A seedbox is a storage-and-transfer problem
The bottleneck on a seedbox is never the processor — it is how much you can store and how much you can move. That is why the compute plans are the wrong tool and the Storage VPS line is the right one: Vault 4 TB pairs 4 TB of HDD RAID-10 with an NVMe system disk and 30 TB of monthly transfer for $19.90 per month, and the larger Vault plans scale to 16 TB.
Crucially, exceeding the transfer allowance throttles the port to 10 Mbps for the rest of the month rather than billing overage — a seedbox that has a heavy month costs you speed, never a surprise invoice.
Why the location is the real decision
Public trackers attract automated copyright notices, so the jurisdiction the box sits in decides what those notices do. In NimbusVPS's DMCA-ignored locations a US notice carries no legal force and no local mechanism stands behind it: it is logged, forwarded to you for information, and nothing is suspended or removed. That is a statement about legal force, not a licence — the acceptable use policy still prohibits genuinely criminal material everywhere.
The EU locations are deliberately not on that list, because the Digital Services Act obliges a provider established in the Union to act on a substantiated complaint. If ignoring notices is the property you want, choose one of the non-EU sites.
Frequently asked questions
What specs does a seedbox need?
Storage and transfer, not CPU. The Vault 4 TB Storage VPS — 4 TB RAID-10, 2 vCPU, 6 GB RAM, 30 TB transfer at $19.90/month — runs rTorrent, qBittorrent or Deluge with headroom. Add more disk by moving up the Vault line to 8 or 16 TB rather than buying CPU you will not use.
Will I get billed for going over the bandwidth allowance?
No. NimbusVPS does not bill transfer overage on any plan. When you exceed the included allowance the port is throttled to 10 Mbps for the remainder of the billing month, and you can lift the throttle by adding transfer at $1.50 per TB or switching to unmetered for a flat $24 per month.
Is a seedbox legal?
The technology is ordinary file transfer and is entirely legal; what you move with it is your responsibility. NimbusVPS's DMCA-ignored jurisdictions mean a US copyright notice has no direct legal force there, but the acceptable use policy still prohibits material that is criminal in the hosting country, and that is enforced in every location without exception.
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