Choose a VPS for most sites and apps: a managed cPanel VPS from $80 a month handles most agencies and businesses, and an unmanaged KVM VPS starts at $15. Choose a dedicated server, from $180 a month plus a setup fee, when you need the whole physical machine, two IPv4 addresses and always-on DDoS mitigation.
| KVM VPS | Managed cPanel VPS | Dedicated server | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A virtual machine; your cores are dedicated, the physical host is shared | The same, with cPanel and management | The whole physical machine; nothing else runs on it |
| Price from | $15 a month | $80 a month | $180 a month |
| Setup fee | None | $7 one-time | $40 to $1,200 one-time |
| Ready | Usually within minutes | About 3 hours | Within 72 hours |
| Cores and RAM | 2–24 cores, 2–124 GB | 6–10 cores, 16–64 GB | 4–128 cores, 16–128 GB |
| Storage | 40–640 GB NVMe | 400–1,600 GB SSD | Two NVMe drives, in RAID on Dedicated 2 to 6 |
| IPv4 addresses | 1 | Ask us | 2 |
| DDoS mitigation | Ask us | Ask us | Always-on, volumetric |
| Backups | Add-on; snapshots included | Daily, kept 7 days | Daily, kept 7 days, on Dedicated 4 to 6 only |
| Management | Unmanaged | Managed | Semi-managed (1 to 3) or fully managed (4 to 6) |
Which one fits
- Fewer than about 100 sites, and you don’t need a whole machine: Managed VPS 1, $80 a month.
- Root and your own stack on a budget: a KVM VPS from $15 a month.
- Many client sites, databases or heavy traffic: Dedicated 2, with 24 cores and 128 GB RAM, $320 a month.
- Fast single-thread speed for PHP or game servers: Dedicated 3, a Ryzen 9 5900X, $480 a month.
- Fully managed, with backups: Dedicated 4, $880 a month.
- Large platforms needing guaranteed 5 Gbps: Dedicated 5 or 6.
Dedicated 1, 2 and 3 don’t include backups. If you choose one, plan your own backups from day one.
- Should I start with a VPS?
- Often, yes. A KVM VPS upgrades in place, with no migration or reinstall. When you need the whole machine, we move your sites from any cPanel server to a dedicated server free of charge.
- Is the location or price different?
- No. VPS and dedicated servers are available in Johannesburg, New York, Miami, Limburg and Roubaix, at the same prices. For visitors in Zimbabwe, Johannesburg is the closest.
- Do dedicated servers include cPanel?
- Yes: cPanel & WHM with unlimited accounts, LiteSpeed, CloudLinux, Imunify360, Softaculous and SitePad, with root access.
Compare every plan on VPS and dedicated servers, or ask us on WhatsApp and we’ll size it with you, Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00 CAT.
Updated 6 November 2026. Something here out of date? Tell us.