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BuyVM

Name: BuyVM
Brand: BuyVM
Rating: 2 (1 reviews)

Long-running VPS (acquired by Cloudzy Jan 2025) — accepts BTC/XMR, Luxembourg + NYC + Las Vegas, free DDoS protection.

Maintainer: Frantech / BuyVM

⚠ INCIDENT

⚠ Incident 2025-01-08 severity: medium

Two verified changes on the trust-story axis since the initial B-listing: (1) BuyVM was acquired by Cloudzy in January 2025 — founder Francisco stayed on and told the community at the time there would be "no change in pricing… no reduction in resources… no downgrades in hardware." (2) In May 2026, BuyVM announced its first-ever price adjustment, effective 2026-07-01, of roughly 15-25% across all KVM Slice plans (e.g. 4 GB slice $15→$17 for existing customers, $20 for new). The operator's stated reason is >15% upstream DC and bandwidth increases over the preceding six months. The pricing move breaks the letter of the acquisition-time promise, though the reasoning is disclosed publicly.

Curator advice: Grade held at B — the operator's transparency in explaining the price adjustment plus the fact that post-hike pricing stays competitive with the peer set keeps this above C. The "independent VPS" framing has been dropped from the tagline. Existing customers on affected plans should expect the new pricing on their next renewal on/after 2026-07-01. Path to A now requires: three years of clean operation under Cloudzy ownership without a second broken commitment, plus a peer-directory listing corroborating the current trust story.

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Incident timeline

2025-01-08 BuyVM acquired by Cloudzy. Founder Francisco stated on LowEndTalk: "Your current pricing & services aren't changing at all. No change in pricing. No reduction in resources. No IP address renumbering. No downgrades in hardware. No loss of features."
2026-05-06 First-ever BuyVM price adjustment announced on LowEndTalk. All KVM Slice plans raised ~15-25% (e.g. 4 GB Slice $15→$17 for existing customers, $20 for new). Operator cites >15% upstream DC + bandwidth cost increases over the previous six months.
2026-07-01 First renewal cycle with the new pricing begins. Directory listing tagline updated to drop "independent VPS" framing.
2026-09-11auto No new disclosure on the January 2025 Cloudzy acquisition terms or the May 2026 KVM Slice price hike. In the last 7 days founder Francisco said Cloudzy owner Hannan switched DDoS mitigation from Path.net to Terabit.io around 2026-09-01, with a botched cutover that degraded CH/anycast, and that Cloudzy being more cor…

light kyc NO-KYC XMR DDoS-PROTECTED non custodial

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At a glance

Grade: B ()
KYC posture: light kyc
Fees: VPS from $3.50/mo · BTC/XMR/PayPal · free DDoS
Last verified: 2026-07-01
Operating since: 2010 · 16y
Incident: ⚠ Active since 2025-01-08 — /incidents

B Why grade B?

Solid pick. Verified working but with a meaningful caveat (UX rough, smaller market, intermediate trust step, partial coverage). Listed because the trade-off is sometimes worth it.

Full rubric + 7-step verification walkthrough at /methodology.

curator verdict · bottom line

Curator Verdict & OpSec Breakdown

THE BOTTOM LINE

BuyVM is a verified, functional privacy hosting that performs solidly for day-to-day use, provided readers account for its specific operational trade-offs.

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Proven Strengths

▸ Non-custodial architecture: user retains full custody of private keys throughout execution.
▸ Established operational track record: serving users continuously since 2010 (16 years).

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OpSec Trade-offs & Caveats

▸ ACTIVE INCIDENT (2025-01-08): Two verified changes on the trust-story axis since the initial B-listing: (1) BuyVM was acquired by Cloudzy in January 2025 — founder Francisco stayed on and told the community at the time there would be "no change in pricing… no reduction in resources… no downgrades in hardware." (2) In May 2026, BuyVM announced its first-ever price adjustment, effective 2026-07-01, of roughly 15-25% across all KVM Slice plans (e.g. 4 GB slice $15→$17 for existing customers, $20 for new). The operator's stated reason is >15% upstream DC and bandwidth increases over the preceding six months. The pricing move breaks the letter of the acquisition-time promise, though the reasoning is disclosed publicly.
▸ Heuristic KYC triggers: transactions or accounts may be frozen for ID review if flagged by automated risk rules.
▸ Clearnet-only footprint: lacks an official .onion hidden service mirror; exposes visitor network IP unless routed through VPN/Tor.

Review

Frantech's BuyVM brand — VPS provider (acquired by Cloudzy Jan 2025) with locations in Luxembourg, NYC, Las Vegas, and Miami. Anonymous accepted (no real-name required), payment via BTC/XMR/PayPal. Free 1 Gbps DDoS protection bundled. Smaller fleet than Hetzner but more permissive on content (within legal limits).

2026 update. Two verified changes since the initial listing: (1) BuyVM was acquired by Cloudzy in Jan 2025 — founder Francisco stayed on and told the community at the time there would be *"no change in pricing… no reduction in resources… no downgrades in hardware."* (2) In May 2026 BuyVM announced its first-ever price adjustment, effective 2026-07-01, of roughly 15-25% across all KVM Slice plans (e.g. 4 GB slice $15→$17 for existing customers, $20 for new). Operator's stated reason is >15% upstream DC and bandwidth increases over the preceding six months. The pricing move breaks the letter of the acquisition-time promise, though the reasoning is disclosed publicly. Grade held at B — the operator's transparency in explaining the increase, and the fact that even post-hike pricing stays competitive with the peer set, keeps this above C; but the *"independent"* framing has been dropped from the tagline.

Fees

VPS from $3.50/mo · BTC/XMR/PayPal · free DDoS

Audit trail — receipts for the editorial claim

● UPSTREAM Up · HTTP 200 · 1012ms · checked 3h ago
○ ONION No .onion mirror listed
✎ MANUAL Last manual verification 2026-07-01 (<180d)
⌕ LOG See curator log for BuyVM

Reviews — moderated · rules

anon ★★☆☆☆ 2026-06-27

No longer independent, and recently price hiked the service. https://lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-acquired-by-cloudzy/ https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217003/buyvm-net-price-adjustments/p1

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