Skiff 2
$ 7 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
🇿🇦 Africa
VPS hosting in Cape Town
Second South African region and the landing point for the Equiano and 2Africa cables.
EdgeNo Eyes allianceOutside GDPR territoryDMCA not applicable20 Gbit/s
Short answer
Yes. OnionVPS offers KYC-free VPS hosting in Cape Town, South Africa, from $4/month. South Africa is not a member of the Five, Nine, or Fourteen Eyes intelligence alliances, so your data is not automatically shared with those nations' agencies. The US DMCA does not apply here; local copyright law governs, and takedowns generally require a court order.
- City
- Cape Town
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa (ZA)
- Region
- Africa
- Tier
- Edge
- Intelligence alliance
- Not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes alliances
- GDPR applies
- No
- DMCA applies
- Not applicable — DMCA is US statute
- Online since
- 2022
- Uplink
- 20 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
- Coordinates
- -33.92, 18.42
Why hosting in Cape Town looks the way it does
Cape Town is the landing point for the Equiano and 2Africa submarine cables, making it a strategic hub for African and transatlantic traffic. Its location provides lower latency to South America and Europe than inland African sites, and it sits within 19 ms of Johannesburg, Gaborone, and Windhoek. OnionVPS's facility offers 20 Gbit/s uplink, DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage, backed by a 99.99% uptime SLA.
People deploy content delivery and caching nodes here to serve southern African users with reduced latency. Offshore data storage for regional businesses and low-latency financial or research workloads benefit from the proximity to South America (e.g., 88 ms to São Paulo). Developers also use it for privacy-focused applications needing a jurisdiction outside major intelligence alliances.
Plans available in Cape Town
Cutter 8
$ 34 /month
- vCPU
- 4 × dedicated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 10 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Clipper 16
$ 92 /month
- vCPU
- 8 × dedicated
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 400 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
- Transfer
- 30 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Hold 4
$ 22 /month
- vCPU
- 2 × shared
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB Enterprise HDD
- Transfer
- 20 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
The hardened Bastion line is restricted to offshore and privacy-tier jurisdictions and is not available here.
Compare all plansEstimated round-trip latency from Cape Town
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 19 ms |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 88 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 105 ms |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 129 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 133 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 133 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 133 ms |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 151 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 168 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 172 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 174 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 201 ms |
Estimates are computed from great-circle distance × 1.35 route factor, at 200 km/ms in fibre, plus 2 ms of equipment latency. They are a floor, not a measurement.
Frequently asked questions
Is South Africa a good place to host a server?
Second South African region and the landing point for the Equiano and 2Africa cables.
Is South Africa in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
No. South Africa is not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, which is one reason it appears in our edge tier.
Does the DMCA apply to a server in South Africa?
No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in South Africa is governed by South Africa copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.
How fast is Cape Town from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 129 ms to Frankfurt and 174 ms to Ashburn. These are computed from great-circle distance rather than measured, so treat them as a floor.
Do I need to identify myself to order in Cape Town?
No. Every OnionVPS location has the same signup: an email address you control and a cryptocurrency payment. No name, no address, no document, no card.
Do I need to provide ID to get a Cape Town VPS?
No. OnionVPS requires only an email address you control. No name, address, or document is needed at signup or at any point. Payment is via cryptocurrency through OxaPay, and provisioning takes 55 seconds. This policy applies across all regions, including Cape Town.
What latency to Europe and North America should I expect?
Estimated round-trip times from Cape Town are approximately 129 ms to Frankfurt and 174 ms to Ashburn. These are great-circle estimates, not measured. If you need lower latency to Europe or North America, consider our regions closer to those areas, such as Ashburn or London.
This page is general information, not legal advice.