DataPacket alternatives in 2026: cheaper 10 Gbps and when to stay

DataPacket prices bandwidth separately from the server: its 10 Gbps unmetered plan costs $1,458 a month in Europe, as of October 2026. As an alternative, PowerDedi includes a 10 Gbps unmetered port in every server price. For more than 10 Gbps per server, 67 locations or a published carrier list, DataPacket remains the better fit.

The short version

DataPacket figures are list prices from its own site, in US dollars, excluding VAT, checked on 15 October 2026.

What DataPacket sells

DataPacket, operated by DataCamp Limited in London, rents AMD EPYC dedicated servers, from the 6-core EPYC 4245P to dual 128-core EPYC 9754 machines, on its own network. It reports more than 330 Tbps of capacity, 16 transit providers, over 300 private peering partners and more than 3,000 local ISPs connected directly, with a 50 Tbps private backbone linking 50 of its 67 locations. On 15 October 2026 its site showed 2,512 servers in stock, usually delivered within 4 hours of payment; the configurator quoted 48 hours where a server needs adjusting and 14 days for on-demand builds.

Every server gets an unshared uplink of 50 Gbps (2 × 25GE) as standard, or up to 200 Gbps (2 × 100GE). The uplink is the physical speed; what you pay for is a separate bandwidth plan:

• Unmetered, peak-based: a flat monthly fee for unlimited use at the speed you choose. If you use more than you bought, DataPacket’s sales team contacts you about an upgrade; it states that it will not suspend or limit the service.
• 95th percentile: you commit to a sustained rate and can burst up to the uplink speed, at a slightly higher price per Mbps. Commitments can be pooled across servers in the same region.
• Metered: a price per TB transferred, used with daily billing.

Traffic is measured in both directions and billed on the higher of the two, which matters for VPNs and other symmetric workloads. There is no setup fee, one IPv4 address is included and extra addresses cost $3 a month each.

What DataPacket charges for bandwidth

Bandwidth prices appear in DataPacket’s server configurator once you pick a speed and a location. These are the monthly prices it returned for peak-based unmetered plans on 15 October 2026, in US dollars, excluding VAT, on top of the server:

A 95th percentile commitment of 10 Gbps costs $1,750 a month in Europe. Other regions cost more: the 10 Gbps unmetered plan is $3,720 in São Paulo, $6,910 in Johannesburg and $11,600 in Sydney. For context, the median 10 Gbps unmetered add-on across 19 providers in our September 2026 survey was about $630 a month. DataPacket sits near the top of that range; the sections below cover what the premium buys.

DataPacket vs PowerDedi: like-for-like prices

The table prices the same hardware at both providers with a 10 Gbps unmetered plan. DataPacket figures come from its configurator on 15 October 2026: monthly billing, US dollars, excluding VAT, no setup fee. PowerDedi prices are monthly, with the 10 Gbps unmetered port included.

The servers are close but not identical. DataPacket lists the EPYC 9355 and 9555; PowerDedi uses the 9355P and 9555P, with the same core counts and clock speeds, ECC memory and NVMe Gen5 drives. PowerDedi builds those two to order in 24 hours; DataPacket quoted 48 hours. Its 4585PX was in stock in Frankfurt and London, and an on-demand build in New York. The last row compares two different 6-core CPUs, to show the entry price of a 10 Gbps server at each provider. Most of the gap is bandwidth: DataPacket’s 4585PX costs $770 a month as hardware, and the 10 Gbps plan nearly triples that.

Where DataPacket is stronger

• Bigger pipes. A 50 Gbps unshared uplink is standard, 200 Gbps is available, and unmetered plans go up to 200 Gbps. When you upgrade a plan, DataPacket switches it in its system and the extra bandwidth is usable right away.
• Reach. 67 locations: 30 in Europe, 17 in North America, 9 in Asia-Pacific, 6 in Latin America and 5 in the Middle East and Africa. Every PowerDedi city is also a DataPacket location.
• Network transparency. Each location page lists the upstream carriers, private interconnects and internet exchanges; Amsterdam names ten upstreams, among them Arelion, Cogent, NTT and Telefonica. Each also publishes a test IP and 100 MB, 1 GB and 10 GB test files, and a looking glass tests the route from any location to your IP.
• Routing control. DataPacket announces your own prefixes over BGP for a $100 setup per announcement and location, supports a blackhole community, and sets up private networks between servers in the same data center at no charge.
• Commercial flexibility. 95th percentile commitments can be pooled per region, servers can be billed daily, trial deployments are available on request in the location you choose, and customers get a dedicated account manager and their own Slack channel.
• A contractual SLA. 99.99% network and power uptime, with credits of 3 to 10% of the monthly fee; failed hardware components replaced within 4 hours in Europe, 6 in the US and 8 elsewhere; support responses within 90 minutes, by email, live chat or Slack.
• DDoS protection and automation. Its Shield mitigation is included, starts in under 10 seconds and comes in volumetric and full tiers. A GraphQL API covers server provisioning, traffic data and support requests.

Where PowerDedi is different

• Bandwidth is part of the server. Every server has its own 10 Gbps unmetered port, with no quota, no overage fee, no 95th percentile billing and no inbound/outbound ratio. Uplinks beyond the port are shared, as on any network, and we only intervene on attacks or abuse, contacting the customer first unless an attack is in progress. Our guide to bandwidth billing models compares this with 95th percentile and per-TB plans.
• Hardware priced below the market. Our list prices are about 40% below the median public list price for the same hardware at major EU and US hosts, measured with their standard 1 Gbps port in September 2026. The 10 Gbps port comes on top of that.
• Crypto payment without KYC. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, USDT on TRON and Solana, with prices in US dollars and the crypto amount locked when the payment opens. Sign-up needs only an email address: no ID, phone number or card.
• Delivery in minutes for in-stock models. About 15 minutes after on-chain confirmation; other configurations are built to order in 24 or 72 hours.
• Included with every server. Always-on network DDoS mitigation, IPMI/KVM in the browser, one IPv4 address and a routed /64 of IPv6, reverse DNS, no setup fee and month-to-month billing.

What we do not publish matters too. PowerDedi does not publish its carrier list or data-center names, so you cannot inspect our upstreams before ordering the way DataPacket’s location pages allow. The practical check is to measure from your own endpoints in the first days, with multi-stream iperf3 tests in both directions as described in our network speed test guide. Billing is month to month, and you can cancel anytime.

Who should stay with DataPacket

• You need more than 10 Gbps from a single server, or room to burst well beyond it.
• You need one of the 57 DataPacket locations we do not serve, such as São Paulo, Johannesburg, Seoul or Sydney.
• You choose providers by carrier mix and want to test routes before you buy.
• You announce your own IP prefixes or rely on BGP communities.
• You pool 95th percentile commitments across many servers, or need daily billing.
• Your company needs card or wire payments, a contractual uptime SLA with credits, or provisioning by API.

PowerDedi is the better fit when each server needs up to 10 Gbps, sustained or unpredictable, in one of our ten locations: video delivery, CDN edges, download mirrors and backups, as described on our streaming and CDN page. It also suits teams that want one flat price per server or prefer to pay in crypto.

Other high-bandwidth alternatives

One verified fact for each, taken from the provider’s own pages, as of October 2026:

Before you switch

1. Pull your real traffic numbers. Take peak and 95th percentile rates in both directions from DataPacket’s client panel or API. DataPacket bills the higher direction; PowerDedi has no ratio, but each port is 10 Gbps.
2. Size servers to the port. If a single server peaks near 10 Gbps, spread the load over several servers, or keep that workload where the uplink is larger.
3. Check cities and routes. Measure latency from your users’ networks to the candidate locations, and keep DataPacket’s test files as a baseline to compare against.
4. Plan the IP change. DataPacket’s addresses stay with DataPacket. If you announce your own prefixes, confirm how the new provider handles them before you move.
5. Time the exit. DataPacket’s monthly plans are prepaid before each month starts, and its terms make those payments non-refundable. Turn off auto-renewal and move before the next billing period.
6. Test before cutting over. Run iperf3 tests at the hours that matter, then move traffic gradually, for example by DNS weight or by taking DataPacket servers out of your pool one at a time.

DataPacket questions people ask

Is there a cheaper alternative to DataPacket?

For traffic up to 10 Gbps per server, yes. As of October 2026, DataPacket charges $1,458 a month for a 10 Gbps unmetered plan in Europe on top of the server; at PowerDedi the same port is included, and an EPYC 4585PX server with it costs $179. Above 10 Gbps per server, FDC Servers and DataPacket itself sell larger unmetered ports.

Does DataPacket accept crypto?

Its FAQ lists credit card and wire transfer, in US dollars, euros or pounds sterling; cryptocurrency is not mentioned.

How much is DataPacket’s EPYC 4585PX?

Its dedicated-servers page lists it from $406 a month. That price is for 32 GB of RAM, 2 × 960 GB NVMe and a 100 Mbps bandwidth plan in North America. With 128 GB, 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe and a 10 Gbps unmetered plan in Frankfurt, the configurator total is $2,228.

Sources

• High-Performance Dedicated Servers with Premium Service — DataPacket
• Server configuration — DataPacket (prices checked 15 October 2026)
• Frequently asked questions — DataPacket
• Global 330+ Tbps network — DataPacket
• 50-200 Gbps dedicated servers in Amsterdam, Netherlands — DataPacket
• Service Level Agreement — DataPacket (effective 13 November 2025)
• Terms and Conditions — DataPacket
• DataPacket GraphQL API — DataPacket
• FDC Servers — FDC Servers
• Dedicated Servers — Worldstream
• NovoServe Dedicated Server & Bare Metal Server Infrastructure Solution — NovoServe
• Service Level Agreement (SLA) — Leaseweb Knowledge Base