Between them, the 40 best-ranked of these 54 web hosting companies cover shared hosting (33), VPS hosting (31), domain registration (27) and managed WordPress hosting (20). They also list work in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. 40 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.
What to look for in dedicated server providers
The right provider depends on your workload, where your users are and what your team can run, not only on its place in this list. Before you shortlist, check:
The exact hardware: CPU generation, RAM, disks and RAID
Set-up time and fees, and the minimum contract
Network: port speed, traffic included and DDoS protection
Remote management (IPMI or similar) and hardware replacement times
Whether the provider manages the operating system or leaves it to you
How to use this ranking
Use it to build a shortlist. Each profile lists the hosting types a provider sells, the countries it runs servers in and its prices as printed on its own site, with the date we read them. Test the two or three that fit before you move anything that matters.
Managed WordPress hosting · VPS hosting · Also in Oceania and Europe
Liquid Web, LLC of Lansing, Michigan sells managed VPS, dedicated servers and WordPress hosting to businesses from data centres in the US, Europe and Australia.
Bare metal servers · VPS hosting · Domain registration · Also in Oceania and Asia
OVHcloud sells VPS, dedicated and bare-metal servers, public cloud instances and domain names to developers, game hosts and businesses from data centres on four continents.
Bare metal servers · Cloud storage · IaaS · Also in Europe
Scaleway SAS sells virtual instances, Elastic Metal bare-metal servers and Dedibox dedicated servers, billed by the hour or the month, from European data centres.
Psychz Networks of Los Angeles sells dedicated servers, virtual machines and colocation, with storage, IP transit and DDoS protection, from 15 locations.
VPS hosting · Colocation · CDN · Also in Latin America and Asia
FDCServers sells dedicated servers, VPS, CDN, colocation and IP transit with unmetered bandwidth from 23 locations in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
BigRock sells domain registration, shared Linux and Windows hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS and dedicated servers, with email and reseller plans, to small businesses in India.
Managed WordPress hosting · Shared hosting · VPS hosting · Also in Asia
Vodien, run by Vodien Internet Solutions in Singapore, sells domain names, shared and WordPress hosting, Linux and managed VPS and dedicated servers to small businesses.
Mobile App Development · Shared hosting · VPS hosting · Also in Hong Kong and Oceania
Leaseweb sells customisable dedicated servers, VPS, public cloud, a multi-CDN, colocation, web hosting and domains from data centres in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania.
The order is earned: ratings, verified reviews and listing quality decide it, and nobody can pay to move up. There are two ways to stand out, and each one says what it is.
How is this ranking of dedicated server providers worked out?
A position here is earned, never bought. It is worked out from what each listing documents and what has been verified about it: a complete, accurate profile, and the checks a provider has passed. Client reviews count where they exist, but they are still rare across this catalogue, so today the order comes mainly from documentation and verification. A top position means best-documented, not best for your workload.
Can a provider pay to move up?
No. Sponsored and Featured places are labelled and shown apart from the ranked list, and they never change a provider’s position in it. How rankings work
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