How it works
A hosting company runs big servers. A program called a hypervisor cuts each one into virtual machines and gives every virtual machine a share of the processors, a fixed amount of memory and its own disk.
You get one of those machines. You connect over SSH, install software, open ports and run programs around the clock. Other customers on the same server cannot see your files, and you cannot see theirs.
$ ssh [email protected] Welcome to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS root@vps:~# docker run -d -p 80:80 my-app a3f9c1… started root@vps:~# curl -s localhost | head -1 <h1>My app is online</h1>
The "private" part is about control, not hardware: you are root on your slice, but the physical server is shared. Most VPS plans share processor cores too, which is why the same "2 vCPU" can be fast at one provider and slow at another.
Do you need one?
Take a VPS when
- Something must answer all the time. A Telegram bot, an API, a game server, a VPN.
- You need root. Your own database, Docker, system packages, a firewall.
- An AI agent needs a place to work. Claude Code or Codex on a server keeps going when your laptop is closed.
Skip it when
- It is a static site. Static hosting is free and needs no server care.
- You only collect form answers. A form service does it without a backend.
- Code runs a few seconds a day. Serverless costs less than a server that waits all month.
The trade-off: a VPS gives you full control, and with it the chores. Updates, backups and security are yours to handle, unless someone does them for you.
What a VPS on Uno adds
Same root and the same Linux as any VPS. Here is what comes with it.
It sleeps when idle and keeps its memory
With nothing to do for 10 minutes it falls asleep with every program still in memory. A visitor, a bot message or you wake it. Every hour asleep earns you a boost.
An AI agent sets it up for you
Tell Uno what you need in a chat. It installs, configures and starts it on your computer, and you watch every command it runs. Or bring Claude Code or Codex with your own subscription.
Fast where it counts
NVMe disks and DDR5 with error correction (ECC). On 16 vCPU an Uno computer scores like a MacBook Air M4 in Geekbench 6: a second MacBook in the cloud for $70 a month.
A clean address of your own
Traffic can leave through a static address of a regular internet provider in one of 8 countries, used only by your account. Fewer captchas for your agent's browser.
Nothing happens unseen
Every time Uno itself touches your computer, it goes to your access log: who, when and why.
Uno against a classic VPS
The same 1 vCPU class. What you pay, and what you get with it.
| Uno Small | Budget VPS Hetzner, OVH, Contabo | Cloud VPS DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price a month | $5 | $4.5–6.5 | $5–7 |
| Root and Docker | yes | yes | yes |
| Who sets it up | an AI agent, or you | you, over SSH | you, over SSH |
| When idle | asleep, memory kept, earns boosts | runs and bills all month | runs and bills all month |
| Cloud storage | 25 GB included | separate product | separate product |
| Sites and forms | free, one message | set up a web server | set up a web server |
| AI in the plan | 5 h a month, Uno AI optional | no | no |
Prices checked 2026-10-01. Budget hosts sell memory cheaper per GB. If all you need is a lot of RAM and nothing else, they are the better deal.
A VPS on Uno, from $5 a month
Every plan is a real Linux computer with root and Docker. Start small; move up in the console, your files come with you.
Small
A Telegram bot, a VPN, a small backend
$5/ month
- 1 vCPU · 1 GB
- 15 GB disk
- 25 GB cloud storage
- 5 boosts a month
Plus
Agents that work with your laptop closed
$20/ month
- 4 vCPU · 4 GB
- 40 GB disk
- 100 GB cloud storage
- Uno Work in the cloud
Pro
A product in production, a second MacBook
$70/ month
- 16 vCPU · 16 GB
- 120 GB disk
- 300 GB cloud storage
- Speed of a MacBook Air M4
Max
A team and many agents at once
$200/ month
- 32 vCPU · 48 GB
- 300 GB disk
- 1,024 GB cloud storage
- 5 public IPv4
Add Uno AI to any plan: 40 h of AI work a month on Small, 100 h on Plus, unlimited on Max. Today: GLM-5.3 Flash and MiMo v2.6 Pro. Or sign in with your own Claude or ChatGPT.