Price (monthly): $249.00/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: EU or USA
Features: 24/7 Live Tech Support, Daily Backups, DDoS Protection, Dedicated IP, Malware Removal, Malware Scan, RAID-1, Root Access, ServerSecure, SSD Storage, USA Based Support, Website Migration
OS: Linux or Windows (+$30/mo)
Management: Managed
Control panel: Interworx or Plesk or cPanel (+$15/mo)
CPU: 4 Cores @ 3.5 GHz
RAM: 32 GB or 64 GB (now included!)
Storage: 2x 240 GB SSD or 480 GB (+$80/mo) or 960 GB (+$150/mo) or 1.92 TB (+$270/mo) or 4x ...
Additional storage: Lots of additional SSD and HDD configurations
Additional storage: 12.8 TB NVMe SSD (+$450/mo)
Backup storage: 1 TB HDD or 2 TB (+$35/mo) or 4 TB (+$55/mo) or 6 TB (+$70/mo)
Bandwidth: 8 TB or 10 TB (+$100/mo) or 15 TB (+$150/mo) or 20 TB (+$200/mo) or 100 Mbit/s Unmetered Port (+$500/mo) or 1 Gbit/s Unmetered Port (+$750/mo)
Optional Extras: CloudLinux, LiteSpeed Web Server, Nginx Web Server, NVMe SSD Storage, RAID-1, RAID-10.
Hardware configuration
This server comes with 2x SSD disks with software RAID-1. Hardware RAID-1 can be added for $45/mo and hardware RAID-10 can also be added if you go with 4x disks instead of just 2x.
Value bundle
The value bundle that Liquid Web offers for some of their dedicated servers includes “500 – 1.500 GB Guardian Backups”, “Server Protection & Malware Remediation”, “InterWorx, Plesk Web Pro, or cPanel Pro”.
Web server
You can change from Apache web server to the fast and efficient Litespeed web server for $35/mo for 1 core, which is a good price. Or you can go with the Nginx web server at no additional cost. You would just need to request it in the build notes when placing your order.
It runs Linux by default but you can change that to Windows if you prefer.
Control panel
You can choose between Plesk Onyx or Interworx included in the price.
If you want to go with cPanel and WHM instead there’s a small price increase. Currently $15/mo.
EU and the USA
This server is available at 3 data centers. 2 locations in the USA and one in the EU. If you go with the EU location the price increases slightly.
Optional setup fee
There is an optional $250 setup fee for this server. If you choose to pay it your monthly bill will be $25 less. This makes sense if you plan to renew for 11 months or longer.
24/7 Fast USA based support
Liquid Web has trademarked “The most helpful humans in hosting”. Their high-quality support might be the number one reason to go with this web host. If you have mission-critical sites such as an important eCommerce store or a popular blog that you need to keep online all the time then this host very well might be your best choice.
They offer 24/7 live chat tech support, phone support, and ticket support. They guarantee to give a support response by chat or phone in just 59 seconds. All of their support persons are based in the USA providing the highest quality of English speaking support!
Price (1 year): $99.99/mo ($1199.9)
Renewal: $119.99/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: cPanel, Data Mirroring, FREE Domain, USA Based Support
CPU: 4 Cores
RAM: 4 GB
Storage: 500 GB
Bandwidth: 5 TB
Optional Extras: Bluehost SEO Tools Start, Domain Whois Privacy, RAID-1, SiteLock Monitoring, SSL Certificate.
Guarantees: 100% Network Uptime, 30 Day Money Back
1 year pre payed billing cycle required to get the price of $99.99/mo. 2 years: $89.99/mo. 3 years: $79.99/mo. If you select month-to-month billing the price will go up to $149.99/mo.
Every dedicated server from Bluehost comes with a free domain name. You get access to 24/7 live support which specializes in dedicated server support and works closely by the engineers that are maintaining the servers. The servers does not come with RAID-1 as a default only as a supported feature. It is not easy to compare the dedicated servers from Bluehost with most other hosts because they do not share what models their CPU is and at what frequencies the cores are running at.
Domain Whois Privacy is $0.99/mo with this server and lets you hide your personal name and contact information from your domain information that will be posted on lots of sites on the internet. If you need whois privacy it would be a little cheaper to register your domain name though another registrar instead of using the free domain provided by Bluehost. With other registrars, you can domains for less than $10/year and FREE whois privacy.
Search Engine Jumpstart is a bundle with SEO resources and tips and costs $2.99/mo. You can get a lot of SEO tips for free, check out our guide and lists with resources here. The SiteLock Monitoring scans daily for lots of bad stuff like malware. It costs $1.99/mo.
Customer guarantees
It is great that Bluehost does not charge a setup fee for their dedicated servers, and also that they offer a 30 day money back guarantee.
Price (1 year): $99.99/mo ($1199.9)
Renewal: $124.99/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: cPanel, Data Mirroring, FREE Domain, Managed, RAID-1, Root Access, SSL Certificate
CPU: 4 Cores
RAM: 4 GB
Storage: 500 GB
Bandwidth: 5 TB
Optional Extras: Codeguard Basic, Domain Whois Privacy, SiteLock Monitoring.
Guarantees: 30 Day Money Back
To get the listed discounted price you need to pre-pay for a year. To get the slightly increased renewal rate you need to pre-pay for another year after your initial billing period. Even though the JustHost dedicated servers come with a free domain name, the domain whois privacy costs extra and is currently priced at $0.99/mo. You can get a combo with a domain name registration and whois privacy cheaper at one of the top registrars.
Data Center Location
JustHost data centers are located in Utah in the USA.
Price (1 year): $105.69/mo ($1268.3)
Price (6 months): $115.99/mo ($695.9)
Price (monthly): $136.59/mo
Renewal: $189.99/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: 1 Gbps, 24/7 Live Tech Support, DDoS Protection, SSD Storage, SSL Certificate
OS: Linux
Management: Managed
Control Panel: cPanel
CPU: 4 Cores @ 3.1 GHz
RAM: 4 GB or 8 GB (Now included!) or 16 GB (+$5.00/mo) or 32 GB (+$17.00/mo)
Storage: 500 GB SSD or 1 TB HDD or 1 TB SSD (+$26.00/mo) or 2 TB SSD (+$96.00/mo) or 2 TB HDD (+$12.00)
Additional storage: 500 GB - 2 TB SSD (+$31.00/mo - $127.00/mo) or 1 TB - 6 TB HDD (+$16/mo - $37.00/mo)
Backup storage: 1 TB HDD - 6 TB HDD (+$16/mo - $37.00/mo)
Bandwidth: 6 TB
Optional Extras: Hardware Firewall, Remote KVM.
Guarantees: 30 Day Money Back, 99.999% Network Uptime
Price
For the Essential, Advanced and Elite dedicated servers by InMotion, you’ll get an initial period discount on your order, so the longer your billing cycle is the more you save.
The price for hardware upgrades also depends on your billing cycle.
Hardware configuration
Choose between lots of different RAM and storage configurations.
Included features
The 3 cheaper dedicated servers have a double RAM promo at the time of writing this which includes 4, 8 or 16 GB extra RAM.
I am not sure how long this promo will last.
These 3 servers also have 2 hours of included managed time, so you can’t have too many requests without having to pay extra for the support you receive.
I think 2 hours should be more than enough for most people and businesses though.
1-on-1 sysadmin time is included for every dedicated server and
Expensive domains & privacy
When purchasing your server you will get the option to buy a domain name with whois privacy. It says on their website that they include a free domain with all three of their VPS offers with a billing cycle of 6 or 12 months.
At the moment they charge $12.99/year for the domain privacy. This is useful as it will help you receive less spam by having your personal information hidden. You can get this for free with another registrar though, negating the benefit of the free domain offered by this web host.
Data center location
The Advanced and Elite dedicated servers have the choice of data center feature, and you can select to host in Washington DC or in Los Angeles.
Both data centers are located very close to the IXP in those areas for great ping.
Not for porn or gambling sites
InMotion Hosting has, like many other web hosts, restrictions again hosting adult content like porn.
In addition, InMotion does not allow gambling websites either.
Price (1 year): $111.99/mo ($1343.9)
Renewal: $139.99/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: cPanel, FREE Domain
CPU: 2 Cores
RAM: 4 GB
Storage: 500 GB
Bandwidth: 5 TB
Optional Extras: Domain Whois Privacy.
Guarantees: 30 Day Money Back
You need to pre pay for 12 months to get the price of $111.99/mo for your initial period. After the first year the plan will renew at $139.99/mo. With monthly billing this server is $149.99/mo.
I am glad to see that they have a strong 30 day money back guarantee even for their dedicated servers. It does not apply to the included domain. Domain Whois Privacy is $9.99/year.
Price (1 year): $112.05/mo ($1344.6)
Renewal: $123.88/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: 100 Mbps, cPanel, Managed, Root Access, SSD Storage
CPU: 4 Cores @ 3.4 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 240 GB
Bandwidth: 10 TB
Optional Extras: 1 Gbps, cPanel, SSD Storage, WHMCS.
Guarantees: 7 Day Money Back
To get the listed price you need to pre pay for 1 year of hosting. You could also select monthly or quarterly billing but that would increase the price a bit.
This server includes a free .website domain for 1 year and free domain whois privacy for as long as you use the Namecheap registrar service for the domain. Choose between a 240 GB SSD or a 500 GB HDD included in the price. The listed price here includes basic server management which includes customer support and restore server failure. It does not include complete management which costs $600/year, but that is only available as an option if you go for 2x or more hard drives. If you don’t go with basic server management you can save $240 off the yearly bill and still get access to customer support. You can compare the details for the different management levels at the Namecheap website, on their dedicated servers page.
You can deselect cPanel to save $300 off the yearly bill.
You can increase the monthly bandwidth limit to 20 TB or 30 TB for a fee. You can also increase the server RAM to 16 GB for an extra $144/year. The port speed can be increased from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps for a fee.
The data center is located in the USA in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 7 day money back guarantee is for first time purchases only and are not including add-ons and licenses.
Price (1 year): $114.50/mo ($1374)
Renewal: $141.00/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: 1 Gbps, cPanel, Managed, SSD Storage, USA Based Support
CPU: 4 Cores @ 3.5 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 120 GB
Bandwidth: 10 TB
Optional Extras: cPanel, Daily Backups, Enterprise DDos Protection, RAID-1, Remote Backup, Windows.
Guarantees: 99.999% Uptime
This server is currently on sale for 25% off for the first billing period. You can choose the billing cycle to be monthly or up to 3 years.
The Hostwinds dedicated servers are customizable. You can select various Linux and Windows operating systems. Choosing Windows will cost extra. Included bandwidth is 10 TB but you can add up to 200 TB or even "unmetered" for all these dedicated servers. You can also choose between SSD storage or a larger HDD disk included in the price. You can upgrade and add more storage if needed. If you choose 2 or more disks you can add RAID-0 or RAID-1 at no extra cost. Each server comes with 5 usable IP addresses and the possibility to add more for up to a total of 125 usable IP addresses. All of these servers have 1 Gbps ports.
You can remove the dedicated cPanel license and save $35/mo. Cloud backups are $1/mo + a fee for each GB of storage you need. Enterprise DDoS protection is $50/mo.
You can upgrade the RAM of this server from 8 GB to 16 GB for an extra $8/mo.
24/7 USA based support team
I have mostly had great interactions with the Hostwinds technical support team. For technical support requests, you need to submit a ticket. They have been amazing to me and always helped out fixing anything I've asked them. Sometimes though they can be pretty slow with their responses and fixing server issues. This is why I would think twice about using this web host for very important websites. If you are not that reliant on fast support, then you could save a bit by hosting with this host. They do have 24/7 live chat sales support on their website (popup in the bottom right when visiting their website from a desktop computer).
Price (1 year): $114.50/mo ($1374)
Renewal: $141.00/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: 1 Gbps, cPanel, Managed, SSD Storage, USA Based Support
CPU: 4 Cores @ 3.5 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 120 GB
Bandwidth: 10 TB
Optional Extras: cPanel, Daily Backups, Enterprise DDos Protection, RAID-1, Remote Backup, Windows.
Guarantees: 99.999% Uptime
This server is currently available with a sweet 25% discount for your first billing period. You can choose the billing cycle to be monthly or up to 3 years.
The Hostwinds dedicated servers are customizable. You can select various Linux and Windows operating systems. Choosing Windows will cost extra. Included bandwidth is 10 TB but you can add up to 200 TB or even "unmetered" for all these dedicated servers. You can also choose between SSD storage or a larger HDD disk included in the price. You can upgrade and add more storage if needed. If you choose 2 or more disks you can add RAID-0 or RAID-1 at no extra cost. Each server comes with 5 usable IP addresses and the possibility to add more for up to a total of 125 usable IP addresses. All of these servers have 1 Gbps ports.
You can remove the dedicated cPanel license and save $35/mo. Cloud backups are $1/mo + a fee for each GB of storage you need. Enterprise DDoS protection is $50/mo.
24/7 USA based support team
I have mostly had great interactions with the Hostwinds technical support team. For technical support requests, you need to submit a ticket. They have been amazing to me and always helped out fixing anything I've asked them. Sometimes though they can be pretty slow with their responses and fixing server issues. This is why I would think twice about using this web host for very important websites. If you are not that reliant on fast support, then you could save a bit by hosting with this host. They do have 24/7 live chat sales support on their website (popup in the bottom right when visiting their website from a desktop computer).
Price (1 year): $118.62/mo ($1423.4)
Renewal: $146.50/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: USA
Features: 1 Gbps, cPanel, Managed, SSD Storage, USA Based Support
CPU: 4 Cores @ 3.4 GHz
RAM: 16 GB
Storage: 120 GB
Bandwidth: 10 TB
Optional Extras: cPanel, Daily Backups, Enterprise DDos Protection, RAID-1, Remote Backup, Windows.
Guarantees: 99.999% Uptime
This server is currently on sale for 25% off for the first billing period. You can choose the billing cycle to be monthly or up to 3 years.
The Hostwinds dedicated servers are customizable. You can select various Linux and Windows operating systems. Choosing Windows will cost extra. Included bandwidth is 10 TB but you can add up to 200 TB or even "unmetered" for all these dedicated servers. You can also choose between SSD storage or a larger HDD disk included in the price. You can upgrade and add more storage if needed. If you choose 2 or more disks you can add RAID-0 or RAID-1 at no extra cost. Each server comes with 5 usable IP addresses and the possibility to add more for up to a total of 125 usable IP addresses. All of these servers have 1 Gbps ports.
You can remove the dedicated cPanel license and save $35/mo. Cloud backups are $1/mo + a fee for each GB of storage you need. Enterprise DDoS protection is $50/mo.
24/7 USA based support team
I have mostly had great interactions with the Hostwinds technical support team. For technical support requests, you need to submit a ticket. They have been amazing to me and always helped out fixing anything I've asked them. Sometimes though they can be pretty slow with their responses and fixing server issues. This is why I would think twice about using this web host for very important websites. If you are not that reliant on fast support, then you could save a bit by hosting with this host. They do have 24/7 live chat sales support on their website (popup in the bottom right when visiting their website from a desktop computer).
Price (1 year): $119.95/mo ($1439.4)
Renewal: $119.95/mo
Type: Dedicated Server
Location: EU or USA
Features: cPanel, Daily Backups, Data Mirroring, FREE Domain, Managed, RAID 10
CPU: 4 Cores
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 1 TB
Bandwidth: Unlimited
Optional Extras: BitNinja Server Security, Domain Whois Privacy, E-Mail Spam Filter, LiteSpeed Web Server.
Guarantees: 30 Day Money Back, 99.999% Uptime
Free domain and setup fee
Every dedicated server with TMDHosting comes with a free .com domain name. To get the listed price you need to select 1 year billing cycles and pre-pay for a year. You can also choose monthly, 3 or 6 month cycles but then the price increases. This server includes full management and TMDHosting has nice money back guarantees and uptime guarantees. They also guarantee to answer support tickets within 15 minutes which is good. RAID 10 helps ensure you get fast website loading speeds and data mirroring for increased reliability.
Extra features
You can choose to instead use SSD disks for "The Original," "Smart" and "Super Powerful" dedicated servers, but you would need to ask their support and request this change before you buy. If you visit their website a support popup, in the bottom right, should appear after viewing their site for a few seconds. Whois privacy is $9.99/year. SiteLock Basic is $19.95/year and can help you stay clear of malicious files and malware. SpamExperts Email Filter is $9.95 /mo, BitNinja Server Security is $19.95/mo, CloudLinux OS is $14.95/mo, LiteSpeed web server is $43.95/mo
Data center location
You can select between their Chicago, USA or Amsterdam, EU data center locations for your server. The price stays the same for both locations.
