Skiff 2
$ 7 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
🇱🇻 Europe
VPS hosting in Riga
Long-standing home of privacy-oriented hosting in the EU, with cheap transit.
CoreNo Eyes allianceGDPR appliesDMCA not applicable20 Gbit/s
Short answer
Yes, you can host a server in Riga, Latvia, with no KYC. OnionVPS operates in Riga with no identity verification, only an email address. Latvia is not a member of the Five, Nine, or Fourteen Eyes alliances. The DMCA does not apply; it is US law, and local copyright law generally requires a court order. Entry price is $4 per month.
- City
- Riga
- Country
- 🇱🇻 Latvia (LV)
- Region
- Europe
- Tier
- Core
- Intelligence alliance
- Not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes alliances
- GDPR applies
- Yes
- DMCA applies
- Not applicable — DMCA is US statute
- Online since
- 2021
- Uplink
- 20 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage · Custom ISO upload
- Coordinates
- 56.95, 24.11
Why hosting in Riga looks the way it does
Riga is the long-standing home of privacy-oriented hosting in the EU, with cheap transit. OnionVPS has operated here since 2021. The site sits at coordinates 56.95, 24.11, with a 20 Gbit/s uplink and DDoS scrubbing, Native IPv6 /64, NVMe storage, and Custom ISO upload. It's 6 ms from Tallinn and Vilnius, and 7 ms from Helsinki, placing it at the centre of the Baltic network.
Common deployments in Riga include privacy-focused mail servers, OpenBSD or NixOS hosts booted from custom ISOs, and low-latency services for the Baltic and Nordic markets. Raw sockets and nested virtualisation suit network tools, and the 98 ms round trip to Ashburn makes it viable for transatlantic relay points.
Plans available in Riga
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 Riga
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 19 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 20 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 25 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 60 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 93 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 98 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 111 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 116 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 127 ms |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 127 ms |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 152 ms |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 209 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 Latvia a good place to host a server?
Long-standing home of privacy-oriented hosting in the EU, with cheap transit.
Is Latvia in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
No. Latvia is not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, which is one reason it appears in our core tier.
Does the DMCA apply to a server in Latvia?
No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Latvia is governed by Latvia copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.
How fast is Riga from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 19 ms to Frankfurt and 98 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 Riga?
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 Latvian authorities require identity for server hosting?
No. OnionVPS's signup requires only an email address you control. No name, address, document, or card is ever requested. Latvia's legal framework does not impose KYC on hosting providers, so you operate under the jurisdiction without identifying yourself.
What are the legal protections for content hosted in Riga?
Latvia is not in the Five, Nine, or Fourteen Eyes alliances, so intelligence-sharing pressure is less direct. The DMCA is US law and does not bind a host here. Local copyright law applies, and generally a court order is needed before takedown, offering stronger due process.
This page is general information, not legal advice.