No-KYC Dedicated Servers — Anonymous, Crypto-Friendly

KYC (Know Your Customer) requirements in hosting were imported wholesale from the financial industry as an anti-fraud and anti-abuse measure. In practice, they rarely prevent the sophisticated abuse they were designed to stop (real fraudsters obtain verified accounts through other means) while reliably excluding legitimate customers who have valid reasons to preserve privacy.

Those reasons are diverse and legitimate. Journalists investigating corrupt officials do not want their hosting provider to hold a government ID linked to their reporting infrastructure. Privacy-focused developers building tools for at-risk users do not want a clear paper trail from themselves to their server. Activists in restrictive jurisdictions cannot provide genuine ID without exposing themselves. Ordinary privacy-conscious customers simply prefer not to distribute copies of their identity documents to yet another service provider.

AnubizHost's position is that KYC is not a substitute for sound abuse policy. Our actual abuse prevention runs on clear acceptable-use terms (no CSAM, no terrorism, no financial fraud), prompt response to legitimate complaints, and a willingness to terminate accounts that violate those terms regardless of whether the customer's ID is on file. This catches the abusers that matter and does not punish the privacy-seeking majority.

To sign up for a dedicated server at AnubizHost you need: a valid email address (any provider — ProtonMail and Tutanota are popular, personal domains work fine, mainstream providers are accepted), a payment method (Bitcoin, Monero, Litecoin, Ethereum, USDT, or a credit card), and agreement to our acceptable use policy. That is the complete list.

We do not ask for: government-issued ID, selfie with ID card, utility bill proof-of-residence, phone number verification (the field is optional and can be left blank), company registration documents, credit check authorization, or any other identifying documentation.

For customers who want to operate with maximal privacy: use an email address dedicated to this account (not reused elsewhere), use a Monero-funded wallet for payment (sourced via atomic swap or decentralized on-ramp), pay from a clean wallet not linked to exchange KYC, and provide a PGP key for delivery of server credentials. This gives you a hosting relationship where your real identity never traverses our systems.

Larger enterprise customers sometimes voluntarily provide company details for invoicing — we accept this when useful for your accounting processes but it remains optional. Our internal system treats anonymous customers and named-company customers identically for support and service delivery.

Our pricing for no-KYC signups is the same as for KYC signups because there is no internal distinction. The Starter plan at $89/mo, Performance at $129/mo, and Pro at $199/mo are identical products whether you signed up with full company details or a pseudonymous email. No privacy tax, no anonymity surcharge.

Entry-level VPS options are also available without KYC starting at $17.90/mo, and mid-range VPS configurations run $24.90-$52.90/mo — useful for customers who want to validate the signup flow and support quality before committing to a dedicated server.

Annual billing discounts of 10-15% apply as normal. Cryptocurrency payments (Bitcoin, Monero, Litecoin, Ethereum, USDT) are accepted at every tier, and we also accept credit cards for customers who prefer them despite the lower privacy profile.

Order flow: choose your plan, select your payment method, complete payment. For crypto, provisioning begins on first confirmation; for card, on immediate authorization. Standard dedicated server provisioning runs 24 to 48 hours from confirmation, regardless of KYC status.

Delivery of credentials is the place where KYC-free customers often want extra care. By default we email SSH and IPMI credentials to the address on file. For customers who want encrypted delivery, provide your PGP public key at signup or upload it to your customer dashboard — we will encrypt credentials against your key so even a compromised email inbox does not expose server access.

For ongoing account management, our customer portal is accessible both via clearnet and Tor (onion address available in the dashboard post-signup). Support tickets, server controls (reinstall, power cycle, reverse DNS), and billing operations all work identically over both paths. This lets privacy-focused customers interact with their account without a clearnet connection tying them to the infrastructure.

There are a handful of hosting providers that advertise no-KYC services; most are either low-quality resellers with unreliable infrastructure, or nominally no-KYC but in practice require ID for any dedicated server above entry level. AnubizHost is neither. We operate genuine enterprise hardware (AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon) in offshore jurisdictions (Iceland, Finland, Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria), apply the no-KYC policy consistently across every plan including enterprise, and have been operational long enough to have a track record.

Combined with our DMCA-ignored policy, crypto billing (including Monero for genuine payment privacy), Tor-accessible portal, PGP-encrypted delivery, and engineering-led support, AnubizHost is a practical long-term home for customers whose operational model requires privacy. Our oldest no-KYC customers have been on the infrastructure for multiple years across multiple renewal cycles.

If you need hosting that will not demand your passport, will not share your details with third parties, and will not disappear when a competitor or copyright bot files a complaint, AnubizHost is built for you. Start at the Starter tier for $89/mo, validate the experience, and scale as needed without ever exposing your identity to the hosting relationship.