Bare metal servers, billed by the hour

A whole physical server on Vultr, Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC, paid in crypto with no identity check.

In short

A bare metal server is a whole physical machine: no hypervisor and no neighbours, with the CPU, the memory, the disks and the network card all yours. Neckrez offers a range of Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC machines on Vultr, billed by the hour from a crypto balance with no identity check. The table below shows the live sizes and prices.

Dedicated hardware is normally sold by the month, with a contract and an identity check. Here it is the same account, the same balance and the same hourly billing as every other server: take a machine for the length of the job and destroy it when you are done.

What you actually get

• The server itself. There is no hypervisor between you and the hardware, so you can use the CPU features that virtualisation hides: nested virtualisation, your own KVM or Proxmox on top, hardware counters, the real NUMA layout.
• Nobody else on the machine. On a virtual server the host is shared with other customers. Here the host is yours.
• Root over SSH with the password you set at deploy, a dedicated IPv4, and the same panel and API as every other server.

What is different from a VPS

A bare metal server cannot do everything a virtual one can, and it is better to know that before you order. The panel refuses the actions that do not exist rather than pretending they worked.

• No snapshots or backups. The provider offers no snapshot for bare metal, so on-demand backups and restoring to a new server are not available. Keep your own copies of anything you need.
• No instant IP swap and no browser console, and no one-click apps or paid add-ons.
• It is deleted, not archived, when the balance runs out. Regular servers are snapshotted first. A bare metal server is removed together with its data, so keep enough balance for the whole run. The balance page shows how many days your balance lasts at the current burn rate.

Why hourly matters on hardware

A physical machine usually locks you into a month even when the job is a weekend. Hourly billing removes the commitment: a render that takes 30 hours costs 30 hours, and the machine is gone afterwards.

A bare metal server takes longer to provision than a virtual one, because the hardware has to be prepared and the system written to real disks. Expect roughly 10 to 30 minutes from order to a machine you can log in to, rather than the minute a VPS needs.

What is available

The catalogue lists Intel Xeon (E3 and E-series) and AMD EPYC machines, from four cores up to dozens of cores and hundreds of gigabytes of memory. The table shows the live sizes with their processor, memory, disks and prices. The Deploy page shows only the sizes the provider currently offers in the city you pick, so you are never charged for something that cannot be built.

Who needs one

• Your own virtualisation. Run Proxmox or KVM and carve out as many virtual machines as the hardware can hold.
• Heavy databases. Large working sets and steady disk load, where a hypervisor in the way costs performance.
• Batch work. Renders, builds, simulations and data processing that run for hours or days.
• Predictable performance. Benchmarking, or any job where noisy neighbours are not acceptable.

How to start with crypto

• 1. Sign up with an email. No KYC, no ID, no phone and no card.
• 2. Top up the balance in crypto. Bitcoin, USDT, ETH or any of 300+ coins; the minimum top-up is $15.
• 3. Pick the Bare metal line. On the Deploy page choose a size and a city and the operating system to install.
• 4. Wait a few minutes for the build, then log in as root over SSH.
• 5. Destroy it when you are done. Billing stops.

FAQ

How much does a bare metal server cost? The table above shows the live monthly and hourly price of every listed size. Billing is hourly, so a machine kept for two days costs two days.

Do I need to verify my identity? No. You sign up with an email and pay in crypto. There is no card and no ID check.

How long does a bare metal server take to deploy? Usually 10 to 30 minutes, longer than a VPS because real hardware is prepared and the system is written to physical disks.

Can I take backups of a bare metal server? Not through the panel: the provider has no snapshot for bare metal. Keep your own copies, for example on a separate server.

What happens if my balance runs out? A bare metal server is deleted together with its data, because there is no snapshot to archive. Keep enough balance for the run; the balance page shows how long it lasts.

Can I run my own hypervisor on it? Yes. With no hypervisor underneath, nested virtualisation and your own KVM or Proxmox are available. For lighter needs, Dedicated CPU gives reserved cores on a virtual server.