Aeza vs NexusBytes
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Aeza and NexusBytes.
Quick Verdict
1.9/5
Aeza
0 reviews
3.7/5
NexusBytes
0 reviews
NexusBytes is rated higher (3.7 vs 1.9). Aeza offers affordable VPS in Germany, Finland, Netherlands, and Russia. AMD EPYC processors, NVMe storage, and DDoS protection included. Popular in Eastern European developer communities. NexusBytes provides VPS in multiple US and EU locations with DDoS protection and NVMe storage included. KVM-based with instant provisioning and good network performance.
Aeza Sanctioned Russian-owned VPS provider from €1.99/month — OFAC-designated parent (bulletproof hosting) | NexusBytes US and EU VPS with DDoS protection included | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 1.9 (0 reviews) | 3.7 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $1.99/mo✓ | From $4/mo |
| Best for | In our view, no business-critical or client-facing workload. The published value is real but is outweighed by the OFAC designations against Aeza Group and its leadership; treat it as a last-resort option only where no compliant alternative is reachable. | Developers and small teams wanting Ryzen/NVMe VPS with US, EU, and APAC locations from one transparent boutique provider |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | — | 2 GB |
| Storage | — | 20 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | 2 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 8 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €4.00 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | — | €2.00 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Vienna, Helsinki, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Stockholm, London, Charlotte US, Moscow (plus St. Petersburg on aeza.ru) | United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Australia |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenter | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenter |
| Visit Aeza → | Visit NexusBytes → | |
Aeza
Pros
- + Very competitive published specs: €5.93/mo for 2GB RAM, 30GB NVMe, 51.2TB traffic on a 1Gbps port
- + Metered month-to-month pricing with no renewal jumps; hourly billing from about €0.02–0.04/hr
- + Modern hardware (Ryzen 9 9950X-class cores, NVMe, KVM) with IPv4 and /48 IPv6 included
- + 10–11 locations across Europe, the US, and Russia with Tier III claims and 2 Tbps DDoS filtering
- + Crypto payments and minimal-signup registration for privacy-sensitive users
Cons
- - OFAC-sanctioned: Aeza Group designated 1 July 2025 as bulletproof hosting for infostealer, ransomware, and darknet drug infrastructure; leadership on the SDN List
- - U.S. persons prohibited from transacting; secondary-sanctions, payment-processing, and audit/compliance exposure for everyone else
- - IP reputation risk from association with abuse-heavy infrastructure; upstream de-peering or null-routing possible
- - No money-back guarantee, no traditional control panel, and unclearly documented backups/snapshots
- - Published 99.9% uptime has no SLA with credits; user reports mention IP problems, outages, and slow support replies
NexusBytes
Pros
- + Ryzen + NVMe hardware at budget prices: 2 vCore / 2 GB from $6.40/month (annual), budget LA plans from $4/month
- + Eight locations on four continents from a single small provider — NYC, LA, Miami, Naaldwijk, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Melbourne
- + DDoS protection, IPv4 plus /64 IPv6, instant provisioning, and à-la-carte upgrades published openly
- + Virtual dedicated line gives true dedicated Ryzen vCores from $19.20/month
- + Candid policy writing: fair-share rules, SLA exceptions, and published looking glasses
Cons
- - Very small operator (founder-run Connecticut LLC) — counterparty risk compared with larger chains
- - Self-managed by default; DirectAdmin management is a paid add-on
- - Best prices require annual commitment; monthly terms cost roughly 25% more
- - SLA is 99.9% monthly with case-by-case credits and a broad exception list (maintenance, hardware failure, DDoS, peering)
- - Fair-share CPU and port speed on standard VPS; APAC plans ship with much lower transfer allowances
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