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 :)
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.
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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?
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.
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.