Skiff 2
$ 7 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
🇦🇺 Oceania
VPS hosting in Brisbane
Queensland edge and a Pacific cable landing.
Edge5 EyesOutside GDPR territoryDMCA not applicable10 Gbit/s
Short answer
Yes, you can host a server in Brisbane without KYC. OnionVPS provides anonymous VPS hosting in Brisbane, Australia, at $4 per month. Australia is a Five Eyes alliance member, which means intelligence-sharing agreements exist with other member states. The DMCA does not apply here, as it is US law; local copyright law requires a court order. Legal risks depend on your activities.
- City
- Brisbane
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia (AU)
- Region
- Oceania
- Tier
- Edge
- Intelligence alliance
- Five Eyes member
- GDPR applies
- No
- DMCA applies
- Not applicable — DMCA is US statute
- Online since
- 2024
- Uplink
- 10 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
- Coordinates
- -27.47, 153.03
Why hosting in Brisbane looks the way it does
Brisbane is a strategic edge location for the Asia-Pacific, close to major undersea cable landings. Our Brisbane facility offers 10 Gbit/s uplink, DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage. It joins our Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, and Suva regions, providing low-latency coverage across Oceania. The jurisdiction sits outside GDPR, and DMCA takedowns are not applicable.
Brisbane suits latency-sensitive applications for the eastern Australian seaboard and Pacific islands. Common workloads include gaming servers, CDN edge caching, and real-time data feeds. The proximity to Sydney (12 ms) and Singapore (85 ms) makes it a viable relay or failover point for regional services.
Plans available in Brisbane
Cutter 8
$ 34 /month
- vCPU
- 4 × dedicated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 10 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Clipper 16
$ 92 /month
- vCPU
- 8 × dedicated
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 400 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
- Transfer
- 30 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Hold 4
$ 22 /month
- vCPU
- 2 × shared
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB Enterprise HDD
- Transfer
- 20 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
The hardened Bastion line is restricted to offshore and privacy-tier jurisdictions and is not available here.
Compare all plansEstimated round-trip latency from Brisbane
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 12 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 85 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 99 ms |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 159 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 164 ms |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 190 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 201 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 207 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 211 ms |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 219 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 221 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 225 ms |
Estimates are computed from great-circle distance × 1.35 route factor, at 200 km/ms in fibre, plus 2 ms of equipment latency. They are a floor, not a measurement.
Frequently asked questions
Is Australia a good place to host a server?
Queensland edge and a Pacific cable landing.
Is Australia in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
Yes — Australia is a Five Eyes member. That is a legitimate consideration if state surveillance is in your threat model; it says nothing about the quality of the connectivity, which is why we operate here.
Does the DMCA apply to a server in Australia?
No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Australia is governed by Australia copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.
How fast is Brisbane from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 219 ms to Frankfurt and 207 ms to Ashburn. These are computed from great-circle distance rather than measured, so treat them as a floor.
Do I need to identify myself to order in Brisbane?
No. Every OnionVPS location has the same signup: an email address you control and a cryptocurrency payment. No name, no address, no document, no card.
Do I need to provide identification to get a Brisbane VPS?
No identification is required at any point. You only need an email address you control to sign up. Payment is via cryptocurrency through OxaPay, and no name, address, or document is collected.
How fast is connectivity from Brisbane to Australian cities?
Round-trip times to other OnionVPS regions are estimated at 12 ms to Sydney, 21 ms to Melbourne, 33 ms to Auckland, and 40 ms to Suva. This makes Brisbane an excellent hub for low-latency connections within Oceania.
This page is general information, not legal advice.