# Hivelocity review (2026): is it worth $10 a month? > Bare-metal dedicated servers, VPS and colocation in 40+ data centers Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Hivelocity - **Website:** https://www.hivelocity.net - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want managed hosting, as server management and firewall are separate services. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Hivelocity is a paid product, starting at $10 per month (pro.sm.amd VPS). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | VPS pro.sm.amd | $10 per month | 2 vCPUs, 4 GB memory, 40 GB NVMe SSD and 10 TB bandwidth on a 1 Gbps port. | | VPS pro.md.amd | $15 per 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 | $21 per month | Dedicated, unshared 2 vCPUs, 4 GB memory, 80 GB storage and 10 TB bandwidth on a 1 Gbps port. | | VDS vds.md.intel | $37 per month | Dedicated 4 vCPUs, 8 GB memory and 160 GB storage. The page shows $42 crossed out beside the $37. | | Dedicated E-2236 | $97 per 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 https://www.hivelocity.net/vps-and-vds/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hivelocity before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **35% lifetime savings on eligible servers** (Other savings): A banner on the homepage advertises 35% lifetime savings on eligible dedicated servers; which servers qualify is not listed there. Source: https://www.hivelocity.net/dedicated-servers/ ## 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. ## Good for - Businesses that want bare-metal control with a human support team - Developers needing a low-cost VPS in a US or international data center - Teams that automate infrastructure through an API or Terraform ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** The 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. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing is free: no free plan and no trial are listed. - **Features: B.** VPS, 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. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. You get a server and run it yourself, usually over SSH. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it has an API and Terraform and installs CloudPanel, Coolify, Nextcloud, Portainer, GitLab and Tailscale. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among web hosts - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, 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. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Terraform, CloudPanel, WordPress, Coolify, Nextcloud, Portainer, GitLab, Tailscale **Tags:** Public API, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Leaseweb](https://toolgpa.com/tools/leaseweb): Dedicated servers, VPS and public cloud infrastructure. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hivelocity-vs-leaseweb) - [Liquid Web](https://toolgpa.com/tools/liquid-web): Managed WordPress, VPS and dedicated server hosting for businesses. 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