Comparison · GoDaddy
Primcast is a GoDaddy alternative for people who want a dedicated server, which GoDaddy no longer sells. You rent the whole physical machine, pay month to month with no contract, and there is no introductory rate that jumps when a term runs out.
PrimcastDedicated server
a month, the same every month
GoDaddyEntry VPS
$14.99a month at renewal, $8.99 on a multi-year prepay
01 What changed
GoDaddy left the dedicated server business. If you had one, it was moved to a virtual private server, and if you want one now, they will sell you a VPS instead. Here is what their own end-of-life notice says.
Source: GoDaddy's help article Dedicated Servers end of life. If you are still on the VPS they moved you to, the table below shows what the same money rents here.
02 Price
For each GoDaddy VPS plan, the Primcast machine with the most physical cores that costs no more than that plan's renewal price. Our side is read live from the order catalogue every time this page loads.
| GoDaddy VPS plan | Multi-year prepay | Renews at | Primcast dedicated server | Physical cores | Every month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB NVMe | $8.99 | $14.99 | AMD Opteron X2150 · 8 GB · 500 Mbps | 4 | $5 |
| 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 100 GB NVMe | $17.99 | $29.99 | X-Gene ARM v8 64-bit · 32 GB · 500 Mbps | 8 | $28.59 |
| 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 200 GB NVMe | $34.99 | $59.99 | AMD Opteron 6366 HE · 16 GB · 500 Mbps | 16 | $51.86 |
| 32 vCPU · 128 GB · 1.5 TB NVMe | $219.99 | $339.99 | AMD EPYC 7763 · 32 GB · 1 Gbps | 64 | $265.99 |
GoDaddy figures are their published self-managed Linux VPS prices in US dollars, as listed in 2026. They sell other sizes too, and prices change, so check their site for today's numbers. A vCPU is usually one thread of a processor that other customers' servers also run on. Our cores are physical and yours alone. Machines built to your own configuration carry a one-time setup fee, which the configurator shows before you pay.
03 VPS vs dedicated server
A VPS is fine for a small site that is quiet most of the day. Once your shop, game, stream or app has people waiting on it, these are the four differences you notice first.
01Processor
On a VPS your virtual cores take turns with other customers on the same host. When they get busy, your pages get slow and nothing on your own server explains why. On a dedicated server every core is yours, all day.
02Storage
VPS storage sits behind a queue shared with the rest of the host, so it is usually the first thing to slow down under load. Here the drives are in your machine, and on the rack lines you can order a mirrored pair or a bigger array with hardware RAID.
03Control
You get root on the hardware itself. Run Docker, or install Proxmox VE 9 from the operating system list at no charge on most of our server lines and run your own virtual machines.
04Billing
No multi-year prepay to get the advertised number. You pay monthly with no contract, and paying 3, 6 or 12 months ahead lowers the price of the machine. The port is unmetered, so a busy month does not turn into a bigger bill.
04 Moving
Most of the work is ours. You decide when the switch happens.
Choose a server in New York, Miami, San Francisco, Amsterdam or Bucharest. Ready machines are usually handed over in about 30 minutes. A machine built to your own configuration takes 4 to 24 hours once payment is approved.
We go through what runs on your GoDaddy server and suggest what to move first. You get console access from the start, and we rebuild the machine as often as you need while you match the old setup.
We stay on the phone for the cutover at the time you choose, late nights included. None of this help shows up on an invoice. The details are on our server migration page.
05 Questions
No. GoDaddy retired its dedicated servers, and its own end-of-life notice set July 2024 as the start of moving those customers to VPS hosting. If you need a physical server to yourself, you have to rent it somewhere else, such as Primcast.
If your VPS keeps running out of room, a dedicated server is the next step: the same root access, but the processor, memory and disks are yours alone. The price table on this page pairs each GoDaddy plan with the machine its renewal price rents here.
Often not, once you compare against what GoDaddy charges after the first term. Their advertised VPS prices need a multi-year prepay and rise at renewal. Ours are monthly, with no contract, and stay the same. The price table shows the machine each renewal price rents here. A machine built to your own configuration has a one-time setup fee, shown before you pay.
Yes. GoDaddy's notice says virtualization such as Docker or VMware is not possible on its VPS hosting. On a Primcast server you have root on the hardware, and Proxmox VE 9 is in the operating system list at no charge on most of our server lines.
Yes, at no charge. We review what you run, rebuild the machine as often as you need, give you console access from the first minute and stay on the phone for the cutover at the hour you pick. We do not log in to GoDaddy for you, and we do not promise zero downtime, though near zero is realistic.
No. An IP address belongs to the network that holds it, so it stays with GoDaddy. Your server here comes with one IPv4 address and IPv6 at no charge, and you can set reverse DNS yourself before you move any mail.
No. Every server comes with an unmetered port, so you pay for the port speed and never for the data that goes through it. Faster ports are an option in the configurator, priced per month.
Chat is answered in seconds by an assistant that can look at your account and your server. Ask for a person and a colleague takes over. Phone and tickets are open at any hour as well.
Month to month, with no contract. The checkout takes cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, bank transfer, crypto and checks. Paying 3, 6 or 12 months ahead lowers the machine's monthly price.
Pick a server, tell us when you want to switch, and we will plan the move with you. Questions first? Chat answers in seconds, and a colleague is one message away.
