This page aims to list community experiences with Tor and various Internet Service Providers (ISPs) around the world. Some ISPs are Tor-friendly, some are not. Some are competent and clueful about Tor or about security in general. Let us know!
Be sure to provide useful information like how much bandwidth you pushed, whether you thought the deal was cheap or expensive, how hard you had to work to make them understand what's going on, how long your server has been running, and whether you'd recommend them to others. Also include dates.
Since non-exits do not attract complaints, it should be fine to run them without contacting the hoster first. Make sure you understand their policies regarding bandwidth, especially on "unlimited" (fair use) contracts. For exit relays, you should read the fine Tor Exit Guidelines first.
For network diversity and stronger anonymity, you should avoid providers and countries that already attract a lot of Tor capacity. Metrics is a great tool that allows you to group probabilities by country and AS (autonomous systems), so you can more easily identify networks you want to avoid.
Try to avoid the following hosters:
- OVH SAS (AS16276)
- Online S.a.s. (AS12876)
- Hetzner Online GmbH (AS24940)
- DigitalOcean, LLC (AS14061)
Note: This page is currently being revamped. If you would like to help out please see #31063.
Good Experiences
Austria
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| UPC Austria GmbH |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
(ISP) does not care what their customers do at all (unless you have a business connection) |
12/2011 |
| Silver Server GmbH |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Forwards abuse. Hosts already some big exit/entry nodes which seem to have no problems. Very expensive traffic. |
12/2011 |
| Tele2 Austria GmbH |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Forwards abuse at business connections, good quality traffic, does not like "proxys" on private lines. Cheap synchronous (SDSL) connections. |
12/2011 |
| A1(former Telekom Austria) |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
Does not like Abuse (in any form) at all. Seems to give out customer data at alleged abuse. Not recommended but cheap. |
12/2011 |
| xpirio GmbH |
- |
- |
Yes |
? |
In general rather relaxed at all services, but better get in touch with their (very understanding) support when you expect abuse. |
12/2011 |
Bulgaria
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| VPS.BG |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
They don't collect any personal info and you can pay in bitcoin. |
01/11/2016 |
Canada
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| TekSavvy |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
has a server-friendly Internet Use Policy (e.g., running a Tor relay) and has taken a stand in favor of net neutrality |
2008/12 |
| CloudatCost.ca |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
operated by Fibernetics, has liberal abuse handling policies AUP, however Tor is not explicitly allowed. |
2015/02 |
| oneprovider |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
They are reselling dedicated servers in many locations around the world. Abuse handling differs depending on the provider from which they resell. |
2016/06 |
Czech Republic
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| T-Systems` |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
- |
France
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Online.net |
AS12876 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
The account holder is responsible for all the traffic going through theirs servers. |
01/28/2019 |
| Gandi VPS |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Gandi send some abuse complaints to Exit relays, but they do not stop the server, and when you tell them your server is a Tor Exit relay, they say it is OK. They ask Exit relays to use the standard Reduced Exit Policy |
- |
| OVH Kimsufi |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Changed their TOS in July 2013 and allow Tor as long as they don't notice illegal activities. Exit nodes would eventually be shut down, but relays are allowed. Octave Klaba, CEO of OVH said himself that the TOS have been changed to make them clearer about the use of Tor. Many relays are currently running on Kimsufi servers |
- |
| Digicube |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Pulse Servers |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VPS uses OVH AS. You can build ANY kind tor relays. |
05/01/2016 |
Finland
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Creanova |
AS51765 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
12/19/2018 |
| TeliaSonera Finland |
AS1759 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
03/26/2016 |
Germany
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Weesly |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Note that you should let them know about your intention when ordering a server or in advance. |
06/2013 |
| EUServ |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
They have a bad support, but if you know how to maintain your server, this ISP is a good choice. |
- |
| IPX-Server |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
- |
| Keyweb |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Afterburst |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| myLoc Managed IT |
AS31010, AS24961 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
2018-10-25 |
| linevast |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Only allowed on dedicated servers |
13/11/2015 |
| Server4You |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Part of Intergenia AG), I've asked Server4You support and they state servers with complaints about Tor will be canceled immediately (see the quote in the "Bad Experience" section) |
- |
| Hetzner |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
Offers good dedicated root servers for a good price. |
- |
| Contabo |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Has no restriction for relays or exit nodes. However, possible abuse complaints will be forwarded to the owner and need to be addressed. |
2018/06 |
| Strato |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
Exit-Nodes are prohibited by their general terms and conditions |
- |
| PraHost |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Stated in November 2014 that they allow exit nodes if abuse complaints are handled. Suspends the server if no "valid" action (read: blocking) is taken within 24 hours of an abuse ticket. Their ticket system does not reliably handle email replies, use the web interface instead. |
2017-10-31 |
| DomainFactory |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| NetCologne |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
Hong Kong
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| hosthatch |
AS36351 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Their Hong Kong VPS type is OpenVZ,and ISP is SoftLayer. VPS locate in Pacnet's data centers, Hong Kong. |
- |
05/01/16 |
Hungary
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| ServerAstra |
AS56322 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
They only say you should answer abuse requests in 24h. ISP has re-confirmed by e-mail that exit nodes are acceptable, with "strict" exit node policies. |
2014-10-15 |
Iceland
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| 1984Hosting |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| FlokiNET |
(AS200651) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Sponsor enn.lu and saveyourprivacy exit nodes |
- |
| orangewebsite |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes? |
- |
- |
Italy
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Fastweb |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Prometeus |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| ArubaCloud /Aruba |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
TOS generically indicate that the operator is responsible for all the activities on the machine. Read more |
- |
| SelfServer by Enter |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Uncomfortable due to old CentOS 6.10, NATed IPv4-only networking, ports other than the well-known are filtered. Abuse complaints need to go through their support service |
11/2018 |
Latvia
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Yourserver |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Support team will allow relay/exit but TOR Traffic is throttled to 5Mbps speed. If your Exit relay receive too much complaints, they will ask to you to stop or otherwise they will suspend. |
2015/03/06 |
Lithuania
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Baltic Servers |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
All abuse mails they got yielded support tickets |
- |
Mexico
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Axtel |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Currently some Guard / Middle nodes are running in Axtel network |
2019 |
Moldova
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| MivoCloud |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
09/13/16 |
| Trabia |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
08/13/17 |
| AlexHost |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
07/21/2014 |
Netherlands
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| XS4ALL |
AS3265 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Abuse can result in temporary blocks, therefore they recommend to use an dedicated IP address for exit nodes |
06/16/15 |
| verelox |
AS12876 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
5/16 |
| HostHatch |
AS42708 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
05/01/16 |
| Ziggo |
AS9143 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
05/24/2016 |
| LiteServer |
AS60404 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Can pay with Bitcoin. While their AUP doesn't allow tor exit nodes (see here), they make an exception if your exit-node has a reduced exit policy. And you must leave a note to them that you are running a exit-node. "We allow tor exit nodes as long you run a limited exit policy (block SMTP) to avoid abuse. |
12/26/2018 |
| i3D |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Allows also exits, if abuse is handled properly |
08/13/2017 |
| KoDDoS |
AS206264 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Bitcoin accepted. |
10/12/2017 |
| Worldstream |
AS49981 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
02/06/2019 |
| LeaseWeb |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Novogara |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Explicitly allows Tor exit nodes and forwards abuse/DCMA, but their network isn't the most stable. You need to email them for a custom offer. They also accept Bitcoin/UKash/CashU |
- |
| Netrouting` |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
ISP has confirmed by e-mail that exit nodes are NOT acceptable. |
2014-10-15 |
| DirectVPS |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
- |
| Versio |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
2013 |
| CyberBunker |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Customers can remain anonymous. |
- |
| SnelServer |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Abuse complaints must be responded to within 24 hours or the system automatically suspends your account until you do. |
2014 |
| ChmuraNet |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Allows anonymous users to run tor exits. Abuse issues will be forwarded. Make sure to tell them that you're running an exit |
09/2014 |
New Zealand and Australia
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| HostHatch |
AS36351 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Their VPS location is: Sydney, AU - Equinix IBX SY3 Data Center.Their ISP is:SoftLayer network, which includes primary transit from Telstra and peering with Equinix, Pipe-IX, NSW-IX and Megaport. |
- |
| Rimu hosting |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Have servers in N.Z.; Sydney; London; and Dallas. Locations may vary, but quite happy with the specific Oz/NZ query. |
- |
Poland
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Hitme.net.pl |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
12/06/2017 |
| Hostowisko.pl |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
27/08/2013 |
| Exone |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
28/08/2013 |
| e24cloud |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
01/10/2013 |
| hostinger.pl |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
02/10/2013 |
| statnet.pl |
- |
No |
No |
No |
Used to allow Tor-relays, but now is blocking Tor activity |
12/06/2017 |
| IQ PL |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
They allow running exit node on collocated dedicated server |
- |
| Slask DataCenter |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
21/02/2018 |
Romania
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| m247.ro |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
12/14/15 |
| Voxility |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Read more 2015 tor-talk thread |
04/2015 |
| JavaPipe |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
04/2016 |
| MilesWeb |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Plans in Romania and also have data centers in USA and UK with 24x7 free support. |
03/2017 |
Sweden
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Dataclub |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Your Exit should use Reduced Exit Policy |
2016/06/30 |
| HostHatch |
AS42708 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
2016/05 |
| TeliaSonera |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
TeliaSonera is also big in Sweden and deliver where other ISPs can't. |
- |
| PRQ |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Portlane |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Previously provided connectivity for ThePirateBay, OpenBitTorrent tracker et al. Handles abuse according to "Swedish praxis". |
- |
| Yourserver |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Support team will allow relay/exit but TOR Traffic is throttled to 5Mbps speed. If your Exit relay receive too much complaints, they will ask to you to stop or otherwise they will suspend. |
2015/03/06 |
Switzerland
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Solar Communications Gmbh |
AS197988 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
"We allow to place Tor routers, but don't allow to place Tor exit nodes." This applies to all their partners, who actually sell Solar's services to the public, namely: Server & cloud, CoinsHost, Incloudibly, Cloudcom, AtomDrive. Cryptocurrencies are accepted. |
12/04/2015 |
| fsit |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
11/2015 |
Slovenia
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Tus Hosting |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
They just simply forward DMCA notices to us to handle (or ignore) them |
- |
Ukraine
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| UrDN |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
free speech hoster, allows anything but spam/scam. Abuse always forwarded. |
10/08/2015 |
| Colocall |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
United Kingdom
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| Gigatux |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
They actually run their own relay named Gigatux. They also offer servers in the US, Germany, and Israel. |
- |
| Clustered.net |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Bitfolk |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
They are very knowledgable and understand Tor and its uses. They are hot on spam and abuse so advise changing the default exit (good idea in the UK anyhow). Any DMCA notices received were simply forwarded on without agro |
- |
| RapidSwitch |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
07/2014 |
US
| Company/ISP |
ASN |
Bridges |
Relay |
Exit |
Comments |
Last Updated |
| 2HOST |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes(?) |
Vague AUP/Abuse handling |
10/15/14 |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| AmeriNOC |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Arvixe |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
06/19/13 |
| Axigy |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Blacklotus |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Liberal abuse handling policies |
- |
| BuyVM.net |
AS53667 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
New Tor rules here. All relays are fine if you follow the steps. |
- |
| Catalyst Host |
- |
? |
No |
No |
"If you are interested in hosting either, you can ask us about a dedicated server." |
10/01/14 |
| ChunkHost |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Questionable DMCA handling |
01/01/12 |
| Cyberonic |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
- |
| Datawagon |
AS27176 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Customers are forwarded abuse complaints to handle themselves |
03/06/19 |
| DreamHost |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
11/29/17 |
| Ethr.net |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Evolucix |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No(?) |
- |
- |
| Future Hosting |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
09/01/14 |
| HostGator |
- |
No |
No |
No |
- |
- |
| HostHatch |
AS46562 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Their vps isp are mixed include: QuadraNet, nLayer, AboveNet, Inteliquent, Atrato Networks and open peering with the entire Any2LA and Atlanta TIE networks. |
05/01/16 |
| HostUS |
AS25926 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
10/16/14 |
| IPXcore |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| Luna Node |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
05/01/14 |
| OVH |
AS16276 |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
12/31/14 |
| Oplink.net |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
09/03/15 |
| Psychz.net |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Very Exit friendly. Standard Tor response will resolve abuse issues. |
10/07/15 |
| PulseServers |
AS16276 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Exit-friendly. |
05/01/16 |
| RamNode |
AS3842 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
11/03/14 |
| Server Complete |
- |
? |
? |
No |
- |
11/03/14 |
| Softlayer |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
- |
- |
| Slicehost/Rackspace |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Host, not an ISP |
- |
| Sh3lls |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| SolarVPS |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| SeedVPS |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| Tailored VPS |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes(?) |
- |
- |
| VPS6.NET |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| VPSWebServer.com |
- |
Yes |
|
No |
? |
- |
- |
| Inerail |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Tor only allowed on dedicated/colocation |
- |
| CondoInternet ISP |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
- |
| DigitalOcean |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
- |
| PhoenixNap / Secured Servers |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
08/01/14 |
| Vultr |
AS20473 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
When asked directly they will claim they do support Tor exits but will pull the rug out from under you later on. This has happened to at least two exit operators. |
- |
| ChicagoVPS |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Tor bridge/relay is allowed on the whole VPS range. Any VPS running Exit nodes will be suspended without prior notice. |
15/01/15 |
| Xmission |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
01/28/15 |
| blackpulsehosting |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
- |
10/25/15 |
| MonkeyBrains |
AS32329 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Only offers colocation, no cheap VPS option. |
1/14/19 |