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v.2026.05 stallion control panel · API v3 stable · since 2010

Boot a real KVM in 54 seconds
with $ stallion deploy.

Full-root KVM slices from $2/mo, deployable from one command, on a network we’ve been running since 2010. Snapshot, rebuild, destroy — all from the CLI. Or the API. Or the panel. You pick.

~/buyvm — stallion deploy — 80×24
stallion deploy slice-2 --region lux --image debian-12 Allocated 149.28.111.42 · 2602:fa59:9:2a::1 Provisioned 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 40 GB NVMe DDoS filter armed (L3/L4) Booted in 54s ssh [email protected] root@mastodon:~#
● 1 Gbps unmetered ● Free DDoS filter ● Real KVM root ● 4 regions LUX/NYC/LAS/MIA ● $2/mo entry ● 14 yrs uptime ● 1 Gbps unmetered ● Free DDoS filter ● Real KVM root ● 4 regions LUX/NYC/LAS/MIA ● $2/mo entry ● 14 yrs uptime
# slices online live
14287
+38 / 24h
# network · 30d 100%
99.99%
SLA 99.99%
# avg boot · 30d live
54sec
−4s vs prev
# entry tier stable
$2/mo
since 2010 (no change)
plans

Five slices, declared in YAML.

Hourly billing if you want it. Monthly if you don’t. Cancel from the panel, the API, or the CLI — all three of them work.

piglet // jump host, DNS, side projects
vcpu: 1 ram : 512 MB nvme: 10 GB net : 1 Gbps
$2per month
stallion deploy piglet --region lux
slice-1 // blogs, mail, mastodon
vcpu: 1 ram : 1 GB nvme: 20 GB net : 1 Gbps
$3.50per month
stallion deploy slice-1 --region lux
slice-4 // web fleet, build agent
vcpu: 4 ram : 4 GB nvme: 80 GB net : 1 Gbps
$15per month
stallion deploy slice-4 --region lux
slice-8 // db, k3s, build farm
vcpu: 8 ram : 8 GB nvme: 160 GB net : 1 Gbps
$30per month
stallion deploy slice-8 --region lux
block-1tb // storage attach
size: 1 TB type: iSCSI attach to: any slice
$5per month
stallion volume create --size 1TB
network

Four regions, one BGP table.

Carrier-neutral facilities, direct peering with the eyeball networks your users actually live behind. Live latency below — pulled fresh on page load.

# traceroute — pinged from edge.buyvm.netlive · refreshed 4s ago
LUX01Luxembourg · root.lu · EU8.4 msup
NYC01New York · Piscataway, NJ9 msup
LAS01Las Vegas · Switch LV114 msup
MIA01Miami · NAP of the Americas42 msup
why

Things that should cost extra.
They don’t.

The list is short on purpose. Most providers add a sub-product every quarter; most of those sub-products are accounting, not engineering.

/01# defence

DDoS filter, free.

L3/L4 mitigation on every IP we issue. Same gear that keeps our own panel up — pointed at your slice. No extra cost, ever.

# ddos.yaml filter: enabled layers: [L3, L4] cost: $0.00
/02# bandwidth

1 Gbps, unmetered.

1 Gbps in, 1 Gbps out, per IP. No bandwidth meter. Pull a Linux ISO every hour — we measured the link, not your packets.

# net.yaml in : 1 Gbps out: 1 Gbps cap: none
/03# virt

Real KVM. Real root.

Your kernel, your iptables, your bad ideas. Real virtualization — not a container with a marketing layer on top.

# /etc/os-release VIRT=kvm ROOT=true PID_1=systemd
/04# provisioning

Boots in 54 seconds.

Median across all regions, last 30 days. We benchmark our own platform on the hour — graph posted publicly.

# perf.json "p50": 54.0s, "p95": 71.4s, "p99": 88.2s
reviews

1,400+ reviews. 4.7 / 5.

A representative selection from #buyvm on irc.rizon.net and Trustpilot, last 30 days. Verified.

#buyvm# 247 users · topic: cancel anytime, also there's free coffee
14:22jcsix years on the same $7 slice. price hasn't moved. uptime hasn't moved. i forget it's there.★★★★★
14:24mmigrated from big cloud after the third surprise bill. saved 70%, lost the 3am pager calls. wins all around.★★★★★
14:31etheir abuse desk replied in 11 minutes at 2am on a sunday. from a human. who knew what BGP was.★★★★★
14:38aruns my mastodon instance for less than my coffee subscription. instance has been up longer than the coffee shop.★★★★★
14:42dthe ipv6 just works. that alone is worth $7. i forget how rare that is.★★★★★

Ready in $ 54s.
Or your money back.

Sign up takes 90 seconds. First slice boots in 54. Destroy it from the panel, the API, or the CLI — whichever’s closer.