{"id":498291,"date":"2023-07-03T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=498291"},"modified":"2023-07-03T17:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:55:38","slug":"south-african-virtual-private-server-price-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/498291-south-african-virtual-private-server-price-showdown.html","title":{"rendered":"South African virtual private server price showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual private server (VPS) hosting offers users dedicated server space with a reserved amount of resources, and there are several options available to South Africans who wish to launch a website or app that shared hosting or dedicated server isn’t suitable for.<\/p>\n

With the Rand tanking against the US dollar in recent months, some international providers, like Microsoft Azure, are no longer cost-effective for South Africans as they quote their services in dollars.<\/p>\n

However, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed that Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) VPS offerings compete well price-wise with local providers.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband compared VPS pricing across three tiers from Absolute Hosting, Afrihost, Cybersmart, Domains.co.za, Microsoft Azure, and AWS.<\/p>\n

Absolute Hosting sells the cheapest option in the entry-level tier, offering a two virtual CPU (vCPU) plan with 2GB of RAM, 10GB of storage, and 250GB of bandwidth for R63 a month.<\/p>\n

However, the package comes with a fraction of the bandwidth other providers offer. Regarding performance, it provides the highest number of vCPUs and memory allocation in the entry-level tier.<\/p>\n

It also has a “budget VPS” product that starts from R49 per month with 1vCPU, 1GB RAM, 20GB storage, and 200GB soft-capped traffic.<\/p>\n

Cybersmart’s entry-level package is attractive as it is the only provider listed to offer unlimited bandwidth with all VPS products.<\/p>\n

The package has one vCPU, 1GB of RAM, and 20GB of storage for R179 a month.<\/p>\n

AWS competes relatively well in the entry-level category. Its VPS product with one vCPU, 2GB of memory, 60GB of storage, and 3TB of bandwidth costs R188 a month.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Azure’s package was the most expensive of the lot at R1,056 per month.<\/p>\n

Absolute Hosting also offers the most affordable option in the mid-range tier. Its plan with two vCPUs, 3GB of RAM, 65GB of storage, and 500GB of traffic allowance costs R146 per month.<\/p>\n

Cybersmart and Domains.co.za also compete pretty well in the tier.<\/p>\n

Cybesmart sells a plan featuring one vCPU, 2GB of RAM, 50GB of storage, and unlimited bandwidth for R259 a month.<\/p>\n

Domains.co.za’s mid-tier package offers similar specs to Cybersmart’s. However, its bandwidth cap sits at 1TB, and the plan costs R289 monthly.<\/p>\n

Once again, AWS compares pretty well, sitting directly in the middle of the field with a price of R376 per month.<\/p>\n

The higher-end tier tells a similar story to the mid-range category, with Cybersmart, Domains.co.za, and Absolute Hosting offering the cheapest packages.<\/p>\n

Cybersmart’s plan with four vCPUs, 4GB of RAM, and 100GB of storage is available for R399 a month. The plan offers unlimited bandwidth.<\/p>\n

Domains.co.za’s plan is similar to Cybersmart’s regarding hardware. However, it ups the storage by 25GB and provides 2TB of bandwidth for R569 a month.<\/p>\n

Absolute Hosting charges R412 for its VPS with four vCPUs, 8GB of RAM, and 200GB of storage. The plan offers 1,200GB of bandwidth each month.<\/p>\n

A price comparison across three tiers of VPS hosting options for local and international providers available to South African businesses is provided in the table below.<\/p>\n

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Virtual private server price comparison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Provider<\/strong><\/td>\nCPU<\/strong><\/td>\nRAM<\/strong><\/td>\nStorage<\/strong><\/td>\nBandwidth<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entry-level<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Absolute Hosting (Budget)<\/td>\n1 vCPUs<\/td>\n1GB<\/td>\n20GB<\/td>\n200GB (soft-cap)<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Absolute Hosting<\/td>\n2 vCPUs<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n10GB<\/td>\n250GB<\/td>\nR63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Domains.co.za<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n1GB<\/td>\n25GB<\/td>\n500GB<\/td>\nR149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n1GB<\/td>\n20GB<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nR179<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amazon Web Services<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n60GB<\/td>\n3TB<\/td>\nR188<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Mini<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\n4TB<\/td>\nR339<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Bronze<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\n4TB<\/td>\nR360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Azure<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n10GB<\/td>\n500GB<\/td>\nR1,056<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid-range<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Absolute Hosting<\/td>\n2 vCPUs<\/td>\n3GB<\/td>\n65GB<\/td>\n500GB<\/td>\nR146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart<\/td>\n2 vCPUs<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n50GB<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nR259<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Domains.co.za<\/td>\n2 vCPUs<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n50GB<\/td>\n1TB<\/td>\nR289<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amazon Web Services<\/td>\n2 vCPUs<\/td>\n4GB<\/td>\n80GB<\/td>\n4TB<\/td>\nR376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Silver<\/td>\n2 vCPUs<\/td>\n4GB<\/td>\n200GB<\/td>\n6TB<\/td>\nR560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Regular<\/td>\n3 vCPUs<\/td>\n6GB<\/td>\n300GB<\/td>\n8TB<\/td>\nR659<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Azure<\/td>\n2 vCPUs<\/td>\n4GB<\/td>\n20GB<\/td>\n500GB<\/td>\nR1,714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Higher-end<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart<\/td>\n4 vCPUs<\/td>\n4GB<\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nR399<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Absolute Hosting<\/td>\n4 vCPUs<\/td>\n8GB<\/td>\n200GB<\/td>\n1.2TB<\/td>\nR412<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Domains.co.za<\/td>\n4 vCPUs<\/td>\n4GB<\/td>\n125GB<\/td>\n2TB<\/td>\nR569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Gold<\/td>\n3 vCPUs<\/td>\n6GB<\/td>\n300GB<\/td>\n8TB<\/td>\nR660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Platinum<\/td>\n4 vCPUs<\/td>\n8GB<\/td>\n500GB<\/td>\n10TB<\/td>\nR860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Big<\/td>\n6 vCPUs<\/td>\n12GB<\/td>\n2TB<\/td>\n10TB<\/td>\nR999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amazon Web Services<\/td>\n4 vCPUs<\/td>\n16GB<\/td>\n320GB<\/td>\n6TB<\/td>\nR1,504<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Azure<\/td>\n4 vCPUs<\/td>\n8GB<\/td>\n40GB<\/td>\n1TB<\/td>\nR3,557<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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Now read: Microsoft wants to expand cloud-based Windows 11 to all users<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband compared virtual private server pricing across three tiers from Absolute Hosting, Afrihost, Cybersmart, Domains.co.za, Microsoft Azure, and AWS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":454218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[77930,1669,27543,1765,2954,26624,35,24957,83603],"class_list":["post-498291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-hosting","tag-absolute-hosting","tag-afrihost","tag-amazon-web-services-aws","tag-axxess","tag-cybersmart","tag-domains-co-za","tag-headline","tag-microsoft-azure","tag-virtual-private-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498751,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498291\/revisions\/498751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}