CloudAfrica review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
CloudAfrica suits South African teams that want compute, storage and GPU capacity on home soil, with POPIA compliance and free interconnects at Teraco and OADC Isando. Its entry plan starts at ZAR 214, above the €5.83 median here, so price is not the draw.
Key facts
- Best for
- South African teams needing local data residency and a GPU close to users.
- Entry price
- ZAR 214↗
- Entry plan
- 2 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM, 30 GiB storage (CA-2GB-STD-1217)↗
- Billing models
- Hourly, Monthly↗
- Locations
- 2↗
- Regions
- ZA↗
- DDoS protection
- Yes↗
- Compliance certifications
- POPIA↗
- Server types
- VPS↗
- Operating systems
- Linux, Windows↗
- Headquarters
- South Africa↗
- Founded
- 2015↗
- Support channels
- Email, Help-centre, Community↗
- Pricing model
- Hourly billing
- Official website
- cloudafrica.net
GPU cloud
Storage
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 7 sources
Apps and profiles
- Elsewhere
- X
Pros and cons
Pros
- POPIA compliance and a ZA footprint for local data residency
- NVIDIA H200 capacity with unmetered data in and out
- S3-compatible object storage sits beside block storage in object and block
- DDoS protection is included on the compute line
Cons
- Entry price of ZAR 214 sits above the €5.83 site median
- Server types cover vps only, across 2 locations
- Support runs on email, help centre and community only, with no phone line listed
Who it suits
- South African teams with POPIA data residency duties
- GPU buyers who want private interconnects to carriers
- Teams already running Linux or Windows, since linux and windows are both listed
Who should look elsewhere
- Price-first shoppers, who may prefer Aruba at €1.99 for entry
- Buyers wanting another market, where SberCloud lists RUB 23.75
- Multi-region planners, since 2 locations in ZA is a single market
How CloudAfrica compares
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Where CloudAfrica is available
- Available
- South Africa
Countries from the brand (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What does the cheapest CloudAfrica plan cost?+
The entry plan is 2 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM, 30 GiB storage (CA-2GB-STD-1217) at ZAR 214, and the same figure applies under hourly and monthly billing, so there is no separate introductory rate to track. Metering is hourly, and the figure sits above the €5.83 median on this site.
Where does CloudAfrica run, and how many locations are there?+
CloudAfrica runs 2 locations, all inside ZA, with headquarters in South Africa. Server types are limited to vps. For a team with users elsewhere, the low location count matters more than the spec sheet, since traffic crosses borders to reach the compute.
What GPU hardware and billing does CloudAfrica offer?+
The GPU line is NVIDIA H200, billed at hourly granularity. Traffic is not billed, and the meter stays unmetered up to a soft cap on a full GPU, so heavy transfer does not become a line item. For scale, the site median hourly GPU rate is €0.63.
What does data transfer cost on CloudAfrica?+
On GPU workloads data moving in or out carries no charge, and usage stays unmetered up to a soft cap on a full GPU. Private links come free too: Free interconnects at Teraco (JB1, CT1) and OADC Isando. Storage products bill egress separately, so treat that as a per plan line.
What does CloudAfrica charge for storage?+
Object and block storage are both offered, listed under object and block. Object storage is S3-compatible, priced at ZAR 1.60. For reference, the site median for storage per GB is €0.01, and free egress is common, with a site median of €0.
Does CloudAfrica meet South African data residency rules?+
Compliance certifications listed are POPIA, and every location sits in South Africa, so workloads stay on South African soil. That pairing is the main draw for regulated local teams. Providers listed elsewhere on this site place their capacity outside the country.
How do I reach CloudAfrica support?+
Support channels listed are email, help centre and community, and there is no phone line in that set, so urgent incidents go by email. For comparison, phone support is listed on 43.6% of brands and help centres on 90.2%, which makes CloudAfrica a narrower choice on reach.
Which operating systems can I run on CloudAfrica?+
Supported operating systems are linux and windows, so both Linux and Windows images are on offer. Linux is the common baseline across the site, listed on 98.2% of brands, with Windows on 70.7%. Which image each plan ships with is worth confirming before you sign up.
Sources
- cloudafrica.net checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Storage types
“SSD NVMe block, HDD-based S3 object and NFS storage available with, or independent of, VMs.”
- cloudafrica.net/about checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Founded
“we founded Cloud Africa in 2015”
- cloudafrica.net/cloud-compute checked September 26, 2026
Backs: DDoS protection, Server types
“Dual Firewall (Edge/Host) Security Layers provides enhanced protection against cyber threats, mitigates risk of DDoS attacks”
- cloudafrica.net/gpu checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Egress fee, GPU models, Interconnect
“Zero egress and ingress charges for datasets, model weights, and inference traffic.”
- cloudafrica.net/object-storage checked September 26, 2026
Backs: S3-compatible
“Create, retrieve and scale unlimited volumes of S3-compliant HDD-based storage on Ceph.”
- cloudafrica.net/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Billing models, Entry plan, Entry price, Price per GB per month
“R0.36/hour ex.VAT ... R214.00/month ex.VAT”
- cloudafrica.net/why-us checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Billing granularity, Compliance certifications, Headquarters, Locations, Pricing model, Operating systems, Regions, Regions, Support channels
“Our billing structure is transparent, predictable and pay-as-you-go, billed per hour with a 600-hour monthly cap”
Compiled from 7 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Bandwidth allowance.
CloudAfrica
South African teams needing local data residency and a GPU close to users.