PQ.Hosting is a phenomenon in the VPS market. A Moldovan company that offers virtual servers in 35+ locations worldwide at prices that make competitors twitch. Official website: pq.hosting.
What’s the Gimmick
PQ.Hosting’s main advantage is the sheer number of available countries and cities. Need a server in Japan? You got it. In Argentina? No problem. In Iceland? Yes, that’s available too. The full list: Germany, the Netherlands, US, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, and two dozen more countries.
Who is this for? Anyone who wants minimal ping to an audience in a specific country. Or anyone building a distributed server network.
Prices for all this madness start at €4.77/month. For that money:
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GB RAM
- 15 GB NVMe
- Unlimited traffic
- 1 IPv4
- KVM virtualization
Configurations scale up. For €20 you can get 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, and 120 GB NVMe. Resources can be added individually.
Performance: What’s Inside
PQ.Hosting runs on AMD Ryzen and AMD EPYC processors (depending on location). Disks are NVMe. Benchmarks show IOPS around 200–400k, read speeds 1–2 GB/s.
Network port is gigabit. But an important nuance: actual throughput depends on the location. A server in Germany will consistently deliver 800–900 Mbps. A server in South Africa or Argentina may drop to 100–200 Mbps at peak.
Ping from Moscow to European locations: 40–60 ms. To Hong Kong: 180–200 ms. To New York: 120–140 ms. Overall, figures are expected — no surprises.
Control Panel
PQ.Hosting uses a custom-built panel, unsurprisingly called PQ.Hosting Panel. It doesn’t try to look pretty, but it does its job:
- OS reinstallation (Linux and Windows)
- VNC console
- DNS management (reverse zone)
- Real-time monitoring
- Ticket creation
The panel is available in Russian and English. A mobile version exists but is a bit rough.
Affiliate Program
PQ.Hosting aggressively promotes its referral program: 30% of payments from referred customers. Payouts go to your balance or external wallets. This explains why there are so many glowing PQ.Hosting reviews online — referrals are at work.
I don’t use referral links on principle — so you can be sure this review is unbiased.
Support
Tech support works through tickets. Response speed varies: daytime on weekdays — 10–30 minutes; nights and weekends — up to several hours. Responses are in Russian, to the point, no copypasta.
Site chat exists but is frequently offline. Advice: file a ticket directly, it’ll be faster.
Underwater Rocks
The main downside — inconsistent quality across locations. A PQ.Hosting server in Germany works great. A server in, say, Kazakhstan or Moldova may reboot without warning, lose connectivity for an hour or two, and show unstable uptime.
Why? Because PQ.Hosting doesn’t own its data centers — they rent racks or entire servers from local providers in each country. Some partners are reliable, others aren’t. It’s a lottery.
Another point: documentation is sparse, the Knowledge Base is nearly empty. Beginners may struggle to figure things out.
Verdict
6.5/10. PQ.Hosting is a tool for those who know what they’re doing. Need a server in an exotic location for pocket change? PQ.Hosting is one of the few options. Need stability and predictability? Look toward Hetzner, Netcup, or DigitalOcean.
If you decide to go for it — pick European locations (Germany, Netherlands), they’re the most battle-tested. Steer clear of exotic ones like South Africa or Brazil for production environments.