Normally, when a website starts getting heavy traffic, the owner id advised to upgrade from shared to Dedicated Server Hosting. Shared hosting servers for Kenyan hosting providers have a limit of 100,000 monthly visits. Bloggers and major companies always find it difficult to decide which hosting company is best for their sites. In this article, we shall carefully list the Hosting providers with the best Dedicated Servers in Kenya that will sustain traffic of 300,000 to 3 million monthly visitors.
For those whose websites can’t be accommodated by Shared Hosting, you can upgrade to the following Dedicated Servers:
- Kenya Website Experts
Kenya Website Experts provides three types of Dedicated Server: servers located in Kenya, Windows Dedicated Servers and Linux Dedicated Servers. The cost of hosting at Kenya Website Experts and specifically under dedicated servers ranges between Ksh 15,000 to Ksh 80,000 per month.
Based on the resources allocated to websites in each plan, these servers will sustain over 1 million visitors per month. To learn more about Kenya Website Experts,click here to visit their website
When it comes to local hosting companies, Kenya Website Experts dwarfs them all.
- Truehost
The cost of hosting a website under Dedicated Server at Truehost Kenya goes for Ksh 6,000 to Ksh 125,000 per month. As a blogger or website owner, you’ll start by choosing the cheapest plan and upgrade later if your site’s demands exceed the resources allocated in the server.
I am sure for Ksh125,000 per month, even a site with 20 million visitors will fit in.
Since there is a wide range of servers at Truehost, the company stands out as the best for hosting viral website with frequent traffic spikes. To see pricing for each plan,follow this link and visit Truehost website
Below are the features and pricing for the plans:
| CPU: Processor(s) | MEMORY | STORAGE | TRANSFER | MONTHLY | DEPLOY |
| CHEAPEUROPEE3-1246V3 3.5GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 32 GB | 2×2 TB HDD SATA | Unlimited | K | 20 Min Set up |
| POWERFULEUROPEE3-1246V3 3.5GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 32 GB | 2x SSD SATA 240 GB | Unlimited | K | 20 Min Set up |
| POWERFULEUROPECore i7-4770 3.4GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 32 GB | 2x SSD SATA 500 GB | Unlimited | K | 20 Min Set up |
| POWERFULEUROPEE3-1275v5 3.6GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 64 GB DDR4 ECC | 2x SSD M.2 NVMe 512 GB | Unlimited | K | 20 Min Set up |
| POWERFULUS, CA, EUROPEE3-1230v6 3.5GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 32 GB DDR4 ECC | 2×2 TB HDD SATA | Unlimited | K | 20 Min Set up |
| NEWUS, CA, EUROPEE3-2136 3.3GHz (6 cores / 12 Threads) | 32 GB DDR4 ECC | 2×500 SSD NVMe | Unlimited | Ksh. 12,000 | 20 Min Set up |
| NEWUS, CA, EUROPED-1520 3.3GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 32 GB DDR4 ECC | Raid Soft 2x2TB | Unlimited | Ksh. 12,900 | 20 Min Set up |
| NEWUS, CA, EUROPED-1520 3.3GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 64 GB DDR4 ECC | HDD Raid Soft 2x2TB | Unlimited | Ksh. 14,900 | 20 Min Set up |
| NEWUS, CA, EUROPED-1520 3.3GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 32GB RAM DDR4 | HDD Raid Soft 2x2TB | Unlimited | Ksh. 18,000 | 20 Min Set up |
| NEWUS, CA, EUROPED-1520 3.3GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 128GB RAM DDR4 | HDD Raid Soft 2x2TB | Unlimited | Ksh. 19,500 | 20 Min Set up |
| NEWUS, CA, EUROPEAMD Epyc 7371 3.1GHz (16 cores / 32 Threads) | 128 GB DDR4 ECC | 2×960 GB SSD NVMe | Unlimited | Ksh. 35,000 | 20 Min Set up |
| NEWKENYAE3 3.1GHz (4 cores / 8 Threads) | 8 GB | 500 GB SSD | Unlimited | Ksh. 25,000 | 48 Hrs Set up |
| NEWKENYAE3 3.1GHz (8 cores / 16 Threads) | 32 GB | 512 GB SSD | Unlimited | Ksh. 60,000 | 48 Hrs Set up |
| NEWKENYAE3 3.5GHz (12 cores / 24 Threads) | 200 GB RAM | 2TB HDD SATA | Unlimited | Ksh. 125,000 | 48 Hrs Set up |
Follow this link to start hosting your site
- Bluehost
Though Bluehost is not a Kenyan company, most Kenyans prefer it over local web hosting companies. Their dedicated servers are cheap— the company also provides free domain name registration and free SSL certificate. They charge Ksh 80,000 to Ksh 120,000 per month.
I will highly recommend Bluehost because it’s the best hosting company in the world. To check the features of their hosting packages,click here to visit Bluehost website
- Skyhost
Skyhost is also a serious web hosting company. It has 5 types of Dedicated Hosting which cost Ksh 37,500 to Ksh 120,000 per month(follow this link to visit Skyhost website)
Here are prices and features for Skyhost Dedicated Servers:
| Processor(s) : CPU | RAM | STORAGE | BANDWIDTH | SETUP TIME | SETUP COST | MONTHLY COST | |
| 3.1 GHZ 4 Cores | 8 GB | 500 GB (SSD) | Unlimited | 24 Hrs | Ksh. 30,000 | Ksh. 37,500 | |
| 3.7 GHZ | 15 GB | 400 GB (HDD) | 3 TB | 24 Hrs | Ksh. 30,000 | Ksh. 60,000 | |
| 3.7 GHZ 8 Cores | 32 GB | 512 GB (SSD) | Unlimited | 24 Hrs | Ksh. 30,000 | Ksh. 75,000 | |
| 3.5 GHZ 12 Cores | 200 GB | 2 TB (HDD) | Unlimited | 24 Hrs | Ksh. 30,000 | Ksh. 107,500 | |
| 3.1 GHZ | 64 GB | 1000 GB (HDD) | Unlimited | 24 Hrs | Ksh. 30,000 | Ksh. 120,000 |
To select one of the plans,follow this link
Sasa Host
Dedicated Servers provided by Sasa Host are for websites with 300,0000 to 1 million monthly visitors.Beyond this amount of traffic,we would advise that you choose a reliable hosting company like Kinsta,click here to check prices
Sasa Host Dedicated Server prices cost Ksh 22,500 to Ksh 47,000 per month. The company has a good reputation of hosting medium traffic websites.
- A2 Hosting
Nowadays most bloggers are turning to foreign hosting companies, A2 being one of the most popular hosting company among the selected few.
A2 Hosting offers two types of Dedicated Hosting: Managed and unmanaged Dedicated Server Hosting. Their pricing ranges between Ksh 10,000 and 30,000 per month. The company’s services are even cheaper than what most local hosting companies charge.
Since A2 Hosting is an impressive company, don’t hesitate to join them.To learn more about their pricing and features, visit the company website through this link
