VPS for Omani businesses: Linux cloud servers in Riyadh, ready today

Run your ERP, your stock system, a customer portal or a developer's test stack on your own cloud server with full root access. Launch it in the Riyadh region from the console, pick Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux, and pay a fixed monthly price in Saudi riyals. The smallest plan is 99 SAR a month, about 10.151 OMR.

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These servers run in Saudi Arabia. A server inside Oman is a different service, offered on request.

Riyadh server plans, with the Omani rial equivalent

PlanvCPUMemoryDiskSAR / month (excl. VAT)About OMR / month
Riyadh 114 GB50 GB9910.151
Riyadh 228 GB80 GB18919.379
Riyadh 3416 GB160 GB37938.860
Riyadh 6-Core624 GB240 GB56958.341
Riyadh 4832 GB320 GB74976.797

Every plan includes 10 TB of monthly transfer, a public IP address, full root access over SSH and a firewall you manage from the console. Billing is monthly from a prepaid wallet in SAR, for one, three, six or twelve months at a time. Where 15% Saudi VAT applies, it is added at checkout. See the full Saudi-market detail on the VPS plans page.

Riyadh now, or a server inside Oman on request?

Both are cloud servers with root access in the same Skyline console. The difference is where the machine sits and how you get it.

Riyadh cloud serverLocal server inside Oman
How you get itLaunch it yourself from the consoleSend a request; we reply by email
PricePublished above, in SARQuoted per request, in SAR
SpecificationThe five plans aboveConfirmed in our reply
When it is chargedWhen you launch itOnly after you approve the offer
Best forAnything nobody has asked you to keep inside OmanA tender, regulator or auditor requiring hosting in Oman

Many companies do both: they start the application on a Riyadh server during the trial, prove it works, and send a local server request in parallel for the part that must stay in the country.

What Omani companies put on a cloud server

The accounting server in the back office

A common starting point is an accounting or inventory application installed years ago on a PC under a desk in Ruwi or Al Khuwair. It works until the disk fails, the office loses power, or the branch in Sohar needs to log in. Moving it to a server means the data is no longer tied to one building, and the branches connect to it the same way head office does.

A customer portal or booking system

A tour operator taking bookings for the khareef season, or a logistics firm giving customers a tracking page, needs more control than shared hosting gives: its own database, background jobs and a framework of its choice. A Riyadh 2 plan (2 vCPU, 8 GB) is a realistic place to begin.

A developer or agency test stack

Muscat development teams often need a staging copy of a client system that behaves like production. A small Riyadh server, rebuilt as often as needed, gives them that without buying hardware.

Files that need a home

For large files, S3-compatible object storage in Riyadh can be attached to a server as a mounted folder, priced by capacity in the console. Pair it with cloud backup so the server itself is never the only copy.

Before you launch: a short checklist for Omani IT teams

  1. Confirm nobody needs the data inside Oman. Check the contract, your sector regulator's circulars and your auditor's last letter. Oman's Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree 6/2022) is in force; whether it affects your hosting choice is a question for your own advisers, not for us.
  2. Size from the application vendor's requirements, then add headroom for disk. It is easier to resize up than to recover from a full disk.
  3. Decide who patches it. Root access means your team, or a partner you name, owns updates and security on the machine.
  4. Plan the connection from each branch. Test from Muscat and from the furthest office during the trial, rather than trusting a number on a web page.
  5. Set up backups on day one, not after the first incident.

Related reading: running business applications on a Riyadh cloud server, prices in Omani rials, and the Duqm page for project teams that need servers for a fixed period.

Frequently asked questions

Is this VPS located in Oman?

No. These servers run in the Riyadh region in Saudi Arabia and can be launched from the console today. A server physically inside Oman is a separate service offered on request: you describe the workload and receive availability, a specification and a SAR price before anything is charged.

Which operating systems can I install?

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Debian 12, AlmaLinux 9 and Rocky Linux 9. You get full root access over SSH and install your own software on top.

Can I run Windows Server?

Not on Riyadh servers today; the available images are Linux only. If your application needs Windows, tell us in a local or custom server request and we will answer honestly whether we can supply it.

How is the server billed?

Monthly, in Saudi riyals, from your prepaid wallet. You can pay for one, three, six or twelve months at a time. The OMR figures on this page are approximate conversions for budgeting.

How much data transfer is included?

Each Riyadh plan includes 10 TB of transfer a month, which covers the traffic of almost every business application.

Can I make the server bigger later?

Yes. A server can be resized to a larger plan from the console; the price difference is charged at that point. Plan your disk with headroom, because growth is easier than shrinking.

Who manages the server?

You do. A cloud server gives you root and the responsibility that comes with it: updates, firewall rules on the machine, and your application backups. If you would rather not manage a server, web hosting with S Panel is the managed option.

More for businesses in Oman

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