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Lightlayer Taiwan VPS Review: 1 Core, 1GB RAM, 10Mbps for Only 13.9 CNY/month, Direct Routing on All Three Chinese Carriers

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2026-10-17
Lightlayer Taiwan VPS Review: 1 Core, 1GB RAM, 10Mbps for Only 13.9 CNY/month, Direct Routing on All Three Chinese Carriers

Lightlayer cloud servers in Taiwan, China with direct routing on all three Chinese carriers: 1 core / 1GB RAM / 10Mbps bandwidth at $24.99/year (≈13.9 CNY/month).

About Lightlayer

Lightlayer is an overseas cloud server provider serving Chinese-speaking users. Its slogan is "Light Cloud, Easy Computing," and it focuses on lightweight cloud servers and high-spec bare-metal machines. It is a sub-brand of Megalayer: the parent company, Megalayer (Hong Kong Meijiaya Technology Co., Ltd.), was founded in 2019, holds its own AS number (AS139646), and has been operating in the industry for years.

Core positioning: lightweight, flexible, and cost-controllable cloud products paired with routes optimized for mainland China, offering cost-effective overseas cloud servers for individual webmasters, developers, and small-to-medium projects.

Lightlayer currently has data centers in Los Angeles and San Jose in the US, Hong Kong (China), Singapore, and Manila in the Philippines, and the Los Angeles data center provides native US IPs. As for routing, every data center offers China-optimized return routes — China Telecom via CN2/CTG, China Mobile via CMIN2/CMI, and China Unicom via 4837/AS10099 — so direct access from mainland China is decent.

Cloud servers run on KVM virtualization and come in two billing models: "unmetered traffic" and "metered traffic." Payments are supported via PayPal and Alipay.

Lightlayer signup link with discount: https://url.vpszj.cn/Lightlayer

More cost-effective server recommendations: https://blog.zeruns.com/archives/383.html

Tested Plan Specs

Specs of the server reviewed in this article

  • CPU: 1 core
  • RAM: 1GB
  • Storage: 50GB
  • Traffic: 1TB
  • Bandwidth: 10Mbps
  • Region: China·Taiwan
  • DDoS protection: none
  • IP count: 1 IPv4
  • Price: $24.99/year (≈13.9 CNY/month)

There's another plan with the same configuration and price that comes with unmetered traffic, but its bandwidth is only 5Mbps.

This machine does not come with a native IP (the IP's registered location is not Taiwan).

Purchase link for this configuration: https://url.vpszj.cn/TW-VP03-A

Hardware Quality Check Script

  • The CPU is an Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
  • Sysbench: single-thread 657.49, multi-thread ---
  • GB5 single-core: 577, GB5 multi-core: 565
  • Overcommit indicators: memory ballooning enabled, KSM sharing disabled

Test script:

# Standard check
bash <(curl -Ls https://Hardware.Check.Place)

# Deep mode
bash <(curl -Ls https://Hardware.Check.Place) -V

Memory ballooning is short for the virtio-balloon memory balloon driver. Think of it as an "elastic balloon" that the host places inside your VM:

  • When your VM's memory has been sitting idle for a long time, the host can "inflate" the balloon, taking over the memory you aren't using and handing it to other VMs;
  • When your VM's memory usage rises, the balloon "deflates" and returns that memory to your system.

KSM sharing (Kernel Same-page Merging) is the Linux kernel's memory same-page merging technology. The host kernel scans the memory of all VMs in the background and merges memory pages with identical contents (for example, the same system kernel, the same system libraries, or the same cached data) into a single copy shared by all VMs. As an example: if one host runs 10 Debian VMs, the memory pages of their system kernels are completely identical — instead of occupying 10 copies of memory, KSM merges them into one, saving a large amount of physical memory.

Performance Tests

LemonBench

Single-core: 705.53 points, multi-core: --- points, multi-thread ratio 3.98x

Test script:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://gitee.com/zeruns/Linux-shell/raw/master/benchmark/LemonBench-fixed.sh) -F

CPU-Z

Single-core 259.9 points, multi-core 244.1 points, multi-thread ratio 0.94

CPU-Z download: https://url.zeruns.com/cpuz

BaoTa Panel Benchmark

Single-core 249 points, multi-core 261 points (the screenshot below is from the new version of the BaoTa benchmark)

BaoTa install script:

if [ -f /usr/bin/curl ];then curl -sSO https://download.bt.cn/install/install_panel.sh;else wget -O install_panel.sh https://download.bt.cn/install/install_panel.sh;fi;bash install_panel.sh ed8484bec

Unixbench Benchmark

Single-core 730.8 points, multi-core: --- points

Test script:

wget --no-check-certificate https://gitee.com/zeruns/Linux-shell/raw/master/benchmark/unixbench.sh && chmod +x unixbench.sh && ./unixbench.sh

Geekbench 7

Single-core 407 points, multi-core 238 points.

Full test report: https://url.zeruns.com/wBBH8

Test script:

wget --no-check-certificate https://geekbench-cdn.b-cdn.net/Geekbench-7.0.0-Linux.tar.gz && tar xf Geekbench-7.0.0-Linux.tar.gz && cd Geekbench-7.0.0-Linux && ./geekbench_x86_64

Geekbench 6

Full test report: https://url.zeruns.com/VUBhj

Single-core 460 points, multi-core 302 points.

Test script:

wget --no-check-certificate https://cdn.geekbench.com/Geekbench-6.7.1-Linux.tar.gz && tar xf Geekbench-6.7.1-Linux.tar.gz && cd Geekbench-6.7.1-Linux && ./geekbench_x86_64

# ARM version
wget https://img.zeruns.com/down/Geekbench-6.1.0-LinuxARMPreview.tar.gz && tar xf Geekbench-6.1.0-LinuxARMPreview.tar.gz && cd Geekbench-6.1.0-LinuxARMPreview && ./geekbench_aarch64

Bandwidth Test

Multi-threaded IPv4 speed test results from mainland China across all three major carriers (China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile): max download 9.71 Mbps, max upload 12.22 Mbps.

Test script:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://gitee.com/zeruns/Linux-shell/raw/master/benchmark/speedtest.sh)

Network Latency

Average latency across the three carriers is 71 ms; the fastest is China Unicom in Guangzhou, Guangdong at 25 ms.

Network Routing

Outbound Routes

Shanghai Telecom outbound goes over the Telecom CN2 backbone via Hong Kong to Taiwan.

Shanghai Unicom outbound takes the Unicom AS10099 (CUG) route via Hong Kong to Taiwan.

Shanghai Mobile outbound takes the Mobile CMIN2 route to Taiwan.

Return Routes

Return route to Guangzhou Telecom: goes back to China directly via Telecom CN2 (CTGNet) through Hong Kong.

广州电信 58.60.188.222
2.06 ms         AS54801 菲律宾 马尼拉大都会 马尼拉 zillion.network
0.38 ms         * RFC1918
14.99 ms        * RFC1918
14.91 ms        * RFC1918
16.90 ms        * RFC1918
16.80 ms        * RFC1918
17.66 ms        AS328333 [AL-3] 中国 香港 fixedmobile.com
17.82 ms        * 中国 广东省 广州市 电信
17.10 ms        * 中国 香港 电信/CTGNet
17.50 ms        * 中国 香港 电信/CTGNet
21.63 ms        * [CTG-CN] 中国 广东 广州 CN2-CTG CTGNet
23.05 ms        * [CN2-BackBone] 中国 广东 广州 chinatelecom.cn 电信
27.75 ms        * [CN2-BackBone] 中国 广东 广州 chinatelecom.cn 电信
25.14 ms        AS4134 [CHINANET-BB] 中国 广东 广州 en.chinatelecom.com.cn 电信
27.28 ms        AS134774 [CHINANET-GD] 中国 广东 深圳 chinatelecom.cn 电信

Return route to Guangzhou Unicom: goes back to China directly via Telecom CN2 (CTGNet) through Hong Kong to Guangzhou, then onto Unicom 4837.

广州联通 210.21.196.6
2.15 ms         AS54801 菲律宾 马尼拉大都会 马尼拉 zillion.network
0.27 ms         * RFC1918
15.03 ms        * RFC1918
16.29 ms        AS23764 中国 香港 chinatelecomglobal.com 电信
16.38 ms        * 中国 香港 电信/CTGNet
16.56 ms        * 中国 香港 电信/CTGNet
24.61 ms        * [CTG-CN] 中国 广东 广州 CN2-CTG CTGNet
22.70 ms        * [CN2-Global] 中国 广东 广州 chinatelecom.cn 电信
23.11 ms        * [CN2-BackBone] 中国 广东 广州 chinatelecom.cn 电信
21.81 ms        AS4837 [CU169-BACKBONE] 中国 广东 广州 chinaunicom.cn 联通
25.01 ms        AS17816 [APNIC-AP] 中国 广东 深圳 中国联通 联通
31.39 ms        AS17623 [APNIC-AP] 中国 广东 深圳 chinaunicom.cn 联通
26.01 ms        AS17623 中国 广东 深圳 宝安区 chinaunicom.cn 联通

Return route to Guangzhou Mobile: goes back to China directly via Mobile CMI through Hong Kong.

广州移动 120.196.165.24
2.28 ms         AS54801 菲律宾 马尼拉大都会 马尼拉 zillion.network
0.34 ms         * RFC1918
16.70 ms        * RFC1918
16.98 ms        AS58453 [CMI-INT] 中国 香港 cmi.chinamobile.com
24.77 ms        AS58453 [CMI-INT] 中国 广东 广州 cmi.chinamobile.com 移动
21.33 ms        AS9808 [CMNET] 中国 广东 广州 I-C chinamobileltd.com 移动
31.93 ms        AS9808 [CMNET] 中国 广东 广州 chinamobileltd.com 移动
28.66 ms        AS9808 [CMNET] 中国 广东 广州 chinamobileltd.com 移动
25.13 ms        AS9808 [CMNET] 中国 广东 广州 chinamobileltd.com 移动
25.35 ms        AS56040 [APNIC-AP] 中国 广东 深圳 gd.10086.cn 移动

IP Quality Score, Mail Port Availability & Streaming Unlock

---------------流媒体解锁--感谢oneclickvirt/UnlockTests测试----------------
 Can not detect IPv6 Address
 测试时间:  2026-10-17 02:59:41
 ===========[ IPV4 跨国平台 ]============
 Amazon Prime Video        YES (Region: TW)
 Apple                     YES (Region: TWN)
 Bilibili Anime            YES (Region: TW)
 BingSearch                YES (Region: PH)
 ChatGPT                   Unknown
 Claude                    Banned
 Coze                      YES (Region: PH)
 DeepSeek                  YES (Region: TW)
 Disney+                   NO (forbidden-location)
 Dola AI                   YES (Region: PH)
 Gemini                    YES (Region: US)
 Google Play Store         Banned
 GoogleSearch              YES
 Grok                      Banned
 Instagram Licensed Audio  Rate Limited (HTTP 429)
 IQiYi                     YES (Region: HK)
 Kimi                      YES (Region: OVERSEA)
 KOCOWA                    NO
 MathsSpot                 YES (Region: PH)
 MetaAI                    YES
 Microsoft Copilot         YES (Region: TW)
 Mistral AI                NO (Region: TW)
 Netflix                   Restricted (Originals Only)
 Netflix CDN               NO (Main Service Unavailable) (Region: TW)
 OneTrust                  YES (Region: TW TAIWAN)
 ParamountPlus             NO
 Perplexity AI             Banned
 Poe                       YES (Region: TW)
 Reddit                    Banned
 SonyLiv                   Error
 Sora                      YES (Region: TW)
 Spotify Registration      YES (Region: PH)
 Steam Store               YES (Community Available) (Region: PH)
 TikTok                    YES (Region: ALISG)
 TVBAnywhere+              YES (Region: PH)
 Viu.com                   Banned
 WeTV                      YES (Region: TW)
 Wikipedia Editability     Banned
 X (formerly Twitter)      YES (Region: TW)
 YouTube CDN               YES (Google Global CacheCDN - ISP Cooperation) (Region: FAREASTONE - TPE)
 YouTube Region            YES
---------------------TikTok解锁--感谢lmc999的源脚本---------------------
 Tiktok Region:         Failed
-------------IP质量检测--基于oneclickvirt/securityCheck使用--------------
数据仅作参考，不代表100%准确，如果和实际情况不一致请手动查询多个数据库比对
Repo: https://github.com/oneclickvirt/portchecker
以下为各数据库编号，输出结果后将自带数据库来源对应的编号
ipinfo数据库  [0] | scamalytics数据库 [1] | virustotal数据库   [2] | abuseipdb数据库   [3] | ip2location数据库    [4]
ip-api数据库  [5] | ipwhois数据库     [6] | ipregistry数据库   [7] | ipdata数据库      [8] | db-ip数据库          [9]
ipapiis数据库 [A] | ipapicom数据库    [B] | bigdatacloud数据库 [C] | dkly数据库        [D] | ipqualityscore数据库 [E]
ipintel数据库 [F] | ipfighter数据库   [G] | fraudlogix数据库   [H] | cloudflare数据库  [I] |
IPV4:
安全得分:
信任得分(越高越好): 34 [8] 
VPN得分(越低越好): 98 [8] 
代理得分(越低越好): 0 [8] 
社区投票-无害: 0 [2] 
社区投票-恶意: 0 [2] 
威胁得分(越低越好): 100 [8] 
欺诈得分(越低越好): 0 [1] 
滥用得分(越低越好): 0 [3] 
流量占比: 真人(越高越好)30% [I] 机器人(越低越好)69% [I]
黑名单记录统计:(有多少黑名单网站有记录):
无害记录数: 0 [2]  恶意记录数: 0 [2]  可疑记录数: 0 [2]  无记录数: 92 [2] 
安全信息:
使用类型: hosting [0 3 7] unknown [8] announced by SPAMHAUS DROP list asn [C]
公司类型: business [0 7] 
浏览器类型: 主流87% 其他12% [I] 
设备类型: 桌面88% 移动11% 其他0% [I] 
操作系统类型: 主流98% 其他1% [I]
是否云提供商: Yes [7] 
是否数据中心: Yes [0 C] No [1 5 8]
是否移动设备: No [5 C] 
是否代理: No [0 1 4 7 8 C] Yes [5]
是否VPN: No [0 1 C] Yes [7]
是否TorExit: No [1 7] 
是否Tor出口: No [1 7] 
是否匿名: Yes [7 8] No [1]
是否攻击者: No [7 8] 
是否滥用者: Yes [C] No [7 8]
是否威胁: No [7 8 C] 
是否中继: No [0 7 8 C] 
是否Bogon: No [7 8 A C] 
Google搜索可行性：NO
------------邮件端口检测--基于oneclickvirt/portchecker开源------------

Test script:

curl -L https://gitlab.com/spiritysdx/za/-/raw/main/ecs.sh -o ecs.sh && chmod +x ecs.sh && bash ecs.sh

Network Quality Check Script

Test script:

# Dual-stack test
bash <(curl -Ls Net.Check.Place)

# IPv4 results only
bash <(curl -Ls Net.Check.Place) -4
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