Based in Karlsruhe, Germany, netcup operates over 200,000 hosting accounts. It provides VPS (vServer) plans, dedicated servers, shared hosting and domains. Its VPS offerings include features like hourly billing, DDoS protection and pre-configured OS images. netcup was founded by Felix Preuss (incorporated as netcup GmbH in 2008) and became part of the Anexia group in 2016.