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by tristanho 2638 days ago
This is great.

The one thing I don't see mentioned is the cost. How much more does it cost (say compared to DigitalOcean) for a VPS in Iceland?

Not implying an extra cost wouldn't be worthwhile, but curious if it's a marginal difference or something like double the price.

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Good point which I forgot to mention in the article.

There are not a Linodes or Digital Oceans in Iceland so it’s definitely more expensive. I think it’s safe to say it’s almost double the price if you buy a VPS with similar specs. Check out 1984hosting.com or orangewebsite.com to figure out for yourself.

As someone who now exclusively hosts in Iceland + Finland for two very freedom of speech and arguably good privacy countries, Iceland costs me twice as much as Finland.

Put into perspective, I pay the equivalent of 100eur in Iceland for a decent sized server (64GB memory, 4TB storage, and my own subnet announced), and in Finland I pay 34eur for the exact same specifications.