About Netcup

Netcup is a German hosting company founded in 2003, widely respected among Linux enthusiasts and budget hosting communities for consistently excellent benchmark performance per euro. They own and operate their primary data center in Karlsruhe, Germany (with additional nodes in Nuremberg). Netcup products include KVM root servers (VPS), dedicated servers, managed hosting, and domain registration.

Pricing

Root server (VPS) pricing starts at €2.73/mo for the RS 2000 G11 (2 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 40GB SSD, 80TB traffic). Coupon codes, regularly shared on forums like LowEndTalk, provide up to 30% off. All prices include German VAT; net pricing is lower for business customers outside Germany.

Service Details

Netcup uses KVM virtualization. Their customer control panel (CCP) offers VNC console access, OS reinstall (from a large library of Linux images), snapshots, and resource monitoring. Network: 1Gbps uplink with 80TB included traffic (overages €1/TB). IPv4 and IPv6 included. DDoS mitigation in place. ISO 27001 certified. Support in German and English via ticket.

Available in: Nuremberg (Germany), Karlsruhe (Germany), Vienna (Austria, via partner), Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Web Hosting

Netcup offers web hosting packages (Webhosting) starting around €1.99/month with PHP, MySQL, and their own web control panel. Hosted in Germany with GDPR compliance.

Learn More

For more information about Netcup, visit their website at https://www.netcup.eu/