Founded in 2010, Private Layer provides highly customizable dedicated server solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Its customers benefit from a policy-neutral location, high-level support, and top-of-the-line servers.
Features and Ease of Use
When it comes to hosting specialized projects, you need a trusted partner that provides the right combination of hardware, software, and infrastructure to realize your goals. Private Layer is just such a potential partner, and it provides you with:
- Free OS installs
- 24/7 monitoring
- Dedicated premium network
- Public and private uplinks
- Expandable SSD and HDD storage
- KVM and remote reboot
It’s hard to find any other dedicated server solutions that match the performance provided by Private Layer. It has invested in the best server technologies, including Intel processors and SSD drives. You’ll benefit from business-class Supermicro motherboards with hot-swap drive bays connected to 1 Gbps networks with premium dedicated bandwidth.
Servers are arranged into redundant load-balanced clusters, and your resources are isolated and guaranteed. Since you get an SLA-backed 99.9% uptime guarantee — or it might be 99.99%, it’s ambiguous — you can be sure that your website and applications will be available almost all the time.
While its business operations are based in Panama, Private Layer’s servers are located in Switzerland, so you benefit from this European but non-EU country’s strict privacy laws that ensure your data is safe.
Server set-up isn’t instant as it would be for shared hosting account activation, but your dedicated server will be up-and-running within 24 hours. The system administrators can help you install the OS of your choice, but otherwise, you’re on your own because these servers are unmanaged.
Pricing and Support
With Private Layer, you can say goodbye to high-priced dedicated server hosting, since its rental servers are quite affordable yet of a similar standard to other providers’ server solutions.
They bill customers on a monthly basis, and you have the option to pay using different methods like PayPal, credit cards, cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin), cash transfers, or Western Union. Scaling is a breeze, allowing you to expand from just three servers to potentially hundreds. If you want to upgrade, you only need to pay the price difference between your current and desired plan.
As is usual for dedicated server providers, there are no self-support resources. However, Spanish- and English-speaking customer support response times are pretty good, and you can access 24/7 technical support via email/online ticket submission:
