Dedicated server hosting deals in SA compared
Web Africa recently announced that they have upped the value proposition on their Nitro Dedicated Server packages, offering clients three to four times the monthly traffic allowance while at the same time slashing their over-usage pricing by 50%.
The higher monthly traffic allowances make Web Africa’s Nitro Dedicated Server packages particularly suitable for companies looking for locally hosted servers with low bandwidth fees.
Web Africa’s move puts pressure on its competitors in the local dedicated server hosting market – most notably Hetzner, Afrihost and Gamco – to ensure that their offerings remain competitive.
After boosting their traffic allowances Web Africa is the clear leader in the dedicated server hosting market when it comes to monthly data allowances, but in areas such as HDD space and entry-level pricing, other hosting providers are more competitive.
Consumers looking for the best deal will be well advised to compare the various dedicated server options and assess their server needs before putting pen to paper.
The following table provides an overview of the dedicated server offerings from some Web Africa, Afrihost, Hetzner and Gamco. It should be noted that all these offerings are hosted in South Africa, and that internationally hosted servers may cost significantly less than local offerings.
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South African Hosting Prices: Dedicated servers
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| Web Africa | Afrihost | Hetzner | Gamco | |
| CPU | 2.4GHz Quad Core Xeon | Core i5-750 2.66 GHz | Quad Core 2.5Ghz | |
| HDD | 2 x 250GB | 2 x 500GB | 2 x 500GB | |
| RAM | 2GB | 4GB | 2GB | |
| Monthly traffic Allowance | 20GB | 7.5GB | 20GB | |
| Data over-usage cost (per MB) | 2.5c | 2.5c | 2.5c | |
| Monthly cost | R1150 | R895 | R1140 | |
| CPU | 2.13GHz Quad Core Xeon | 2.4GHz Quad Core Xeon | Core i7-860 2.80 GHz | Quad Core 2.5Ghz |
| HDD | 2 x 500GB | 2 x 500 GB | 2 x 1TB | 2 x 500GB |
| RAM | 6GB | 4GB | 8GB | 4GB |
| Monthly traffic allowance | 80GB | 30GB | 15GB | 30GB |
| Data over-usage cost (per MB) | 2c | 2.5c | 2.5c | 2.5c |
| Monthly cost | R1999 | R1450 | R1395 | R1930 |
| CPU | 2.13GHz Quad Core Xeon | 2.4GHz Quad Core Xeon | 2 x Xeon E5520 Quad Core 2.26GHz | Quad Core 2.5Ghz |
| HDD | 2 x 500GB | 2 x 1TB | 3 x 500GB | 2 x 1TB |
| RAM | 6GB | 8GB | 4GB | 8GB |
| Monthly traffic allowance | 300GB | 50GB | 30GB | 50GB |
| Data over-usage cost (per MB) | 2c | 2.5c | 2.5c | 2.5c |
| Monthly cost | R2999 | R2850 | R3495 | R2690 |
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