Windows, the NoctHost way
NoctHost offers Windows Server plans on real cloud infrastructure, paid the same way as everything else: a prepaid crypto balance, no card, no identity checks. You connect over RDP (Remote Desktop) with an Administrator password you fetch on demand — we don't store it.
- RDP access to a full Windows Server desktop.
- On-demand Administrator password — pulled when you need it, not kept by us.
- Hourly billing from your crypto balance — spin it up for a task, tear it down after.
- No card, no KYC — an email and a crypto top-up is all it takes.
Who it's for
- Running a Windows-only application or toolchain that won't work under Wine or Linux.
- A cloud desktop you can reach from anywhere over RDP.
- Anyone who wants Windows in the cloud without handing over a card and ID.
Good to know
Windows needs more RAM and disk than a minimal Linux box, so the two smallest plans are Linux-only. It starts at the Standard tier: $79/mo for 2 vCPU and 4 GB, $159 for 4 vCPU and 8 GB, $269 for 6 vCPU and 16 GB. That is higher than the Linux price for the same machine because the licence is a real cost we pass through rather than absorb.
One more thing worth knowing before you pick: Windows runs on the Vultr backend only. The other three clouds we resell do not offer Windows images, so the region list narrows to Vultr's cities when you choose it.
How to deploy
Pick a Windows image when you create a server, choose a plan of 4 GB or more, and deploy. The machine itself is ready in under a minute, but Windows keeps setting itself up for about ten minutes after that — RDP does not answer until it finishes, which is normal and not a fault. When it does, grab the Administrator password from the server page and connect with any RDP client as Administrator.
The password comes from the provider, not from us: Windows does not run the cloud-init script that sets a root password on Linux, so there is no password for us to set or store. The server page fetches it on request.
Windows in the cloud, paid in Bitcoin or Monero, with no account paperwork — that combination is rare, and it's exactly what NoctHost is for.