Choosing a dedicated server is not just about picking the most powerful option within budget. The right plan is the one whose specification matches what your workload actually demands, with enough headroom for growth, and without paying for capacity that will sit unused.
Swify offers eight dedicated server plans on HP ProLiant DL360p Gen10 hardware, all hosted in the Netherlands with 1Gbps unmetered bandwidth and burst capacity up to 25Gbps. The range covers a deliberately broad spectrum: from a single-socket 64GB RAM entry configuration at €120/month to a dual-socket 256GB RAM configuration at €320/month. Within that range, however, the right choice depends on your workload type, concurrency requirements, and storage needs.
This guide maps each plan to the workloads it serves best, so you can make the decision with confidence rather than guesswork.
📖 Not sure what CPU or RAM your workload needs?
Before comparing plans, it helps to understand what each hardware component actually does for your application. Read How to Choose the Right CPU for Your Dedicated Server and Understanding RAM Usage in Web Hosting Environments, so the specification numbers on each plan make practical sense.
What All Swify Plans Share
Before comparing differences, it is worth understanding what every Swify plan includes regardless of tier.
All eight plans run on HP ProLiant DL360p Gen10 servers, enterprise-grade rack hardware built for continuous production operation. HP’s ProLiant line is designed for sustained workloads with high reliability requirements, and the Gen10 platform represents current-generation enterprise infrastructure.
Additionally, every plan includes 1Gbps unmetered bandwidth with burst capability up to 25Gbps. Unmetered means there is no monthly transfer cap, bandwidth pricing is based on port speed, not the volume of data transferred. For workloads that generate high monthly transfer volumes, content platforms, media delivery, high-traffic e-commerce, this model provides cost predictability that metered alternatives cannot.
Furthermore, all servers are hosted in the Netherlands, in a data centre with strong peering at AMS-IX, one of the world’s largest internet exchange points. For European businesses and platforms serving European audiences, this location delivers excellent latency across the continent, typically 10 to 40 milliseconds to most major European markets.
Finally, all plans are bare-metal dedicated servers, no virtualisation layer, no hypervisor overhead, no other tenants sharing the physical hardware. As a result, the performance characteristics you see in benchmarks are the performance characteristics your application receives, consistently, without noisy neighbours.
The Plans, Explained
Dedicated 1 – €120/month
Intel Xeon Gold 5215 · 64GB RAM · 1x 1TB SSD
The entry point into Swify’s range. The Xeon Gold 5215 is a 10-core processor with strong single-core performance, well-suited to web application workloads where per-request processing speed matters as much as parallelism.
64GB of RAM provides ample working space for a typical web application, its database, and a caching layer simultaneously. For a WordPress or WooCommerce site with Redis caching and a properly tuned MySQL InnoDB buffer pool, 64GB supports a substantial concurrent user count without memory pressure.
The 1TB SSD provides solid storage capacity for most moderate-scale applications. At this tier, the storage is a single drive, suitable for workloads where a RAID configuration is not a requirement, or where the application layer handles data durability through other means (application-level replication, backup strategies).
Best for: Medium-to-high traffic WordPress or WooCommerce sites, small-to-medium SaaS applications, moderate-traffic APIs, and development environments that need dedicated bare-metal performance without the cost of higher-tier configurations.
Dedicated 2 – €150/month
Intel Xeon Gold 5215 · 128GB RAM · 2x 1TB SSD
The same single-socket Xeon Gold 5215 CPU as Dedicated 1, with doubled RAM and a second drive. The RAM increase from 64GB to 128GB is significant for workloads where the database working set is larger than what 64GB comfortably holds, allowing a larger InnoDB buffer pool, a larger Redis working set, or more concurrent application workers.
The second 1TB SSD enables RAID 1 configuration, mirroring data across both drives for storage-level fault tolerance. A single drive failure does not take the server down; the array continues on the surviving drive while a replacement is arranged. For production workloads where storage continuity is a requirement, this is the minimum configuration that provides it.
Best for: Production e-commerce platforms with moderate-to-high catalogues, SaaS applications with growing databases, platforms requiring storage redundancy without the higher cost of dual-socket configurations, and any workload where the Dedicated 1’s 64GB RAM proves insufficient.
Dedicated 5 – €175/month
Intel Xeon Gold 6138 · 128GB RAM · 1x 2TB SSD
The first plan in the 6138 tier. The Xeon Gold 6138 is a 20-core processor, double the core count of the 5215, with strong per-core performance. This makes Dedicated 5 the right choice when workloads require both high concurrency and strong per-core speed simultaneously.
128GB RAM on the 6138 platform provides the working memory to run database, application, and caching tiers comfortably at the higher concurrency the 20-core CPU enables. The 2TB single SSD provides more storage capacity than the 1TB drives in lower tiers, suited to larger datasets, media libraries, or database volumes.
Best for: High-concurrency web applications, medium-to-large SaaS platforms serving many simultaneous authenticated users, database servers handling significant concurrent query loads, and any workload where the 5215’s 10 cores begin to show saturation at peak concurrent load.
Dedicated 3 – €180/month
2x Intel Xeon Gold 5215 · 64GB RAM · 1x 1TB SSD
The first dual-socket configuration in the range. Two Xeon Gold 5215 processors give this plan 20 physical cores, the same core count as the single-socket 6138 in Dedicated 5, but with a different performance profile: the dual-socket architecture provides more memory bandwidth and the ability to scale to higher memory capacities if needed.
At 64GB RAM, this configuration prioritises core count over memory. It suits workloads that are CPU-bound rather than memory-bound, parallel processing tasks, video transcoding pipelines, rendering workloads, or multi-tenant environments where many simultaneous lightweight processes need CPU time more than they need large memory allocations per process.
Best for: Compute-intensive parallel workloads, video transcoding and media processing, multi-tenant environments with many small concurrent processes, and applications where more CPU parallelism is the primary requirement rather than larger RAM per process.
Dedicated 4 – €210/month
2x Intel Xeon Gold 5215 · 128GB RAM · 2x 1TB SSD
Dedicated 4 combines the dual-socket 5215 platform with 128GB RAM and two drives for RAID capability. This is the configuration for workloads that need both substantial CPU parallelism and sufficient memory for a large working set simultaneously, plus storage-level redundancy.
This plan suits growing platforms at the point where single-socket CPU headroom has been exhausted and the workload needs more parallel processing capacity without the additional cost of the 6138 platform.
Best for: High-traffic SaaS platforms, medium-to-large e-commerce deployments during peak periods, multi-service environments running multiple components (database, application, cache, background workers) simultaneously, and any workload requiring both high core count and 128GB+ working memory with storage redundancy.
Dedicated 6 – €235/month
Intel Xeon Gold 6138 · 256GB RAM · 2x 2TB SSD
The single-socket 6138 with maximum memory, 256GB, and dual 2TB drives for RAID. This plan is optimised for memory-intensive workloads: large databases where the working set exceeds what 128GB can hold in the buffer pool, in-memory analytics, large Redis caching deployments, and data-heavy applications where RAM is consistently the constraining resource.
The 20-core 6138 CPU provides the processing capacity to serve the concurrent workloads that typically accompany large memory requirements. The 4TB of total raw storage (2x 2TB) in RAID 1 configuration provides both high capacity and fault tolerance.
Best for: Large production databases, data analytics platforms, large-scale e-commerce with extensive product catalogues and high concurrent users, Redis deployments with large working sets, and any workload where 128GB RAM has proven insufficient and the constraint is clearly memory rather than CPU core count.
Dedicated 7 – €260/month
2x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 · 128GB RAM · 1x 2TB SSD
The dual-socket 6138 platform at 128GB RAM. With 40 physical cores across two sockets, this is the plan for genuinely high-parallelism workloads, large-scale virtualisation hosts running many VMs simultaneously, multi-tenant platforms with many concurrent tenants, high-frequency compute workloads that saturate single-socket core counts, and large gaming server platforms handling many simultaneous match instances.
128GB RAM is substantial but, at 40 cores, the per-core RAM ratio is lower than in the memory-optimised configurations. This plan prioritises compute density over memory headroom.
Best for: Large-scale virtualisation hosts, high-concurrency gaming platforms, compute-intensive parallel workloads at scale, large multi-tenant SaaS deployments, and any workload where 20 cores have been saturated and the bottleneck is clearly CPU parallelism rather than memory.
Dedicated 8 – €320/month
2x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 · 256GB RAM · 2x 2TB SSD
The top configuration in Swify’s range. Forty physical cores, 256GB RAM, and 4TB of storage in RAID 1. This plan combines maximum compute parallelism with maximum memory and storage redundancy, the configuration for workloads that have outgrown every lower tier and require the full capacity the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen10 platform provides.
Furthermore, at €320/month, Dedicated 8 delivers a specification that would cost substantially more on cloud infrastructure running continuously. Indeed, 40 dedicated physical cores and 256GB of guaranteed, exclusive RAM at a fixed monthly price provides the cost predictability and performance consistency that cloud instance pricing cannot match at equivalent sustained utilisation.
Best for: Large-scale database servers, enterprise SaaS platforms with very high concurrent user counts, large virtualisation hosts, data-intensive analytics platforms, and any production workload at European scale that requires the maximum specification in a single server.
📖 How does Swify compare to cloud infrastructure on cost?
At sustained utilisation, dedicated servers consistently outperform cloud on cost. Read How Dedicated Servers Reduce Long-Term Infrastructure Costs, a detailed breakdown of why fixed-price bare metal becomes more economical than cloud as workloads mature.
Quick Selection Guide
Not sure where to start? This framework narrows the choice quickly.
Step 1 – Single socket or dual socket?
If your workload is primarily a web application, database, or SaaS backend with moderate-to-high traffic, a single-socket configuration (Dedicated 1, 2, 5, or 6) is almost certainly sufficient. Single-socket plans offer excellent performance for these patterns and avoid the additional cost of dual-socket hardware.
Choose dual-socket (Dedicated 3, 4, 7, or 8) when your workload is genuinely compute-intensive in ways that saturate a 10 or 20-core single-socket processor: large-scale virtualisation, high-concurrency gaming platforms, video transcoding at scale, or very high-traffic multi-service environments.
Step 2 – Xeon Gold 5215 or 6138?
The 5215 (10 cores per socket) suits workloads where per-core clock speed matters more than raw core count, typical web application and database patterns. The 6138 (20 cores per socket) suits workloads that benefit from higher parallelism, higher concurrency, more simultaneous processes, or CPU-intensive batch work.
If you are currently hitting CPU limits on a 10-core server, the 6138 is the path forward. If you have not yet saturated 10 cores, the 5215 tier offers the same per-core performance at a lower price.
Step 3 – 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB RAM?
Start with your database working set, the data that queries access frequently. If that working set fits in 64GB with room for the application and caching layer, Dedicated 1 or 3 covers you. If the database alone requires more than 50GB, 128GB is the right tier. In case you need a large Redis deployment alongside a substantial database, or if your database is already straining 128GB, 256GB in Dedicated 6 or 8 addresses it.
Step 4 – Single drive or dual drive (RAID)?
For production workloads where storage continuity matters, dual-drive configurations (Dedicated 2, 4, 6, 8) allow RAID 1, mirroring that survives a single drive failure without downtime. Single-drive configurations (Dedicated 1, 3, 5, 7) are suitable for development environments, workloads with application-layer redundancy, or situations where cost is the priority and the storage single point of failure is an accepted trade-off.
Plan Comparison at a Glance
| Plan | CPU | Cores | RAM | Storage | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated 1 | Xeon Gold 5215 | 10 | 64GB | 1x 1TB SSD | €120/mo |
| Dedicated 2 | Xeon Gold 5215 | 10 | 128GB | 2x 1TB SSD | €150/mo |
| Dedicated 5 | Xeon Gold 6138 | 20 | 128GB | 1x 2TB SSD | €175/mo |
| Dedicated 3 | 2x Xeon Gold 5215 | 20 | 64GB | 1x 1TB SSD | €180/mo |
| Dedicated 4 | 2x Xeon Gold 5215 | 20 | 128GB | 2x 1TB SSD | €210/mo |
| Dedicated 6 | Xeon Gold 6138 | 20 | 256GB | 2x 2TB SSD | €235/mo |
| Dedicated 7 | 2x Xeon Gold 6138 | 40 | 128GB | 1x 2TB SSD | €260/mo |
| Dedicated 8 | 2x Xeon Gold 6138 | 40 | 256GB | 2x 2TB SSD | €320/mo |
All plans: HP ProLiant DL360p Gen10 · Netherlands · 1Gbps Unmetered / Up to 25Gbps
Need Something Different?
If none of the standard plans precisely match your requirements, Swify’s custom server builder lets you configure hardware from the ground up, choosing each component individually to match your workload rather than adjusting your workload to fit a standard tier.
CPU
Choose from the same Intel Xeon Gold platform as the standard plans:
- 1x Intel Xeon Gold 5215 – €90/month
- 1x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 – €115/month
- 2x Intel Xeon Gold 5215 – €150/month
- 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 – €200/month
RAM
- 32GB DDR4 – €10/month
- 64GB DDR4 – €20/month
- 128GB DDR4 – €40/month
- 256GB DDR4 – €80/month
Storage
Choose drive type, size, and quantity independently, from 1 to 10 drives per server.
HDD options: 8TB (€8), 12TB (€10), 16TB (€15), 18TB (€20), 22TB (€25) per drive per month.
SSD options: 1TB (€10), 2TB (€20), 4TB (€40) per drive per month.
Software RAID is available in three configurations: None, RAID 0 (performance striping, no redundancy), or RAID 1 (mirroring, single-drive fault tolerance).
Operating System
All major Linux distributions are available pre-configured: Debian 10/11/12/13, Ubuntu 18/20/22/24, CentOS 8, AlmaLinux 9/10. Virtualisation platforms include OpenVZ 7, Proxmox VE 8/9, and VMware 8.0. All are 64-bit latest versions, installed and ready at delivery.
Network Bandwidth
All custom servers include 1Gbps unmetered as standard. Higher port speeds are available:
- 1Gbps Unmetered – included
- 2Gbps Unmetered – €60/month
- 5Gbps Unmetered – €240/month
- 10Gbps Unmetered – €540/month
- 25Gbps Unmetered – €1,320/month
Additional IP Addresses
Every server includes one public IP address. Additional IPs are available at €2.50 per IP per month (up to 5 IPs total).
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→ Shop Swify Dedicated Server PlansFrequently Asked Questions
What is included in the monthly price of a Swify dedicated server?
Every Swify dedicated server plan includes the server hardware on HP ProLiant DL360p Gen10, 1Gbps unmetered bandwidth with burst capability up to 25Gbps, Netherlands data centre hosting, and bare-metal access with no virtualisation overhead. The monthly price covers the server rental and network connectivity on a fixed-cost basis, there are no per-GB transfer charges on top of the base price.
All plans are unmanaged bare-metal servers, meaning you receive root access and full control over the operating system and software stack. Configuration, software installation, and ongoing server management are your responsibility. If your requirements include a specific OS configuration or custom hardware, Swify also offers a custom server build path. For questions about what is included or to discuss a specific configuration, you can send a service request directly from the plan page.
Which Swify plan is best for a WordPress or WooCommerce site?
For most WordPress and WooCommerce sites moving to dedicated infrastructure, Dedicated 1 (€120/month) or Dedicated 2 (€150/month) are the natural starting points. Dedicated 1 provides a 10-core Xeon Gold 5215 with 64GB RAM, sufficient for a well-configured WordPress stack with Redis object caching, PHP-FPM, and a tuned MySQL InnoDB buffer pool serving moderate-to-high traffic. Dedicated 2 adds 128GB RAM and a second drive for RAID 1, which is the better choice if the product catalogue is large, the database working set exceeds 40-50GB, or storage redundancy is a requirement.
For large-scale WooCommerce stores with very high concurrent traffic, extensive catalogues, and peak period demands, Dedicated 5 (€175/month) with the 20-core Xeon Gold 6138 provides the additional core count for higher concurrency without requiring dual-socket hardware. Read more about WordPress infrastructure requirements in Dedicated Server for WordPress: When Shared Hosting and VPS Are No Longer Enough.
Which plan is right for a SaaS application?
SaaS applications vary significantly in their infrastructure demands depending on concurrent user count, database size, and whether background processing is intensive. For a growing SaaS product with a few hundred to a few thousand concurrent users, Dedicated 2 (€150/month) or Dedicated 5 (€175/month) are appropriate starting points, the former for RAM-sensitive workloads, the latter for higher-concurrency requirements that benefit from 20 cores.
As the user base grows and concurrent session counts increase, Dedicated 4 (€210/month) or Dedicated 6 (€235/month) provide the step up: dual-socket 5215 for CPU-bound scaling, or single-socket 6138 with 256GB RAM for memory-bound scaling. For large-scale SaaS platforms, Dedicated 8 (€320/month) with 40 cores and 256GB RAM covers very high concurrent user counts on a single server. Read more about SaaS infrastructure architecture in Dedicated Server for SaaS: How to Build Infrastructure That Scales With Your Product.
Is the bandwidth truly unmetered on all plans?
Yes. All Swify dedicated server plans include 1Gbps unmetered bandwidth, meaning there is no cap on monthly data transfer volume. The pricing is based on the port speed, not the amount of data transferred. This is the most cost-predictable bandwidth model for high-volume workloads: regardless of how much traffic your application serves in a given month, the bandwidth cost remains the same.
The burst capability up to 25Gbps means the server can handle traffic spikes that temporarily exceed the sustained 1Gbps allocation, providing headroom for promotional campaigns, viral content events, or other traffic peaks without the plan becoming a bottleneck at exactly the moments when capacity matters most. For workloads with very high sustained bandwidth requirements, large-scale media streaming platforms, for example, contact Swify to discuss custom bandwidth configurations. Read more about bandwidth planning in What Is Network Bandwidth and How Much Do You Really Need?
Can I upgrade to a higher plan as my workload grows?
Yes. The Swify plan range is designed with growth in mind, starting on Dedicated 1 or 2 and moving to a higher tier as workload demands increase is a standard upgrade path. The progression from single-socket 5215 through single-socket 6138 to dual-socket configurations provides clear upgrade steps at each capacity threshold.
When planning an upgrade, the migration involves provisioning the new server, transferring data, and cutting over traffic, a process that, when well-planned, can be executed with minimal downtime. The dedicated server migration checklist provides a step-by-step framework for this process. Read it in Dedicated Server Migration Checklist: How to Move Without Downtime before planning a capacity upgrade.
Why choose Swify over a cloud provider for dedicated infrastructure?
The primary advantage is cost predictability and performance consistency at sustained utilisation. Cloud providers charge per resource consumed: CPU hours, memory hours, data transfer, which is economical for variable or short-duration workloads but becomes expensive for production servers running continuously. At steady-state utilisation, a dedicated server at a fixed monthly price consistently outperforms cloud on total cost of ownership for equivalent specifications.
Swify’s European data centre location also provides GDPR-compliant data residency within the EEA by default, without the complexity of region configurations, data transfer agreements, or audit documentation that cloud providers require to demonstrate EU data residency. For European businesses subject to GDPR, this is a meaningful compliance simplification. Read the full cost comparison in Dedicated Server vs Cloud Hosting: Which Is Right for Your Business in 2026?