On OVH, a dedicated server costs a full extra month in setup fees unless you prepay a year, cPanel is a paid license, and standard support is chat and email in business hours. On Primcast, an instant server deploys in about 30 minutes, most with no setup fee (the $5 entry server adds $13 once, custom builds $29), real people on the phone around the clock - and the same network runs your radio and video streaming.
OVH is enormous - and priced, provisioned and supported like it. Primcast keeps the enterprise hardware and drops the enterprise friction.
Each Primcast configuration is paired with the nearest OVH machine in its class - and where OVH simply doesn't sell one, we tell you straight instead of forcing a match.
No low-power tier offered
OVH's cheapest server in its US data centers is the Kimsufi KS-5 - a 4-core Xeon E3-1270 v6 at $20/mo plus a $20 setup fee, so $40 before the first month is out.
Drops to $70/mo from month two; prepaying 12 months skips the setup fee at $66.50/mo. cPanel license extra.
Datacenter EPYC like ours - 24 cores against our 64, at three times the price; setup waived only with commitment.
*OVH models, specs and US pricing as publicly listed at us.ovhcloud.com / eco.us.ovhcloud.com in September 2026. Prices may change - check OVH for current figures. Our prices are configurator totals for custom builds, which add a one-time $29 setup fee; instant servers in stock have none, apart from $13 on the $5 entry server.
Similar hardware is easy to find - a provider that includes everything isn't.
| Primcast | OVH | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup fees | $13 on the $5 entry server, none on other instant servers; $29 once on custom builds | One month's price, every range - waived only with 12/24-month commitment |
| Deployment time | ~30 minutes; custom builds within 24h | Minutes advertised; OVH's own stock codes run 1 to 72 hours |
| cPanel | $49.50/mo add-on (Premier, 100 domains) - or the free ISPConfig panel | Paid add-on license |
| 24/7 human support | Phone & live chat, included for everyone | Chat and email during US business hours on standard support |
| Streaming platform | Radio & live video on the same network - AutoDJ included, up to 5,000 listeners at once and 1.5 million listener hours a month | Not offered - separate provider needed |
| Locations | New York, Miami, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Bucharest | Global (US, Canada, EU, APAC) |
| Migration help | Free on every plan: planning, rebuilds and the cutover call - how it works | Self-service |
OVH gives you a server; Primcast gives you a running start. Deploy in minutes and pay exactly what checkout said - setup from $0 and no year-long commitment - and put your radio station or video channel on the same network as your sites. When anything needs attention, a real person answers 24/7, and if you're on OVH today, planning the move and the cutover call are free.
