Entry-level Virtual Private Server price comparison - April 2024

[Jan]

South African virtual private server price shootout

South Africans looking to host a website or app have several virtual private server (VPS) products available to them from various prominent hosting providers.

VPSes are hosting environments where customers share hardware, but in a way that is isolated from one another.

 

[elp]

We've been using a low-end Absolute Hosting vps as one of our remote monitoring points in $DAYJOB. Been very stable. Must be at least 2 years now I think.

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

We've been using a low-end Absolute Hosting vps as one of our remote monitoring points in $DAYJOB. Been very stable. Must be at least 2 years now I think.

Thank you for supporting us and the kind words.

If you’re on a budget VPS then you should now have 200 mbps

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

I few minor corrections there @mylesillidge

South African virtual private server price comparison
Provider	CPU	RAM	Storage	Bandwidth	Price
Entry-level
Absolute Hosting AMD Epyc Genoa 9554	2 vCPU	2GB	50GB NVMe SSD	250GB	R158.00

Higher-specced
Absolute Hosting AMD Epyc Genoa 9554	4 vCPU	4GB	100GB NVMe SSD	2TB	R375.00

Absolute Hosting AMD Epyc Genoa 9554

4 vCPU

6GB

150GB NVMe SSD

3TB

R524.00

 

[Mr.Jax]

I've been running a small dedicated game server (via Steam) on a VPS for the past 7 years. Costs me about R200 p/m for 2vCPUs, 2GB RAM, 10GB storage and 1TB bandwitdh (@500Mbps). Not issues whatsoever. In the last 7 years I've had so little down time, I couldn't even call it that.

They do have their Fair Use policies and Terms and Conditions, but I've never exceeded any thresholds...
The server runs in a Teraco DC.

Unfortunately, it's with a UK based company. I would love to rather give my money to a South African company, but unfortunately, some of these local VPS providers have stupid rules about gaming servers that just don't make sense (are they over provisioning en masse so much so that they cannot guarantee a decent service???). The one I engaged with that had those rules are on that list.

Oh well, their loss then.

Decent pricing though - they just need to work on their T's & C's.

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

@Mr.Jax if we spoke about this then I’m sorry about not allowing gaming servers at the this current time.

We may look into this towards the end of the year as we bring up additional data centre locations and can possibly offer gaming VPS services from Cape Town

 

[Mr.Jax]

That would be great Jade - I'd love to rather support a local company.

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

Will keep you posted within this thread and thanks for consideration

 

[Johand]

@Mr.Jax if we spoke about this then I’m sorry about not allowing gaming servers at the this current time.

We may look into this towards the end of the year as we bring up additional data centre locations and can possibly offer gaming VPS services from Cape Town

Not allowing gaming? Good thing I read the comments because I pretty much made up my mind to get a server for valheim. Now can't do

What is the reasoning for not allowing games?

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

Not allowing gaming? Good thing I read the comments because I pretty much made up my mind to get a server for valheim. Now can't do

What is the reasoning for not allowing games?

I’m so sorry about that, the reasoning is that we’re trying to reduce our footprint for ddos attacks.

 

[Jason-ZA]

@Mr.Jax if we spoke about this then I’m sorry about not allowing gaming servers at the this current time.

We may look into this towards the end of the year as we bring up additional data centre locations and can possibly offer gaming VPS services from Cape Town

I am excited about Cape Town becoming one of the locations, I hope it will be possible to migrate our existing VPSs from JHB to CPT once available, I would move mine the second this option becomes available, even if it means a different IP must be allocated

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

I am excited about Cape Town becoming one of the locations, I hope it will be possible to migrate our existing VPSs from JHB to CPT once available, I would move mine the second this option becomes available, even if it means a different IP must be allocated

Migration from JHB to CPT is already part of the blue print, the IP’s will change though but still be within our AS

 

[FaSMaN]

Biggest problem I have with VPS services is the storage size , 100gb isn't a lot for things like intensive game servers or file servers

 

[SeaSickMama]

Biggest problem I have with VPS services is the storage size , 100gb isn't a lot for things like intensive game servers or file servers

Some will ban you for abuse on service in SA....

But hosting yourself is so easy these days