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Should I use SSD Nodes?

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Depends. Buy if you are a hands-on Linux user who wants maximum RAM per dollar and can manage everything yourself. Skip it for anything you cannot afford to lose, since the company has admitted backup-related data loss.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~25 public sources: Trustpilot, G2, Reddit, LowEndTalk, WHTop, and official SSD Nodes pages.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$5.50/mo

Starting VPS

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
High-RAM tier$22/mo

Best for

  • Budget self-hosters and tinkerers
  • Hands-on Linux admins
  • High-RAM needs on a shoestring
  • Long-term projects okay prepaying 3 years

Not for

  • Production workloads without your own backup plan
  • Non-technical users wanting managed hand-holding
  • Teams needing compliance or security assurances
  • Anyone refusing 3-year prepayment to get good rates

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Cheapest prices are locked behind 3-year prepayment; month-to-month costs far more

high

Company admitted data loss from backup negligence — keep independent off-site backups

medium

Fully unmanaged: expect ticket support only, no sysadmin help

medium

Reputation is polarized: G2 4.1 stars but WHTop 1.8/10

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Plans from $5.50/mo, up to 95% cheaper than DigitalOcean
  • Users report 32GB RAM for just $22/month
  • Some users report roughly five years without downtime
  • DDoS protection included without additional fees
  • G2 users cite drastic savings and responsive support

Cons

  • Unmanaged only: setup, updates, maintenance all on you
  • Company admitted data loss due to backup negligence
  • Cheap rates effectively require 3-year upfront plans
  • WHTop users rank it 1.8/10 across 11 ratings
  • No FreeBSD images offered

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 11 sources - Admitted data loss from backup negligence; no dedicated security page found.

official x2review x7security x1news x1
  • Admitted data loss due to backup negligence, Community PSA reports SSD Nodes (Strasmore Inc.) acknowledged data loss caused by backup negligence; treat vendor backups as unreliable and maintain your own.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $5.50/mo

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. 32GB RAM for $22/mo; far cheaper than rivals
  • Ease of use: 2/5. Unmanaged; all setup and maintenance on you
  • Feature depth: 2/5. Does one thing: unmanaged Linux VPS
  • Support quality: 3/5. G2 praises responsiveness; Reddit reports problems
  • Security posture: 2/5. Admitted backup-negligence data loss; no security page
  • 4.1/5 G2 rating G2 user reviews
  • $5.50/mo Starting price Claims up to 95% cheaper than DigitalOcean
  • 15 Years in business Bootstrapped, founder-led
  • 255 Trustpilot reviews Mixed community feedback

Pricing

Starting VPS

$5.50/mo

  • Unmanaged Linux VPS
  • SSD storage

High-RAM tier

$22/mo

  • 32 GB RAM
  • Positioned as high-resource, low-cost

Security

Admitted data loss from backup negligence; no dedicated security page found.

  • Admitted data loss due to backup negligenceCommunity PSA reports SSD Nodes (Strasmore Inc.) acknowledged data loss caused by backup negligence; treat vendor backups as unreliable and maintain your own.⁵

What users say

Long-time users praise the price-to-spec ratio and uptime; critics flag backup reliability, upsell-heavy multi-year pricing, and mixed support.

“SSD Nodes gives me beefy servers without spending a fortune.”
G2 review
“They are really cheap if you take 3 year plan”
Reddit, r/selfhosted
“I have been using SSD Nodes for around 5 years and have never faced downt”
Reddit, r/selfhosted
Full analysis

Based on ~25 public sources: Trustpilot, G2, Reddit, LowEndTalk, WHTop, and official SSD Nodes pages.

Dirt-cheap unmanaged VPS from $5.50/mo. Great specs for tinkerers; risky if you lack your own backups.

Methodology

Based on ~25 public sources: Trustpilot, G2, Reddit, LowEndTalk, WHTop, and official SSD Nodes pages.

Sources

  1. SSD Nodes Reviews — Trustpilot (255 reviews)trustpilot.com
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  2. SSD Nodes Reviews — G2g2.com
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  3. SSDNodes Review — WHTop, rank 1.8/10whtop.com
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  4. SSDNodes VPS Review: Up to 95% Cheaper Than DigitalOceangithub.com
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  5. PSA: SSD Nodes Admits Data Loss Due to Backup Negligencereddit.com
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  6. Thoughts about ssdnodes — Reddit r/selfhostedreddit.com
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  7. SSD Nodes: Affordable SSD VPS Hostingssdnodes.com
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  8. SSD Nodes Pricingssdnodes.com
    official
  9. ssdnodes.com/securityssdnodes.com
    security
  10. Founder AMA: bootstrapped SSD Nodes — Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com
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  11. SSDNodes review after couple of years of usage — LowEndTalklowendtalk.com
    review

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