Where to host your nym-node?
Inspired by a valuable resource, done by Tor community - Good Bad ISPs (opens in a new tab), LunarDAO squad initiated a table customised for Nym Exit Gateways operators.
This ISP list is fully managed by Nym operator community and it serves as a space to share their experience of running Exit Gateways on various Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The ISPs greatly differ in regards to services they offer as well as to their openess of hosting exit routing software.
Please share any experiences running a node like policies, complains, legal issues and solutions, discrepancy between offers and reality (bandwidth, IP range, locations) or anything regarding pricing or customer support.
If you came across any legal findings, please share them in our list of jurisdictions.
While we trust that Nym node operators are honest, we would like to ask everyone to do your own research.
To edit or add information to the ISP list, make changes to the csv file located here (opens in a new tab) and submit your edits as a pull request according to this guide.
| ISP | Locations | Public IPv6 | Crypto Payments | Comments | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlexHost (opens in a new tab) | Moldova, Bulgaria, Sweden, Netherlands | Yes, on by default | Yes | They allow TOR Bridges, Relays. Exit nodes are only allowed on dedicated servers (prices start from 26 EUR) | 07/2024 |
| BitLaunch (opens in a new tab) | Canada, USA, UK | No | Yes | Expensive. Digial Ocean through BitLanch has IPv6 | 05/2024 |
| Cherry Servers (opens in a new tab) | Lithuania, Netherlands, USA, Singapore | No | Yes | Issued IP doesn’t match the location offered by the provider. | 05/2024 |
| Flokinet (opens in a new tab) | Netherlands, Iceland, Romania,France | Yes, needs a ticket and custom setup | yes, including XMR | Very slow customer support | 05/2024 |
| HostSailor (opens in a new tab) | USA | Yes, based on ticket | Yes | The IPv6 setup needs custom research and is not documented | 05/2024 |
| Hostiko (opens in a new tab) | Ukraine, Germany | Yes, on by default | Yes | Ukrainian provider. They allow Exit nodes on Germany boxes but limit the bandwidth, you also have to restrict certain ports like 25 and 587. Make sure you open a ticket. | 07/2024 |
| Hostinger (opens in a new tab) | France, Lithuania, India, USA, Brazil | Yes, out of the box | Yes | Crypto payments must be done per each server monthly or annually. | 05/2024 |
| Hostslick (opens in a new tab) | Netherlands, Germany | Yes, on by default | Yes | Good amount of bandwidth for the price. Make sure you open the ticket if you want to run Exit node | 07/2024 |
| Incognet (opens in a new tab) | Netherlands and USA | Yes, on by default | Yes | They allow Tor exit nodes but you must adhere to their rules https://incognet.io/tor-exits (opens in a new tab) | 07/2024 |
| IsHosting (opens in a new tab) | Brazil, Netherlands | Yes, based on ticket | Yes | Expensive | 05/2024 |
| Linode (opens in a new tab) | USA, Canada, Japan, India, Indonesia, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, France, UK, Australia, Italy | Yes out of the box | No, only through BitLAunch (opens in a new tab) | IPv6 sometimes need to be re-added in Networking tab, no reboot needed | 05/2024 |
| LiteServer (opens in a new tab) | Netherlands | Yes, on by default | Yes | Very reliable Dutch provider. They do allow Relay nodes but for Exit nodes you need to contact them. Always check T&C https://liteserver.nl/legal (opens in a new tab) | 07/2024 |
| Mevspace (opens in a new tab) | Poland | Yes, on by default | Yes | Flexible Polish providers with 3 DCs in Poland. They do allow Tor Exit nodes but you may need a dedicated server for this. Make sure you open a ticket to check. As of today's date, they have 48h for 1 EUR tariff | 07/2024 |
| Misaka (opens in a new tab) | South Africa | Yes, native support | No | Very Expensive | 05/2024 |
| Njalla (opens in a new tab) | Sweden | Yes | Yes | Privacy vandguards! The biggest VPS 45 is 3 cores only, but it works better than many “larger” servers on the market. | 05/2024 |
| RDP (opens in a new tab) | Netherlands, USA, Poland | Yes, on by default | Yes | German provider. Exit nodes are allowed, policy is here https://rdp.sh/docs/faq/tor (opens in a new tab) ports 25,465,587 must be closed. Make sure you open a ticket before running an exit node. | 07/2024 |
| TerraHost (opens in a new tab) | Norway | Yes, on by default | Yes | Very reliable Norwegian provider. Only allow exit nodes on Dedicated servers subject to certain caveats (you must open a ticket). Always check T&C https://terrahost.no/avtalebetingelser (opens in a new tab) | 07/2024 |
| iHostArt (opens in a new tab) | Romania | Yes, on by default | Yes | Super permissive provider. They do allow Tor Exit/Relay/Bridge. Pro-free speech etc. Recently, IPv6 geolocation was set to North Korea, so be aware. | 07/2024 |
| vSys Host (opens in a new tab) | Ukraine, Netherlands, USA | Yes, on by default | Yes | Pretty permissive provider registered in Ukraine. Should allow Relay/Exit nodes but nothing in T&C, so better double check. | 07/2024 |