Sole Proprietorship or LLC to open your own hosting?

Question

Fintech

I have long wanted to open my own hosting and do what is interesting.
At the moment, I have already found an office and a couple of employees. The budget is 500 thousand.
So far, I have been formalized as an individual entrepreneur, can an individual entrepreneur provide hosting services with server placement NOT in the Russian Federation.
I really don't want to open an LLC. And in general, what difficulties can still be encountered?

Answer 1

Well, for example, you will spend 200-300 thousand on approvals of VTEK and the FSB ... for the rest you will buy a cheap supermicro platform, put it under the table and that's it (((

Answer 2

Well, you can provide home lamp hosting as a SP.

Answer 3

As an option, start by reselling the services of large hosting companies.
For example:
1) FirstVDS: https://firstvds.ru/partner/reseller
2) FurstDedic: https://Firstdedic.ru/reseller
Feel all the nuances and difficulties, gain experience.
Better LLC, more trust will be from customers. You will be able to collect a portfolio of normal / profitable clients, and not just "shkoloty".
Especially if you plan to do this for a long time and seriously.

Answer 4

Definitely OOO. More trust from customers and payment systems (which you will need to connect to accept online payments). No approvals are required - this is an unlicensed activity. As long as you do not have your own data center or your own communication channels, you do not need to coordinate anything with anyone.
Difficulties typical for hosting: viruses, hacking of client sites, DDoS, email blacklists and, most importantly, the market is not growing as much as 10 years ago.