EvoSeedbox, Seedboxes.cc, Seedhost.eu - Reviewed.
I just purchased a seedbox at all 3 of these seedbox companies and wanted to share my experience:
EvoSeedbox.com ::
- 300GB HDD, $8/mo(use coupon on website)
- Setup took a few hours to receive login details. Login details were based on my partial email address and password was random. Was tough to memorize for logging in each time. I guess it was possible to change it but the website wasn't very clear on if i was changing my account password or seedbox password. Just not a great password/username system. Let the user create it in the beginning. This was just a slight hassle.
- Fast connection speed for advertised 1gbps(some downloads would get 100mb/s and uploads would get up to 30 mb/s - these are max speeds. it of course depends on how many seeds/etc.)
- 24-72 hours reply to ticket (slow in my opinion)
- Expensive HDD storage (1tb for $26 is high)
- Some companies let you fill up past your limit without penalizing you too much. Evoseedbox shut down my whole seedbox as soon as i hit the limit. I couldn't access it. ruTorrent down but was able to access through Filezilla and delete files to free up space. Waited a few hours with no response to ticket and ruTorrent was still down. I just think this process could have been handled better. I only went over by a few gigs and was out of commission for some hours with little help.
- Overall decent speeds, dont rely too much on customer support if you need them promptly, dont go over your limit at all. I would recommend look for other options. If they increased HDD space and kept the price the same it might be worth it.
So after dealing with Evo I knew I needed more HDD space than 300GB. I was willing to spend more. After having storage issues and lackluster support I wasn't too excited about paying $26 for 1TB. I needed more space, and a better deal.
Seedboxes.cc ::
- Gremlin 1500GB HDD, 17.95 euros ($21)/month(no coupons used)
- Setup with login details was instant and customizable username and password at sign up. +1 for that.
- On paper this seedbox was miles better than Evo. 20Gbps connection vs Evo at 1gbps. I was getting 1.5TB for $21 instead of 1TB for $26 at Evo
- Was hoping for the speeds to be 20X better but they were about the same as evo. 100mb download peaks and 30mb upload peaks. I'm sure the numbers could be higher at times. Either way, was not a jaw dropping difference in speed.
- Ran into an issue with connecting through Filezilla. They had provided the config file and I had it setup correctly. But i was unable to stay connected during FTP transfers from seedbox to my pc. I even tried their various other ways to connect: FTP,SFTP,SSH,HTTP. All were a hassle. The FTP would barely stay connected. I thought maybe this is just a problem with my ISP since i have a slow connection in Asia, but I never had this problem with Evo. After contacting their support and waiting half the time as evo for a response (which was an improvement) they didn't have a whole lot to say. He started off the message saying you might have a bad path between our server and your ISP. He recommended some other ways to connect but none of them worked.
- The disconnecting/reconnecting I was experiencing in Filezilla was unacceptable in the long run. I'm sure anyone in USA/Europe won't have this problem with Seedboxes.cc but I certainly had this problem from Asia. For whatever unknown reason. Also worth mentioning that when I had my 3rd seedbox company connect to seedboxes.cc to move my files they were unable to connect with the same info as well. Something about their TLS explicit encryption which seemed to be more harm than good. If my seedbox company couldn't even connect, maybe the problem wasn't just on my side? Who knows..
- Not happy with overall support/experience..moving on.
- They did have a nice website, and easy to install apps. Decent support. I wanted to like this company, but I did all I could do. Moving on.
Seedhost.eu ::
- Home sweet home!
- I needed more storage now. I was dreaming of having 2TB+
- SB 4 2500GB HDD, 25euros($29/month-no coupons used)
- Speed advertised at 10gbps but similar speeds to the other 2 really as far as I can tell. 100mb/s down, 30mb/s up on peak. Most torrents downloaded across all 3 were in a snap anyways. Any torrent that was big enough to get a good speed reading on didn't take long if it had a few seeders.
- Instant setup with login details, Username/password user generated in sign up
- Best overall price for me in the HDD space/speed.
- Customer support was absolutely the best out of all 3. I would get a response within 20 minutes-1 hour in most cases. Especially if I put high priority flag in the request. I once did a low priority flag just to test and got a response in less time than the other 2 companies. Superb.
- No more FTP problems, I stay connected all the time and transfers work beautifully.
- Only small gripe is that the seedbox has a lot of directories and I enjoyed having it very simple on the other 2 companies. Oh well, nothing that can't be fixed in 30 seconds.
- Super happy, there's no place like home. Great support, no issues, massive HDD and good price compared. I'm satisfied ;)
