Skiff 2
$ 7 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
🇺🇾 Latin America
VPS hosting in Montevideo
Uruguay has the strongest data-protection regime in Latin America and holds an EU adequacy decision — rare outside Europe.
Privacy-firstNo Eyes allianceOutside GDPR territoryDMCA not applicable20 Gbit/s
Short answer
Montevideo, Uruguay, supports VPS hosting without identity verification: an email address you control is the only account identifier OnionVPS holds. Uruguay is not a member of the Five, Nine, or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, and the DMCA does not apply, as it is US law. GDPR does not apply here. Entry price is $4 per month.
- City
- Montevideo
- Country
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay (UY)
- Region
- Latin America
- Tier
- Privacy-first
- Intelligence alliance
- Not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes alliances
- GDPR applies
- No
- DMCA applies
- Not applicable — DMCA is US statute
- Online since
- 2023
- Uplink
- 20 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
- Coordinates
- -34.90, -56.16
Why hosting in Montevideo looks the way it does
Uruguay holds the strongest data-protection regime in Latin America, with an EU adequacy decision rare outside Europe. OnionVPS has operated this region since 2023. The Montevideo facility offers a 20 Gbit/s uplink, DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage. Its location, at -34.9, -56.16, gives a 5 ms round trip to Buenos Aires and a 23 ms hop to São Paulo. Network traffic is protected by always-on mitigation, and connection logs are retained for 0 days.
Deploy latency-sensitive workloads serving South America: a 23 ms round trip to São Paulo and 5 ms to Buenos Aires suits financial trading tools, real-time gaming, or low-latency API backends. Privacy advocates run personal VPNs, mail servers, and decentralised services that benefit from the jurisdiction's non-alliance status and lack of DMCA takedown pressure.
Plans available in Montevideo
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
Bastion 8
$ 59 /month
- vCPU
- 4 × dedicated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB NVMe SSD + LUKS2
- Transfer
- 15 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 3 / /64 routed
Estimated round-trip latency from Montevideo
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 23 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 99 ms |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 108 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 117 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 118 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 151 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 155 ms |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 156 ms |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 162 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 184 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 215 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 253 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 Uruguay a good place to host a server?
Uruguay has the strongest data-protection regime in Latin America and holds an EU adequacy decision — rare outside Europe.
Is Uruguay in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
No. Uruguay is not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, which is one reason it appears in our privacy-first tier.
Does the DMCA apply to a server in Uruguay?
No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Uruguay is governed by Uruguay copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.
How fast is Montevideo from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 156 ms to Frankfurt and 117 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 Montevideo?
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.
What are the data protection laws in Uruguay?
Uruguay's data protection regime is the strongest in Latin America, holding an EU adequacy decision. This means processing personal data here is recognised by the EU as meeting its standards. OnionVPS does not apply the GDPR, but local statutory protection for hosted data is strong and does not require identity verification from you.
How is the network routed from Montevideo to other regions?
Estimated round-trip times from Montevideo are 23 ms to São Paulo, 117 ms to Ashburn, and 156 ms to Frankfurt. The nearest OnionVPS regions are Buenos Aires at 5 ms, Asunción at 17 ms, and Santiago at 20 ms. These figures are great-circle estimates, not measured, so actual latency may vary with internet routing.
This page is general information, not legal advice.