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VPS in Iceland

A VPS in Reykjavik, Iceland, from $4 a month.

Iceland is in the European Economic Area but not the EU, halfway between Europe and North America. It suits work where the location of your data matters more than a few milliseconds. Billed by the hour, never more than the month, paid in crypto.

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Who hosts in Reykjavik

Why put a server in Iceland?

Iceland is for people who care where their data sits. It is in the European Economic Area but not the EU: the GDPR applies through the EEA Agreement and Act No. 90/2018, supervised by Persónuvernd, while the EU Digital Services Act is not yet part of the EEA Agreement.

It sits between two continents. The physics floor from Reykjavik is 19 ms to London and 42 ms to New York, so one server reaches both sides of the Atlantic reasonably, without being the fastest for either.

The trade-off is size. RIX, the main exchange, lists 25 networks, and international traffic travels by subsea cable. Keep the latency-critical app in Amsterdam or Frankfurt and put the data and the batch work here.

Iceland at a glance

Server location
Reykjavik, Iceland
Jurisdiction
Not in the EU. EEA member since 1994, so GDPR applies through the EEA Agreement (since 20 July 2018). The EU Digital Services Act is not yet part of the EEA Agreement.
Data protection
GDPR via the EEA, implemented by Act No. 90/2018. Supervised by Persónuvernd.
Main internet exchanges
  • RIX25 networks
Closest to
Nordic users, and a middle point between North America and Europe.

Exchange figures describe the country’s internet, not which exchanges your server connects to.

Latency from Reykjavik

How close is Reykjavik to your users?

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

  1. London19 msCloser: Netherlands, 4 ms
  2. Paris22 msCloser: Luxembourg, 3 ms
  3. Berlin24 msCloser: Germany, 4 ms
  4. Warsaw28 msCloser: Lithuania, 4 ms
  5. Madrid29 msCloser: Luxembourg, 13 ms
  6. Rome33 msCloser: Bulgaria, 9 ms
  7. Istanbul41 msCloser: Turkey, 0 ms
  8. Athens42 msCloser: Bulgaria, 5 ms
  9. New York42 ms
  10. Toronto42 ms
Show all 26 cities
  1. Chicago48 msCloser: United States, 30 ms
  2. Tel Aviv52 msCloser: Turkey, 11 ms
  3. Cairo53 msCloser: Turkey, 12 ms
  4. Almaty62 msCloser: Pakistan, 11 ms
  5. Lagos67 msCloser: Bulgaria, 45 ms
  6. Dubai69 msCloser: Pakistan, 20 ms
  7. Los Angeles69 msCloser: United States, 6 ms
  8. Karachi75 msCloser: Pakistan, 11 ms
  9. Mexico City75 msCloser: United States, 30 ms
  10. Mumbai83 msCloser: Pakistan, 16 ms
  11. Seoul84 msCloser: Japan, 12 ms
  12. Hong Kong97 msCloser: Singapore, 26 ms
  13. São Paulo100 ms
  14. Johannesburg109 msCloser: Turkey, 75 ms
  15. Jakarta124 msCloser: Singapore, 9 ms
  16. Sydney166 msCloser: Singapore, 63 ms

The fastest a round trip from Reykjavik 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

Iceland has one main internet exchange and its international traffic travels by subsea cable. Expect higher latency to mainland Europe than from the Netherlands or Germany.

Plans in Reykjavik

Every size, deployed in Reykjavik.

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 Reykjavik

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 Reykjavik.

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

  • Archives and backups

    A Vault 6 holds 2 TB on NVMe with 25 TB of traffic, outside the EU and inside the EEA.

    Vault 6$24/mo

    Deploy Vault 6 in Reykjavik

  • Batch jobs and crawlers

    Work where a few extra milliseconds don’t matter. Sixteen vCPUs, billed by the hour, deleted when the job is done.

    Lite 16$20/mo

    Deploy Lite 16 in Reykjavik

  • Personal projects outside the EU

    A notes server, a VPN or a small site, on the smallest Lite.

    Lite 2$4/mo

    Deploy Lite 2 in Reykjavik

How it works

From payment to root in Reykjavik.

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 Reykjavik

    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.

Iceland questions

Before you pick Reykjavik.

Is Iceland in the EU?

No. Iceland has been in the European Economic Area since 1994 but is not an EU member. The GDPR applies through the EEA Agreement (since 20 July 2018), and the EU Digital Services Act is not yet part of that agreement.

Is Reykjavik fast for North America?

For the East Coast it is reasonable: the physics floor is 42 ms to New York and 42 ms to Toronto. For Chicago and the West, our San Francisco location is closer (30 ms to Chicago against 48 ms from here).

Is Reykjavik fast for mainland Europe?

Slower than the mainland: London is 19 ms from Reykjavik against 4 ms from Amsterdam. Keep latency-critical apps in Amsterdam or Frankfurt.

Who supervises data protection in Iceland?

Persónuvernd, under the GDPR as implemented by Act No. 90/2018.

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 Sweden is the simplest backup plan there is.

Your server in Reykjavik.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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