Order your port directly via the France-IX portal. Five bandwidth tiers, public pricing, dedicated platform hosted at Telehouse Paris 2 - at the heart of the French Internet, where most operators are connected - and fully independent from our main platform. Built to start peering, pilot a use case, or add a redundancy point to an existing infrastructure.
France's largest IXP has reached the critical mass needed to launch a new peering infrastructure, independent from our existing architectures.
Peering is the direct interconnection between IP networks via an exchange point. A single interconnection replaces dozens of interconnections, for three key benefits:
The new France-IX platform, and the only one available in self-service via the portal (for now), with conditions tailored to organizations that want to start simply or strengthen their resilience.
France's largest IXP has reached the critical mass needed to launch a new peering infrastructure, independent from our existing architectures. Join the first 50 and help shape the Peering Essentiel community from day one.
France-IX is the only French IXP offering two independent peering platforms, for maximum resilience. Distinct hardware, distinct OS, zero shared network component: an incident on one never affects the other.
Public pricing displayed. No commitment (3-month notice period). 100% online subscription via the France-IX portal, connected in 24h (cross-connect aside). Instant upgrades and downgrades.
France-IX experts, the reliability of France's largest IXP, 100% online 24/7 support, and Google VPP Gold by end of 2026. At the heart of the French Internet, at Telehouse 2 in Paris.
Ticket-based support available 24/7, accessible via the portal. Platform incidents are handled directly by our engineering team.
For the first 50 Peering Essentiel customers: activation fees waived, and recurring fees waived uas long as the Peering Essentiel LAN stays below 100 Gbps of traffic, and at minimum until end of September 2026.
Self-service via the portal opens on June 1, 2026 for existing France-IX customers, then on June 15, 2026 for all new customers. Until launch, you can reserve your subscription by filling out our contact form: your file will be processed in priority by our teams and you'll automatically be among the 50 pioneers.
The purchase journey takes place on the France-IX portal. You create your account, you choose your bandwidth tier from the 5 available tiers — 1G, 2G, 10G, 100G or 400G (see the pricing grid →), you receive your interconnection information, you order your cross-connect, then you configure your router and bring up your BGP sessions to our RPKI ROV route servers with IRR filtering.
A pioneer offer is reserved for the first 50 customers: activation fees waived, and recurring fees waived until Peering Essentiel reaches 100 Gbps of traffic, at minimum until end of September 2026.
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Complementary platform, in self-service
⚡ Peering Essentiel
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France's largest peering community
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| Technical capacity | ||
| Bandwidth tiers | 5 tiers (1G - 400G) | 11 tiers (200M - 400G) |
| Points of presence | 1 PoP (Telehouse Paris 2) | 22 PoPs, 6 cities |
| Availability | High availability | 99.998% achieved |
| RPKI ROV route servers and IRR filtering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Community & traffic | ||
| Peering community | Launching June 2026 | 600+ IP networks |
| Traffic | Launching June 2026 | 3.5 Tb/s |
| Support & assistance | ||
| 24/7 ticket support | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24/7 phone support | — | ✓ |
| Human assistance | We contact you if needed | Pre-sales + dedicated contact |
| Services & ecosystem | ||
| National and international Multipass | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Azure Peering Service | — | ✓ |
| Google VPP | Gold by end of 2026 | Already Silver, Gold by end of 2026 |
| TLDs & root DNS servers | — | ✓ |
| Services available on the same port | — | IP Transit, Sovereign Clouds, Cloud Access, Kentik… |
| Platform | ||
| Architecture | Independent from Plus | Independent from Essentiel |
Comparison overview of the two France-IX platforms. See detailed pricing →