# Any VPS recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** development\ **Created:** [May 28, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740 "2025-05-28T04:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kelmore5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/kelmore5/32/14043_2.png) [@kelmore5](https://forum.mautic.org/u/kelmore5)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/1 "2025-05-28T04:14:38Z")
I recently went through a Mautic install on a DigitalOcean box, only to realize DigitalOcean has started blocking mail server ports as of March 2025 ([link](https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-is-smtp-blocked/)). I’m going to see if they’ll open the ports for me. I was wondering though. Does anyone have other VPS recommendations for the self-hosted version of Mautic? I’ve seen Hetzner and Vultr mentioned, although Hetzner also blocks ports out of the gate. Anyone else on a VPS that they like and has those ports open? ---
**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/2 "2025-05-28T07:48:12Z")
Contabo has them open. Why don’t you connect to a managed SMTP? ---
**Author:** ![kelmore5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/kelmore5/32/14043_2.png) [@kelmore5](https://forum.mautic.org/u/kelmore5)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/3 "2025-05-28T14:06:27Z")
Well, we’re either going to use Amazon SES or Google Workspace. But don’t we still need the mail ports open to use those with Mautic? ---
**Author:** ![kelmore5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/kelmore5/32/14043_2.png) [@kelmore5](https://forum.mautic.org/u/kelmore5)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/4 "2025-05-28T14:47:52Z")
Ah okay, I see Mautic is directly connected to symfony mailer and we can send via Amazon SES’s API ([link](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/5e1f34ef07208d6ffc9a79ef5d397c9781489b74/src/Symfony/Component/Mailer/Bridge/Amazon/README.md)). We’ll just use that 👍 I’m new to Mautic. Most of the guides I’ve seen show using the SMTP protocol, so I hadn’t realized we could use APIs yet. ---
**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/5 "2025-05-28T15:26:41Z")
Yes, but rather use a Plugin. Here is a video: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/b/b5bd1f78d4456155394b037781da9506b90fe9f8.jpeg "Mautic 5: This is how you set up email sending (Amazon, SMTP + more)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejd7wfJjhQo) Don’t use Google Workspace, won’t allow you enough emails and feedback loop is crap. ---
**Author:** ![srdjan9791](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/srdjan9791/32/8032_2.png) [@srdjan9791](https://forum.mautic.org/u/srdjan9791)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/6 "2025-06-03T12:14:50Z")
I would go with Hetzner. We are using it for a long time. Its not expencive but it is good ---
**Author:** ![marcoh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/marcoh/32/14574_2.png) [@marcoh](https://forum.mautic.org/u/marcoh)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/7 "2025-06-04T18:26:16Z")
It’s all depending on where you are based. In the Netherlands, you could consider a [https://leaf.cloud](https://leaf.cloud) ---
**Author:** ![felix727](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/felix727/32/12860_2.png) [@felix727](https://forum.mautic.org/u/felix727)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/any-vps-recommendations/35740/8 "2025-12-22T20:19:27Z")
On a VPS at INTROSERV, no issues with ports or uptime so far.