Provider request: natboxio
Where do you provide services?
Germany (Contabo data centre). Operated from Kuwait.
What sort of services do you offer?
NAT VPS (Incus LXC containers) from $1/month, plus a small WireGuard VPN plan
Are you a registered company or a sole trader?
Sole trader (natbox.io is my trading name)
Company registration number (if applicable)
N/A (sole trader). Operator details: https://natbox.io/legal
What is your website?
Tell us about your company, yourself and your services
Hi LES, I'm Mohammad AlSaraf from Kuwait. I run natbox.io on my own as a sole trader.
natbox is a small NAT VPS host. I rent a server from Contabo in Germany and run customer servers on it as unprivileged Incus LXC containers (Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine or AlmaLinux) with root over SSH. Each server gets a block of forwarded IPv4 ports (TCP + UDP) on a shared IPv4, a routed /80 of IPv6, and its own domains on 80/443 (HTTP routed by hostname, HTTPS by SNI, TLS stays with the customer).
Plans: Nano $1/mo (512 MB RAM, 0.5 shared core, 5 GB SSD, 10 ports), Box $1.25, Box Plus $2.25, Box CPU $4.50 (1 dedicated core). Hard RAM limits, no swap, 100 Mbit/s each way. New customers can try a small server free for 1 month with no payment details. Payment by PayPal, crypto (NOWPayments) or account credit, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the first paid server.
What it is not: no Docker or nested containers, no dedicated IPv4, no Windows, outbound mail ports blocked.
Public info: status page https://status.natbox.io, terms https://natbox.io/terms, AUP https://natbox.io/aup, operator details https://natbox.io/legal, and benchmarks on the home page. Happy to answer any questions here.
Hardware owned or leased?
Leased (rented server from Contabo)
IPv4 owned or leased?
Leased from Contabo (one shared IPv4, NAT with port blocks)
IPv6 on-link or routed?
Routed, a /80 per server
VPS control panel?
Own client area: power, reinstall, root password, domains, usage graphs, browser console, snapshots; plus a Telegram bot
Mail ports blocked?
Yes, outbound 25, 465 and 587 (a relay on 2525 or a mail API works)
Comments
Contabo is a big no.