SouthAfricaVPS
Johannesburg servers on the shortest lane to your users.
KVM virtual servers in Johannesburg with NVMe storage, a dedicated IPv4 address and full root access. Pick where your users are and watch the lane.
South Africa VPS from
$6per month
- vCPU
- 1
- Memory
- 2 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
Same plans and prices in every location.
South Africa VPS at a glance
- Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Lane code
- jnb-1
- Region
- Middle East and Africa
- Virtualization
- KVM, full root
- Network
- Dedicated IPv4 and IPv6
- Systems
- Linux or Windows
Choose how wide your lane is
Every South Africa VPS plan runs on the same Johannesburg hardware. Slide to size it and see what you get before you deploy.
Lane 2
$12 per month
Each lit lane is one vCPU
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 4 GB
- NVMe storage
- 80 GB
- Monthly traffic
- 4 TB
Every plan includes a dedicated IPv4 address, IPv6, full root or administrator access, snapshots and your choice of Linux or Windows.
Where Johannesburg reaches fast
Estimated round trip from Johannesburg to the nearest major cities. Shorter lane, faster answers.
- Cairo87 ms
- Dubai89 ms
- Mumbai95 ms
- São Paulo100 ms
- Istanbul101 ms
- Madrid108 ms
- Paris115 ms
- Singapore115 ms
Test the lane before you pay
Ping our Johannesburg test address, pull a file, or trace a route from your own network. Nothing to sign up for.
Ping the test IP
Run ping or mtr from your machine to measure your real latency to Johannesburg. The test IP is on the South Africa VPS network.
Download a test file
Measure real throughput from the Johannesburg network with a sample file.
Trace the route
Follow the path your packets take to Johannesburg and spot any slow hop.
Why host in Johannesburg?
A South Africa VPS puts your server in Johannesburg, close to users in South Africa and the wider Middle East and Africa region. For anyone nearby, that shorter distance is the single biggest thing you can do to make a site, app or game feel quick.
Every Johannesburg server is a full KVM virtual machine with NVMe storage, a dedicated IPv4 address and root or administrator access, so you can run Linux or Windows and install whatever your project needs.
Prices match every other location, so choosing Johannesburg never costs more than choosing anywhere else. If some of your users sit far from here, check the nearby lanes below for a closer option.
What people run on a South Africa VPS
Each lane opens a setup page for that workload.
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Nearby lanes
Need users closer to somewhere else? These locations sit nearest to Johannesburg and run the same plans.
South Africa VPS questions
Where is my South Africa VPS hosted?
Your server runs in our Johannesburg location, lane code jnb-1. The virtual machine, its disks and its backups stay there unless you move them.
Do I get an IP address in South Africa?
Yes. Every South Africa VPS comes with a dedicated IPv4 address from our Johannesburg range plus IPv6 addresses.
Can I run Windows on a South Africa VPS?
Yes. Choose Windows Server when you deploy, or reinstall it from the client area at any time. Linux distributions are available too.
Who is a South Africa VPS best for?
Anyone whose users are near Johannesburg. Check the reach list above. If your users sit closer to another city, the nearby lanes section points to a better fit.