Packetra | Privacy Hosting in Finland & Switzerland | No KYC, BTC/XMR | Official Thread
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Hey LES,
This is Packetra's permanent thread for updates, new locations, questions and the occasional deal. Our weekly offers will still go in the Offers sub-forums. This is the place to ask anything in between.
Who we are
Packetra is a privacy-focused hosting provider, live since January 2026 after a closed beta through 2025. The team behind it has 16 years in the hosting industry. Legal entity is ASPB Limited, Hong Kong.
Locations
| Location | Network | Test IP |
|---|---|---|
| Turku, Finland | Our own hardware, colocated at Web1 Oy | 142.228.52.10 |
| Helsinki, Finland | Hetzner | 135.181.190.26 |
| Zurich, Switzerland | Private Layer | 179.43.146.89 |
New Finland VPS orders land on our own hardware in Turku. Looking Glass: https://packetra.com/looking-glass
What we sell
- Cloud VPS: full KVM (not containers), 1 Gbit/s unmetered or 10 Gbit/s metered, Finland and Switzerland
- Dedicated servers: Ryzen, dual Xeon and dual EPYC, no setup fees in Switzerland
- Shared and WordPress hosting
- Domains
How we work
- No KYC. Signup is an email and a password. No ID, no selfies, at any stage.
- Self-hosted BTCPay Server for Bitcoin and Monero, no third-party gateway. Other coins via CoinPayments, plus cards, PayPal and Wise.
- Google-free site and portal. No Analytics, no ad tracking, no reCAPTCHA.
- Human support 24/7, answered by the same small team that runs the infrastructure.
Quick policy notes
- VPNs allowed everywhere
- Tor relays and bridges allowed, exit nodes not allowed anywhere
- Switzerland: torrents and lawful 18+ content permitted. Copyright complaints need a Swiss court order.
- Finland: no torrents/P2P
Full AUP per location: https://packetra.com/aup
Links
Website: https://packetra.com
Client portal: https://portal.packetra.com
Payment methods: https://packetra.com/payments
Questions about routing, hardware, payments or policy, ask here and we'll answer.
Comments
nice to see Finland different provider.
what about discounts?