cobaltfell sells the servers, not a managed database. Prices for each size are listed under [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What other questions do people ask about PostgreSQL on a VPS?

### Is 2 vCPU enough for PostgreSQL?

For one application with a modest number of busy connections, yes. Two vCPU run two queries at once; a third waits for a free thread. Fell 4 is the next step when `pg_stat_activity` often shows more active queries than vCPU, or when the app shares the VPS.

### Should the app and the database share one VPS?

On Fell 2 and Fell 4 it is common and saves a network hop. The app's busy processes count as extra vCPU users. Split them when deploys or traffic spikes start showing up in the database's slow-query log.

### Does PostgreSQL on a VPS need a connection pooler?

In most web applications, yes. `max_connections` defaults to 100, and each connection is a full process holding memory. A pooler such as PgBouncer keeps the number of active backends close to the vCPU count while the app opens as many client connections as it needs.

### What should be set first after installing PostgreSQL?

shared_buffers at 25% of RAM, effective_cache_size to the memory that shared_buffers and the page cache hold together, and `log_min_duration_statement` so slow queries leave a trace. work_mem stays near its default until a slow plan shows a sort spilling to disk.

### Are backups included with a Cobaltfell VPS?

No. Backups are not part of any plan: keep a copy of your data somewhere else.

## Sources

1. [PostgreSQL 18: Resource consumption (shared_buffers, work_mem, worker processes)](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-resource.html) — The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [PostgreSQL 18: Query planning (effective_cache_size)](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-query.html) — The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [PostgreSQL 18: Connections and authentication (max_connections)](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-connection.html) — The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [PostgreSQL 18: Vacuuming (autovacuum_max_workers)](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-vacuum.html) — The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [PostgreSQL 18: Error reporting and logging (log_min_duration_statement)](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-logging.html) — The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [PostgreSQL 18: How connections are established](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/connect-estab.html) — The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [PostgreSQL 18: pg_stat_statements](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/pgstatstatements.html) — The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [The /proc filesystem: /proc/stat (steal)](https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/proc.html) — The Linux kernel documentation (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [mpstat(1) manual page (%steal)](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org / sysstat (checked 2026-11-02)

---

Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


---

# Can I transcode video with FFmpeg on a dedicated vCPU VPS without a GPU?

> Can I transcode video with FFmpeg on a VPS without a GPU? Yes: x264, x265 and SVT-AV1 on 2 to 16 dedicated vCPU, presets and threads. Crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-video-transcoding/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

Can a VPS transcode video with FFmpeg without a GPU? Which CPU encoders FFmpeg offers, how presets trade speed for file size, how FFmpeg spreads work over the vCPU of a VPS, and how to time real files before choosing a plan.

**Quick answer — Can a VPS transcode video with FFmpeg without a GPU?**

Yes. FFmpeg transcodes video on a VPS without a GPU through its CPU encoders, libx264, libx265 and SVT-AV1, for H.264, HEVC and AV1. A **Cobaltfell** VPS has no GPU, and FFmpeg picks its thread count from the vCPU by itself. The preset sets the pace: x264's own header says ultrafast is 100 times faster than placebo (checked 2 November 2026).

## Which encoders run on a CPU, and what do presets change?

**A preset is a speed-for-size trade: a slower preset spends more CPU to make a smaller file at the same quality.** Every FFmpeg software encoder has one. Quality itself is set separately, with CRF. Pick the quality first, then the slowest preset the deadline allows.

*From the x264 header file, the x265 preset documentation, FFmpeg's codec documentation and SVT-AV1's parameter list, read on 2 November 2026.*

| Codec | FFmpeg encoder | Presets, fastest to slowest | What the project says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H.264 | `libx264` | ultrafast, superfast, veryfast, faster, fast, medium, slow, slower, veryslow, placebo | Speed scales dramatically across presets; ultrafast is a full 100 times faster than placebo |
| HEVC (H.265) | `libx265` | the same ten names; medium is the default | Faster presets take shortcuts at the expense of quality and compression efficiency |
| AV1 | `libsvtav1` | numbered 13 (fastest) down to 0 (slowest); SVT-AV1's own default is 8 | Higher presets are faster but lower quality |

H.264 at a medium preset is the safe choice for broad playback. HEVC and AV1 give smaller files for the same quality and cost more CPU per frame, which is why they belong on the larger plans.

## How does FFmpeg use the vCPU of a VPS?

**FFmpeg and its encoders size their threads from the CPU count they detect, which on a VPS is the vCPU count.** The generic `threads` option defaults to `auto`, and `-filter_threads` (scaling, overlays and other filters) defaults to the number of available CPUs. x265 builds its own thread pools, one per NUMA node, sized from the CPU count, and runs wavefront parallel processing by default; its documentation puts the compression cost of WPP below 1% in most tests.

That default is right for one encode at a time. Several encodes in parallel would each try to use every vCPU and spend their time switching instead of encoding. Split the threads by hand: on Fell 8, two jobs with `-threads 4` each, or four jobs with `-threads 2`. The thread-versus-core rule is explained in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?").

A single encode does not scale forever either. Frame and slice threading have limits tied to the resolution, so a 720p file gains less from 16 threads than a 4K file does.

## What do dedicated cores change for a long encode?

**An encode is CPU at 100% for as long as the file lasts, the load profile shared plans are written to stop.** According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 29 of the 51 hosts that take crypto without an ID check sell no plan whose CPU they call dedicated. Two of them put a limit in writing: Spartan Host's terms forbid using more than 50% of the allocated cores for more than one hour, and Advin Servers' fair-use policy caps CPU use at 75%. A batch of films trips both. The general case is laid out in [what is the difference between a shared and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?").

At Cobaltfell: Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. With no neighbour taking cycles, the `speed=` figure FFmpeg prints holds from the first minute of a batch to the last, so a queue's duration can be worked out in advance.

Video is large, so disk and traffic count as much as cores. Source and output share the plan's NVMe (NVMe storage on every plan): Fell 8 holds 320 GB NVMe and Fell 16 640 GB NVMe. Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself.

## How do I time an encode on a VPS before committing?

**Encode one minute of the real source with each candidate setting and read the `speed=` value: 1x is real time, 2x is twice as fast.** `-f null -` throws the output away, so the test measures the encoder and not the disk. `-benchmark` adds the CPU time used at the end.

*One-minute encode tests for H.264, HEVC and AV1*

```bash
# which software encoders this ffmpeg build has
ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders | grep -E 'libx264|libx265|libsvtav1'

# 60 seconds of your own file, video only, output discarded
ffmpeg -hide_banner -benchmark -t 60 -i input.mp4 -an -c:v libx264 -preset medium -crf 23 -f null -
ffmpeg -hide_banner -benchmark -t 60 -i input.mp4 -an -c:v libx265 -preset medium -crf 28 -f null -
ffmpeg -hide_banner -benchmark -t 60 -i input.mp4 -an -c:v libsvtav1 -preset 8 -crf 35 -f null -

# the same H.264 test held to 4 threads, to plan parallel jobs
ffmpeg -hide_banner -benchmark -t 60 -i input.mp4 -an -c:v libx264 -preset medium -crf 23 -threads 4 -f null -
```

## Which plan fits which transcoding job?

**The work to finish per hour decides the plan, not a single file.** The table gives starting points, not timings: Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own. Prices for each plan are listed under [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

Other hosts that sell dedicated cores for long encodes are ranked in [which is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "Best dedicated CPU VPS in 2026, compared").

| Plan | vCPU | NVMe | Typical transcoding work |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 | 80 GB NVMe | Occasional H.264 conversions, thumbnails, audio work and remuxing with `-c copy`, which barely touches the CPU |
| Fell 4 | 4 | 160 GB NVMe | A small queue of H.264 jobs, or one HEVC encode at a fast preset |
| Fell 8 | 8 | 320 GB NVMe | A steady batch queue, two to four parallel H.264 jobs, or HEVC and AV1 at medium presets |
| Fell 16 | 16 | 640 GB NVMe | Slow presets for archive-grade files, AV1 at scale, or several 4K sources at once |

## When is a GPU the better tool for video?

**A GPU is the better tool for many simultaneous live streams in real time, or when encode throughput matters more than the smallest possible file.** Hardware encoders such as NVENC, Quick Sync and VAAPI run on a graphics card or an integrated GPU, and FFmpeg uses them only when that hardware is present. A Cobaltfell VPS has none, so its strength is software encoding: slower per stream, with the full set of presets and the compression efficiency of the software encoders.

For on-demand libraries, overnight batches and archives, CPU encoding on dedicated cores is the simpler setup. For a live platform with dozens of simultaneous channels, GPU hardware is the right purchase. The same CPU-or-GPU question for language models is answered in [can I run Ollama on a VPS without a GPU](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-llm-without-gpu/ "Can I run Ollama or a small LLM on a dedicated vCPU VPS without a GPU?").

## What other questions do people ask about FFmpeg on a VPS?

### Can a VPS run a live streaming server with transcoding?

For a few streams, yes. Run one test like the ones above at the target resolution and keep only settings whose `speed=` stays well above 1x: a single 1x encode leaves no margin for a busy scene.

### Can an encode queue run at full load for days?

At Cobaltfell, yes. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. The one excluded CPU-heavy use: Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

### Is uploading large source files counted as traffic?

Not at Cobaltfell. Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself. Incoming files cost nothing; only what the VPS sends out is counted.

### Does the distribution's ffmpeg package include x265 and SVT-AV1?

`ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders` lists exactly what a build supports. The images offered are Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10; when an encoder is missing, a static FFmpeg build or the distribution's backports provide it.

### Will Cobaltfell publish encoding speeds per plan?

Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own. Encoding speed depends so much on source, codec and preset that a one-minute test on your own material remains the better guide.

## Sources

1. [FFmpeg codecs documentation (threads, libx264, libx265, libsvtav1)](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-codecs.html) — FFmpeg (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [ffmpeg documentation (-filter_threads)](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html) — FFmpeg (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [x264.h: preset names and speed note (mirror of the VideoLAN x264 repository)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirror/x264/master/x264.h) — VideoLAN x264 (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [x265 presets](https://x265.readthedocs.io/en/master/presets.html) — x265 project (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [x265 threading](https://x265.readthedocs.io/en/master/threading.html) — x265 project (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [SVT-AV1 parameters](https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/raw/master/Docs/Parameters.md) — Alliance for Open Media (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Spartan Host terms of service](https://spartanhost.org/tos) — Spartan Host (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Advin Servers fair use policy](https://docs.advinservers.com/policies/fair-use) — Advin Servers (checked 2026-11-02)

---

Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# How many dedicated vCPU does a VPS for web scraping with headless Chrome need?

> What VPS do I need for web scraping with headless Chrome? About 2 dedicated vCPU per browser, Puppeteer or Playwright, 2 to 16 vCPU. Crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-web-scraping/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

What VPS do I need for web scraping with headless Chrome (Puppeteer or Playwright)? How many browsers each plan keeps busy, why Chrome is heavy on CPU, how to run it safely in Docker, and what to watch while the workers run.

**Quick answer — What VPS do I need for web scraping with headless Chrome (Puppeteer or Playwright)?**

A VPS for web scraping with headless Chrome needs about 2 dedicated vCPU per browser that renders at the same time: on **Cobaltfell**, Fell 4 runs two browsers, Fell 8 four and Fell 16 eight. That follows Playwright's default of one worker per two logical cores; BrowserStack asks 1.5 CPUs per Linux browser (both checked 2 November 2026). Each plan brings 2 GB of RAM per vCPU.

## How many headless browsers can each plan run?

**One headless Chrome browser needs between 1.5 and 2 vCPU: two published rules land in that range.** Playwright Test starts, by default, half as many workers as there are logical CPU cores. BrowserStack, which runs real browsers as its business, asks self-hosted customers for 1.5 CPUs per browser on Linux for standard websites, and at least 2 for intensive sites or round-the-clock use. Applied to each plan:

*The two published rules applied to each plan, rounded down. RAM per browser is counted before the system takes its share. A page heavy in scripts needs more; a page with images and fonts blocked needs less. Our own YABS and Geekbench 6 results, together with the steal time we measure, will be published with their date once our first test machine is delivered. Until then we quote no performance figure of our own.*

| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Browsers by Playwright's default | Browsers at 1.5 vCPU each | RAM per browser if shared evenly |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fell 2 | 2 | 4 GB | 1 | 1 | 4 GB |
| Fell 4 | 4 | 8 GB | 2 | 2 | 4 GB |
| Fell 8 | 8 | 16 GB | 4 | 5 | 3.2 to 4 GB |
| Fell 16 | 16 | 32 GB | 8 | 10 | 3.2 to 4 GB |

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, 27 of the 202 dedicated-CPU plans recorded at hosts that take crypto without an ID check gave less than 2 GB of RAM per vCPU, and one host's whole line stopped at 1 GB per vCPU.** A browser pool runs out of memory before it runs out of cores on plans like those. How a vCPU maps to a core is explained in [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?").

## Why does headless Chrome use so much CPU?

**A headless browser does everything a visible one does except paint to a screen.** It downloads the page, parses HTML and CSS, runs every script, lays the page out and keeps timers firing. Chromium splits that work over several processes: a browser process that manages the rest, and renderer processes for web content, with each new tab or window as a rule opening in its own. Ten tabs cost close to ten renderers' worth of CPU.

Three changes cut the bill without changing the result:

- **Block what is never read.** Images, fonts and media cost bandwidth and decode time; request interception in Puppeteer or routing in Playwright refuses them.
- **Reuse one browser, open fresh contexts.** Starting Chrome is the expensive step; a new context or page inside a running browser is far cheaper.
- **Skip the browser when the data allows it.** Data that sits in the HTML or in a JSON API the page calls comes back from a plain HTTP client, which runs no script at all.

Since Chrome 132, the old headless mode ships only as a separate binary, `chrome-headless-shell`; `--headless` on regular Chrome runs the new mode.

## Do dedicated vCPU matter for scraping workers?

**A starved browser fails instead of slowing down.** Navigation and selector timeouts are set in seconds. When a neighbour takes CPU time, pages finish rendering late, waits expire, and a job that would have succeeded is retried, which costs more CPU. Browserless, which sells hosted Chrome, states it in its documentation: lower concurrency gives each browser more CPU and memory, reduces timeouts and improves stability. Lost CPU time shows up as steal, explained in [what CPU steal time is and how to check it on a VPS](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?").

At Cobaltfell the CPU side of that trade is fixed. A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.

Concurrency is found the same way on any host: start at one browser per two vCPU, raise it while the error rate holds steady, and stop at the first rise in timeouts.

Hosts that sell dedicated vCPU, ranked on the same written criteria, are in [which is the best dedicated CPU VPS provider in 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/best-dedicated-cpu-vps/ "Best dedicated CPU VPS in 2026, compared").

## How do I run Chrome workers safely on a VPS?

**Keep the Chrome sandbox on, run as a normal user and give the container an init process.** Scraped pages are untrusted code by definition, and the official guides agree on each point:

- **Sandbox.** Puppeteer's troubleshooting guide calls running without a sandbox strongly discouraged. Playwright's Docker guide notes that running as root disables the Chromium sandbox, and recommends a separate user plus its seccomp profile for scraping and crawling.
- **Init process.** Both guides recommend Docker's `--init` flag, so finished Chrome child processes are reaped instead of piling up as zombies.
- **Shared memory.** Playwright recommends `--ipc=host` for Chromium, because without it Chromium can run out of memory and crash.

Two numbers tell how a pool is doing: the memory held by all Chrome processes, and the steal column of `mpstat`.

*Memory of every Chrome process, then load and steal per vCPU*

```bash
# total resident memory of chrome / chromium / headless shell processes, in MB
ps -eo rss=,comm= | awk '/chrom/ {s+=$1} END {printf "%.0f MB\n", s/1024}'

# how many renderer processes are alive right now
pgrep -fc -- '--type=renderer'

# per-vCPU load and %steal while the pool works (package sysstat)
mpstat -P ALL 5 3
```

## What about the websites' rules, and proxies?

**Scraping stays within each site's terms and the law that applies to the operator and to the site.** This page sizes the machine, not the legality of a project. Attacks on systems that are not yours, including brute-forcing and denial of service, are banned under [what Cobaltfell's acceptable use policy allows](https://cobaltfell.com/acceptable-use/ "Acceptable Use Policy"), so request rates stay polite.

Proxies and IP rotation are a separate subject, and Cobaltfell sells neither. Each VPS gets one IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64 on a 1 Gbit/s port. The monthly traffic of your plan counts outgoing data only, and going past it never adds a charge by itself. Plan prices are listed under [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What other questions do people ask about scraping workers on a VPS?

### Does Puppeteer or Playwright change the VPS sizing?

Barely: both drive the same Chromium, and the browser does the heavy work. The difference is the default. Playwright Test picks half the logical cores as its worker count; Puppeteer leaves concurrency to you, so one browser per two vCPU is the starting point.

### Are many tabs in one browser cheaper than many browsers?

On memory, slightly, because the browser process is shared. On CPU, hardly: each new tab as a rule gets its own renderer process, and rendering is where the CPU goes.

### Does headless Chrome need a GPU?

No. Headless Chrome runs on servers without a graphics card, which is the normal case on a VPS; Cobaltfell VPS have no GPU.

### Can scraping workers run at full CPU all day?

At Cobaltfell, yes. Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%. What is not allowed: Mining any cryptocurrency is not allowed, on any plan and with any software. Your own heavy CPU work, such as builds, encoding, inference or databases, may run at full load, and a node that only validates a blockchain is not mining.

### Which Linux image suits Chrome workers?

Any of the offered images: Debian 13, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 10, Rocky Linux 10. Installing the browser with the tool's own installer brings its system libraries along, for example `npx playwright install --with-deps chromium` on Debian or Ubuntu.

## Sources

1. [Playwright TestConfig: workers](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig) — Microsoft Playwright (checked 2026-11-02)
2. [Playwright: Docker](https://playwright.dev/docs/docker) — Microsoft Playwright (checked 2026-11-02)
3. [Automate self-hosted: set up best practices](https://www.browserstack.com/docs/automate-self-hosted/setup-and-run-tests/set-up-best-practices) — BrowserStack (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Browserless Enterprise: long queues and concurrency](https://docs.browserless.io/enterprise/long-queues) — Browserless (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [Puppeteer troubleshooting](https://pptr.dev/troubleshooting) — Puppeteer (Google Chrome team) (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Puppeteer in Docker](https://pptr.dev/guides/docker) — Puppeteer (Google Chrome team) (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Chrome Headless mode](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/chromium/headless) — Chrome for Developers (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [Multi-process architecture](https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/multi-process-architecture/) — The Chromium Projects (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [HostSailor KVM VPS NVMe (1 GB of RAM per dedicated core)](https://hostsailor.com/kvm-vps) — HostSailor (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [mpstat(1) manual page (%steal)](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mpstat.1.html) — man7.org / sysstat (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.


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# What is the difference between a VPS and a VDS server?

> VPS vs VDS server: no standard difference. What 10 hosts selling a VDS promised on 2 Nov 2026, and the dedicated CPU test to use. VPS paid in crypto, no KYC.

- URL: https://cobaltfell.com/vps-vs-vds/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Cobaltfell (https://cobaltfell.com)

"VDS" stands for virtual dedicated server. Some hosts use it for a VPS with reserved cores, others for any VPS, and Russian-language hosts once used it for a different kind of virtualization. What the label is worth, and what to check instead.

**Quick answer — What is the difference between a VPS and a VDS server?**

A VPS and a VDS server have no standard difference: a VDS (virtual dedicated server) is a virtual machine like a VPS, and encyclopedias treat the names as one. Of ten VDS products at no-KYC crypto hosts on 2 November 2026, CPUs ran from a 2024 Ryzen 9 9900X to a 2009 Xeon, and two were never called dedicated. **Cobaltfell** calls its product a VPS and writes the CPU rule down instead.

## Where does the word VDS come from?

**"VDS" means virtual dedicated server, and in general use it names the same thing as a VPS.** Wikipedia's article opens with both: "A virtual private server (VPS) or virtual dedicated server (VDS) is a virtual machine sold as a service".

Two regional uses give the word a sharper meaning:

- **In Russian-language hosting,** some providers draw a technical line. Cloud4U, a Russian provider, wrote in 2021 that a VPS is "virtualization at the OS level", while a VDS is "hardware virtualization". In that reading a container is a VPS and a KVM machine is a VDS.
- **In Turkish hosting,** "VDS sunucu" is the everyday product word. The search suggestions we collected on 2 November 2026 put "vds nedir" and "vds sunucu" among the strongest non-English queries on the topic.

In English-language offers, the word is mostly a marketing label for a VPS with more resources set aside, and each host decides what it covers.

## What do hosts that sell a VDS actually promise?

**According to Cobaltfell's survey of 2 November 2026, of ten products named VDS at hosts that take crypto without an ID document, eight said the CPU, the cores or the whole hardware were the customer's alone, and two promised only "dedicated resources".** The processors ranged from 2024 Zen 5 chips to a 2009 Xeon.

*Hosts in our 2 November 2026 survey that take crypto and ask for no ID document at signup. Quotes as written on each host's site; nobody has published a measurement of these plans.*

| Host | Product name | Processor | Its words, read on 2 November 2026 | Says the CPU is dedicated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Servury | VDS | AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | "VDS keeps them to itself" (plans page); "dedicated (not shared) CPU allocation" (blog) | On its blog |
| KernelHost | Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) | AMD EPYC, model not named | "vCPU, RAM and NVMe storage reserved exclusively for your instance, never shared with other customers." | Yes |
| Ultahost | VDS | "Dual AMD EPYC", model not named | "allocates exclusive access to physical CPU cores, DDR5 RAM, and NVMe storage." | Yes |
| Cherry Servers | Premium VDS | AMD EPYC 9554P | "fully dedicated CPU and memory resources"; 4 vCores "on 2 physical cores" | Yes |
| VPSBG | VDS | AMD EPYC, model not named | "VDS with dedicated AMD EPYC CPU & NVMe SSDs offers maximum performance" | Yes |
| Evolution Host | VDS | Not named | "Dedicated CPUs clocked up to 5.7Ghz"; "Your resources will not be shared with anyone else and are dedicated to you." | Yes |
| CryptoVPS.host | Enterprise, Monster, Ultimate, Ninja VDS | AMD EPYC 7003 (2021) | "16 Dedicated Core CPU AMD Milan™ Epyc 7003" (Ninja VDS) | Yes |
| LiteServer | Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) | Intel Xeon X3450 (2009), hard disks | "you will always get 100% hardware allocation. No limits, no sharing, no noisy neighbors." | The whole machine: 4 cores, 8 threads |
| Bacloud | Linux VDS | Not named | "All servers resources are 100% dedicated" | Resources only |
| IncogNET | Virtual Dedicated Servers (vDedi) | Not named | "100% Dedicated Resources, shared with no one else!" | Resources only |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

IncogNET's only VDS plan was read from an archived copy of its store, out of stock. Bit.Hosting sells a single line named "VPS/VDS", sized in "vCores", with no dedicated-CPU claim on its plans.

## What should you compare instead of the name?

**Compare the sentence about the CPU, not the product name.** A VPS with written, dedicated cores is worth more than a VDS whose page only says "dedicated resources". Six questions cover what the label leaves open:

1. **Does the host say the CPU, the cores or the vCPU are dedicated?** Look for the processor named in the sentence.
2. **Is a vCPU a full core or one thread?** Few hosts answer. The guide [is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread?](https://cobaltfell.com/vcpu-vs-core/ "Is a dedicated vCPU a core or a thread on a VPS?") explains why it matters.
3. **Which processor, from which year?** A dedicated core on a 2009 Xeon and one on a 2024 Ryzen are different products.
4. **Is the RAM overcommitted?** "Dedicated" memory means it is not lent to other guests.
5. **Can you run at 100% for hours?** Some plans set fair-use limits on sustained load.
6. **What does steal time say once you run your workload?** The page [what CPU steal time is and how to check it](https://cobaltfell.com/cpu-steal-time/ "What is CPU steal time, and how do I check it on my VPS?") shows the commands.

The page on [the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-vs-shared-vcpu/ "What is the difference between a shared vCPU and a dedicated vCPU on a VPS?") goes through the behaviour behind each answer, and [what a dedicated CPU VPS costs per core in November 2026](https://cobaltfell.com/dedicated-cpu-vps-price-index/ "What does a dedicated CPU VPS cost per core in November 2026?") quotes the dedicated sentence of 22 hosts.

For sizing by workload rather than by label, start with [what VPS a GitLab Runner or CI build needs](https://cobaltfell.com/vps-for-ci-builds/ "GitLab Runner VPS: how many dedicated vCPU?").

## Where does Cobaltfell fit?

**Cobaltfell sells what many hosts would call a VDS, under the plain name VPS: Linux virtual servers on KVM whose vCPU are dedicated: each vCPU of your plan is held for your VPS alone, on server processors launched in 2022 or later, with NVMe storage and root access over SSH.** The answers to the six questions are written in our terms rather than implied by a label:

- **vCPU:** A vCPU is one hardware thread of the host processor. Yours are pinned one to one to your VPS and never lent to another customer, and the two threads of a physical core stay together, so every 2 vCPU make one whole core that no neighbour shares.
- **Processor:** Every plan runs on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5), a family first launched in November 2022; a VPS is never moved to an older node without telling you first.
- **Memory:** The RAM of your plan is set aside for your VPS and is not overcommitted.
- **Load:** Full load is allowed for as long as your work needs it: no CPU credits, no burst window and no throttling after some minutes at 100%.
- **Steal:** On a dedicated vCPU, steal time should sit at or near zero. We will publish the figure we measure on our own machines, with its date, and never an estimate.

Prices: Fell 2 $10.49, Fell 4 $19.49, Fell 8 $38.24 and Fell 16 $129.87 a month on the 12-month term ($14.98, $27.84, $54.63 and $185.53 month to month). Each plan is in Amsterdam, Zurich and Bucharest; there is no Istanbul or Moscow location. The figures behind each price are on [how much a dedicated-core VPS costs at Cobaltfell](https://cobaltfell.com/pricing/ "How much does a dedicated-vCPU VPS cost?").

## What other questions do people ask about VPS and VDS servers?

### Is a VDS server the same as a dedicated server?

No. A VDS is a virtual machine on a physical server shared with other guests, even when its cores are reserved. A dedicated server is the whole physical machine, with no hypervisor between you and the hardware.

### What does "VDS sunucu" mean?

It is Turkish for "VDS server", the usual product word for a virtual server in Turkey. Turkish hosts use it the way English-language hosts use VPS, so the same questions about dedicated cores apply.

### Does VDS always mean KVM?

Not as a rule. In Russian-language hosting, VDS has often meant hardware virtualization such as KVM, as opposed to containers sold as VPS. Elsewhere the word says nothing about the hypervisor, so ask the host or run `systemd-detect-virt`.

### Is a VDS more expensive than a VPS?

Only if the host prices it that way. In our 2 November 2026 survey, the least expensive plan per core of each VDS line ranged from $4.19 per dedicated core at KernelHost to $53.07 at VPSBG, both on EPYC chips neither host named.

### Why does Cobaltfell not call its product a VDS?

Because the label carries no fixed meaning and "VDS" alone is used for unrelated things in search, from boating signals to a Windows service. We say VPS and state the dedicated-vCPU rule in writing.

## Sources

1. [Virtual private server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server) — Wikipedia (revision of 27 October 2026, read 2026-11-02)
2. [What is the difference between VPS, VDS and the cloud](https://www.cloud4u.ru/en/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-vps-vds-and-the-cloud) — Cloud4U (19 July 2021, read 2026-11-02)
3. [Servury servers](https://servury.com/servers/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
4. [Servury blog: best VPS for trading](https://servury.com/blog/best-vps-for-trading-what-actually-matters-beyond-price/) — Servury (checked 2026-11-02)
5. [KernelHost: rent a VPS (VDS)](https://www.kernelhost.com/en/rent-a-vps) — KernelHost (checked 2026-11-02)
6. [Ultahost POWER Silver VDS](https://checkout.ultahost.com/power-silver?billingcycle=monthly&currency=USD) — Ultahost (checked 2026-11-02)
7. [Cherry Servers Premium VDS](https://www.cherryservers.com/virtual-servers/premium-vds) — Cherry Servers (checked 2026-11-02)
8. [VPSBG VDS](https://www.vpsbg.eu/dedicated-servers) — VPSBG (checked 2026-11-02)
9. [Evolution Host VDS hosting](https://evolution-host.com/vds-hosting.php) — Evolution Host (checked 2026-11-02)
10. [CryptoVPS.host Ninja VDS](https://clients.cryptovps.host/index.php?rp=/store/dedicated-cpu-hetzner-cloud-useu/ninja-vds) — CryptoVPS.host (checked 2026-11-02)
11. [LiteServer Virtual Dedicated Server store](https://clients.liteserver.nl/index.php?rp=/store/virtual-dedicated-server) — LiteServer (checked 2026-11-02)
12. [Bacloud Linux VDS](https://www.bacloud.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=135) — Bacloud (checked 2026-11-02)
13. [IncogNET Virtual Dedicated Servers (archived store page)](https://web.archive.org/web/20261003142756/https://portal.incognet.io/store/virtually-dedicated) — IncogNET (archive of 3 October 2026, read 2026-11-02)
14. [Bit.Hosting VPS/VDS](https://bit.hosting/en/vps-vds) — Bit.Hosting (checked 2026-11-02)
15. [systemd-detect-virt(1) manual page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/systemd-detect-virt.1.html) — man7.org (systemd) (checked 2026-11-02)

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Cobaltfell: Cobaltfell is a VPS provider with dedicated vCPU cores, paid in crypto with no ID upload and operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. Every vCPU is pinned to your server alone, on AMD EPYC 9004/9005 processors (Zen 4 / Zen 5) with NVMe storage, in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Zurich (Switzerland) and Bucharest (Romania). On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable dedicated-CPU plan, chosen among 6 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts and read on 2 November 2026.