Best Cloud Accounts for VPN Hosting
Hosting your own VPN gives full control over your traffic and privacy. Here are the best cloud accounts by use case.
Oracle Cloud (free option): Always-free 4 OCPU/24GB with 10TB/month bandwidth. Best permanent free VPN host. WireGuard works well on ARM instances.
DigitalOcean ($4–6/month): Most popular for personal VPNs. 1TB bandwidth/month on the $6 plan. Simple UI makes WireGuard or OpenVPN setup straightforward.
Vultr ($2.50–5/month): 32 datacenter locations — best for a VPN exit node in a specific country. 500GB–1TB bandwidth included.
Hetzner (€3.79/month): Best EU VPN option. CX22 includes 20TB/month bandwidth — far more than any personal VPN needs.
Recommended software: WireGuard (fastest, modern, all platforms), OpenVPN (most compatible), V2Ray/Xray (best for bypassing deep packet inspection).
All providers allow VPN ports (51820/UDP for WireGuard, 1194/UDP for OpenVPN) — no special account approval needed, unlike port 25.