cheap windows vps?

[virtualk]

Im looking for a dirt cheap windows vps to run some test stuff on. I will only be using it for a few hours a day and I dont even care if its down the rest of the time. It can also be really low spec. So far the best deal i found was :

http://www.paradigmsolutions.co.za/

Costs about R130p/m

Anyone know any other providers?

 

[gkm]

A cloud provider that charges by the hour maybe? Might even be able to get something free for a while: Amazon AWS (http://aws.amazon.com/free/), Microsoft Azure (http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/) etc.

 

[froot]

R130/pm sounds ridiculously low, considering that there are licensing costs involved.

....ah.... it's hosted overseas [in the States, so 280-350ms].... so your latency is going to be pretty crappy.

 

[Telasera]

R130/pm sounds ridiculously low, considering that there are licensing costs involved.

....ah.... it's hosted overseas [in the States, so 280-350ms].... so your latency is going to be pretty crappy.

It depends on your requirements, is a locally hosted VPS what you're after?

 

[Anthro]

Cheapest local ive seen R360 [MWEB]

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Just note that those budget paradigm VPSs are not hosted locally, if that is not an issue then you should be fine. I have a budget Linux box with them and latency is in the low 300's to SA servers.

PING mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): icmp_seq=1 ttl=112 time=311 ms
64 bytes from www.mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): icmp_seq=2 ttl=112 time=311 ms
64 bytes from www.mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): icmp_seq=3 ttl=112 time=312 ms
64 bytes from www.mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): icmp_seq=4 ttl=112 time=311 ms
64 bytes from www.mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): icmp_seq=5 ttl=112 time=311 ms
64 bytes from www.mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): icmp_seq=6 ttl=112 time=311 ms
64 bytes from www.mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): icmp_seq=7 ttl=112 time=311 ms

--- mweb.co.za ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 7 received, 12% packet loss, time 7003ms

PING webafrica.co.za (196.220.58.66) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=1 ttl=111 time=300 ms
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=2 ttl=111 time=300 ms
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=3 ttl=111 time=300 ms
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=4 ttl=111 time=301 ms
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=5 ttl=111 time=300 ms
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=6 ttl=111 time=300 ms
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=7 ttl=111 time=300 ms
64 bytes from 196.220.58.66: icmp_seq=8 ttl=111 time=300 ms

--- webafrica.co.za ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 8 received, 11% packet loss, time 8005ms

It is really a budget offering but if that's all you need then it isn't too bad.

 

[Rockethost]

Disclaimer: I work for Rockethost

We have Linux and Windows VPS plans starting from R149.99 pm for Linux VPS and R299.99 pm for Windows VPS:

https://www.rockethost.co.za/Servers/Linux
https://www.rockethost.co.za/Servers/Windows

Alternatively you can custom configure your own specs (CPU, RAM, etc.):

https://www.rockethost.co.za/Servers/Linux#custom
https://www.rockethost.co.za/Servers/Windows#custom

Hosted at IS/DD Bryanston Johannesburg. Speeds over 100Mbps. We have a variety of operating systems that you can choose e.g. Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian for Linux and Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 (included) and 2022 (additional R350 pm).

We can also add SSD storage if you would like but this is an additional cost pm.