# What is an alternative to Vultr, DigitalOcean or Linode that takes crypto and no ID?

> Alternative to Vultr, DigitalOcean or Linode that takes crypto with no KYC: their payment and ID rules, and prices by size in six cities, read 3 November 2026.

- URL: https://vpswithcrypto.com/vultr-digitalocean-linode-alternatives/
- Last updated: 2026-11-03
- Publisher: VPS With Crypto (https://vpswithcrypto.com)

What the three mainstream clouds charge in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, what they write about crypto and identity checks, and the hosts that take crypto with no ID at each size.

**Quick answer — What is an alternative to Vultr, DigitalOcean or Linode that takes crypto and no ID?**

As of 3 November 2026, Linode takes no crypto, DigitalOcean calls its stablecoin option limited, and Vultr’s billing FAQ asks for a card or PayPal to register. In the **VPS With Crypto** survey, 34 hosts took crypto with no ID at signup and sold a comparable VPS in at least one of the same six cities: 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB started at $8.00 (Advin Servers, Los Angeles), against $20.00 at Vultr and $24.00 at Linode or DigitalOcean.

## Can you pay Vultr, DigitalOcean or Linode with crypto, and do they check ID?

**Only Vultr names the coins it takes; DigitalOcean limits its stablecoin option, and Linode takes no crypto.** Each provider’s own documents, read on 3 November 2026, say:

- **Vultr** accepts nine coins through BitPay: BTC, BCH, ETH, DOGE, PAX, BUSD, LTC, USDC and GUSD. Its signup guide sends a new account to add a payment method “for verification purposes”, with a small deposit for non-card methods. Its billing FAQ, read the day before, requires a card or PayPal to register for services, and its terms reserve an account verification process.
- **DigitalOcean** accepts stablecoins from “over 400 wallets”, with access described as currently limited by customer and location. Crypto setup asks for a name and an address and places a one-time $25.00 authorization, credited to the account. Virtual and prepaid cards are refused.
- **Akamai (Linode)** takes no crypto: cards, Google Pay and PayPal, or a check, ACH or wire through support. Signup verifies a phone number by SMS and takes a card or PayPal, which it says is used to verify your identity; some accounts go to manual review.

### What each cloud’s own documents say about paying and signing up

|  | Vultr | DigitalOcean | Akamai (Linode) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crypto | Nine coins through BitPay | Stablecoins, access limited | None |
| At signup | Email, password, then a payment method for verification | A payment method before any resource; $25.00 authorization for crypto | Phone code by SMS, then a card or PayPal |
| ID or account checks | Account verification process reserved in its terms | May bill up to the account balance to verify details | Manual review of some accounts |
| Outbound port 25 | Blocked by default, opened on request | Ports 25, 465 and 587 blocked | Ports 25, 465 and 587 blocked for some new accounts |
| Traffic past the allowance | $0.01 per GB, pooled per account | Not recorded | $0.005 per GB, pooled per account |
| Cities among the six | All six | New York, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London | All six |

*Prices checked on November 3, 2026.*

Sources: each cloud’s documentation and public APIs, 3 November 2026 (Vultr’s billing FAQ and terms, DigitalOcean’s terms and mail-port page: 2 November 2026).

## What do they charge, and which crypto hosts with no ID cost less?

**At every size, the first-ranked crypto host with no ID check cost less than Vultr, DigitalOcean and Linode: at least $2.00 less at the entry size, and at least $68.50 less at 8 vCPU / 16 GB.** Vultr and Linode charge the same in all six cities, DigitalOcean the same in its four. The table compares each cloud’s smallest plan that reaches a VPS With Crypto plan’s minimum, so from 1 vCPU / 3 GB / 40 GB up the clouds’ first match is already a 2 vCPU / 4 GB plan. In New York, where all three clouds sell, InterServer sold 2 vCPU / 6 GB / 120 GB SSD for $9.00; the clouds’ first plan above 5 GB, 4 vCPU / 8 GB, cost $40.00 to $48.00.

Two cautions. Vultr’s $2.50 IPv6-only and $3.50 plans exist among these cities only in New Jersey, and they sit under the 1 GB minimum used here. And the crypto hosts bill a month at a time or longer, where Vultr and DigitalOcean bill by usage up to a monthly cap.

### Month-to-month price by size: the three clouds against crypto hosts with no ID check

| Size (at least) | Vultr | DigitalOcean | Linode | First crypto host, any of the six cities | First in New York |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 20 GB | $5.00 | $6.00 | $5.00 | $3.00 · InterServer, Los Angeles (1 vCPU / 2 GB / 40 GB SSD, 2 TB) | $3.00 · InterServer (1 vCPU / 2 GB / 40 GB SSD) |
| 1 vCPU / 3 GB / 40 GB | $20.00 (2 vCPU / 4 GB) | $24.00 (2 vCPU / 4 GB) | $24.00 (2 vCPU / 4 GB) | $6.00 · Advin Servers, Los Angeles (2 vCPU / 4 GB / 64 GB NVMe, 2 TB) | $6.00 · InterServer (1 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB SSD) |
| 2 vCPU / 5 GB / 80 GB | $40.00 (4 vCPU / 8 GB) | $48.00 (4 vCPU / 8 GB) | $48.00 (4 vCPU / 8 GB) | $9.00 · InterServer, Los Angeles (2 vCPU / 6 GB / 120 GB SSD, 6 TB) | $9.00 · InterServer (2 vCPU / 6 GB / 120 GB SSD) |
| 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GB | $40.00 | $48.00 | $48.00 | $18.00 · VSYS Host, Amsterdam (4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GB NVMe, 12 TB) | $21.00 · InterServer (4 vCPU / 14 GB / 280 GB SSD) |
| 8 vCPU / 16 GB / 320 GB | $160.00 (8 vCPU / 32 GB) | $96.00 | $192.00 (8 vCPU / 32 GB) | $27.50 · AliasVPS, Amsterdam (8 vCPU / 24 GB / 400 GB NVMe, unmetered) | $45.00 · InterServer (8 vCPU / 30 GB / 600 GB SSD) |

*Prices checked on November 3, 2026.*

Monthly USD, before tax. Cloud lines compared: Vultr Regular Performance, DigitalOcean Basic Regular, Linode Shared CPU, each at its smallest plan that reaches the row’s minimum (bracketed when larger). A crypto host only counts with an IPv4 address included, 1 TB a month or more, and stock shown that day. Every city and size: [How much does a VPS cost per month in the US and Europe in 2026?](https://vpswithcrypto.com/vps-price-index/ "How much does a VPS cost per month in the US and Europe in 2026?")

## What changes when you leave a big cloud?

**You pay less and give up some flexibility: no hourly billing, no traffic pool shared across servers and, at some hosts, fewer self-service tools.** Most small crypto hosts sell a fixed monthly plan with its own traffic quota. Payment is prepaid in crypto rather than charged to a card after use. The ID question moves from signup to written triggers, such as refunds or risk scores, listed host by host on [Which VPS hosts accept crypto without ID, and when do they ask for it anyway?](https://vpswithcrypto.com/vps-without-id/ "Which VPS hosts accept crypto without ID, and when do they ask for it anyway?")

For VPS With Crypto, the trade-offs are written down:

- **Billing:** You pay for a VPS ahead of time from your crypto balance, for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, chosen at checkout. With auto-renew on, the same length is charged again at the price written on your order, and you can switch the next renewal to another length from the dashboard. If the balance cannot cover a renewal, the VPS stops when its paid time runs out and its disk is kept for 7 days before it is wiped.
- **Setup:** A team member sets up every VPS by hand after your payment confirms, within 24 hours; your dashboard follows the build and then shows the IP address.
- **Server actions:** Reboot, reinstall and delete are requests you send from the dashboard, carried out by a person. A reinstall erases the disk.
- **Mail:** Outbound port 25 is closed on every VPS and is not opened on request; send mail through a mail provider on port 465 or 587.
- **Backups:** No plan includes backups, so keep your own copy of anything that matters.

## What about Hetzner and OVHcloud?

**Neither takes crypto. Hetzner has no data centre in the six cities, and OVHcloud reaches four of them only through Local Zones.** Hetzner writes that it does not accept cryptocurrencies, and its fraud-prevention page says it may ask for a copy of a government ID or a credit-card prepayment before processing an order, and that registration should not go through a VPN. Its cloud has no location in the six cities: its Nuremberg plans start at $7.28 for 1 vCPU / 1 GB / 20 GB, and its Ashburn plans cost two to three times more.

OVHcloud lists standing orders, cards, PayPal, a prepaid account and transfers. Its smallest plan costs $5.04 in Frankfurt (2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB, no quota on a 500 Mbit/s port), and $6.54 in its New York, Dallas and Los Angeles Local Zones.

## Is VPS With Crypto one of these alternatives?

**Yes: VPS With Crypto, which publishes this comparison, sells Linux VPS for crypto at a single price per plan across the six cities, from a prepaid balance.** No KYC: signing up and paying take no identity document, no selfie, no card and no phone number. You sign in with an account number alone; adding an email is up to you. VPS With Crypto bills by the month or longer, never by the hour, and its vCPU are shared.

### VPS With Crypto plans next to Vultr at the same minimum size

| VPS With Crypto plan | Size | Traffic a month | Month to month | A month on a 12-month term | Vultr, same minimum size |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Byte | 1 vCPU / 2 GB / 40 GB | 2 TB | $3.21 | $2.25 | $5.00 |
| Kilo | 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 65 GB | 2 TB | $6.42 | $4.49 | $20.00 (2 vCPU / 4 GB) |
| Mega | 2 vCPU / 6 GB / 120 GB | 6 TB | $9.64 | $6.75 | $40.00 (4 vCPU / 8 GB) |
| Giga | 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 160 GB | 12 TB | $19.28 | $13.50 | $40.00 |
| Tera | 8 vCPU / 24 GB / 400 GB | 12 TB | $29.46 | $20.62 | $160.00 (8 vCPU / 32 GB) |

*Prices checked on November 3, 2026.*

Vultr Regular Performance prices read on 3 November 2026, the same in all six cities: its smallest plan that reaches the minimum each VPS With Crypto plan is compared at, sized in brackets when larger. Every plan and length: [How much does a VPS With Crypto server cost per month?](https://vpswithcrypto.com/pricing/ "How much does a VPS With Crypto server cost per month?")

## Questions about leaving Vultr, DigitalOcean or Linode

### Is there a Vultr alternative that takes Bitcoin without ID?

Yes. On 3 November 2026, 34 hosts sold a comparable VPS in at least one of Vultr’s six cities for crypto with no ID at signup. At the entry size, InterServer charged $3.00 against Vultr’s $5.00, though it publishes no coin list; Hosteons, which names BTC among its five coins, charged $4.00 in Los Angeles.

### Does DigitalOcean accept crypto?

It lists stablecoin payments from over 400 wallets, but describes access as currently limited and not available to all customers in all locations. Setup asks for a name and address and places a one-time $25.00 authorization, credited to the account (documentation read 3 November 2026).

### Does Linode accept crypto?

No. Akamai’s documentation, read on 3 November 2026, lists cards, Google Pay and PayPal, plus check, ACH or wire through support. Signup verifies a phone number by SMS and takes a card or PayPal.

### Does Hetzner accept crypto?

No: its payment overview says it does not accept cryptocurrencies. Hetzner may also ask for a government ID copy or a card prepayment before an order, and its cloud has no location in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam or Frankfurt.

### Is VPS With Crypto less expensive than Vultr?

At each minimum size, yes, on both terms. Byte costs $2.25 a month over 12 months and $3.21 month to month, against Vultr’s $5.00; Kilo costs $6.42 month to month against $20.00 for Vultr’s 2 vCPU / 4 GB plan.

## Sources

1. [What payment methods do you accept?](https://docs.vultr.com/support/platform/billing/what-payment-methods-do-you-accept) — Vultr (read 2026-11-03)
2. [Create an account](https://docs.vultr.com/platform/create-an-account) — Vultr (read 2026-11-03)
3. [Billing FAQ](https://docs.vultr.com/platform/billing/faq) — Vultr (read 2026-11-02)
4. [Terms of service](https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/) — Vultr (read 2026-11-02)
5. [Why is SMTP blocked?](https://docs.vultr.com/support/products/compute/why-is-smtp-blocked) — Vultr (read 2026-11-03)
6. [What is the bandwidth overage rate?](https://docs.vultr.com/support/platform/billing/what-is-the-bandwidth-overage-rate) — Vultr (read 2026-11-03)
7. [Plans (public API)](https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans?per_page=500) — Vultr (read 2026-11-03)
8. [Droplet pricing](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets) — DigitalOcean (read 2026-11-03)
9. [Regional availability](https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/regional-availability/) — DigitalOcean (read 2026-11-03)
10. [Manage payment methods](https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/manage-payment-methods/) — DigitalOcean (read 2026-11-03)
11. [Terms of service](https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement) — DigitalOcean (read 2026-11-02)
12. [Why is SMTP blocked?](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-is-smtp-blocked/) — DigitalOcean (read 2026-11-02)
13. [Linode types (public API)](https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types?page_size=500) — Akamai (read 2026-11-03)
14. [Network transfer prices (public API)](https://api.linode.com/v4/network-transfer/prices) — Akamai (read 2026-11-03)
15. [Manage payment methods](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/manage-payment-methods) — Akamai (read 2026-11-03)
16. [Getting started (signup verification)](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started) — Akamai (read 2026-11-03)
17. [Payment overview](https://docs.hetzner.com/general/billing-and-account-management/billing-at-hetzner/payment-overview/) — Hetzner (read 2026-11-03)
18. [Fraud prevention FAQ](https://docs.hetzner.com/general/security-and-identify/fraud-prevention-faq/) — Hetzner (read 2026-11-03)
19. [Cloud, Regular Performance](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/regular-performance/) — Hetzner (read 2026-11-03)
20. [Payment terms](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/terms-and-conditions/payment/) — OVHcloud (read 2026-11-03)
21. [VPS order catalog (public API, US)](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/v1/order/catalog/public/vps?ovhSubsidiary=US) — OVHcloud (read 2026-11-03)
22. [VPS plans (Linux Cloud VPS slices)](https://www.interserver.net/vps/) — InterServer (read 2026-11-03)
23. [Privacy policy (payment processors)](https://www.interserver.net/privacy-policy.html) — InterServer (read 2026-11-03)
24. [VPS plans (KVM Premium and KVM Extreme)](https://advinservers.com/vps) — Advin Servers (read 2026-11-03)
25. [Cheap VPS hosting (VS-NVME plans)](https://vsys.host/cheap-vps-hosting) — VSYS Host (read 2026-11-03)
26. [VPS plans](https://aliasvps.com/vps/) — AliasVPS (read 2026-11-03)
27. [Budget Gigabit KVM VPS 2](https://my.hosteons.com/store/budget-gigabit-ssd-kvm-vps-la-ny-jax-dal-and-lv/gigabit-kvm-vps-2) — Hosteons (read 2026-11-03)

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VPS With Crypto: VPS With Crypto sells Linux KVM VPS in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, paid in crypto with no ID upload. The business behind it is DomaineGoat LLC, registered in Panama. A plan costs the same in all six cities, and on a 12-month term it is priced at least 25% under a named comparable plan, chosen among 34 no-KYC crypto hosts and read on 3 November 2026.