{"id":525181,"date":"2024-02-15T14:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T12:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=525181"},"modified":"2024-03-06T08:48:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T06:48:07","slug":"south-african-dedicated-server-price-comparison-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/525181-south-african-dedicated-server-price-comparison-2.html","title":{"rendered":"South African dedicated server price comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

A critical aspect of business in the modern age is establishing an online presence. South African companies can get a dedicated server package for their online business or develop an app for as little as R1,195.<\/p>\n

While there are alternatives, such as cloud hosting services, which are flexible and robust, these can get expensive quickly, depending on your needs.<\/p>\n

Dedicated servers can be more affordable while offering excellent uptimes.<\/p>\n

Other alternatives include virtual private servers and shared hosting services. However, dedicated servers can often provide better value in terms of their traffic allowance and performance.<\/p>\n

Those looking to buy a dedicated server package for their business should consider several aspects, including monthly traffic allowances, the service’s cost, and the server’s hardware.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband compared the cheapest dedicated servers from a range of South African providers regarding pricing and specifications.<\/p>\n

We included comparable entry-level packages from Afrihost, Host Africa, Register Domain SA, RSAWeb, Xneelo, and 1-Grid.<\/p>\n

Dedicated server price comparison<\/h2>\n

Xneelo offers the most affordable dedicated server option of the providers compared.<\/p>\n

Its entry-level dedicated server package features a quad-core Intel Xeon with a frequency of 3.3GHz, 16GB of RAM, 2TB of SSD storage, and unlimited traffic for R1,490 monthly.<\/p>\n

1-Grid isn’t far behind at R1,649 per month for its entry-level “Server” package.<\/p>\n

The plan includes an Intel Xeon Quad-Core 3.1GHz CPU, 32GB of RAM, 2TB of HDD storage, and 4TB of monthly traffic allowance.<\/p>\n

Register Domain SA’s package is priced at R1,720 and includes a quad-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 200GB of HDD storage, and unlimited monthly traffic.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t specify the exact model of CPU it offers.<\/p>\n

Afrihost’s Bronze package costs R2,050 per month and provides customers with an Intel Xeon Quad-Core CPU with a frequency of 3.2GHz, 8GB of RAM, 2TB of HDD storage, and unlimited monthly traffic.<\/p>\n

Host Africa’s D1 Server package offers unlimited traffic, a 3.6GHz Intel Xeon Quad-Core CPU, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of SSD storage for R2,100 per month.<\/p>\n

The provider is running a promotion that will see customers pay R1,600 per month for the first three months, before increasing to R2,100.<\/p>\n

RSAWeb’s MX3 Dedi Server is the most expensive in the comparison at R2,822.<\/p>\n

The package provides customers with a 3.4GHz Intel Xeon Quad-Core CPU, 16GB of RAM, 2TB of HDD storage, and 500GB of monthly traffic.<\/p>\n

The table below summarises specs and pricing for several dedicated server options available from South African providers.<\/p>\n

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Dedicated server price and spec comparison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Package<\/strong><\/td>\nCPU<\/strong><\/td>\nRAM<\/strong><\/td>\nStorage<\/strong><\/td>\nTraffic allowance<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xneelo TrueServ*<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel Xeon Quad-Core 3.3GHz<\/td>\n16GB<\/td>\n2TB SSD<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nR1,195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1-Grid Server*<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel Xeon Quad-Core 3.1GHz<\/td>\n32GB<\/td>\n2TB HDD<\/td>\n4TB<\/td>\nR1,649<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Register Domain SA Medium<\/strong><\/td>\nQuad-Core CPU<\/td>\n8GB<\/td>\n200GB HDD<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nR1,720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Bronze<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel Xeon Quad-Core 3.2GHz<\/td>\n8GB<\/td>\n2TB HDD<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nR2,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host Africa D1 Server*<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel Xeon Quad-Core 3.6GHz<\/td>\n16GB<\/td>\n1TB SSD<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nR2,100**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSAWeb MX3 Dedi Server*<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel Xeon Quad-Core 3.4GHz<\/td>\n16GB<\/td>\n2TB HDD<\/td>\n500GB<\/td>\nR2,822<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
*We have marked self-managed dedicated server packages with an asterisk.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Host Africa is running a promotion on its dedicated server packages, where customers will pay R1,600 monthly for the first three months, after which the fee increases to R2,100.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We compared the cheapest dedicated servers available from Afrihost, Host Africa, Register Domain SA, RSAWeb, Xneelo, and 1-Grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":472699,"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":[50461,1669,92421,35,45535,78810,3398,60101],"class_list":["post-525181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-hosting","tag-1-grid","tag-afrihost","tag-dedicated-server","tag-headline","tag-host-africa","tag-register-domain-sa","tag-rsaweb","tag-xneelo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525181"}],"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=525181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525237,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525181\/revisions\/525237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}