Why tricky? LightNode now has 39 data center locations, including some very special regions, so I use “tricky” to describe them.
It should be said that some special projects really need a bit of a tricky region, such as Turkey, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Pakistan. They are quite special data centers. Interested parties can take a look!
Registration for LightNode
LightNode registration address: https://www.lightnode.com/
After reaching the registration page, you can directly register using an email or log in with Google. The registration process is simple.
Recharging on LightNode
On the Make Payment page of LightNode, you can make direct payments using PayPal, Alipay, Google Pay, or credit cards.
Currently, there is a promotion where you get $15 for free when you recharge. Pay attention here:
It means that as long as you recharge, you will receive $15 as a bonus. For example, if you recharge $10, you will receive $25 directly. It’s very cost-effective!
LightNode Deployment Example
On the instance page, click “Add.” First, select the region. Here, I have listed some existing regions:
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Silicon Valley, USA
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Washington, USA
- Hong Kong
- Seoul, South Korea
- Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Manila, Philippines
- Singapore
- Dubai, UAE
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Tokyo, Japan
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Cairo, Egypt
- Bahrain
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Athens, Greece
- Taipei II
- London, UK
- Istanbul II
- Muscat, Oman
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Marseille, France
How about that? Some of these regions are really uncommon!
Then, you select the system image, configuration, and so on. It’s very simple!
About Pricing
LightNode’s prices vary greatly among different regions. The lowest price for common regions is $7.7/month, TW is $17/month, Bangladesh is $13/month, and Kuwait is $30/month. As for the network, Hong Kong has the cn2 network, which is of very high quality.
For users targeting mainland China, the speed is quite good. It is a good choice for building websites or using it for CDN and reverse proxy purposes, and it has native IP addresses!
Overall Evaluation
LightNode is a VPS service provider headquartered in Hong Kong, established in 2002. It offers hourly billing, which is great.
As long as you recharge $10, you can have unlimited instances, which is equivalent to changing IPs for free!
