Skiff 1
$ 4 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 20 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 2 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Solution
VPS for SOCKS5, HTTP and Shadowsocks proxies
Skiff 1 · $4/moSkiff 2 · $7/mo
Short answer
A proxy server is bandwidth with a small CPU tax. One shared core and 1 GB of RAM saturate a gigabit port with Dante or 3proxy; Shadowsocks and VLESS add encryption overhead but still run in well under 512 MB. Buy for location and address quality, and add extra IPv4 addresses when you need rotation.
What you need
| Resource | What you actually need |
|---|---|
| CPU | 1 shared core per gigabit for plain SOCKS5 |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| IPs | Up to 8 additional IPv4 addresses per instance |
| Transfer | 2–10 TB depending on use |
Recommended plans
Skiff 2
$ 7 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Cutter 4
$ 19 /month
- vCPU
- 2 × dedicated
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 80 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 6 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Recommended locations
Location is usually the decision that matters most for this workload — either because latency dominates, or because jurisdiction does.
Why OnionVPS for this
- Additional IPv4 addresses at $3 a month, added instantly from the panel.
- Clean address space with no previous abuse history.
- No deep packet inspection and no protocol filtering on our network.
- Locations in jurisdictions that do not mandate traffic logging.
How to set it up
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Deploy a Skiff instance in your target country
Location is the whole point of a proxy; specification barely matters.
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Install Dante, 3proxy or Xray
Dante for classic SOCKS5, Xray for VLESS and Shadowsocks with TLS camouflage.
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Require authentication
An open proxy will be found by scanners within hours and abused within a day.
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Bind each listener to a different source IP
This is how you build rotation without a third-party proxy service.
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Rate-limit and monitor
nftables connection limits keep a compromised credential from saturating the port.
Frequently asked questions
Can I run a SOCKS5 proxy on a VPS?
Yes. Install Dante or 3proxy, require authentication, and bind to your assigned addresses. Never leave it open — open proxies are found and abused within hours.
How many proxies can one VPS host?
One instance can run many listeners; the practical limit is your IP allocation and uplink, not CPU. Eight additional IPv4 addresses per instance is our ceiling.
Do you block any ports?
We do not filter outbound traffic by protocol. We do intervene on active abuse — port scanning at scale, spam, and attacks originating from your instance.