Zurich · Premium tier · since 2023

Switzerland VPS. The neutral jurisdiction.

Centuries of privacy doctrine, codified for the internet age. FADP data protection, no hosting retention mandate, outside the EU and every surveillance club. No KYC, crypto-only, root in 55 seconds.

  • Premium tier · +20%
  • from $7.19/mo
  • 1 Gbps · 1 Tbps+ DDoS
  • Median deploy 55s
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Why this jurisdiction

Privacy as national doctrine, not marketing

Switzerland's privacy culture predates the internet by centuries, and the revised Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP, in force since September 2023) keeps it current: strict purpose limitation, serious penalties, and — critically for hosting — no blanket retention duty for server providers. The BÜPF retention rules bind telecom operators, not hosts.

Switzerland sits outside the EU, outside the EEA, and outside every intelligence-sharing arrangement. Political neutrality is constitutional doctrine, not posture. Foreign takedown pressure meets the Swiss principle of proportionality: nothing happens without a Swiss court weighing the claim, and Swiss judges do not rubber-stamp foreign default judgments.

A DMCA notice in Zurich is an American letter. Combined with SwissIX peering and single-digit latency to Frankfurt, Zurich is the premium pick for data-sensitive workloads aimed at European users.

Legal highlights

  • nFADP (2023) — modern, strict data-protection law aimed at collectors, not hosts.
  • Outside EU and all surveillance alliances — constitutional neutrality, no 5/9/14-eyes membership.
  • No retention mandate for hosting — BÜPF binds telecom operators, not server providers.
  • Court order required. Foreign judgments are not enforced; Swiss courts apply proportionality review.
  • Tor exits allowed — our second exit jurisdiction, with proper rDNS per the AUP.
Datacenter & network

Zurich facility, Swiss-grade fabric

The most expensive power and space in our lineup — and the most predictable network in Europe.

Tier III+ facility

Zurich-area datacenter: N+1 power and cooling, biometric access, 24/7 on-site hands. Hydro-dominated Swiss grid with utility redundancy.

AMD EPYC KVM nodes

EPYC 75F3 "Milan" hosts for SV-Nano through SV-Pro; EPYC 9654 "Genoa" for SV-Max and SV-Ultra. DDR4 ECC, NVMe RAID-10, no overselling.

1 Tbps+ DDoS protection

Always-on L3/L4 mitigation in front of every IP, included free. L7 filtering available as a $4.99/mo add-on at checkout.

Network

2×10 Gbps uplinks via Arelion and GTT; 10 Gbps SwissIX peering port. Single-digit milliseconds to Frankfurt, Paris and Milan.

Encrypted nodes, no logs

Full-disk encryption on every host. No activity logs, no connection logs — we can't sell or surrender what we never record.

Clean IPs

Every IPv4 is checked against 40+ DNSBLs before assignment. Flagged addresses are quarantined and recycled, never sold.

Looking glass & test endpoints

  • Looking glasslg-ch.vpsrento.com
  • Test IPv4185.220.105.2
  • Test IPv62a0d:5940:5::2
  • Speedtest files100 MB / 1 GB over HTTP at the looking-glass host

Test from your network

Run these before you buy. Numbers from your own ISP beat any marketing table.

$ ping -c 10 lg-ch.vpsrento.com $ mtr -rwzbc 50 lg-ch.vpsrento.com $ curl -o /dev/null http://lg-ch.vpsrento.com/1000mb.test
Latency

Median RTT from Zurich

Measured against our looking-glass host, trailing 30 days, median round-trip. Your route may differ — always test from your own network.

DestinationTypical routeMedian RTT
🇬🇧 London — Western Europevia Paris14 ms
🇩🇪 Frankfurt — Central Europedirect, SwissIX–DE-CIX7 ms
🇺🇸 New York — US Eastvia Paris / London84 ms
🇺🇸 Los Angeles — US Westvia Frankfurt / New York146 ms
🇸🇬 Singapore — Asia-Pacificvia Frankfurt171 ms
🇧🇷 São Paulo — South Americavia Lisbon / Miami196 ms

Who should pick Switzerland

  • Data-sensitive and finance-adjacent services that benefit from neutrality and the FADP's collector-focused enforcement.
  • Tor exit operators — our second exit jurisdiction, same conditions as Iceland: proper rDNS, reduced exit policy.
  • Teams serving European users who want premium legal posture with 7 ms to Frankfurt — armor your users never feel.

"Asked support a BGP question at 3 AM. Got a real answer from a real engineer in 11 minutes. No scripts, no tier-1 bots."

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Honest note: Swiss courts function, and a valid Swiss court order wins. What never wins is a foreign form letter — proportionality review is where bulk complaints go to die.
Plans in Zurich

Premium tier pricing

Standard price ×1.20, rounded — Swiss power, space and transit are the most expensive in our lineup. Same five plans, same specs, same 55-second deploys.

PlanvCPU (AMD EPYC)RAMNVMeBandwidthPrice/mo
SV-Nano12 GB DDR425 GB2 TB @ 1 Gbps$7.19
SV-Core24 GB DDR460 GB4 TB @ 1 Gbps$12.99
SV-Pro48 GB DDR4120 GBUnmetered @ 1 Gbps$23.99
SV-Max816 GB DDR4240 GBUnmetered @ 1 Gbps$44.49
SV-Ultra1632 GB DDR4480 GBUnmetered @ 1 Gbps$83.99

Quarterly −10% · 6 months −30% · annual −50%. Testing first? The hourly SV-Nano sandbox runs $0.009/hr, max 72 h. Windows VPS available in Zurich from $22.99/mo — see Windows plans.

FAQ

Switzerland, answered

Swiss power, rack space and transit are the priciest in our network, and we price locations at cost rather than averaging it away. Every plan is the Standard price ×1.20, rounded — SV-Nano starts at $7.19/mo. Hardware, deploy speed and policies are identical everywhere.

Yes. Switzerland is not an EU or EEA member, so EU regulations do not apply directly. A complainant needs a Swiss court order, and the nFADP governs data matters — with no retention mandate touching hosting providers. We store no identity or logs regardless, so there is nothing further to compel.

Yes. Switzerland is our second exit jurisdiction alongside Iceland, under the same conditions: correct reverse DNS and a reduced exit policy per the AUP. Middle relays and bridges are welcome in every location with no conditions.

Deploy in Zurich in 55 seconds

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