Rent-to-own dedicated servers
Every payment buys
a piece of the server
A fixed monthly figure for a 6 or 12 month term, then the machine is yours outright.
Rent-to-own splits the cost of real hardware across a fixed term instead of asking for it all upfront. At the end of the term you own it, and you can leave it racked with us on low-cost colocation.
How rent-to-own works
Four stages, no finance company in the middle. You pay a small build and setup fee, then a fixed monthly amount for a 6 or 12 month term. When the term ends the hardware is transferred into your name.
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Step 01
Choose your build
Pick one of our watercooled dedicated builds, or specify your own CPU, memory, storage and cooling. We quote the monthly figure before anything is ordered.
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Step 02
Pay monthly, not upfront
Instead of thousands in one go, you pay a build and setup fee plus a fixed monthly amount. The monthly price covers the hardware pay-down and hosting together.
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Step 03
We build, rack and host it
We assemble and test the machine in-house and rack it in our UK facility. Most systems are online within 12 to 48 hours of the build being ready.
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Step 04
Own it outright
At the end of the term the server is transferred into your name. Keep it with us on colocation from £25 per month, move it to another host, or have it shipped to you.
There are no credit checks and no finance agreement. Nothing is leased, nothing accrues interest, and there is no third party lender. You are paying for physical hardware on a fixed schedule, and shipping costs may apply if you want the machine sent to you at the end of the term.
The cost, in plain terms
Every rent-to-own agreement has the same shape. The exact figures depend on the parts you choose, so we quote them before you commit.
Every agreement, line by line
- Build and setup fee
- One-off, quoted with the spec
- Monthly payment
- Fixed for the term, covers hardware and hosting
- Term length
- 6 or 12 months
- Interest
- None
- Credit check
- None
- At the end of the term
- Hardware transfers into your name
- Colocation afterwards
- From £25 per month
- Shipping the server to you
- Available, cost may apply
How it compares with renting monthly
Traditional dedicated hosting bills forever and you never own anything. This is how the rent-to-own model lines up against our own monthly rental and two well-known providers.
| Feature | EGH rent-to-own This page | EGH monthly | Hetzner | Tempest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full ownership | After term | No | No | No |
| Lower long-term cost | Yes | No | No | No |
| Custom hardware options | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Colocation transition | Supported | No | No | No |
| Support location | UK based | UK based | Germany | UK based |
| DDoS protection | EdgeProt | EdgeProt | Basic only | EdgeProt |
| Contract flexibility | 6 to 12 months | Monthly | No contracts | No contracts |
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EdgeProt covers it for the whole term
While the server is racked with us it sits behind the same anycast edge as everything else we host, and it keeps that protection if you move on to colocation afterwards.
- Core PoP
- Edge PoP
- Private fibre run
What you get alongside the hardware
The machine is the point, but it still has to be built properly, protected and supported while it is racked with us.
Custom-built hardware
AMD Ryzen and EPYC systems with water cooling and Gen4 NVMe drives, specified around what you actually run.
Built in-house
We assemble, test and rack your server ourselves, with no third parties in the chain.
EdgeProt DDoS protection
30 Tbps mitigation covering volumetric, network, application and game-layer attacks, with filtering built for gaming traffic.
Hosted in our UK facility
Your hardware lives in our Tier-3 data centre in the United Kingdom, with low latency and full redundancy.
Switch to colocation
Once the server is yours, keep hosting with us at low monthly colocation rates covering power and bandwidth.
24/7 Discord and tickets
Our UK team is available around the clock, from initial setup through to technical support.
United Kingdom
Our UK Tier-3 data centre
Your hardware is built, tested and racked by us, in a building we own. That is what makes the colocation step afterwards simple: nothing has to move.
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Built and deployed in-house
We assemble, test and rack your server ourselves, with no third parties in the chain.
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Stay put when it is yours
Once the server is yours, keep hosting with us at low monthly colocation rates covering power and bandwidth.
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Or take it with you
Move it to another host, or have it shipped to your address, where a shipping cost may apply.
Where your hardware actually sits
- Compliance
- ISO 27001
- DDoS mitigation
- EdgeProt, 30 Tbps+ capacity
- Fire detection
- VESDA aspirating detection
- Fire suppression
- FM200
- Monitoring
- 24/7
- Deployment
- Typically 12 to 48 hours
Stop renting the same server twice over
Tell us what you need to run and we will spec the build, quote the monthly figure and set out exactly when ownership transfers.
Rent-to-own dedicated servers FAQ
You pay a fixed monthly price for the length of your term, and at the end the server is yours to own outright, with no interest and no extra fees. You can keep it in our data centre or take it with you.
Most systems are deployed within 12 to 48 hours. You receive full root or Administrator access as soon as your server is online and ready to use.
No credit checks and no financing contracts. The rent-to-own model is simple and transparent: you are paying for real hardware on a clear schedule.
Yes. Choose from our most popular builds or contact us to customise CPU, memory, storage or operating system. We build and deploy to match your requirements. For a fully bespoke machine, see our custom server builds.
Yes. Just like any dedicated server, you receive full root on Linux or Administrator on Windows, with no restrictions and no hidden layers.
Ownership transfers to you. You can keep the server colocated with us at a discounted rate, move it to another host, or have it shipped to your address, where a shipping cost may apply.
Yes. All rent-to-own servers include 30 Tbps+ EdgeProt protection to keep you online during complex attacks.
We offer 24/7 UK-based support by ticket and live chat. High-spend clients also get an emergency phone line for urgent issues.