Hi everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations for a reliable VPS or affordable dedicated server hosted in the EU.

Requirements:

• Budget: €30–60/month (flexible)
• CPU: 4–8 vCPU
• RAM: 16–32 GB
• Storage: 500 GB–1 TB NVMe SSD
• Location: EU data center
• Hosting: Unmanaged

Workload: Laravel/PHP application with MySQL 8, a large database (200–300 GB), regular XML imports, and indexed searches. Good disk I/O performance is important.

Experience: 10+ years with PHP/Laravel and Linux server administration.

I've been considering Hetzner, OVHcloud, and Netcup, but I'm interested in other providers too.

Would you recommend a VPS or a budget dedicated server for this workload? Any suggestions based on personal experience?

Thanks!