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 Zurich
Swiss federal law treats hosted data as correspondence: disclosure needs a court order under Swiss procedure, not a foreign administrative request. Not in the EU, not in the Eyes alliances.
Privacy-firstNo Eyes allianceOutside GDPR territoryDMCA not applicable100 Gbit/s
Short answer
Yes. OnionVPS operates KVM virtual servers in Zurich, Switzerland, and no identity verification is required at any point — an email address you control is the only identifier. Switzerland is not a member of the Five, Nine, or Fourteen Eyes intelligence alliances. The DMCA does not apply here, as it is United States statute and does not bind a host situated in Zurich; local copyright law generally requires a court order. Entry price is $4 per month.
- City
- Zurich
- Country
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland (CH)
- Region
- Europe
- 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
- 2020
- Uplink
- 100 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage · Custom ISO upload · Anycast-capable
- Coordinates
- 47.37, 8.54
Why hosting in Zurich looks the way it does
Zurich sits outside the EU and the Eyes alliances, and Swiss federal law treats hosted data as correspondence — disclosure requires a court order under Swiss procedure, not a foreign administrative request. The facility is on a 100 Gbit/s uplink with DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, NVMe storage, and custom ISO upload. Great-circle estimates put Frankfurt at 6 ms and Milan at 5 ms, with nearest regions also at Luxembourg and Falkenstein (both 6 ms and 8 ms).
Customers deploy mail relays, onion services, and privacy-focused web applications here because the legal posture favours resisting administrative demands without a court order. The 92 ms estimate to Ashburn makes it viable for North American-facing traffic too. NVMe storage and full KVM virtualisation suit databases and build servers. Custom ISO upload supports niche operating systems like OpenBSD or NixOS.
Plans available in Zurich
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 Zurich
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 6 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 10 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 12 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 66 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 87 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 92 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 108 ms |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 116 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 131 ms |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 132 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 141 ms |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 226 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 Switzerland a good place to host a server?
Swiss federal law treats hosted data as correspondence: disclosure needs a court order under Swiss procedure, not a foreign administrative request. Not in the EU, not in the Eyes alliances.
Is Switzerland in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
No. Switzerland 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 Switzerland?
No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Switzerland is governed by Switzerland copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.
How fast is Zurich from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 6 ms to Frankfurt and 92 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 Zurich?
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.
Does Swiss law require me to hand over logs or data to foreign authorities?
No. Swiss federal law treats hosted data as correspondence, and disclosure requires a court order under Swiss procedure — not a foreign administrative request. As a non-member of the Five, Nine, and Fourteen Eyes alliances, Zurich does not automatically share intelligence data. OnionVPS retains connection logs for 0 days.
What is the actual latency from Zurich to Frankfurt or the US East Coast?
Great-circle estimates, not measured, put Frankfurt at 6 ms and Ashburn, Virginia, at 92 ms. That makes Zurich a good mid-point for European traffic while still being serviceable for US connections. Actual RTT will vary with routing and peering. For lower North America latency, consider a US region.
This page is general information, not legal advice.