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A VPS in Frankfurt, Germany, from $4 a month.

Germany sits in the middle of Europe, and so does its internet. It is where you put a server that has to be close to everyone on the continent at once. Billed by the hour, never more than the month, paid in crypto.

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Who hosts in Frankfurt

Why put a server in Germany?

Frankfurt is where you host when your users are everywhere in Europe at once. DE-CIX Frankfurt connects 1,018 networks, the most of any exchange in our 15 countries, and peaks above 18 Tbps. The physics floor from here is 4 ms to Berlin, 5 ms to Paris, 9 ms to Warsaw and 14 ms to Madrid.

German data protection is strict and well understood: the GDPR plus the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), with the BfDI at federal level and state authorities for most companies. That is why EU businesses with German customers often want their servers here.

Frankfurt is also a strong pick for infrastructure that has to behave: mail, DNS and APIs. Outbound port 25 is open and you can set reverse DNS yourself, so a mail server here doesn’t start with a ticket.

Germany at a glance

Server location
Frankfurt, Germany
Jurisdiction
EU founding member (1958). GDPR applies.
Data protection
GDPR plus the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). Federal regulator BfDI, with state authorities for most companies.
Main internet exchanges
  • DE-CIX Frankfurt1,018 networks
  • KleyReX273 networks
  • DE-CIX Düsseldorf207 networks
Closest to
All of the EU from one point, especially Central and Eastern Europe, DACH, Benelux and the Nordics.

Exchange figures describe the country’s internet, not which exchanges your server connects to. DE-CIX Frankfurt peaks above 18 Tbps and connects 1,018 networks, the most of any exchange in our 15 countries.

Latency from Frankfurt

How close is Frankfurt to your users?

The physics minimum, not a marketing number. Where another of our locations is clearly closer, we say so.

  1. Berlin4 ms
  2. Paris5 ms
  3. London6 ms
  4. Warsaw9 ms
  5. Rome10 ms
  6. Madrid14 ms
  7. Athens18 msCloser: Bulgaria, 5 ms
  8. Istanbul19 msCloser: Turkey, 0 ms
  9. Cairo29 msCloser: Turkey, 12 ms
  10. Tel Aviv29 msCloser: Turkey, 11 ms
Show all 26 cities
  1. Dubai48 msCloser: Pakistan, 20 ms
  2. Lagos49 ms
  3. Almaty51 msCloser: Pakistan, 11 ms
  4. Karachi57 msCloser: Pakistan, 11 ms
  5. New York62 msCloser: United States, 41 ms
  6. Toronto63 msCloser: United States, 36 ms
  7. Mumbai66 msCloser: Pakistan, 16 ms
  8. Chicago70 msCloser: United States, 30 ms
  9. Seoul85 msCloser: Japan, 12 ms
  10. Johannesburg87 msCloser: Turkey, 75 ms
  11. Hong Kong92 msCloser: Singapore, 26 ms
  12. Los Angeles93 msCloser: United States, 6 ms
  13. Mexico City96 msCloser: United States, 30 ms
  14. São Paulo98 ms
  15. Jakarta111 msCloser: Singapore, 9 ms
  16. Sydney165 msCloser: Singapore, 63 ms

The fastest a round trip from Frankfurt could ever be: light in fibre covers about 200 km per millisecond, over the straight-line distance. Real routes are longer and add equipment, so expect more. We only suggest another location when it saves at least 10 ms, and some neighbouring countries don’t connect directly, so a closer location can still be slower. Hourly billing makes it cheap to test both.

Know this before you deploy

A bill approved by the German cabinet in April 2026 would make internet access providers keep the IP addresses they assign for three months. As of 27 October 2026 the Bundestag had held its first reading and a committee hearing, but no final vote, so it is not law.

Plans in Frankfurt

Every size, deployed in Frankfurt.

Same price as every other country. Hourly never goes above the monthly cap, and a Keep year costs less than twelve months.

PlanvCPURAMNVMeTrafficHourlyMonthly capKeep a year
Lite 222 GB40 GB NVMe1 TB$0.006$4$40Deploy
Lite 666 GB100 GB NVMe2 TB$0.012$8$80Deploy
Lite 888 GB160 GB NVMe3 TB$0.018$12$120Deploy
Lite 161616 GB320 GB NVMe4 TB$0.03$20$220Deploy
Lite 321632 GB640 GB NVMe6 TB$0.06$40$440Deploy
Lite 642464 GB1,280 GB NVMe8 TB$0.12$80$880Deploy
Lite 963296 GB1,920 GB NVMe10 TB$0.18$120$1,320Deploy
Lite 12840128 GB2,560 GB NVMe12 TB$0.24$160$1,760Deploy
Lite 19248192 GB3,840 GB NVMe14 TB$0.36$240$2,640Deploy
Lite 25664256 GB5,120 GB NVMe16 TB$0.48$320$3,520Deploy

More ways to host in Frankfurt

Prices exclude VAT, which applies to EU consumers. Traffic counts outbound only, and the allowances of all your servers add up into one pool. Full pricing.

Good fits

What to run in Frankfurt.

Three jobs that suit Germany, and the plan we would start each one on. Delete any time and billing stops.

  • An EU SaaS or ecommerce backend

    Sixteen vCPUs and 16 GB of RAM in the middle of the continent, for an app with customers from Lisbon to Warsaw.

    Lite 16$20/mo

    Deploy Lite 16 in Frankfurt

  • Mail and DNS servers

    Port 25 open outbound and reverse DNS you set yourself. A small Lite is plenty for a mail server or a pair of name servers.

    Lite 2$4/mo

    Deploy Lite 2 in Frankfurt

  • GPU work close to Europe

    Forge L4 puts an NVIDIA L4 slice with 2 GB of VRAM in Frankfurt, by the hour. Check the GPU page for what the slice supports before you rely on it.

    Forge L4$40/mo

    Deploy Forge L4 in Frankfurt

How it works

From payment to root in Frankfurt.

No sales call, no paperwork. One crypto deposit funds every server you run, in any of our countries.

  1. Create an account

    An email address and a password, plus your country for VAT. No name, no phone number, no ID.

  2. Add funds in crypto

    From $20, in Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, USDC, Solana, BNB, XRP or Monero. Your first deposit picks up the launch bonus by itself.

  3. Pick the plan in Frankfurt

    Choose an image, add your SSH key or take a root password, and deploy. Billing starts when the server is ready.

  4. Log in and build

    Your server is usually ready within 15 minutes. Full root access, an IPv4 address and DDoS filtering come with it.

Germany questions

Before you pick Frankfurt.

Is Frankfurt good for users across Europe?

It is one of the most central points you can pick: the physics floor is 4 ms to Berlin, 5 ms to Paris, 6 ms to London, 9 ms to Warsaw and 14 ms to Madrid.

Should I pick Frankfurt or Amsterdam?

Frankfurt is closer to Central and Eastern Europe (9 ms to Warsaw against 11 ms from Amsterdam). Amsterdam is a little closer to the UK (4 ms to London against 6 ms). Try both by the hour and keep the faster one.

Will Germany make providers keep IP addresses?

Possibly, but the bill is aimed at internet access providers, which assign IP addresses to their users, rather than at server hosts. The federal cabinet approved it on 22 April 2026 with a three-month retention period. The Bundestag held its first reading on 24 June 2026 and a committee hearing on 7 October 2026; as of 27 October 2026 there had been no final vote. We will update this page when there is.

Which data protection rules apply in Germany?

The GDPR plus the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The federal regulator is the BfDI, and state authorities supervise most private companies.

Can I run a mail server in Frankfurt?

Yes. Outbound port 25 is open on every server and you can set reverse DNS for your IP address, which mail servers need. Our terms still apply: no spam.

Does a server here cost more than in other countries?

No. Every plan costs the same in all 15 of our countries, with the same traffic allowance, billed by the hour and never more than the monthly price.

Nearby countries

Run more than one country

One balance pays for servers anywhere we operate, at the same price. A second server in the Netherlands is the simplest backup plan there is.

Your server in Frankfurt.One crypto payment away.

Lites from $4 a month, usually ready within 15 minutes. Pay by the hour, never more than the month.

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