Today, I am exposing one of the biggest and most well-known hosting companies in India. You have probably heard of "GBNodes." They claim to be India's largest game hosting provider, and yes, technically, they are the biggest hosting company from "India." But guess what? They are also exactly what you would expect: cheapskates who want to run a hosting business without spending a single rupee. Their entire operation is based on cutting costs, bending rules, and making false claims about their "partnerships." Let me show you how they really work behind the scenes. ### The Truth Behind the AWS "Partnership" GBNodes often boasts about being "partnered" with AWS. You will find this claim plastered all over their website, their Discord server, and other promotional materials. But here is the reality: they are not partnered with AWS. AWS would never partner with a low-tier, cost-cutting company like them that simply resells AWS servers. Think about it logically, why would AWS, a global cloud platform that provides its own infrastructure, partner with a small Indian hosting provider and offer them discounted servers? The truth is that GBNodes has been misuing AWS Startup Credits for 2+ years. For those who do not know, major cloud providers like AWS, OVH, Google Cloud, and Cloudflare offer Startup Credits to help new businesses and startups grow. These credits are meant for startups building products like a food delivery app or an AI-based service that need cloud infrastructure. They are not meant to be resold directly or indirectly. But GBNodes misused these credits to sell servers, which is strictly against AWS policies. However, AWS Startup Credits are limited and expire after 2 years. A legitimate company would have invested in their own data center and infrastructure by this point. But GBNodes? They did not. They continued relying on free credits to avoid paying for servers. The only hardware they actually own are some Ryzen servers because AWS does not offer Ryzen CPUs, and their competitors (GBNodes') were providing Ryzen servers. But even that was not enough. Once their credits were running out, they tried to reapply for AWS Startup Credits a second time using a new company as a disguise. ### A New Company for More Free Credits Originally, GBNodes operated under Webpool Technologies PVT. LTD. (CIN: U72900UP2022OPC174867) ([proof: see the footer of their old website](https://web.archive.org/web/20240602182106/https://gbnodes.host/)). However, after two years, conveniently when their AWS credits were expiring, they dissolved Webpool Technologies and registered a new company: Evotrade Assets PVT. LTD. (CIN: U62099UP2024PTC210618). You can verify the company details from: https://mca.gov.in. If you check the website of Evotrade (https://evotrade.site), you will notice something suspicious, it is an exact replica of the GBNodes website. Why? Because it was created solely to reapply for AWS Startup Credits under a different name. You can also check the footer of the current GBNodes website (https://gbnodes.host), which now mentions Evotrade instead of Webpool. There was no valid reason to create this new company, except to continue their reliance on free credits. This just proves how dependent they are on AWS credits. Why? Because AWS is the only cloud provider that offers 100% uptime and reliability, and GBNodes knows that their business would collapse without it. AWS servers are expensive, running multiple 128GB RAM servers costs a fortune. Yet, GBNodes was selling them at dirt-cheap prices because their cost was zero. How do I know for sure they are using a new AWS account with fresh credits? It is obvious: - They changed their parent company name. - They moved all their AWS-based servers at once according to their updates channel (this was done to get as less bill as possible). ### The Reality of Their Operations GBNodes is a mess from the inside out: - They do notpay their team members. Like seriously, you are this big and do not even pay your staff? Such a shame. - Their support is terrible. If you are not a high-spending customer, you are ignored. - Their refund policy is a joke. Even after making 100% profit on AWS-backed Standard Nodes, they never invested in better support or a fair refund system. And looks like their old refund policy was just a mess and had multiple contradictions in it. - Rachit Kumar Patel (the owner of GBNodes) is behind it all. He manipulates people, exploits loopholes, and only cares about his own gain. ### The Aftermath: Why GBNodes is Facing Major Downtime If you have a server with GBNodes or follow their Discord, you might have noticed the recent massive downtime. That is because their entire AWS infrastructure has been shut down. One of my friends who had access to insider information reported their fraudulent activities to AWS. His father works at AWS, which made it easy for him to escalate the issue. He had been tracking GBNodes' misuse of AWS for months and waited for the right moment to take action. When he saw that GBNodes had created another company just to reapply for AWS Startup Credits, he decided enough was enough. As a result, AWS terminated their services, leading to the widespread downtime. Unfortunately, even my own data was lost because my friend did not warn me beforehand. That part sucks, but at least justice was served. ### The Lesson: Never Trust an Indian Hosting Company If there is one thing you should take away from this incident, it is this: never trust an Indian hosting company. That will be the biggest mistake of your life. Almost every hosting company from India, even the registered ones operates like a scam. They are not here to provide a good service, they are only in it for easy money. They bend the rules, take shortcuts, and disappear when things go wrong. Instead, I highly recommend choosing well-established international hosting providers. Some great alternatives are: Sparked.host, BisectHosting, Any provider with 5+ years of experience in the industry. But whatever you do, stay far away from GBNodes, Rachit Kumar Patel, and his brother Rajat Kumar Patel (who is also a director of Evotrade Assets PVT. LTD.). This is the truth behind GBNodes. Now, you decide what to do with this information. Let me know if you have any questions and I will answer it. ### Evidences: [upl-image-preview uuid=a529724b-7487-49cd-8ec1-a18a40c74e50 url=https://drama.gg/assets/files/2025-03-05/1741214752-47466-image.png alt={TEXT?}] [upl-image-preview uuid=c5b7b2d9-570a-40dd-848c-e8dac85bb775 url=https://drama.gg/assets/files/2025-03-05/1741214765-147944-image.png alt={TEXT?}] [upl-image-preview uuid=49b0b6c2-f6c6-42c5-bd67-e1361e2b49c4 url=https://drama.gg/assets/files/2025-03-05/1741214770-672040-image.png alt={TEXT?}] [upl-image-preview uuid=74cc0c0d-5e8e-4f47-9b83-7b12b0fbf9a6 url=https://drama.gg/assets/files/2025-03-05/1741214782-440126-image.png alt={TEXT?}] [upl-image-preview uuid=48371545-8e11-4c3c-a621-090016ddf85d url=https://drama.gg/assets/files/2025-03-05/1741214798-564085-image.png alt={TEXT?}]

@"matt james 3rd account"#p3748 thats not a joke Buying from a ScamHosting is something one gonna lose money

@"wellwisher"#p3749 does matt james care about this? Nope.

The Biggest Hosting Scam in India - GBNodes Exposed

Andrés

To add to this situation, I got banned from the GBNodes Discord server just for server just for saying, ‘Something seems fishy. Are you guys using AWS free credits?’ in a chat with a 30-minute slow mode.
You guys can try this out yourself, https://discord.gbnodes.host

Milan

A general chat is useless with a 30 minute slow mode lol

Shershah

It is more like GB roads

Shershah

@scamcheckers .

scamcheckers

Thanks for Being specific about the things

I will make some key Points

I am one of the Old Close Friend of RKP [Rachit Kumar Patel]

So at the Beinging when GBNoodes was not a registered company they used abuse Hetzner and Card Contabo from Mayank Sharam [Another Carded Hosting From India]

After few Month they GB Got incorporated as Webpool Technologies Private Limited
now registering a company doest mean you get AWS Activate Credits just like that you need good little Project for that
So they started Developing GBPanel 1.0 and invest arround 600 USD
It was ready in next 2 Months and on behalf of that they applid of Nvidia Inception and they got approved for 100k AWS Credits
Since then they went public and Claim they are one and only official Partner of AWS in India

Also their Suppot was sekptical about it

Now lets Find what wrong and Correct:
GB Was selling VPS [AWS EC2] which totally againts AWS ToS and shall not be performed where as AWS do support using their Infra as PaaS [Platform as a Service] and Container Servers on Ptero as PaaS to many tried to report them but they failed with the PaaS thing and Report got rejected

but finnaly someone could do that
Yes!! You also right about it 2y+ On AWS with 100% Profit and no Operation Cost and with this big client base they could easliy built their own Infra by the time and nothing this would happen
and AWS wont be suspended either

Now Lets talk about where your Were wrong?
1)Registered Company India are also Scams . well No as their users are protected by Indian Law Enforcement
if have faced a Critical Data loss or Finacial Loss for the Company you can complain that at MCA and also in Customer Court and Govt will take appropriate action againt the company
Why So?
- GBNodes was not acutally operated under Webpool Technologies Private Limited?
The Payu Payment Page used to say Paying to Rachit Kumar Patel which seems to a Sole Propieter account not Pvt Ltd
They Never exposed their GSTIN neither they Collected in nor they provided a GST Bill
This can clearly proof that this Companies are dummy and not used for just getting credits not acutall being operated
Is it with the all Companies in India?
- Hell Nah!!! Some Companies do operate Legitly as they have completly Exposed GSTIN CIN and Investing in own Infra
- Yes I can agree on 100% that 80% of companies in India are not getting legitly bought nodes but some new host cant get clients if they charge high
So yeah Abusing was the only option as India People dont care about data protection unless their own data gets Deleted

So how Some of the Legit Hosting Protect their data?
Will I can’t say about other but my Hosting Company a Pvt Ltd has to take a PCI DDS license which a Gov’t Provided license that ensure’s how User Data is handled by the company and it has weekly Audits and Quaterly inspections by the Ofiicials
But How can A user know ?
Well!! If the company is offering Offsite Backup Weather its AWS3 , Cloudflare R2 etc etc go for it its hardly that you data will not be safe their

Also their is thread by @wellwisher On how make sure if a hosting company is safe to buy or not check that out

edward

scamcheckers i know you created this thread on aws repost: https://repost.aws/questions/QUCMFv_uKXQFmgEZP127AcqA/can-we-resell-services-that-is-covered-with-aws-activate-credits
your profile: https://repost.aws/community/users/USomewLiWyTrG2qpLokej7hg

however, no. you can’t use those credits to sell their services including game servers. what you said IS NOT PAAS. it’s a different thing.

scamcheckers

This thing clearly shows they were Storing backups locally on the Node not OffSite
Seriously Dude you are this big and can’t even afford Cloudflare R2 Hosting smaller than you can

I now really wanna how they are providing CF Spectrum
was it Carded?

edward

scamcheckers why would it be carded? they are earning lots of money. plus they might have also applied for the cloudflare startup program.

Shershah

One of the only trusted vps provider i recommend is xitenodes, they provide cheap servers and I am 100% sure they don’t scam people as I have worked with them in the past, they have very smooth operations expect their owner is a dickhead (Mr.Shadow), well I would suggest anyone to verify any provider before making purchases

wellwisher

Shershah We are first Hosting in India to have Owned Infra in
Delhi NCR
Navi Mumbai
Kolkata
Ofc Above 32GB Server

yeah atlest we dont rely on AWS complate tho many of our Internal Working are on AWS and OVH

9942069695

Shershah Advertising?

matt james 3rd account

one of the cheap providers i trust is samborrillnodes, they provide 2048GB RAM for only 6 rupees with 39.43% uptime

wellwisher

matt james 3rd account thats not a joke
Buying from a ScamHosting is something one gonna lose money

lol

matt james 3rd account I agree very much, All indian children please head to samborillnodes.com and get something, don’t fall for these shitty indian hosts. Sam borrill host best!!!!!

Shershah

wellwisher does matt james care about this? Nope.

core9128

Shershah he is too busy jerking off 2 nazis, wym

Shershah

wellwisher but owner is dick head

rwgaryan

wellwisher

not the first, not every hosting company in india is mc hosting !!

wellwisher

Andrés The Lesson: Never Trust an Indian Hosting Company

If there is one thing you should take away from this incident, it is this: never trust an Indian hosting company. That will be the biggest mistake of your life.

Almost every hosting company from India, even the registered ones operates like a scam.

I am totally Dis agreeing with it their are kids also from USA and Germany doing the same their no way you can blame a complete nation for that little % of the kids

edward

looks like they removed their evotrade.site website, here is the archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20250121171146/http://evotrade.site

edward

they know what they did otherwise they wouldn’t have removed that site lol. this speaks a lot.

wellwisher

edward wait cloudflare has a Startup program?
can you share the link ?

ofc_human

edward I knew that he used AWS Activate Credit Points for XiteNodes. I think he got them from Razorpay Rize Program lol

wellwisher

edward

Its okay Run Production Application of AWS Credits as per as AWS so yeah not a problem on Ptero Servers as Docker Images are application not servers technically
but GBNodes was reselling EC2 as VPS thats their whole point of violation

wellwisher

edward you tagged the wrong person their xD