Windows VPS hosting

How ordering a Windows VPS works

1. Pick a plan and locationChoose the vCPU, RAM and NVMe size you need, then France (Paris or Marseille) or the United States (New York or Edison). The price is the same in both.
2. Choose the term and payWindows servers are sold in terms of 30 days or more. Pay the invoice in Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum or Solana, or by card, either prepaid or as a monthly subscription.
3. Wait for Windows to installSetup usually takes 5 to 10 minutes after the payment confirms, longer than a Linux server because Windows is a larger install. We email you when the server is ready.
4. Connect over RDPYour access page shows the RDP address as IP:port, the user Administrator and a generated password, shown once. Paste the address into Remote Desktop and sign in.

Windows VPS plans and prices

Prices are USD per month with the Windows Server licence included, and they are the same in both locations. Crypto invoices are converted at checkout. Every plan has NVMe storage, a dedicated IPv4 address and unmetered traffic.

Sold in terms of 30 days or more, at the same price in France and the US. The full price list also has the Linux plans, which can be rented by the day.

What people run on a Windows VPS

• Trading platformsMetaTrader 4 or 5, cTrader or NinjaTrader with expert advisors that have to stay online when your own PC is off.
• IIS and ASP.NET sitesWeb applications that need IIS and the .NET Framework, with SQL Server Express alongside for a small database.
• Windows-only softwareAccounting packages, line-of-business tools and other desktop programs with no Linux build, kept running in one place.
• A remote desktopA Windows desktop you can reach from a laptop, tablet or phone, with its own IPv4 address in France or the US.
• Scheduled jobs and scriptsPowerShell scripts, scheduled tasks and Windows services that should run around the clock on a machine that does not sleep.
• Build and test machinesCompile and test Windows builds, or check how your software behaves on Windows Server, without keeping a spare PC.

What you get with every Windows server

Every plan is a virtual machine running licensed Windows Server 2022 with NVMe storage, a dedicated public IPv4 address and unmetered traffic. You sign in as Administrator, so you can install software, add users, change firewall rules and turn on Windows roles such as IIS.

From your access page you can restart the server, power it off and on, reset the Administrator password, open a browser console, reinstall Windows and add more time. The access page opens from a link sent to your email, so there is no account to create and no password of ours to keep.

Locations: Paris or Marseille in France, and New York or Edison in the United States. You choose the region, and it covers both cities.

Connecting to your RDP VPS

• Address. The access page shows the RDP address as IP:port. Each server has its own port instead of the default 3389, so include the port when you connect.
• From Windows. Open Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc), paste the address and sign in as Administrator.
• From macOS, iOS or Android. Use Microsoft's Windows App (formerly Microsoft Remote Desktop) and add a PC with the same address.
• From Linux. Remmina and FreeRDP both work; with FreeRDP the command is xfreerdp /v:IP:port /u:Administrator.
• Password. A strong password is generated during setup and shown once on the access page. You can reset it there at any time.
• If RDP stops answering, for example after a firewall change, the browser console on the access page still reaches the server.

What a cheap Windows VPS costs here

The monthly figure in the table is the price of the server: the Windows Server licence is included, traffic is unmetered, and France and the US cost the same. Plan size is the only thing that changes it.

Windows Server with a desktop uses a couple of gigabytes of memory before your own software starts, so size the plan for what you run on top of that. A trading terminal or a small IIS site fits on the smaller plans; several terminals, a database or many remote users need more RAM and cores.

If a Linux server would do the job, those plans cost less and can be rented by the day. They are on the price list.

Terms, payment and limits

• Minimum term. Windows servers are sold for 30 days or more and extended 30 days or more at a time. Linux plans can be rented by the day; Windows plans cannot.
• Payment. Prepay in Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum or Solana, or by card. A card can also run as a monthly subscription.
• Extending. Add time from your access page, in any supported currency. We email you before a prepaid server expires.
• No add-ons. Extra IPv4 addresses and backups are not available on Windows plans. Keep your own copy of anything you cannot lose.
• Refunds. Prepaid hosting is not refundable once the server is provisioned, so choose the plan size with that in mind.
• Acceptable use. Unsolicited bulk email, scanning or attacking other systems, fraud and cryptocurrency mining are prohibited on every plan. See the Acceptable Use Policy.

Questions about Windows VPS hosting

More in the FAQ, the Privacy Policy and the Acceptable Use Policy.