SHOUTcast Dedicated Servers for Stations
That Have Outgrown Shared Hosting.
A whole machine for your station or network. Run as many stations as the hardware carries, choose your control panel, and keep full root access. 24x7 server management is available as an add-on.
CentovaCast
AzuraCast
SonicPanel
When It Is Time to Move Up From Shared.
Shared streaming hosting gives you one station, with a listener limit and a fixed bitrate. Your own server runs many stations at any bitrate, carries as many listeners as its port allows, and lets you host stations for other people.
| Shared SHOUTcast hosting | Recommended SHOUTcast dedicated server From $45 a month, panel installed | |
|---|---|---|
| The server | A share of one of our streaming servers | A whole machine with only your stations on it |
| Access | Your station's control panel | Full root access, plus CentovaCast, SonicPanel or AzuraCast |
| Stations | One station per plan | Many stations: up to the licence tier, unlimited on AzuraCast |
| Listeners | A set number per plan, or unlimited* on the top plan* Conditions apply: unlimited plans share a server, so a shared usage cap applies. | Only the hardware and the unmetered 300 Mbps to 1 Gbps port |
| Bitrate | Fixed by plan, 64 to 320 kbps | Any bitrate you choose, per station |
| What you can sell | Your own station only | Station and reseller accounts (CentovaCast and SonicPanel) |
| AI and integrations | Only what the panel offers | Your own APIs, an MCP server and LLMs next to your panel |
| Growing | Each new station is another plan | One server price, panel installed; more stations cost nothing extra within your tier |
| See Dedicated Plans |
What Changes at the Dedicated Tier.
The difference is not that streaming gets better. It is that the constraints disappear.
The Whole Machine Is Yours
No other customer shares the processor, the memory or the network card. Peak hours behave the same as quiet ones because nothing else on the machine is competing with your stream.
As Many Stations as It Carries
Shared plans sell you one station. A dedicated machine runs as many as the hardware and bandwidth support, at whatever bitrates you choose, with no per station fee.
Root Access and Full Control
Install the panel you want, change the streaming configuration, add mount points, open ports, run supporting services alongside the stream. Nothing needs a support ticket.
Host Other People's Stations
With your own machine you can sell hosting to other broadcasters. Many stations fund their own infrastructure this way and end up running it at a profit.
Pick the Panel That Fits How You Work.
The server is the same underneath. What differs is the control panel installed on top, and that choice is worth making deliberately. CentovaCast is the long established standard with the deepest listener reporting.
SonicPanel adds live jingles and voice inserts, for stations that go live often. AzuraCast is free and open source, which removes panel licensing from your monthly cost entirely. All three run SHOUTcast and Icecast underneath, so your existing broadcast software works with any of them. EverestCast servers are also available.
CentovaCast
The long-established standard with deep listener reporting. From $45 a month, licence included.
- Established standard
- Deep listener reporting
- SHOUTcast and Icecast support
AzuraCast
Free and open source, so there is no panel licence on your bill. From $48 a month.
- Free and open source
- No panel licensing cost
- Runs SHOUTcast and Icecast
SonicPanel
Live jingles and voice inserts, for stations that go live often. From $56 a month, licence included.
- Live jingles and voice inserts
- DJ accounts with permissions
- Runs SHOUTcast and Icecast
Prefer EverestCast? See EverestCast dedicated servers, with the EverestCast licence included.
How Many Listeners Will It
Actually Carry.
This is simpler arithmetic than the market pretends and worth doing before you buy. Each listener consumes your broadcast bitrate continuously while connected.
A station broadcasting at 128 kilobits per second uses roughly that much per listener, so a thousand simultaneous listeners needs somewhere in the region of 128 megabits per second of sustained outbound capacity. That is why the uplink speed on the server matters far more than any monthly data allowance. Tell us your bitrate and the peak concurrent listeners you expect and we will tell you what uplink that needs, rather than selling you a number and hoping.
Built for Professional Broadcasting.
Radio dedicated servers suit a diverse range of audio streaming networks.
Large Single Stations
A high concurrent listener count where peak hours are the whole business. Dedicated capacity removes the variability.
Station Networks
Several stations under one brand, each with its own stream, statistics and presenters, all on one machine and one invoice.
Radio Hosting Businesses
You have outgrown a reseller block and want your own infrastructure, better margins and complete control over what you offer.
Broadcasters With Specific Requirements
Custom mount point configurations, unusual bitrates, supporting services alongside the stream, or software the shared platform does not run.
Powerful Infrastructure
That Matters.
Audio streaming is not a demanding workload for a processor. It is a demanding one for the network. A radio server spends its life sending many simultaneous outbound connections, so network capacity, uplink speed and routing quality determine how the station performs far more than the processor specification does.
View Server SpecsBare Metal Hardware
High Capacity Uplink
DDoS Protection
Root Access
Managed by Our Team
99.9 Percent Uptime
Engineers When You Need Them.
We install the operating system and your chosen panel before delivery, and Free Basic Managed Support covers quick tasks. If you want our engineers to run the server, add 24x7 server management for $35 a month, or proactive 24x7 server management for $65 a month, when you order. You keep root access either way.
Hire an ExpertFour Steps to Going Live.
From provisioning server hardware to migrating your existing stations, we make onboarding fast and effortless.
Tell Us Your Numbers
Peak concurrent listeners, broadcast bitrate and how many stations. That determines the machine and the uplink.
Choose Your Panel
CentovaCast, SonicPanel, AzuraCast or EverestCast. We install it before delivery, within 2 to 46 business hours.
We Build & Hand Over
Operating system and panel installed. You receive root credentials and the panel login.
Move Your Stations
Our engineers can move your stations, libraries and playlists as on-demand work, from $8 per 15 minutes or $28 per hour.
Add Stations as You Grow.
Growth in radio is rarely smooth. A station gets a mention, a network adds two more stations, or a reseller signs a large customer. Because the machine is yours, adding stations costs nothing beyond the capacity they consume.
When the hardware itself becomes the limit, moving to a larger machine is a planned move that our engineers can do for you as on-demand work.
Planned Moves
When the hardware becomes the limit, our engineers can move you to a larger machine as on-demand work.
Start With One Station, Grow Without Moving.
Four steps in one company, all in one account: when your station outgrows its plan, we move it up for you.
Shared radio hosting
One station with AutoDJ on Centova Cast, SonicPanel or AzuraCast. The lowest cost way to go on air.
Radio reseller hosting
Sell stations to your own clients from a Centova Cast or SonicPanel reseller panel, under your brand.
AzuraCast VPS
Your own server with AzuraCast installed: as many stations as the server can carry, with full root access.
Radio dedicated server
A whole machine for Centova Cast, SonicPanel, AzuraCast or SHOUTcast, for large audiences and many stations.
What Every Station Asks First.
The questions broadcasters ask most, answered plainly before you pick a plan.
How much bandwidth do I need?
Bitrate times listeners. 100 listeners at 128 kbps need 12.8 Mbps, and each listener uses about 57.6 MB an hour. At 128 kbps, 1 GB of AutoDJ space holds about 260 four-minute songs.
Does my stream need HTTPS?
Yes, if your website uses HTTPS. Browsers block a plain http stream on a secure page, so the player stays silent. Our radio panels serve streams over HTTPS.
How do I go live?
Connect free tools such as BUTT or Mixxx with the details in your panel. AutoDJ steps aside while you are live and takes over again when you leave.
Do I need a music licence?
Hosting gives you the server; music licences are the broadcaster's responsibility, for example PPL and PRS in the UK, SoundExchange in the US, or PPL India and IPRS in India. This is general information, not legal advice.
Is the panel kept up to date?
Yes. Our panels run their latest releases: every server is checked for updates daily and audited monthly, and Icecast and the other streaming parts update with the panel.
Can you move my station from another panel?
Yes, as paid Hire an Expert work, for example from Centova Cast to AzuraCast with your music, playlists and settings. It is not part of free managed support, so ask us for a quote first.
Run your own radio hosting company.
On your own server you decide everything: the brand, the packages and the prices. Ucartz stays invisible.
No Ucartz branding
Our name appears nowhere your customers can see: not in the panel, the player or the stream.
Unlimited reseller accounts
Create as many reseller and client accounts as your server can carry, and sell them under your own brand.
Your own hostname
Panel and streams run on your hostname, so clients only ever see your company.
Automated selling
Connect a billing system such as WHMCS, so accounts are created, suspended and removed automatically when your clients order, renew or cancel.
Every Ucartz service is 100% white label. Hosting, radio and video streaming run on white-label hostnames, and anything you buy from us, Hire an Expert work included, can be resold or outsourced under your own name.
Real Feedback From the Businesses We Support
See how our engineering support and infrastructure keep real businesses online.
Radio dedicated server, with engineers on call
A silent stream loses listeners fast. Every radio dedicated server includes Free Basic Managed Support, and if something bigger breaks, or you want new features, you can call in a streaming engineer for one job without signing a support contract.
Free Basic Managed Support
Complimentary, best-effort help with quick tasks of about 5 minutes: panel access, stream and port checks, encoder connection help, DNS pointing, service restarts and first-level troubleshooting.
What is included →Plug-and-play expert help
AutoDJ setup, migrations, relays, custom players or emergency recovery. From $8 per 15 minutes or $28 per hour, only when you need it.
See on-demand support →AI, automation & custom builds
Grow the station: automated scheduling, listener stats dashboards, website and app players, and n8n or AI workflows for show prep and social posts.
Plan a project →Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers about the plans, support and billing.
Tell Us Your Peak Listener Count
CentovaCast, SonicPanel, AzuraCast or EverestCast installed, delivered in 2 to 46 business hours. Ask us which fits your stations.