Hivelocity review (2026): is it worth $10 a month?
Bare-metal dedicated servers, VPS and colocation in 40+ data centers
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Hivelocity report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for rented VPS, dedicated servers and colocation
Hivelocity rents VPS, dedicated servers and colocation from 40-plus data centres, with API and Terraform support. These are bare servers, so management and firewall are separate paid services, and dedicated prices vary by configuration.
Who Hivelocity is for
- Fits if you want your own server with a choice of locations
- Works for teams that automate infrastructure with Terraform
Who Hivelocity is not for
- Skip it if you want managed hosting, as server management and firewall are separate services
- Tight if you want a fixed price, since dedicated and GPU prices vary by configuration
- Watch out: the 35% lifetime savings banner covers eligible dedicated servers only
- Watch out: some listed VPS prices show a higher crossed-out figure beside them
Why Hivelocity gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyThe smallest listed VPS is $10 a month for 2 vCPUs and 4 GB, below the $10.99 middle for web hosting. A dedicated E-2236 server is $97 and GPU servers start far higher.
- FFree plan and trialNothing is free: no free plan and no trial are listed.
- BFeaturesVPS, dedicated VDS, bare metal and colocation across 40-plus data centres, with an API, Terraform and a choice of OS and apps. Management is a separate service.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. You get a server and run it yourself, usually over SSH.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, but it has an API and Terraform and installs CloudPanel, Coolify, Nextcloud, Portainer, GitLab and Tailscale.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hivelocity's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Hivelocity's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 29 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on features (B, above 86 of 122) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 54 of the 107 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 web hosts we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hivelocity’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 122, level with 65
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 122, level with 62
- BFeaturesAbove 86 of 122, level with 36
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 122, level with 39
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 57 of 122, level with 65
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 111 web hosts. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Hivelocity, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Hivelocity you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 74 of the 122 other web hosts grade higher. It costs $120 a year.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Hivelocity’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Hivelocity?
Hivelocity rents dedicated servers, virtual private servers (VPS), virtual dedicated servers (VDS) and colocation space across more than 40 data centers on six continents. Servers are ordered from a catalog or configured to order, managed through the myVelocity portal or an API, and backed by round-the-clock human support.
Worth knowing
- These are rented servers, not managed web hosting; server management and firewall are separate listed services.
- The homepage banner offers 35% lifetime savings on eligible dedicated servers, so many dedicated prices differ from the examples shown.
- Prices above are monthly list prices for example plans; the catalog and custom quotes hold many more configurations.
- Dedicated GPU servers are priced much higher, with a sample L4 server at $999 a month.
Key features
- Dedicated servers
- Single-tenant bare-metal machines, from entry Xeon models to a GPU server, either from a catalog of instant servers or configured to order.
- VPS and VDS
- VPS plans share CPU cores with guaranteed minimums, while VDS plans give unshared CPU cores and RAM.
- Global data centers
- The vendor lists 40+ data centers on six continents and a network it describes as 2+ Tbps with a 99.99% uptime SLA.
- API and Terraform
- Servers can be purchased, deployed and managed through an API, and a Terraform provider for Hivelocity is published.
- Colocation and add-on services
- Customers can house their own hardware, and the services list covers server management, firewall, backups and cloud object storage.
- Choice of operating systems and apps
- VPS options include Ubuntu, Windows, AlmaLinux, Debian and Rocky, with app images such as CloudPanel, WordPress, Coolify and Nextcloud.
Hivelocity pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hivelocity is a paid product, starting at $10 per month (pro.sm.amd VPS).
- Starts at
- $10 per month (pro.sm.amd VPS)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| VPS pro.sm.amd | $10per month | 2 vCPUs, 4 GB memory, 40 GB NVMe SSD and 10 TB bandwidth on a 1 Gbps port. |
| VPS pro.md.amd | $15per month | 4 vCPUs, 8 GB memory, 80 GB NVMe SSD, 10 TB / 1 Gbps. The page shows $20 crossed out beside the $15. |
| VDS vds.sm.intel | $21per month | Dedicated, unshared 2 vCPUs, 4 GB memory, 80 GB storage and 10 TB bandwidth on a 1 Gbps port. |
| VDS vds.md.intel | $37per month | Dedicated 4 vCPUs, 8 GB memory and 160 GB storage. The page shows $42 crossed out beside the $37. |
| Dedicated E-2236 | $97per month | A whole server: 6 cores and 12 threads, 16 GB memory, 480 GB SSD, 20 TB bandwidth on a 1 Gbps port. |
Read from hivelocity.net on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hivelocity before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savings35% lifetime savings on eligible servers
A banner on the homepage advertises 35% lifetime savings on eligible dedicated servers; which servers qualify is not listed there.
Stated on hivelocity.net
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Common questions
Does Hivelocity have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hivelocity is listed for Web.
Does Hivelocity have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hivelocity is listed for Web.
Is Hivelocity open source?
Hivelocity is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Hivelocity have an API?
Yes. Hivelocity offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.