Skiff 2
$ 6.65 /month
$19.95 total · Save 5%
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
🇵🇷 Caribbean
VPS hosting in San Juan
US-adjacent Caribbean capacity with strong Miami routes.
Edge5 EyesOutside GDPR territoryDMCA applies20 Gbit/s
Short answer
San Juan, Puerto Rico offers VPS hosting without KYC, requiring only a controlled email address. It is a Five Eyes member, making intelligence-alliance scrutiny a consideration, but GDPR does not apply. The DMCA does apply because Puerto Rico is a United States location. Entry-level servers cost $4 per month, with no identity verification or billing information needed.
- City
- San Juan
- Country
- 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico (PR)
- Region
- Caribbean
- Tier
- Edge
- Intelligence alliance
- Five Eyes member
- GDPR applies
- No
- DMCA applies
- Yes
- Online since
- 2023
- Uplink
- 20 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
- Coordinates
- 18.47, -66.11
Why hosting in San Juan looks the way it does
OnionVPS has operated in San Juan since 2023 on a 20 Gbit/s uplink with DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage. The facility sits as a US-adjacent Caribbean node with strong Miami routes, complementing nearby regions: Santo Domingo at 7 ms, Willemstad at 12 ms, Bridgetown at 14 ms, and Port of Spain at 16 ms. It is an Edge jurisdiction for latency coverage.
Customers deploy latency-sensitive workloads serving the Caribbean and the eastern US, using the 36 ms round trip to Ashburn for database replication or real-time trading gateways. The Five Eyes membership matters less for data residency than the legal ease of an offshore host, so privacy-focused proxies and VPNs also land here.
Plans available in San Juan
Cutter 8
$ 32.3 /month
$96.90 total · Save 5%
- vCPU
- 4 × dedicated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 10 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Clipper 16
$ 87.4 /month
$262.20 total · Save 5%
- vCPU
- 8 × dedicated
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 400 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
- Transfer
- 30 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Hold 4
$ 20.9 /month
$62.70 total · Save 5%
- vCPU
- 2 × shared
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB Enterprise HDD
- Transfer
- 20 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
The hardened Bastion line is restricted to offshore and privacy-tier jurisdictions and is not available here.
Compare all plansEstimated round-trip latency from San Juan
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 24 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 36 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 37 ms |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 71 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 93 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 98 ms |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 101 ms |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 155 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 164 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 183 ms |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 217 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 239 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 Puerto Rico a good place to host a server?
US-adjacent Caribbean capacity with strong Miami routes.
Is Puerto Rico in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
Yes — Puerto Rico is a Five Eyes member. That is a legitimate consideration if state surveillance is in your threat model; it says nothing about the quality of the connectivity, which is why we operate here.
Does the DMCA apply to a server in Puerto Rico?
Yes. This is a United States location, so the DMCA notice-and-takedown procedure applies in full and we operate a standard process for it.
How fast is San Juan from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 101 ms to Frankfurt and 36 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 San Juan?
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.
What is the connection from San Juan to the US mainland like?
Estimated round-trip time to Ashburn is 36 ms, which is practical for most interactive workloads. The uplink is 20 Gbit/s with always-on DDoS mitigation, and the facility maintains strong routes to Miami, so latency to the eastern US is predictable and low for a Caribbean location.
Can I use a custom kernel or boot my own ISO in San Juan?
Yes. Every plan includes true KVM virtualisation, full root access, custom kernel support, nested virtualisation, raw sockets, and custom ISO upload. You can boot OpenBSD, NixOS, Whonix, or a hand-rolled image. An out-of-band VNC console is also included for recovery without tickets.
This page is general information, not legal advice.