Residential IP vs datacenter truth
Bandwidth marketplaces usually pay more for clean residential IPs. A Contabo/OVH VPS is a datacenter IP — many apps pay less or reject it. Use VPS for orchestration, monitoring, or non-earning tools — not as a fake “home connection”.
Best practice: spare home devices or Raspberry/NAS on your real home line; keep cloud for backups and side projects.
EU provider shortlist we track as deals
- OVHcloud — EU deals page, strong European footprint
- Contabo — transparent low list prices for hobby VPS
- Scaleway — GDPR-minded EU cloud pricing
- IONOS — hosting plans with rotating intros
- Namecheap — domains + shared hosting promos (monthly codes rotate)
Safe Docker habits
Official images only, resource caps, one service update at a time, and never paste random “multi-earner” compose files from forums. Pair with our bandwidth stack checklist tool.