RentServers
By the RentServers team at Wells Software Consulting LLC · Updated
When dedicated beats cloud
If a workload runs 24/7 at steady load, you pay for every hour of a cloud instance anyway. A dedicated server with the same cores and memory is often a fraction of the monthly cost, and bandwidth is usually included rather than metered.
Cloud still wins when load is spiky, when you need to scale up and down within minutes, or when you rely on managed services like hosted databases and queues.
What to specify
- CPU: core count and generation. Recent AMD EPYC and Ryzen parts give the best per-core performance for most web and API workloads.
- Memory: size for your working set plus cache, typically 32–128 GB.
- Storage: NVMe for databases and builds; ask whether drives are in RAID.
- Network: public port speed, whether traffic is unmetered, and private networking between servers.
- Support: hardware replacement time and whether remote hands are included.
Published starting prices
| Tier | Example starting configuration | From |
|---|---|---|
| Entry compute | 6-core AMD EPYC 4244P, 32 GB RAM, 2 × 960 GB NVMe | $147/mo |
| Game / high-clock | 8-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 64 GB RAM, 2 × 960 GB NVMe | $357/mo |
| Scale / enterprise | 16-core Xeon Gold 6426Y, 128 GB RAM, 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe | $689/mo |
Published starting prices from the OVHcloud US bare-metal price list, captured October 16, 2026. Some configurations add a one-time setup fee. Other providers' prices vary.