Mail server (Postfix / OpenSMTPD)
FreeBSD has long been the default platform for production mail relays. Pair OpenSMTPD or Postfix with rspamd, dovecot, and SPF/DKIM signing. Jails isolate each customer's mailstore.
FreeBSD VPS Hosting
ZFS. Jails. pf.
The way Unix should feel.
FreeBSD 14.x with ZFS root and full jail support on AMD EPYC + pure NVMe.
Independent cloud since 2008 · Root SSH · 12 regions · 40 Gbps.
Starting at $2.48/mo · 50% off · No credit card required
~ ssh root@bsd-edge-001 · FreeBSD 14.1
connected
root@bsd-edge-001:~ # uname -srm && zpool status -x
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE amd64
all pools are healthy
root@bsd-edge-001:~ # iocage create -n web ip4_addr="vtnet0|10.0.0.5" -r 14.1-RELEASE
web successfully created!
root@bsd-edge-001:~ # zfs snapshot zroot@pre-deploy-2026-05-02
snapshot created · 0.00s
root@bsd-edge-001:~ # _
FreeBSD VPS at a glance
Cloudzy sells FreeBSD VPS plans deployed with FreeBSD 14.x and ZFS root, available in 12 regions across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, starting at $2.48 per month. Plans run from 512 MB to 64 GB DDR5 on NVMe storage with 40 Gbps uplinks and a dedicated IPv4. Native ZFS, jails, pf, and DTrace are all available out of the box. Servers provision in 60 seconds on AMD EPYC. Cloudzy has operated independently since 2008 and is rated 4.6 / 5 by 708+ reviewers on Trustpilot.
- Starting price
- $2.48 / month
- FreeBSD
- 14.x · 13.x
- Filesystem
- ZFS root
- Provisioning
- 60 seconds
- Regions
- 12 worldwide
- Money-back
- 14 days
Why BSD admins pick Cloudzy
BSD-friendly hosting
that doesn't fight you.
Most cloud providers treat BSD as a second-class citizen. We don't.
ZFS on NVMe by default
Root filesystem is ZFS. Snapshots are free, send/receive works for backup pipelines, lz4 compression is on. NVMe means ZFS performs without disk-IO regret.
Jails work natively
Hierarchical jails, iocage, bastille, all supported. The hypervisor doesn't fight FreeBSD's containment model. Run dozens of isolated services on a single VPS without Linux container overhead.
AMD EPYC + 40 Gbps
Same fast hardware as our flagship Cloud VPS. FreeBSD's network stack is famously well-tuned, give it 40 Gbps and the bottleneck moves to the application, not the kernel.
24/7 human support
We don't pretend to be FreeBSD experts on the application layer, but Linux + KVM + networking + storage is fully on us. The infrastructure is solid; the BSD on top is yours to tune.
FreeBSD essentials
Everything FreeBSD
is famous for.
ZFS as root, jails for isolation, pf for the firewall, ports for source builds. Nothing crippled by hypervisor virtualization weirdness. FreeBSD runs cleanly on our KVM-based VPS infrastructure.
Custom ISO supported, install OpenBSD or NetBSD too
ZFS
Native · snapshots · send
Jails
Hierarchical · iocage
pf firewall
Stateful · scrub · NAT
Ports tree
Build from source
pkg
Binary packages
DTrace
Production tracing
GENERIC kernel
Modify freely
FreeBSD 14.x
Latest stable
Use cases
The workloads BSD
does best.
DNS authority + recursor
NSD or BIND for authoritative DNS, Unbound for recursion. FreeBSD's pf can pin queries to specific source IPs for rate limiting. ZFS snapshots make zone-file rollbacks trivial.
Privacy-focused stack
FreeBSD's smaller attack surface and reproducible base system make it a strong base for privacy services. Tor relays, IPFS gateway nodes, OpenVPN concentrators, hardened web frontends.
Backup target with ZFS
zfs send | ssh user@host "zfs recv ...", incremental, encrypted, compressed. A FreeBSD VPS makes a great offsite backup destination for other ZFS hosts (TrueNAS, Proxmox-on-ZFS).
Multi-tenant jail farm
Run isolated environments for customers or internal teams in lightweight jails. Each gets a hostname, IP alias, ZFS dataset, and resource limits, without the overhead of full virtualization.
Performance + tracing research
DTrace, pmcstat, and FreeBSD's deeply instrumented kernel make it the OS of choice for application performance research. NVMe + 40 Gbps means no benchmark-killing infrastructure noise.
60s
Provisioning
40 Gbps
Uplink
ZFS root
Filesystem
12
Regions
99.95%
Uptime SLA
14 days
Money-back
Pricing
Pay for what you use. Same prices as Linux.
Currently 50% off all VPS plans.
512 MB DDR5
Jail / sandbox · Side projects
$2.48 /mo
$4.95/mo −50%
Deploy now
14-day money-back
- 1 vCPU @ EPYC
- 20 GB NVMe + ZFS
- 1 TB · 40 Gbps
- Dedicated IPv4 + IPv6
- Root SSH · KVM
1 GB DDR5
Solo dev · Lightweight services
$3.48 /mo
$6.95/mo −50%
Deploy now
14-day money-back
- 1 vCPU @ EPYC
- 25 GB NVMe + ZFS
- 1 TB · 40 Gbps
- Dedicated IPv4 + IPv6
- Root SSH · KVM
2 GB DDR5
Small team · Production jails
$7.475 /mo
$14.95/mo −50%
Deploy now
14-day money-back
- 1 vCPU @ EPYC
- 60 GB NVMe + ZFS
- 3 TB · 40 Gbps
- Dedicated IPv4 + IPv6
- Root SSH · KVM
Most popular
4 GB DDR5
Active workload · Default pick
$14.47 /mo
$28.95/mo −50%
Deploy now
14-day money-back
- 2 vCPU @ EPYC
- 120 GB NVMe + ZFS
- 5 TB · 40 Gbps
- Dedicated IPv4 + IPv6
- Root SSH · KVM
FAQ. FreeBSD VPS
Common questions, straight answers.
Which FreeBSD versions are available?
Latest stable (FreeBSD 14.x) is the default deployment. FreeBSD 13.x is available as a legacy option. You can also upload a custom ISO to install OpenBSD, NetBSD, or DragonFlyBSD if you need a different BSD flavor, full ISO upload is supported on every plan.
Do I get ZFS?
Yes. Every FreeBSD VPS deploys with ZFS as the root filesystem by default. You get full access to zpool, zfs, snapshots, send/receive, dataset compression (lz4 / zstd), and the deduplication knobs. NVMe storage means ZFS performance isn't bottlenecked on disk.
Can I run jails?
Yes. FreeBSD jails work natively on the VPS, full hierarchical jail support (parent jail, child jails, nested isolation). Manage with iocage, bastille, or directly via jail.conf. We don't restrict the jail count; the limit is your VPS's resource budget.
What about pf and packet filtering?
pf works exactly as you'd expect on bare metal. Stateful firewall, NAT, traffic shaping (ALTQ on the older branches, dummynet on newer), and the FreeBSD-specific scrub options. You're root, full control over /etc/pf.conf.
How fast is the network for FreeBSD?
40 Gbps capable on the underlying VPS. FreeBSD's network stack is well-tuned for high throughput; the bottleneck on FreeBSD VPS is usually the userspace app, not the kernel. Useful for Postfix, OpenSMTPD, NSD, Unbound, and similar single-process daemons.
Can I upload a custom kernel or world?
Yes. Full root, full filesystem access, no panel restrictions. Build a custom kernel with `make buildkernel`, install it, reboot from the panel console. We don't lock down GENERIC, modify it freely.
Is there pkg / ports support?
Yes, both. The default image has pkg ready (pre-configured against the FreeBSD pkg mirrors), and you can `cd /usr/ports/...` to build from source the FreeBSD way. Ports tree is included on the standard image; update with `portsnap fetch update`.
What about FAMP (FreeBSD + Apache + MySQL/MariaDB + PHP)?
All available via pkg. We don't bundle a one-click FAMP image, but `pkg install apache24 mariadb106-server php82 php82-extensions` followed by enabling the services in /etc/rc.conf is a 5-minute setup. PostgreSQL works the same way.
Money-back guarantee on FreeBSD VPS?
14 days, no questions asked. Refund within one billing cycle. Plenty of time to set up jails, run real workloads, and decide if Cloudzy works for your FreeBSD environment.
Can I switch from Linux to FreeBSD without rebuilding?
Re-image is the cleanest path: snapshot data you want to keep, pick FreeBSD from the panel, re-image (60 seconds), restore data. The IPv4 stays the same. RAM, vCPU, and storage tier carry over without rebuilding the plan.
ZFS, jails, pf,
running in 60 seconds.
Pick a region, pick a plan, click. zpool will be online before your tea is steeped.
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