Quick answer
Can I rent a server in Hong Kong or Singapore without ID verification?
Yes. You can rent a server in Hong Kong or Singapore without ID verification at Copperstrait: no KYC, no documents, paid in crypto, from $143.25 per 30 days. Most rivals ask for more. In Copperstrait's survey of 33 Asian bare-metal hosts on 2 November 2026, 3 verified every customer and 16 asked for ID in stated cases.
How often do Asian hosts ask for ID?
| Hosts selling bare metal in Asia, checked | 33 on 2 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Verify every customer before delivery | 3: Hivelocity, Latitude.sh and Leaseweb |
| Ask for ID only in stated cases | 16, such as a card payment, a refund or an abuse report |
| Ask for no ID at signup | 6: Anubiz Host, KoDDoS, RAKsmart, Serverion, Ultahost and WebHorizon |
| ID policy not determinable | 8 |
| Copperstrait | No KYC: you upload no ID, no selfie and no documents, and give no card or phone number |
| Login | An account number is enough to sign in; adding an email address is up to you |
| Records kept | We keep no logs: no record of connections or traffic and no IP address of a visitor or customer, on the website, in the dashboard or on any server |
What does each host ask for at signup?
Hosts selling bare metal in Hong Kong, Singapore or Tokyo, with what their signup pages, terms and help pages say. "Ask in stated cases" means the ID request is tied to a trigger the host names.
| Host | Sells in | Signup asks for | ID check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copperstrait | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | Nothing but a generated account number; an email is optional | Never |
| Anubiz Host | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | First and last name, email, password and a browser check | None stated: "no identity verification" |
| KoDDoS | Hong Kong, Tokyo | Name, phone, street address, city, postcode, country | None stated at signup; "full account verification" to cancel |
| Ultahost | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | Name, email, phone and full postal address | None stated |
| WebHorizon | Singapore (servers in Johor, Malaysia) | Email, first name and country | None stated |
| RedSwitches | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | An account; age 18 or over | Photo ID and proof of address for card payers; not required for crypto payers |
| MonoVM | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | First and last name, country, email | ID documents for any refund |
| 1Gbits | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | ID documents for any refund; "verification requirements still apply where required" | |
| Server.HK | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | A valid email and a traceable payment | Documents if activity looks suspicious; card ownership proof |
| VSYS Host | Singapore | No personal data, per its site | Proof of payment-account ownership on request |
| Zomro | Singapore | Account details; phone check by call in some cases | KYC on request, crypto payment named as a trigger |
| Vultr | Singapore, Tokyo | A valid payment method to deploy | The payment method "helps verify your identity" |
| Cherry Servers | Singapore, Tokyo | Name, organisation, city, postcode, email, phone | ID scan for card payers; for new crypto clients, ID or €100 of credit on the cheapest servers |
| Hivelocity | Singapore, Tokyo | Card micro-charge, PayPal match or ID upload | Every account, before delivery |
| Latitude.sh | Singapore, Tokyo | Card hold, then a government ID or $100 of credit | Every account, before full use |
| Leaseweb | Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo | Business details checked by its compliance team | Every new customer, before delivery |
| OVHcloud | Singapore | Name, address, phone; orders checked by hand | Documents on request |
| Dataplugs | Hong Kong, Tokyo | An account opened only with an order | Not stated; its policy bans false identity details |
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Does paying in crypto spare you the ID check?
At most Asian hosts, crypto changes how you pay, not whether you are checked. Zomro's terms name crypto payment as a reason to ask for KYC. Cherry Servers holds back its cheapest servers from new crypto clients until they verify ID or add €100 of credit. Its crypto gateway, CoinGate, asks for a name, a country and a birth date to meet the EU's travel rule.
RedSwitches goes the other way: KYC for card payers, none for crypto payers. Anubiz Host states no KYC at signup at all. Which coins each host takes is compared in Which dedicated server hosts in Asia accept Bitcoin or USDT?
Which no-ID hosts sell a good server in Hong Kong or Singapore?
Few: only 3 hosts in Hong Kong and 6 in Singapore sold a server that passed our checks without asking for ID at signup. The checks were a 2018-or-later CPU, a 1 Gbit/s port, 10 TB of traffic, one IPv4 address and monthly billing.
- Hong Kong: RedSwitches, KoDDoS and Anubiz Host.
- Singapore: 1Gbits, Anubiz Host, Cherry Servers, MonoVM, RedSwitches and Vultr.
Ultahost and WebHorizon ask no ID either, but their servers missed the checks. Ultahost states no IPv4 address, and WebHorizon's Singapore stock was sold out. Who sells what in each city is set out in Where can I rent a dedicated server in Hong Kong? and Where can I rent a dedicated server in Singapore?
How do I rent a server without ID at Copperstrait?
Five steps, none of which asks who you are.
Open an account
The site gives you an account number. Your account number is the key to your account, so store it well. If you add an email it can be recovered; if you do not, a lost number is gone for good.
Top up in crypto
Send BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC to the address shown, from $25.
Choose the server
Pick Strait 16, 32 or 32F, a term, Hong Kong, Singapore or Tokyo, a system, and an SSH key if you have one.
Wait for the build
Someone on the team sets the machine up once your payment is confirmed, within 72 hours, so delivery is not instant; the dashboard tracks it until the IP address shows.
Log in as root
Root over SSH from the first minute: add a public key at checkout and password login stays disabled, or leave it out and a temporary root password comes with the server, to be changed when you first log in.
What does Copperstrait keep about you instead?
We hold only what billing and running your server need. No logs: no connection or traffic records, no visitor or customer IP address, and no note of how you found the site beyond a referral code if your link had one. What we hold is what billing and running your server need: the account number, and an email if you add one; every top-up and order (amount, coin, network, transaction ID, date); and for each server its name, plan, term, city, system, SSH public key, IP addresses and dates, plus the temporary root password we set when no key was given, which is useless once you change it. The datacenter’s network equipment is not ours to control. Records leave our hands only on the order of a Panamanian court.
No ID does not mean no rules. Prohibited: spam or bulk email, phishing, malware or botnet control, DDoS or other attacks, scanning or brute-forcing systems you do not own, booter or stresser services, carding or fraud, child sexual abuse material, cryptocurrency mining, IPTV or the public distribution of films, series, music, games or software you hold no rights to, and any service to sanctioned people or companies. We do not serve residents or companies of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, China, Yemen or Western Sahara, nor the occupied regions of Ukraine. Every incoming payment is screened against public sanctions lists of blockchain addresses; payments from a listed address are not credited. Copperstrait is operated by DomaineGoat LLC, incorporated in Panama and answerable to Panamanian law only. The datacenter in each city is bound by the law of the place it stands in. This describes our policy and is not legal advice. Every record we hold is listed in the privacy policy; prices and terms are on pricing.
What else do buyers ask about renting without ID?
Do I need an email address?
No. An account number is enough to sign in; adding an email address is up to you. An email is only useful to recover a lost account number.
Will you ask for ID later, for example after a complaint?
No. No KYC: you upload no ID, no selfie and no documents, and give no card or phone number. A complaint about spam, malware or another banned use ends in suspension, not in an identity check.
Can I pay by card to skip crypto?
No. Payment is crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. At RedSwitches, paying by card is precisely what brings the KYC check.
Is a Tokyo server also available without ID?
Yes. Every server is sold in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo on the same terms. Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo (Japan): every server in every city, at the same price.
Do you serve customers in mainland China?
No. We do not serve residents or companies of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, China, Yemen or Western Sahara, nor the occupied regions of Ukraine.
Which pages were read for this page? (21)
- Dedicated servers (no identity verification) anubizhost.com/dedicated — Anubiz Host (read 2026-11-02)
- About (no KYC statement) anubizhost.com/about — Anubiz Host (read 2026-10-30)
- Client registration koddos.net/clients/register.php — KoDDoS (read 2026-10-29)
- Terms of service koddos.net/tos.html — KoDDoS (read 2026-10-30)
- Client registration bill.ultahost.com/register.php — Ultahost (read 2026-10-29)
- Signup form clients.webhorizon.net/?cmd=signup — WebHorizon (read 2026-11-02)
- Terms of use (KYC by payment method) redswitches.com/terms-of-use — RedSwitches (read 2026-11-02)
- Terms of services (refund KYC) monovm.com/terms-of-services — MonoVM (read 2026-10-30)
- Terms of services (refund KYC) 1gbits.com/terms-of-services — 1Gbits (read 2026-10-30)
- Dedicated server with crypto 1gbits.com/dedicated-server-with-crypto — 1Gbits (read 2026-10-30)
- Hong Kong dedicated servers (FAQ) server.hk/server — Server.HK (read 2026-11-02)
- Terms of service vsys.host/legal/term-of-service — VSYS Host (read 2026-10-30)
- Public offer (clause 6.16) zomro.com/offer.md — Zomro (read 2026-10-30)
- Why do I need to enter a payment method? docs.vultr.com/support/platform/billing/why-do-i-need-to-enter-a-payment-method — Vultr (read 2026-11-02)
- Terms of service (clause 3.3) cherryservers.com/legal/terms-of-service — Cherry Servers (read 2026-10-30)
- Identity verification cherryservers.com/knowledge/docs/usage-billing/identity-verification.md — Cherry Servers (read 2026-10-30)
- Account verification developers.hivelocity.net/docs/account-verification — Hivelocity (read 2026-11-02)
- Verify your account latitude.sh/docs/account-setup/verify-account — Latitude.sh (read 2026-11-02)
- Know your customer leaseweb.com/en/about-us/legal/know-your-customer — Leaseweb (read 2026-10-30)
- Managing orders (verification) docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/account-and-service-management/managing-billing-payments-and-services/ovh-orders — OVHcloud (read 2026-10-30)
- Acceptable use policy dataplugs.com/en/company/policies/acceptable-use-policy — Dataplugs (read 2026-11-02)