A small Ubuntu server with SSH, for $4 USD a month.
512 MB of memory, 5 GiB of persistent disk, a share of the host’s CPU, and a hostname of its own under fusenv.com. Log in as admin with a password we generate and keep revealable in your account.
It is a system container on a shared kernel, not a virtual machine, and not a high-availability service. It runs on one small machine in Calgary alongside other work. If that is what you need, it is a very good deal; if you need isolation guarantees or uptime commitments, it is the wrong product.
Availability
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Up to 3 per account. Each one has its own hostname, SSH port, disk, and login.
Exactly what you get
- Price
- $4 USD/month, billed monthly through Stripe, cancel renewal any time
- Memory
- 512 MiB enforced ceiling (advertised as 512 MB); no swap
- CPU
- shared host cores; a ceiling of 1 core's worth of CPU time, no dedicated core or performance guarantee
- Disk
- 5 GiB persistent root disk with an enforced quota
- Processes
- 256 per VPS
- Network
- 100 Mbit/s rate cap, 500 GiB transfer a month, not unlimited
- Operating system
- Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (system container); a container on a shared kernel, not a virtual machine
- Access
- SSH, SFTP and SCP on a unique non-standard port per VPS; root login disabled; sudo for admin
- Inbound
- SSH only. No public HTTP/HTTPS hosting, no other inbound ports, no dedicated IP address
- Outbound
- ordinary internet access; SMTP port 25 blocked; private networks on our side blocked
- Backups
- none are included; keep your own copies of anything you cannot lose
- Not offered
- nested Docker or privileged containers, custom kernels, managed applications, high availability
How you connect
Plain SSH does not carry a hostname the way HTTPS does, so every VPS gets its own public port instead of port 22. Your account shows the complete command, for example:
ssh -p 22041 admin@cedar-otter.fusenv.com
Your files, hostname, port, and password survive restarts and host reboots. SSH local forwarding works for your own services; it cannot reach other tenants or our private networks.
Billing, in plain terms
- $4 USD/month, charged when you order and then monthly. Renewals extend your paid-through date without touching the server.
- Cancel renewal any time; you keep access until the date you have paid for, then the VPS is kept for 7 days before deletion.
- If a renewal fails you have 3 days after the paid-through date to fix the card; then access is suspended, the data is kept 7 more days, and paying in that window restores the same server.
- If we cannot deliver a working VPS within 30 minutes of payment, the order is cancelled and the payment refunded in full.
- Deleting a VPS yourself is immediate and final, and stops future charges; the current month is not refunded.
- No customer backups are included. Keep your own copies of anything you cannot lose.
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Payment opens in Stripe. Your slot is held for 15 minutes; your server appears in your account as soon as you return and is usually ready within a few minutes.