# How much does a rented Basalthold storage server cost?

> A rented Basalthold storage server costs $110.99 to $561.39 per 30 days for 24 to 160 TB. No setup fee, no KYC, crypto only.

- URL: https://basalthold.com/pricing/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Basalthold (https://basalthold.com)

What is inside each hold, what every term costs, and the rival offer each hold undercuts, as read on 2 November 2026.

**Quick answer — How much does a rented Basalthold storage server cost?**

**A rented Basalthold storage server costs $110.99 to $561.39 per 30 days**, prices of 2 November 2026: Hold 24 $110.99, Hold 40 $201.09, Hold 100 $377.05, Hold 160 $561.39 ($3.50/TB raw). Terms of 3, 6 and 12 months take 10%, 20% and 30% off. No setup fee; crypto only, no KYC.

## Which hold, for how long, in which city?

Pick a hold, a term and a city. The total below follows your choice, and the button opens the checkout with it selected.

Choose a plan, a rental length and a location, then continue to [the checkout](https://basalthold.com/app/checkout/?lang=en). Every plan and rental length is priced in [the pricing table](https://basalthold.com/pricing/ "How much does a rented Basalthold storage server cost?").

## What does each hold cost per term?

Your crypto balance pays for a hold in blocks of 30 days, a quarter, half a year or a full year. Each card shows all four totals. **A hold has one price, whether it sits in Amsterdam, Bucharest or Chisinau.** The checkout also asks for a system and an SSH key; skip the key to get a temporary root password. How these totals compare with cloud storage at 10, 50 and 100 TB is shown in [Is a rented storage server cheaper than Backblaze B2 or Wasabi?](https://basalthold.com/storage-server-vs-backblaze-b2-wasabi/ "Holds against B2, Wasabi, R2 and S3, egress included")

| Plan | Quantity | 30 days | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hold 24 | 24 TB raw · 6 cores | $110.99 | $299.67 (−10%) | $532.75 (−20%) | $932.31 (−30%) |
| Hold 40 | 40 TB raw · 6 cores | $201.09 | $542.94 (−10%) | $965.23 (−20%) | $1,689.15 (−30%) |
| Hold 100 | 100 TB raw · 10 cores | $377.05 | $1,018.03 (−10%) | $1,809.84 (−20%) | $3,167.22 (−30%) |
| Hold 160 | 160 TB raw · 16 cores | $561.39 | $1,515.75 (−10%) | $2,694.67 (−20%) | $4,715.67 (−30%) |

In every plan: Blank data drives · Encryption keys stay yours · Dedicated IPv4 · No logs · No KYC · No setup fee

USD prices per 30 days, as of 2 November 2026.

**Before you pay**

- Minimum top-up $1. Top up once in crypto, then buy any plan from your balance. How payment works

## What hardware is inside each hold?

Every hold is a single machine, and its name gives its raw terabytes: Hold 100 carries 100 TB of hard drives. The system boots from separate flash storage, so every hard drive is free for your array.

| Hold | Processor | Cores / threads | Memory | Data drives | System drive | Port and traffic | Raw $/TB |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hold 24 | Intel Xeon E-2176G | 6 cores / 12 threads | 32 GB DDR4 ECC | 2 × 12 TB HDD | 480 GB SSD for the system | 1 Gbit/s, 40 TB per 30 days | $4.62/TB |
| Hold 40 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 6 cores / 12 threads | 64 GB DDR4 | 4 × 10 TB HDD | 512 GB NVMe for the system | 1 Gbit/s, 60 TB per 30 days | $5.02/TB |
| Hold 100 | Intel Xeon Silver 4210R | 10 cores / 20 threads | 128 GB DDR4 ECC | 10 × 10 TB HDD | 2 × 480 GB SSD for the system, mirrored | 1 Gbit/s, 120 TB per 30 days | $3.77/TB |
| Hold 160 | AMD EPYC 7302P | 16 cores / 32 threads | 128 GB DDR4 ECC | 10 × 16 TB HDD | 2 × 480 GB SSD for the system, mirrored | 1 Gbit/s, 200 TB per 30 days | $3.50/TB |

**Raw capacity is what the drives hold before you add redundancy.** With ten drives in RAIDZ2 or RAID 6, eight carry data: Hold 100 gives 80 TB usable and Hold 160 gives 128 TB. Two drives can fail without data loss. In RAID 10, half the raw space is usable. The trade-offs are laid out in [RAID 6 or RAID 10: which is better for a rented storage server?](https://basalthold.com/raid-6-vs-raid-10/ "Parity against mirrors on a rented storage server")

## What do longer terms cost?

**Paying for a quarter saves 10%, half a year 20%, a full year 30%.** Rent a hold for 30 days, 3 months (91 days, 10% off), 6 months (182 days, 20% off) or 12 months (365 days, 30% off): a longer term costs the 30-day price times 3, 6 or 12, minus the discount, rounded down to the cent (Hold 24: $299.67 for 3 months, $532.75 for 6, $932.31 for 12). A renewal keeps your term and your starting price unless you choose another term for the next renewal in the dashboard.

| Hold | 30 days | 3 months (91 days) | 6 months (182 days) | 12 months (365 days) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hold 24 | $110.99 | $299.67 | $532.75 | $932.31 |
| Hold 40 | $201.09 | $542.94 | $965.23 | $1,689.15 |
| Hold 100 | $377.05 | $1,018.03 | $1,809.84 | $3,167.22 |
| Hold 160 | $561.39 | $1,515.75 | $2,694.67 | $4,715.67 |

## How is each hold priced against the market?

**Our rule: each hold is priced 25% under a named like-for-like storage server from a host that takes crypto without ID, read on 2 November 2026. We do not claim to be the cheapest at every capacity.** In full: Each hold is priced 25% under a named reference server, rounded down to the cent (prices read on 2 November 2026): Hold 24 against Mangohost's “HDD0 Dedicated Server” at $147.99 a month; Hold 40 against OffshoreDedi's “Server: 40TB Storage” at $268.13 a month; Hold 100 against OffshoreDedi's “Server: 100TB Storage” at $502.74 a month; Hold 160 against OffshoreDedi's “Server: 160TB Storage” at $748.52 a month. The reference is the comparable storage server with the smallest monthly price among 5 hosts that take crypto without asking for ID at signup: at least the hold's raw hard-drive capacity, a floor of cores and memory (Hold 24: 4 cores and 16 GB; Hold 40: 6 cores and 32 GB; Hold 100: 8 cores and 64 GB; Hold 160: 8 cores and 64 GB), a port of 1 Gbit/s or more, at least 10 TB of traffic, one IPv4 address, monthly billing and stock shown. Processor age is not counted, since most storage servers on sale run processors from 2012 to 2017; setup fees are spread over twelve months; euro prices use 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB, 2026-10-30). We do not claim to be the cheapest at every capacity: sellers outside that pool list storage servers down to $1.30 per raw TB (NetDynamics24, same day).

The comparison pool is small. Of 23 storage-server sellers Basalthold checked on 2 November 2026, 5 passed every test. For Hold 100 and Hold 160 the honest count is 1 host. OffshoreDedi alone sells a comparable 100 or 160 TB server to crypto buyers without ID. So the median and the reference are the same offer. OffshoreDedi may still ask for verification before delivery. How the whole market prices a terabyte is set out in [How much does a rented storage server cost per TB per month?](https://basalthold.com/storage-server-price-per-tb/ "Per-TB prices of rented storage servers, 2 November 2026")

### Which rival offer sets each hold's price?

*Taken from the hosts' public order pages on 2 November 2026. Setup fees are divided by twelve and added to the month. 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB, 2026-10-30).*

| Hold | Basalthold price | Reference server | Its plan and hardware | Next comparable | Median (hosts) | Basalthold is lower by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hold 24 | $110.99 | $147.99 at Mangohost ($6.17/TB) | HDD0 Dedicated Server: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2, 4 cores / 16 GB / 24 TB of hard drives | €240.00 ($268.13) at OffshoreDedi | $318.39 (5) | 25% (median: 65%) |
| Hold 40 | $201.09 | €240.00 ($268.13) at OffshoreDedi ($6.70/TB) | Server: 40TB Storage: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3, 6 cores / 64 GB / 40 TB of hard drives | $600.00 at KoDDoS | $434.06 (2) | 25% (median: 54%) |
| Hold 100 | $377.05 | €450.00 ($502.74) at OffshoreDedi ($5.03/TB) | Server: 100TB Storage: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3, 12 cores / 128 GB / 100 TB of hard drives | None found | $502.74 (1) | 25% |
| Hold 160 | $561.39 | €670.00 ($748.52) at OffshoreDedi ($4.68/TB) | Server: 160TB Storage: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3, 12 cores / 128 GB / 160 TB of hard drives | None found | $748.52 (1) | 25% |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

AbeloHost was third for Hold 24 at €284.99 ($318.39). KoDDoS, next for Hold 40, sells 60 TB on two Xeon E5-2620 v4.

## How does billing work?

**Billing runs on a prepaid crypto balance, and a hold's whole term is deducted up front.** Each server is paid in advance from your crypto balance, for 30 days, 3 months, 6 months or 12 months as chosen at checkout. Auto-renew charges the same length again at the price you started with, unless you set another length for the next renewal in the dashboard; when the balance falls short, the server stops at the end of its term, its drives are held for 7 days and then wiped.

No setup fee is charged, neither on the first order nor on a renewal. Top-ups start at $1. Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your servers. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it. Incoming payments are checked against public sanctions lists of blockchain addresses, and a payment from a listed address is not credited. A Monero payment does not reveal its sending address, so this check cannot cover it.

If we fail to deliver a server, or it breaks and support cannot repair it, the days it was down go back to your balance. A balance never expires. Top-ups are not paid out unless the law requires it; the part paid only to reach the minimum top-up can be returned on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC, if it has not been spent. Each case is listed on the [refund policy](https://basalthold.com/refunds/ "When days go back to your Basalthold balance").

## What is not in the price?

You pay for hardware, a network port and people who answer. Seven things stay outside the price:

- **Backups of your data:** A storage server is not a backup of itself: we keep no copy of your data anywhere else, so a second copy in another place stays your job.
- **Remote console:** There is no IPMI or KVM-over-IP access for customers; reboots and reinstalls you request in the dashboard are carried out by the team.
- **Hardware RAID:** none is promised. The operating system sits on its own SSD (two mirrored SSDs on the larger holds); the data drives arrive blank and unpartitioned, so you can build ZFS, an mdadm array or a set of independent disks. If you want the team to prepare a RAID 6 or RAID 10 array before delivery, say so to support before the server is handed over.
- **DDoS filtering:** No DDoS protection is promised beyond what the datacenter network does by itself.
- **Mail:** Outgoing mail on port 25 is blocked on every server for good, against spam; ports 465 and 587 to mail providers are open.
- **Windows:** Pick Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux, Proxmox VE, or Proxmox Backup Server for a ready backup target. Windows is not offered.
- **Lightning:** not taken. Among the 16 storage sellers with a crypto option, 0 accept Lightning and 6 accept Monero, which Basalthold takes as well.

## How do I pay for a hold in crypto?

Three moves: open an account, which hands you a number; send crypto; rent the hold. Names, papers and cards never come into it.

1. **Top up $1 or more** — Choose the amount and the coin (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, XMR). The crypto amount and its rate are locked for 30 minutes.
2. **Send it to the address shown, on the exact network** — The payment page shows our deposit address for the coin and network you picked: BTC on Bitcoin, USDT on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20), USDC on Ethereum (ERC-20), ETH on Ethereum, SOL on Solana, LTC on Litecoin, XMR on Monero. Send only that coin on that network: funds sent on another network or in another coin can’t be recovered. The network fee comes on top of the amount.
3. **Send the exact amount shown, then click “I’ve sent the payment”** — Each top-up has its own exact amount (down to the last decimals): that is how we find your payment and link it to your account.
4. **Credited once your payment is checked on the blockchain** — Your balance is credited once we have checked the transaction on the blockchain, after the network has confirmed it. Typical network confirmation times:
5. **Rent your hold** — Pick a hold, a term, a city, a system and your SSH key (or none, for a temporary root password); the top-up follows the price of that term. Minutes after the payment is confirmed, never more than an hour later, a person has your server ready and its IP address shows in the dashboard. Credit on your balance does not expire and renews any of your servers. When a top-up is only made to reach the minimum, the unspent part comes back on request within 30 days of payment, in USDT or USDC. The rest of a balance is not paid out unless the law requires it.

| Crypto | Network | Confirmations | Usual time |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | Bitcoin | 2 | ≈ 20 min |
| Tether (USDT) | Tron (TRC-20) | 20 | ≈ 1 min |
| Tether (USDT) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| USD Coin (USDC) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| Ethereum (ETH) | Ethereum | 12 | ≈ 5 min |
| Solana (SOL) | Solana | 1 | ≈ 1 min |
| Litecoin (LTC) | Litecoin | 6 | ≈ 15 min |
| Monero (XMR) | Monero | 10 | ≈ 20 min |

Closed the tab? The pending top-up stays under Billing in your account: open it to see the address and the exact amount again.

## What else do buyers ask about hold prices?

### Is there a free trial?

There is no free trial; Hold 24, the smallest hold, costs $110.99 for 30 days. Should a hold never arrive, or fail beyond repair, its missing days are credited back.

### Is a hold dearer in one city than another?

No. Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bucharest (Romania) and Chisinau (Moldova): every hold in every city, at the same price. Choose by distance to your NAS, or by law: Chisinau sits outside the EU, while Amsterdam and Bucharest are inside.

### Can I rent a hold for just 30 days?

Yes, 30 days is the shortest term. For Hold 160 that is $561.39; half a year costs $2,694.67 and a full year $4,715.67.

### Do I pay more if I go past the traffic allowance?

No. Every server has a 1 Gbit/s port with a monthly traffic allowance (Hold 24 40 TB, Hold 40 60 TB, Hold 100 120 TB, Hold 160 200 TB), one dedicated IPv4 address and an IPv6 /64; going past the allowance never triggers an automatic bill. Each hold's allowance is larger than its raw capacity. Run flat out through a 30-day term, a 1 Gbit/s link carries roughly 324 TB.

### Why is a hold cheaper than other storage servers?

Prices come from a dated survey: each hold is priced 25% under a named like-for-like rival, read on 2 November 2026. What you give up is listed openly: no remote console, no copies of your data on our side, no Lightning. A person still sets each server up, minutes from the moment your payment is confirmed, and never more than an hour.

### When is a hold handed over?

A person on the team readies the machine once your payment is confirmed; that takes minutes and never more than an hour, and the dashboard follows its progress until the IP address appears. Other storage sellers state a median of 24 hours, well above our hour; their range runs from 10 minutes to 10 business days.

## Sources

1. [Storage server: 40TB Storage](https://my.offshorededi.com/store/storage-server/server-40tb-storage) — OffshoreDedi (read 2026-11-02)
2. [Storage server: 100TB Storage](https://my.offshorededi.com/store/storage-server/server-100tb-storage) — OffshoreDedi (read 2026-11-02)
3. [Storage server: 160TB Storage](https://my.offshorededi.com/store/storage-server/server-160tb-storage) — OffshoreDedi (read 2026-11-02)
4. [Storage server plans HDD0 to HDD4](https://mangohost.net/dedicated/storage-server) — Mangohost (read 2026-11-02)
5. [Offshore dedicated servers (store)](https://koddos.net/clients/store/offshore-dedicated-server) — KoDDoS (Amarutu Technology Ltd) (read 2026-11-02)
6. [CZ dedicated servers (store)](https://bill.abelohost.com/index.php?rp=/store/cz-dedicated-servers) — AbeloHost (read 2026-11-02)
7. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml) — European Central Bank (2026-10-30)

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Basalthold: Basalthold rents storage dedicated servers in Amsterdam, Bucharest and Chisinau, paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, no selfie, no documents. Each server is a whole physical machine with 24 TB to 160 TB of hard drives for one customer, delivered with blank data drives and root access, for backups, archives, file sync and self-hosted object storage. On 2 November 2026, prices ran from $110.99 per 30 days for 24 TB to $561.39 for 160 TB ($3.50 per raw TB). It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama, keeps no logs and never asks for your encryption keys.