Seedbox reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 185 Reddit reviews across 5 subreddits and 66 posts to rank the best Seedbox brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/seedboxes, r/qBittorrent, r/usenet, r/selfhosted, r/trackers. Top-rated brands include Ultra (4.1/5), Whatbox (4.6/5), Seedhost (3.8/5).

Stats
Reviews185
Subreddits5
Posts66
Brands56
Products17
Top communities
r/seedboxes176r/qBittorrent4r/usenet2r/selfhosted2r/trackers1
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#1

Ultra

4.1
(39)
"Minimum is a reputable seedbox provider like Ultra and Whatbox."
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"You get 3TB of storage and my whole library is 1080p shared with about 10 people and handles it like a charm."
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"Check out ultra.cc"
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"Ultra.cc"
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"Ultra.cc is the best for me"
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"You should look into ultra.cc"
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"I use ultra.cc"
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"[Ultra.cc] is the best for this."
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"Located in the east coast, I currently use ultra.cc with 0 issues. Have previously also used whatbox and 0 issues as well."
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"Start with either Lancer plan or the tank stream plan."
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#2

Whatbox

4.6
(18)
"I highly recommend whatbox."
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"They're great. Support is fantastic."
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"I've had whatabox for the past 5 years and could not be happier."
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"I have been very happy with Whatbox for the last 7 years."
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"The best prices and support I've gotten has been with whatbox.ca"
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"I’ve been using whatbox on a public trackers and it’s amazing."
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"I would say whatbox is top tier, I’ve been with them going on 2 years."
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"Whatbox is great, easy to use too"
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"Whatbox is a great provider. I burn through about 50tb monthly but I pay for the 100tb download bucket."
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"The best? whatbox for certain 2tb of storage and 5tb of upload, but when you go over all it does is slow you down to 100mbs, I have legit uploaded 20tb in a month before and it's all for $15"
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#3

Seedhost

3.8
(21)
"Seedhost.eu is gud for the price."
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"Why not just upgrade for a dedicated seedbox with Seedhost or SH1?"
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"There's also [seedhost] dedi servers but it's still 1gbps."
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"Take a look at seedhost, ultra.cc, gigarapid, whatbox, dediseedbox etc any provider with one click app installation"
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"Checkout Seedhost.eu SDATA 3900 GB 1 Gbps 9 TB € 12 / MONTH"
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"Top 3 are going to be seedhost.eu, ultra.cc and hostingby.design."
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"Check out seedhost.eu you can get a 2tb slot with 10gbps Internet."
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"Look at seedhost.eu been with them for a while now, they are good."
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"Seedhost.eu and Ultra.cc has some cheap boxes with good storage."
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"Maybe Seedhost.eu, there smallest plan is 2tb of storage for 6 EUR."
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#4

Hosting by Design

4.3
(10)
"Now I use hosting by design. It will boost your upload."
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"You can get hostingbydesign 8TB slot with their black friday offers for 13.96 euro"
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"I am a big fan of Hosting by design's app/seedboxes"
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"I've been using them since 2018, and not found any downsides personally."
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"Its fast and it works fine."
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"18TB HDD shared plan on hostingbydesign is also 43 Euro."
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"Check out, hostingbydesign. There have one for you i think: 18TB HDD (Dedicated disk) 50TB 10Gbit+ €43.95"
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"You can try hostingbydesign dedicated [hetzner 1gbps] servers."
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"Check here."
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"The streaming plans on ultra.cc are not than enough."
#5

Seedbox

3.9
(7)
"Https://www.seedboxws.com/configurator"
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"Never used a proper seedbox before. I'm looking to give it a try!"
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"Torrent Ratios, Jellyfin streaming"
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"Seedbox will be better i think"
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"Using a seedbox frees up your home connection for other stuff, and doesn't use your electricity."
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"Private trackers and maintaining ratio, streaming so I don't have to download to my system."
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"The problem is that managed seedboxes with limited programs are the cheapest."
#6

Ultra.cc

4.4
(5)
"I went with Ultra.cc - now a week later I've got torrents seeding and I've created my own for other people to download, so I'd say it's very user-friendly."
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"It's really easy to set up, guides are up to date performance is great (for me)"
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"Ultra.cc is a good seedbox and easy to use."
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"Ultra.cc NVME plan in Canada for 1 month."
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"If you are OK without ssh, ultra.cc"
#7

Appbox

4.2
(5)
"Appbox.co is recommended"
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"[https://www.appbox.co/] might be a good option for you."
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"I've been using appbox.co since 2020 for Plex and it's done a great job for me."
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"[AppBox] is my absolute favorite!"
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"I've used appbox seedbox for a few years, never had a problem with them."
#8

hostingby.design

3.8
(5)
"If you’re looking for a good and cheap seedbox, have a look on Hostingby.design , ultra.cc and seedhost.eu"
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"Hostingby.design has been good for me for awhile."
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"For 11 euro you can have 4TB seedbox from hostingbydesign."
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"Hostingby, Swizzin.net, Ultra or Seedhost."
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"The streaming plans on ultra.cc are not than enough. So are the plans on hostingby.design."
#9

Host by Design

4.8
(4)
"I have chosen metered on hostby.design. Took a 6TB package to try it out. I am very happy with the speeds and everything else."
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"For unmetered connection i will go for Hostingby.design"
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"Host by design boxes are really fast. Mine downloads at 250-300MB/S and isn’t tweaked at all."
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"They have 1Tb boxes for 5 dollars. I live in SEA and mine performs excellent."
#10

Feral

4.3
(4)
"I've been using Feral Hosting for 6 years. Very happy with the speeds and flexibility."
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"If you need unlimited traffic, feral.io or seedboxes.cc"
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"Feral's unlimited would be nice not to worry about monthly bandwidth."
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"Feralhosting. Unlimited upload."
#11

Andy 10 Gbit

4.3
(3)
"Check in with Andy10gbit here [https://andy10gbit.xyz](https://andy10gbit.xyz) He should definitely be able to accommodate what you're looking for on a range of servers."
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"He offers dedicated servers with extensive seedbox and app support."
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"I think you could get a decent server with a GPU for hardware transcoding."
#12

Feral Hosting

4.3
(3)
"The best provider for open trackers is feralhosting cause of its unlimited traffic."
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"Best one for open trackers should be feralhosting, cause of unlimited traffic."
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"Feralhosting £10 + xxTB hetzner storage is less pricey."
#13

HBD

4.0
(3)
"I use HBD, fast speeds and good prices"
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"HBD is pretty good too, best bang for the buck imo"
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"[HBD] also is highly recommended and a little cheaper than ultra."
#14

Torbox

4.0
(3)
"You can pay via crypto and its fast for me tbh , downloading linux isos from usenet is amazing."
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"Https://torbox.app"
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"Not used it but torbox?"
#15

giga-rapid

5.0
(2)
"Giga-rapid is one of the most easiest. They got an UI for almost every app they offer."
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"Giga-rapid/gigabox has 200GB for $3.20/month and 100GB for $2.03."
#16

TorrentLeech

5.0
(2)
"TL are currently doing a signup promo where if you buy a seedbox using their link you can get an invite code."
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"They have a promo to get a free invite with one month seedbox."
#17

Plex

4.5
(2)
"Plex+Prologue, Jellyfin or Audiobookshelf."
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"Plex in particular runs on Microsoft, Browser, Apple, Android, Linux and whatever Roku is."
#18

RapidSeedBox

4.5
(2)
"I highly recommend Rapidseedbox 🤝"
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"I find rapidseedbox is cheaper and includes vpn."
#19

Rapid Seedbox

4.0
(2)
"RapidSeedbox has always treated me well."
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"I use RapidSeedbox. Fast as fuck, 2.2TB storage."
#20

Seedit4.me

4.0
(2)
"If you want to choose only between the 3 you mentioned, I’d choose Seedit4.me."
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"I have looked at seedit4.me with 20% discount through TorrentLeech."
#21

Swizzin

4.0
(2)
"Swizzin and cloudbox are both software linked in the sidebar that can accomplish what you want."
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"Currently on Swizzin and Feral. Swizzin is better but their data is limited."
#22

Raspberry Pi

4.0
(2)
"You could go raspberry Pi 5 and that will be great but I would avoid transcoding completely."
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"Raspberry pi 5 + hdd. Something aroung 10-12w~. Just this logic enough for seedbox 24\7."
#23

Dell

4.0
(2)
"Usually small form factor from offices can be enough. Then just buy a bunch of 4tb drives and add them to the machine."
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"Look at second-hand sff pcs like Dell Optiplexes and HP prodesks. Something with an 8th gen Intel cpu or newer."
#24

GigaRapid

4.0
(2)
"I just bought the gigarapid mini g20 of 8,95 euro and my traffic is about 2 TB in 5 days so i hope the 7TB a month will be enough."
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"I have mini g20 and i’m happy with it. It does what its suposed to."
#25

Seagate

4.0
(2)
"Exos, not Ironwolf."
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"Unless you are running a datacenter, the extra features on the Ironwolf series are useless to you."
#26

Hetzner

4.0
(2)
"I use Hetzner cloud, linode, and ovh for postoing."
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"Practically any dedicated server will allow you to install whatever you want, its your server. Check out hostingby.design and hetzner.com."
#27

Dediseedbox

3.5
(2)
"Https://dediseedbox.com/vps.html located in Netherlands"
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"Https://dediseedbox.com/ offers Flaresolverr."
#28

Pulsed Media

5.0
(1)
"V10G L goes upto **40TB at JUST 65€/Mo**"
#29

Whatabox

5.0
(1)
"WhataBox for sure."
#30

Seedpli

5.0
(1)
"Seedpli.city"
#31

Seedbox WS

5.0
(1)
"It perform incredibly well for its price."
#32

Audiobookshelf

5.0
(1)
"Plex+Prologue, Jellyfin or Audiobookshelf."
#33

Crucial

5.0
(1)
"870 Pro or MX500 are top tier."
#34

Samsung

5.0
(1)
"870 Pro or MX500 are top tier."
#35

Seedboxes

5.0
(1)
"I've used their services for over a decade now and wanted to give them an A+ review."
#36

Ultra Blackbird

5.0
(1)
"I have Ultra Blackbird NVMe plan and couldn’t be more ecstatic."
#37

Jellyfin

5.0
(1)
"Plex+Prologue, Jellyfin or Audiobookshelf."
#38

Seedpli City

4.0
(1)
"[Seedpli.city] should fit right for your needs."
#39

ElfHosted

4.0
(1)
"You'll find ElfHosted familiar, since it's my opinionated evolution of Seedplicity :)"
#40

Kimsufi

4.0
(1)
"I've had a Kimsufi box for years. It's 4TB of storage and 100Mbps network for $5/month."
#42

Giga Rapid

4.0
(1)
"Try GigaRapid, their seedboxes start from as low as $5-7 per month."
#43

Ultra Seedbox

4.0
(1)
"Ultraseedbox is pretty good."
#44

Apple

4.0
(1)
"I use an old MacBook air that's really efficient with power."
#45

Intel

4.0
(1)
"Buy a mini-pc that is Intel-based and supports Intel Quick sync so it can transcode if needed."
#46

Spaceberg

4.0
(1)
"If u just want a little cheap Seedbox, Check spaceberg.cc 7€ for an US 1TB Box"
#47

Swizzin.net

4.0
(1)
"Hostingby, Swizzin.net, Ultra or Seedhost."
#48

GigaSeedbox

4.0
(1)
"I use GigaSeedbox - link here seedbox. What I like mostly with them I get gigabit network speed which you don't get with most of other."
#49

Giga-seed

4.0
(1)
"I would look into giga-seed.com or skloud.com"
#50

Seedboxes.cc

4.0
(1)
"Check them out."
#51

HostByDesign

4.0
(1)
"I m using hostbydesign app installed filebrowser can access & stream with it better"
#52

AppBoxes

4.0
(1)
"I’m using appboxes.co currently. On my 2nd month."
#53

Mini PC

3.0
(1)
"Why not run Plex on a Mini PC and get a cheaper seedbox subscription?"
#54

The Seedbox Company

3.0
(1)
"The Seedbox Company offer an Ubuntu image as an app install allowing you root access."
#55

Dedicated Server

3.0
(1)
"You need a dedicated server id say dude."
#56

PulseMedia

3.0
(1)
"Pulsemedia"

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