Privex is a privacy-focused host from the Hive and crypto community that has accepted Bitcoin, Monero, Litecoin and Dogecoin for years, with virtual and dedicated servers in Germany, the USA and now Sweden. Both companies sell to the same crowd, so here is the honest comparison, with Privex's figures taken from its public site on the date above.
| Size | cryptoip.io | Privex |
|---|---|---|
| 1 GB RAM | $5/mo Nano · 1 vCPU · 25 GB NVMe · unmetered 1 Gbit | $8.00/mo V1 (Germany) · 2 cores · 50 GB HDD · 2 TB traffic |
| 8 GB RAM · 4 cores | $24/mo Large · 200 GB NVMe · unmetered 10 Gbit · US or EU, same price | $40.00/mo V8 (Germany) · 200 GB HDD · 2 TB traffic $50.00/mo V8 (USA) · 100 GB HDD · 2 TB traffic |
| In between | Small 2 vCPU / 2 GB / 50 GB $10 · Medium 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 100 GB $14 · custom sizes $4 + $2/GB + $1/vCPU | Plans between V1 and V8 not listed on the homepage; see their order pages. |
Privex figures from privex.io on 28 September 2026. Their homepage also advertises a new Stockholm location "from just $0.99/month" without listing its specs. cryptoip.io prices are USD list prices; annual billing is ten months for twelve.
| cryptoip.io | Privex | |
|---|---|---|
| Payment | BTC, LTC, XMR, DASH, DOGE on-chain; USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, TRX, BNB, XRP and more via swap. | Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, Dogecoin, Hive and HBD, EOS. |
| Account | None. Pay an invoice, get a private order link. | Not stated on the homepage; check their order flow. |
| Storage | NVMe on every plan. | HDD on the listed virtual servers; SSD and NVMe on dedicated servers. |
| Bandwidth | Unmetered, 1 to 10 Gbit port by plan. | 2 TB per month on virtual servers; 10 to 50 TB on dedicated. |
| Locations | 10 cities: Ashburn, Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Paris, Warsaw, Amsterdam, London. | Germany, USA, Sweden. |
| Dedicated servers | Not offered. Largest VPS is 32 GB RAM; RPC and validator node plans up to 16 GB. | Yes: 64 GB to 512 GB RAM, $210 to $650/mo plus setup fees. |
| Other products | WireGuard VPN, game servers, one-click apps, Kubernetes, seedboxes, S3 storage, Bitcoin and Ethereum nodes. | Focused on servers. |
| Provisioning | Automatic, about a minute after the payment confirms. | Not stated on the homepage. |
| Backups | None. Storage not mirrored. You are told this at checkout. | Not stated on the homepage; ask them. |
| DDoS protection | Not a filtered network. | Not stated on the homepage. |
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