Just a heads up that gcore is Russian, uses Russian repos for their VMS and is generally super unreliable.
gcore is russian.
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Gcore seems to be Russian.
How come? I only can see a controversy from 2022 about hosting RT, and they have since suspended bussiness in Russia. I couldn’t find any other connection.
The founder is Russian (or Belarusian). They were constrained to suspend their service in Russia, but most of their investors are still Russian.
Look at where they are implanted: only Russian influence circle (e.g. Uzbekistan) or targets (Lithuania, Ukraine).
I really recommend Bunny! It is not 1 euro per month. It’s flexible pricing based on usage (based on my experience, it uses credits)
They offer a proxy service like Cloudflare does as well, and their static website hosting is also really great and fast. I don’t miss Cloudflare anymore.
The only thing I miss is ipv6 support on the proxy service. They said they are working on it.
Not switched yet as I am hanging on because I use Cloudflare tunnels. Might look at alternatives later on this year but a few projects need signing off before I can do that
If you’re using cloudflare tunnels, you might want to check out Tailscale or Zerotier as alternatives - they’re both solid for secure access to your stuff without the cloudflare dependancy.
