With Netflix and other streaming platforms increasing price, I finally decided to get a seedbox for my family members’ needs with Plex/jellyfin.
My budget is 10-15 USD per month. I’m currently on the 11$ hostingby.design plan with 4TB storage and 9TB traffic, 10gbit connection. I’ve been mostly happy but,
- Their app selection feels small though I’ve found most of the mainstream stuff.
- I’m missing things like cross-seed, jellystat, jellyfin-vue, transmission and audiobookshelf.
- Not happy with how apps installed by the GitHub scripts are not available on HTTPS.
- Can’t disable ssh password login for public key, which is making me really uncomfortable.
- Their wiki seems quite sparse.
The other options I’m thinking of are:
- 13$ HDD plan at seedhost.eu - 4TB/9TB but only 1gbps, downgrade in specs but seems to have more apps.
- 14$ plan at ultra.cc with 3TB/8TB but 20gps (which feels like an overkill honestly). Also a downgrade but their wiki/app support looks top notch.
I really wish there was a way I could manage docker containers on my own on a similar shared setup without paying for a dedicated vps but haven’t found something like that so far.
Any advice regarding the other providers, experience or otherwise would be greatly appreciated :)
Off topic question, I’m trying to learn about seedboxes: Do you have to configure your own VPN with your current seed box or is it not necessary?
The whole point of using a seedbox is so that you don’t have to use a VPN (well, and speed). You probably shouldn’t use a seedbox with public trackers though. Some seedboxes will drop you from their service if they get a copyright request.
It’s not necessary :) Since the torrenting is done on the seedbox and you’re accessing it sort of like google drive or something similar, there aren’t any issues. This is why you usually pick a seedbox in a different country.
On top of that, with some providers like seedbox.cc, they let you use your seedbox as a VPN with upto three users.
Some managed are already finished and ready to use.
My seedbox on hostingby.design has OpenVPN configured and I can just download the config file.
Hey, I’m currently on hbd too, curious to know how to find the openvpn config. So far I’ve only found wireguard.
I was grandfathered in from seedbox.io days.
In your case I’d recommend asking support if they could configure it for you. But tbh wireguard is fine as well.
That’s really cool :) Thank you. I will probably stick with wireguard.