With Netflix and other streaming platforms increasing price, I finally decided to get a seedbox for my family members’ needs with Plex/jellyfin.

My budget is 10-15 USD per month. I’m currently on the 11$ hostingby.design plan with 4TB storage and 9TB traffic, 10gbit connection. I’ve been mostly happy but,

  • Their app selection feels small though I’ve found most of the mainstream stuff.
  • I’m missing things like cross-seed, jellystat, jellyfin-vue, transmission and audiobookshelf.
  • Not happy with how apps installed by the GitHub scripts are not available on HTTPS.
  • Can’t disable ssh password login for public key, which is making me really uncomfortable.
  • Their wiki seems quite sparse.

The other options I’m thinking of are:

  • 13$ HDD plan at seedhost.eu - 4TB/9TB but only 1gbps, downgrade in specs but seems to have more apps.
  • 14$ plan at ultra.cc with 3TB/8TB but 20gps (which feels like an overkill honestly). Also a downgrade but their wiki/app support looks top notch.

I really wish there was a way I could manage docker containers on my own on a similar shared setup without paying for a dedicated vps but haven’t found something like that so far.

Any advice regarding the other providers, experience or otherwise would be greatly appreciated :)

  • whiskers@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Off topic question, I’m trying to learn about seedboxes: Do you have to configure your own VPN with your current seed box or is it not necessary?

    • undefined@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      The whole point of using a seedbox is so that you don’t have to use a VPN (well, and speed). You probably shouldn’t use a seedbox with public trackers though. Some seedboxes will drop you from their service if they get a copyright request.

    • Reliant1087@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      It’s not necessary :) Since the torrenting is done on the seedbox and you’re accessing it sort of like google drive or something similar, there aren’t any issues. This is why you usually pick a seedbox in a different country.

      On top of that, with some providers like seedbox.cc, they let you use your seedbox as a VPN with upto three users.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Some managed are already finished and ready to use.
      My seedbox on hostingby.design has OpenVPN configured and I can just download the config file.

      • Reliant1087@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Hey, I’m currently on hbd too, curious to know how to find the openvpn config. So far I’ve only found wireguard.