{
  "slug": "rarecloud",
  "category": "server-hosting",
  "name": "RareCloud",
  "description": "Romanian provider of KVM VPS, OpenStack cloud VMs, managed Kubernetes and web hosting, with datacenters in Europe, the US and Asia.",
  "website": "https://rarecloud.io",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "RO",
    "name": "Romania",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 33,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "RareCloud scores 33 out of 100 (grade F) on the server hosting criteria. It meets 4 of 12 criteria: TLS configuration, mail-friendly (port 25), IPv6 and anonymous payment. It partly meets no ads or data sales and Reverse DNS. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in Romania: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/server-hosting/rarecloud/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/server-hosting/rarecloud/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://rarecloud.io/tos/#cookie-policy",
      "note": "The cookie policy lists Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Google Ads and Tawk.to."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://rarecloud.io/tos/#cookie-policy",
      "note": "Funded by paid hosting; Meta and Google remarketing cookies are set only with consent."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No transparency report or government request policy is published."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published policy on notifying users about data requests."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=rarecloud.io&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=rarecloud.io",
      "note": "Grade C (55/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "port_25": {
      "title": "Mail-friendly (port 25)",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/forwardemail/awesome-mail-server-providers#vps-and-dedicated-mail-server-provider-comparison-table",
      "note": "Open by default."
    },
    "reverse_dns": {
      "title": "Reverse DNS",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://console.rarecloud.io/llms.txt",
      "note": "PTR records can be set through the API for a cloud VM's primary IPv4 address only."
    },
    "ipv6": {
      "title": "IPv6",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/forwardemail/awesome-mail-server-providers#vps-and-dedicated-mail-server-provider-comparison-table",
      "note": null
    },
    "anonymous_payment": {
      "title": "Anonymous payment",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://console.rarecloud.io/llms.txt",
      "note": "Cryptocurrency payment is accepted."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A",
    "observatory": "C",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:01:36.103Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}