Cutter 8
$ 34 /month
- vCPU
- 4 × dedicated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 10 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Solution
VPS for web scraping and data collection
Cutter 8 · $34/moCutter 16 · $62/mo
Short answer
Scraping is memory-bound, not CPU-bound: a headless Chromium tab costs roughly 300 MB, so plan around concurrency. Four cores and 8 GB run about 20 parallel browser contexts. What actually decides success is IP diversity and jurisdiction — you want clean address space, several IPv4 addresses, and a provider that does not terminate accounts over a single complaint about crawl rate.
What you need
| Resource | What you actually need |
|---|---|
| CPU | 4 cores for ~20 concurrent headless browsers |
| RAM | 8 GB minimum; 16 GB if you render JavaScript at scale |
| Disk | 160 GB NVMe for caches and artefacts |
| IPs | Additional IPv4 addresses, added per instance from the panel |
| Transfer | 10 TB — rendered pages are heavier than they look |
Recommended plans
Cutter 16
$ 62 /month
- vCPU
- 6 × dedicated
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 320 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 15 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
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 are $3 a month with no justification form.
- We do not rate-limit outbound HTTP or inspect what your crawler requests.
- Offshore jurisdictions keep the project outside the reach of speculative civil discovery.
- Clean, non-recycled address space — an IP that has never been on a spam list starts you ahead.
How to set it up
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Deploy a Cutter 8 with Ubuntu 24.04
Four dedicated cores and 8 GB is the practical starting point.
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Install a headless browser stack
Playwright or Puppeteer with the bundled Chromium, run inside Docker for clean teardown.
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Add IP addresses and rotate outbound
Bind each worker to a different source address with SO_BINDTODEVICE or an outbound proxy.
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Respect robots.txt and rate limits
Politeness delays keep you off blocklists and keep the project sustainable.
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Ship results off the box
Stream to object storage or a Hold instance so a rebuild costs you nothing.
Frequently asked questions
Is web scraping allowed on your servers?
Yes, for lawfully accessible public data, at rates that do not degrade the target. We do not permit credential stuffing, bypassing paywalls or authentication, or scraping that constitutes unauthorised access.
How many IPs can I add to one VPS?
Up to eight additional IPv4 addresses per instance from the panel, plus your routed IPv6 /64.
Which location is best for scraping?
Somewhere outside the target's jurisdiction for legal separation, and close to it for latency. Amsterdam, Moldova and Sofia are the usual compromise for European targets.