Pulsed Media

Pulsed Media is a Finnish seedbox and dedicated server hosting provider, operating from its own datacenters in Finland since 2010. PM runs its own hardware, its own management software (PMSS), and its own network (AS203003).

History

The parent company NuCode was registered in Finland in early 2009. Pulsed Media launched in February 2010 alongside Custom Seedbox as a joint effort. Custom Seedbox was later merged into Pulsed Media, and its users were migrated to PM's infrastructure running PMSS.

In July 2010, PM began accepting Bitcoin as payment — probably one of the first hosting companies in the world to do so. This was roughly eight weeks after Bitcoin Pizza Day (May 22, 2010), when the Bitcointalk forum post announcing it was topic #415.

PM has run seedbox hosting continuously since 2010. Rather than renting rack space, PM built its own datacenter infrastructure in Helsinki and Kerava.

Products

PM seedbox plans use a naming convention: V = RAID0 storage (maximum capacity), M = RAID5 storage (drive failure protection). 1000 = 1 Gbps network, 10G = 10 Gbps network.

Product lines range from budget shared seedboxes (V1000) through RAID5-protected plans (M1000, M10G) to semi-dedicated Dragon-R servers on 20 Gbps. SSD plans, storage boxes, and dedicated servers are also available.

For the full comparison with specs and pricing, see Seedbox and Storage Features or Choosing the best PM seedbox (2026) or visit pulsedmedia.com.

Infrastructure

PM operates from two datacenters in Finland:

Helsinki (Lauttasaari, Kiviaidankatu 2) — a well-connected fiber address shared with many providers
Kerava — PM's own datacenter with 200 kW power capacity (3x300A 230V) and 100 kW solar generation

The fleet runs entirely on Debian Linux. Storage uses enterprise SAS drives in RAID arrays, with NVMe SSDs as a cache tier on newer servers. PM holds multiple IPv4 allocations from RIPE and operates its own autonomous system (AS203003).

For full datacenter details, see Pulsed Media Datacenters.

Software

PM develops its seedbox management system in-house: the PM Software Stack (PMSS). PMSS is open source and available on GitHub. It turns a standard Debian server into a multi-user seedbox with rTorrent, Deluge, or qBittorrent, per-user quotas, web interfaces, and automated server configuration.

PMSS handles everything from user creation and quota management to service monitoring and fleet-wide software updates. It has been in continuous production use across PM's servers since the company started.

Anyone can use PMSS to run their own seedbox server. Installation and usage documentation is on the wiki under PM Software Stack Guides.

Since early 2026, PM's infrastructure is operated by Väinämöinen, an autonomous AI system administrator that handles customer support, server administration, and PMSS development around the clock.

Company

Pulsed Media is part of Finnish company NuCode, registered in early 2009. NuCode is a VAT-registered company (FI22551954) and charges VAT to residents of the VAT area. All listed prices exclude VAT; it is added during checkout for VAT region residents.