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Your own VPN, not a VPN service

Public VPN apps sell your traffic back to advertisers sooner or later. A VPS with WireGuard serves one customer — you.

What you get that VPN services do not

No device limits, no bandwidth caps, no “premium servers” upsell, and nobody else on your IP address. Your traffic is not logged by a company — the only logs that exist are the ones you enable yourself. Unlimited traffic on a 1 Gbit/s port is enough for streaming, and a Frankfurt IP keeps latency to EU services in single digits.

Setup: one guide, five minutes

The full walkthrough is in Personal WireGuard VPN: install, generate keys, add your phone by QR code, done. WireGuard is in the Linux kernel, so the tunnel is fast even on a €3 box.

Which plan, honestly

The €3 NAT plan works as a VPN endpoint — WireGuard listens on UDP, and forwarded ports cover it. Its location is the US, which is fine for unblocking US services and terrible for German TV. For EU latency, take Buran-1 (€6.5) in Frankfurt — a dedicated IPv4 also means no port-forward games. A personal VPN will not feel the difference between 1 and 4 GB RAM; speed comes from the port and the distance, not from the plan.

Good to know before you start

One IP serves a household well. Streaming services sometimes block datacenter IP ranges — that is a cat-and-mouse game no host can promise you, and we do not pretend otherwise. What we can promise: your server, your keys, your rules, and a 24-hour refund if you change your mind.

Quick answers

Is a VPS VPN hard to run?

WireGuard setup is about ten commands, once. After that the tunnel starts itself on boot, both on the server and on your devices. If you can follow a guide with copy-paste commands, you can run it.

Which location should I pick?

Frankfurt for EU users — the best latency in the region. The US NAT plan suits US services and budget VPNs. Your plan can change later with one click.

Can the host see my traffic?

Your traffic enters an encrypted WireGuard tunnel before it leaves your device; the server forwards packets without inspecting them. We do not run deep packet inspection and do not keep traffic logs — the privacy ceiling is your own server configuration.

A personal VPN starts at €3/mo.

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