Leaseweb's cheapest dedicated server is €51.26/mo - a promotional rate on a 2012-vintage Xeon E3-1230v2 in Frankfurt - and it comes through a $50 setup fee, prices excluding VAT, a 1-year term to unlock the discount, metered 30 TB volumes, and no control panel by default. Their unmetered 10 Gbps range starts near €960/mo. Primcast deploys in about 5 minutes from $5/mo with unmetered ports included, and radio and video on the same network.
Leaseweb sells racks to infrastructure teams. Primcast gets your sites and streams running by lunchtime.
Three dual-socket Intel Xeon pairings matched on core count, memory and disks - with their setup fee and traffic cap counted in.
Identical silicon, identical memory, identical disks. Ours comes in lower once their $50 setup fee and VAT are counted - though their Frankfurt listing is on promo at €104.53, which wins while it lasts. cPanel and streaming are only on our side.
Same core count, same memory, same storage, and much the same monthly figure - so this one comes down to what surrounds it: our port isn't capped at 30 TB, there's no setup fee, and streaming runs on the same network.
Forty cores against their thirty-two, on matching memory and storage, for less before their setup fee and VAT. They do go higher: the 48-core 5318Y build of the same R750 lists at €269.12, though the 30 TB cap comes with it.
Specs and prices come from Leaseweb's configurator and from their catalog sorted cheapest-first, read in August 2026. Their listings quote cores per CPU - double that for any dual-socket box. Euros exclude VAT; where a rate is promotional their site shows it struck through beneath a higher standard price, and both appear here. Credit where it's due: nothing we sell touches their €51.26 promotional entry machine (€60.31 list), where our closest 32 GB build is $84.13. They also charge $50.00 to set up, which we don't. Ours are configurator totals.
Where the platforms really differ: fees, traffic, what's in the box and how long it takes to get going.
| Primcast | Leaseweb | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry dedicated server | From $5.00 / mo, all-in | From €51.26 / mo promo in Frankfurt (list €60.31), plus $50 setup and VAT |
| Setup fees | None on instant configurations | $50.00 on a representative configured build |
| Deployment time | ~5 minutes; custom builds within 24h | 1 hour on stock configs, up to 5 business days once configured; longer on a first order pending KYC |
| Bandwidth | Unmetered options up to 10 Gbps as standard | Metered 30 TB volume as standard |
| Cost of unmetered 10 Gbps | A port upgrade on any build | A separate product line - from about €958/mo |
| cPanel | Included with dedicated hosting; not on the $5 entry plan | Defaults to no control panel - licence is a paid option |
| Streaming platform | Radio & live video on the same network - AutoDJ included, unlimited listeners | Not offered - separate provider needed |
| Contract terms | Month to month at the listed price | Month-to-month available; the 10% discount needs a 1-year term |
| Migration help | Free - we move you from Leaseweb with little to no downtime | Self-service |
Leaseweb is the right call when you need a nine-region footprint, colocation next to your servers and a named account manager. Primcast is what you pick when you'd rather skip the setup fee, the tax line, the 1-year term and the five-day wait, and get a platform instead of a box: an unmetered port as standard, plus radio and live video on the same network with no per-viewer fees. From $5/mo, with free migration off Leaseweb - sites, workloads and streams - with little to no downtime.
