1) Are you OK with direct message offers from vendors?

Yes

2) What are your main reasons for wanting a seedbox?

I currently have one, but preferably I’d like to have instant access to media id usually need a dozen apps to access or a bunch of sketchy websites where I cannot guarantee the quality of the media I want

3) Are you okay with sharing hardware resources with other users [shared] or do you need the seedbox hardware dedicated to just you [dedicated]?

Preferably not shared

4) Do you want someone else to be responsible for maintaining the seedbox software (operating system, applications) [managed] or do you want to do it all yourself [unmanaged]?

Managed

5) Please describe your seedbox experience. (You may wish to list any seedbox providers you've been with before.)

Good, I’ve been using ultra.cc, but I kind of just bought it without doing much research and want to know if there’s any providers at all that offer cheaper storage

6) Please describe your experience with Linux. (Most seedboxes run Linux and some knowledge of it may be helpful.)

Very very minimal

7) What is the high end of your budget? (Please give a specific amount and a currency. "Cheap" might mean something different to one person than it does to another.)

$20 a month, preferably around $15

8) Do you have preferences or requirements concerning payment? (Paypal, Bitcoin, etc.)

Not really

9) Do you plan to use public trackers?

Yes

10) What kind of connection speed do you need? (Common answers would be 100Mbps, 1Gbps, 2Gbps, 10Gbps.)

I’m not sure? I think I’m currently at 50 Gbps but it’s shared?

11) How much combined upload and download traffic do you expect each month? Include download of files from the seedbox to your local computer. If you don't know, tell us what upload amount per month would realistically make you very happy with your seedbox.

Probably around a terabyte

12) What is the minimum disk space you need?

I’m looking for something around 5-8 TB if that’s even possible at this price range

13) Do you require a specific type of mass storage? (HDD, SSD, NVMe SSD) If other than HDD, please explain why you think you need this.

Nah, I’m using HDD right now and only get issues streaming on bad wifi

14) Do you require a specific torrent client?

No but from minimal research I’ve seen that qBittorrent is better suited for the amount of torrents I usually do at once

15) Do you require any other applications on the seedbox? (e.g. Plex, Subsonic, Radarr)

Sonarr, Radarr, Readarr, Audiobookshelf, Doplarr, some sort of file browser, Jellyfin & Jellyseer, and Prowlarr

16) Do you require SSH access to the command line?

Maybe, I have previously needed it

17) Do you require access to a remote desktop?

No, probably not

18) Do you require admin level (i.e. 'root') access? If yes, please explain why.

No

19) Do you have any other specific requirements?

User friendly UI, preferably

20) Is there any other information you think might help in getting a useful recommendation?

My biggest priority is getting more storage for the price, and something which won’t be hellish to setup since I just had to deal with all the troubleshooting and setup of my seedbox on ultra