How to choose a VPS for a Telegram bot
A small bot needs modest resources; reliability comes from deployment, monitoring and backups rather than an oversized server.
Starting configuration
| Bot type | Starting point |
|---|---|
| Simple polling bot | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM |
| Webhook plus small database | 1–2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, NVMe |
| Media or background jobs | 2–4 vCPU, 4+ GB RAM and measured storage |
Build for recovery
- Run the process under systemd or a container restart policy.
- Keep tokens in secrets, never in the repository.
- Use HTTPS for webhooks and allow only required ports.
- Monitor errors, memory, disk space and queue delay.
- Back up the database and test restoration.
Choose a location with stable routes to Telegram and to your users. Scale only after metrics show whether CPU, memory, database or external APIs are the bottleneck.
Find a reliable starting serverFilter by resources, NVMe and location.
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