Why Your Own VPN?
Commercial VPN services promise anonymity – but who controls their servers? Who logs what?
With your own VPN, you have full control. No logs except those you activate yourself. No overloaded servers. Unlimited devices.
Hardware Requirements
WireGuard is extremely lightweight. The bottleneck isn't CPU or RAM, but bandwidth.
Watch out for traffic limits! Contabo and Strato have limits, Hetzner and Netcup offer true 'unlimited'.
| Usage | Bandwidth | Traffic/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Browsing & Email | 10 Mbit/s | ~10-20 GB |
| HD Streaming | 25 Mbit/s | ~100-300 GB |
| 4K Streaming | 50+ Mbit/s | ~500+ GB |
| Downloads | Max possible | TB range |
Our Recommendation
For VPN, bandwidth matters more than RAM or CPU. Recommendation: an entry-level VPS with a generous traffic allowance (20 TB or more), e.g. at Hetzner.
Alternative with unlimited traffic: Netcup. Which plans currently offer this at the lowest price is shown in the live table on this page (prices incl. VAT, updated twice daily).