🇸🇨 Africa

VPS hosting in Victoria

Our incorporation jurisdiction. IBC secrecy statutes, no public beneficial-ownership register, and no mutual legal assistance treaty with most requesting states.

OffshoreNo Eyes allianceOutside GDPR territoryDMCA not applicable10 Gbit/s
Short answer

Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, hosts servers outside the EU legal perimeter and every intelligence-sharing alliance, as Seychelles is not a member of the Five, Nine, or Fourteen Eyes. The DMCA does not apply here, being a US statute. OnionVPS offers KYC-free VPS hosting in Victoria from $4 per month.

City
Victoria
Country
🇸🇨 Seychelles (SC)
Region
Africa
Tier
Offshore
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
2021
Uplink
10 Gbit/s
Capabilities
DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
Coordinates
-4.62, 55.45

Why hosting in Victoria looks the way it does

OnionVPS has operated this region since 2021. The site offers 10 Gbit/s uplink, DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage. As our incorporation jurisdiction, it provides IBC secrecy statutes and no public beneficial-ownership register. Estimated round-trip times: Frankfurt 104 ms, Singapore 75 ms, São Paulo 151 ms. Nearest regions: Port Louis, Dar es Salaam, Antananarivo, Nairobi.

Typical deployments include privacy-focused mail servers, encrypted file storage, and VPN endpoints that benefit from the lack of data retention and the jurisdiction's legal posture. Low latency to East Africa and Singapore makes it suitable for serving regional traffic and applications requiring a neutral hosting location.

Plans available in Victoria

Skiff

Skiff 2

$ 7 /month
vCPU
1 × shared
RAM
2 GB
Storage
40 GB NVMe SSD
Transfer
3 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
1 / /64 routed
Configure
Cutter

Cutter 8

$ 34 /month
vCPU
4 × dedicated
RAM
8 GB
Storage
160 GB NVMe SSD
Transfer
10 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
1 / /64 routed
Configure
Clipper

Clipper 16

$ 92 /month
vCPU
8 × dedicated
RAM
16 GB
Storage
400 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
Transfer
30 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
1 / /64 routed
Configure
Bastion

Bastion 8

$ 59 /month
vCPU
4 × dedicated
RAM
8 GB
Storage
160 GB NVMe SSD + LUKS2
Transfer
15 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
3 / /64 routed
Configure
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Estimated round-trip latency from Victoria

Methodology
LocationCountryEstimated RTT
🇦🇪 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates47 ms
🇿🇦 JohannesburgSouth Africa53 ms
🇸🇬 SingaporeSingapore75 ms
🇩🇪 FrankfurtGermany104 ms
🇳🇱 AmsterdamNetherlands109 ms
🇬🇧 LondonUnited Kingdom112 ms
🇯🇵 TokyoJapan134 ms
🇦🇺 SydneyAustralia140 ms
🇧🇷 São PauloBrazil151 ms
🇺🇸 New YorkUnited States185 ms
🇺🇸 AshburnUnited States190 ms
🇺🇸 MiamiUnited States201 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 Seychelles a good place to host a server?

Our incorporation jurisdiction. IBC secrecy statutes, no public beneficial-ownership register, and no mutual legal assistance treaty with most requesting states.

Is Seychelles in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?

No. Seychelles is not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, which is one reason it appears in our offshore tier.

Does the DMCA apply to a server in Seychelles?

No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Seychelles is governed by Seychelles copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.

How fast is Victoria from Europe and North America?

Estimated round trips are approximately 104 ms to Frankfurt and 190 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 Victoria?

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 is the round-trip time from Victoria to Ashburn?

The estimated round-trip time from Victoria to Ashburn is 190 ms. This is a great-circle estimate, not a measured value. Consider this latency if your user base is in North America; you may prefer a region closer to them, though Victoria's legal posture might outweigh latency for certain workloads.

Do I need to provide identification to get a server in Victoria?

No. OnionVPS requires only an email address you control for signup, and no identity verification is ever performed. This policy applies to all regions, including Victoria. Payment is in cryptocurrency via OxaPay, and provisioning takes 55 seconds.

This page is general information, not legal advice.