A few days ago, BitsFlowCloud launched a special Lunar New Year VPS promotion priced at only ¥49/year. The promotion includes four locations: Nuremberg (Germany), Salt Lake City (USA), Hong Kong, and Tokyo (Japan).
This article provides a full hands-on review of the BitsFlowCloud Tokyo Japan ¥49/year VPS plan, covering hardware performance, IP quality, China routing performance, outbound and inbound routes, as well as streaming unlock capabilities. It is mainly suitable for entry-level and lightweight applications.
Core Plan Specifications
This review focuses on the $7-JP-TYO Tokyo Japan VPS plan, which is part of the limited Lunar New Year promotion.
NodeQuality link:
https://nodequality.com/r/NMs4HfBWI93SAGjZWHmnTXnmLqmso7Kv
Basic Information
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Price | ¥49/year (same renewal price) |
| Billing Cycle | 1 Year |
| CPU Policy | Flexible Allocation |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Control Panel | VirtFusion |
| IPv4 | 1 Dedicated IPv4 |
| IPv6 | /64 IPv6 Subnet |
| Storage | 10GB NVMe SSD |
| Looking Glass | http://bf-lg.link/ (US/Germany/HK), http://ty8-jp.lg.skylineconnect.io (Japan) |
| Refund Policy | No refunds under any circumstances |
| Promotion Notes | Limited stock, expected to end on February 24 |
Four Datacenter Plans Comparison
| Plan | Location | CPU | RAM | Storage | Bandwidth Port | Monthly Traffic | After Traffic Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7-DE-NUE Order | Nuremberg, Germany | AMD EPYC 7B13 | 1GB | 10GB NVMe | 2.5Gbps Shared | 1536GB | Limited to 10Mbps |
| $7-US-SCL Order | Salt Lake City, USA | Intel 6138 | 1GB | 10GB NVMe | 2.5Gbps Shared | 1536GB | Limited to 10Mbps |
| $7-CN-HKG Order | Hong Kong | Intel 8256CL | 512MB | 10GB NVMe | 500Mbps Shared | 500GB | Limited to 2Mbps |
| $7-JP-TYO Order | Tokyo, Japan | Intel 6138 | 512MB | 10GB NVMe | 500Mbps Shared | 500GB | Limited to 2Mbps |
As shown above, the Tokyo Japan plan comes with a shared 500Mbps port and 500GB monthly traffic allocation, along with 512MB RAM, making it more suitable for lightweight workloads.
Purchase Recommendations:
- China Telecom users: Not recommended, or choose Japan
- China Unicom users: Germany or Japan recommended
- China Mobile users: Japan or Hong Kong recommended
- Users prioritizing DDoS protection: US SLC recommended
- SJC-PRE and Japan use broadcast IPs, while the others use native IPs
Hardware Performance Testing
1️⃣ Basic Environment
- Virtualization: KVM
- CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.0GHz
- 1 Core / 1 Thread
- Debian 12
- Available RAM: Approximately 430MB
2️⃣ CPU Performance
- Sysbench Single-Core: 841.67
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core: 595
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core: 610
This is typical shared single-core VPS performance and is suitable for:
- Lightweight blogs
- Small proxy services
- API forwarding
- Low-load background tasks
3️⃣ Disk Performance (NVMe)
FIO benchmark results:
- 4K Random Read: 6.8k IOPS
- 4K Random Write: 4.2k IOPS
- Sequential Read: Up to 940MB/s
The 10GB NVMe SSD performs within the normal range for entry-level VPS products.
China Network Ping Latency Test
159 China Nodes Test Results
- Overall Average: 76ms
- China Telecom Average: 90ms
- China Unicom Average: 62ms
- China Mobile Average: 77ms
East China and Central China perform relatively well, while Southwest China and Xinjiang show higher latency exceeding 100ms.
Overall, this is standard Japan international routing performance.
Overseas Node Performance
- Tokyo Local: 2ms
- North America Average: 134ms
- Europe Average: 224ms
- Singapore: 74ms
- Hong Kong: 67ms
Performance across Asia is generally good.
IP Information & Quality Analysis
IPv4: 82.40.**.***
- ASN: AS216211
- Organization: Cyberverse LLC
- Type: Datacenter IP
- Risk Scores:
- Scamalytics: 0 (Low Risk)
- IP2Location: 99 (High Risk)
- IPQS: 75 (Suspicious)
Different databases classify the IP differently, but there are no major abuse records overall.
IPv6 Detection
- ASN: AS216211
- Registered Location: Singapore
- Some databases identify it as a datacenter IP
- Overall low risk score
Streaming Unlock Test
IPv4 supports:
Some IPv6 services may fail or be blocked.
Outbound port 25 is blocked.
Outbound Routing Analysis
China Telecom Route
Path characteristics:
Sichuan Telecom → ChinaNet 163 Backbone → Japan SoftBank → BBIX → AS216211
Characteristics:
- Uses traditional ChinaNet 163 international route
- Connected through SoftBank in Japan
- Latency fluctuation is relatively high (237ms~339ms at final hops)
This is a standard Telecom international route.
China Unicom Route
Chongqing Unicom → AS4837 → Shanghai → SoftBank → Tokyo
Some hops show extremely high latency spikes (1500ms+), while final latency fluctuates between 100ms and 600ms.
This indicates:
- Unstable international exit routing
- Uses China Unicom international backbone + SoftBank
China Mobile Route
Jiangsu Mobile → Shanghai CMI → Hong Kong → Lumen (AS3356) → Tokyo → AS216211
Characteristics:
- Clearly routed through Level3/Lumen
- Latency remains stable around 70ms~80ms
- Performance is better than China Telecom
China Mobile performs the best among the three carriers.
Inbound Routing Analysis (NetQuality)
Beijing Route
- Telecom: SoftBank → 163
- Unicom: AS216211 → 4837
- Mobile: PCCW → CMI
Shanghai Route
- Telecom: SoftBank → 163
- Unicom: AS216211 → 4837
- Mobile: Level3 → CMI
Guangzhou Route
- Telecom: SoftBank → 163
- Unicom: AS216211 → 4837
- Mobile: Level3 → CMI
Summary:
- Telecom inbound uses SoftBank
- Unicom inbound directly uses AS4837
- Mobile inbound uses Level3/CMI
No CN2 and no premium optimized routing.
China Speed Test Performance
Typical results:
- Beijing Unicom Download: 339Mbps
- Shanghai Unicom Download: 312Mbps
- China Telecom Download: 100~340Mbps
- China Mobile: Some packet loss and ERROR results
This is normal performance for a shared 500Mbps port.
International Connectivity Performance
- Tokyo: 1ms
- Hong Kong: 67ms
- Singapore: 74ms
- Los Angeles: 117ms
- Europe: 250ms+
- São Paulo: Error
Asia performs well, while Europe and North America are typical international BGP quality.
Overall Evaluation
Advantages
- Extremely low price at ¥49/year
- Same renewal price
- NVMe storage
- Most streaming services unlocked
- Good China Mobile routing performance
- Dual-stack IPv4 + IPv6
Disadvantages
- Only 512MB RAM
- No optimized routing
- China Telecom latency fluctuation
- Port 25 blocked
- No refund support
Recommended Use Cases
- Low-cost Japan VPS deployment
- Lightweight blogs
- API relay services
- Low-traffic proxy services
- Learning and testing environments
Not suitable for:
- Large websites
- High concurrency workloads
- Mission-critical commercial services
Final Verdict
This ¥49/year Tokyo Japan VPS from BitsFlowCloud is essentially an entry-level VPS using standard international BGP routing.
At this price point:
- Hardware performance is acceptable
- Network routing is unoptimized
- IP quality is decent
- Overall value for money is extremely high
If your budget is limited and your workload is lightweight, this is a highly attractive Lunar New Year limited-time VPS offer.
Stock is limited and available only while supplies last.
