# HostDime review (2026): is it worth $129 a month? > Dedicated servers, cloud servers and colocation worldwide Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. HostDime is a data center company that sells bare-metal and dedicated servers, elastic cloud servers and colocation from facilities it operates in the US, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, the UK and India. Dedicated servers come self-managed or managed with a control panel included, and the site's company page says it was founded in 2003. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** HostDime Global Corp. (since 2003) - **Website:** https://www.hostdime.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you only need a website, as servers start at $129 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, HostDime is a paid product, starting at $129 per month for a self-managed dedicated server. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-managed, Xeon E3-1230 V5 | $129 per month | 4 cores and 8 threads, 16 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD or 1 TB HDD, about 25 TB monthly bandwidth on a 1 Gb/s port, AlmaLinux, 4 usable IPs. | | Self-managed, 2x6-core Xeon E5-2620 | $309 per month | 12 cores and 24 threads, 32 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD or 1 TB HDD, about 25 TB monthly bandwidth, 4 usable IPs. | | Managed, Xeon E3-1230 V5 | $289 per month | The same 4-core, 16 GB RAM server as the entry self-managed plan, with a control panel and a managed tier included. | | Managed, 2x6-core Xeon E5-2620 | $455 per month | 12 cores, 32 GB RAM and 480 GB SSD or 1 TB HDD, with a control panel and a managed tier included. | Read from https://www.hostdime.com/self-managed-dedicated-servers on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with HostDime before buying. ## Key features - **Dedicated and bare-metal servers:** Self-managed and managed dedicated servers are offered in several configurations, with regional lines for Brazil, Mexico, the UK, Colombia and India. - **Elastic cloud servers:** Cloud servers scale CPU, RAM and disk without a reboot, and the cloud page lists no data egress fees and 10 TB of monthly bandwidth. - **Colocation:** Customers can place their own hardware in the company's data centers, from 1U to full racks and private suites. - **Control panel licenses:** Licenses for cPanel, InterWorx, WHMCS and Softaculous are sold alongside servers. - **Own data centers:** The company says it operates purpose-built facilities, including an Orlando flagship, with Mexico and Colombia sites among others. - **Backup and security services:** Backup as a Service, disaster recovery, DDoS protection, SSL certificates and Sucuri security are listed as extras. ## Good for - Hosting resellers and agencies that want their own dedicated hardware - Businesses that need servers in Latin America - Teams that prefer managed dedicated servers with a control panel included ## Worth knowing - Cloud server prices were not published on the pages we read; the cloud page points to a login or a consultation. - The entry servers are older generations (Xeon E3 V5 and E5 V3/V4), and the plans listed are monthly dedicated servers rather than shared hosting. - Self-managed plans mean you handle the operating system yourself, while managed plans cost about $160 to $190 a month more for comparable hardware. - Setup fees, term discounts and bandwidth overage rules were not stated on the pages read. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. HostDime rents dedicated servers, bare metal and cloud servers from its own data centers, from $129 a month. The entry servers are older hardware, and cloud prices are not published. - **Value for money: D.** A self-managed dedicated server is $129 a month, far above shared hosting, and managed is $160 to $190 more. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free and no trial on the pages read, so you pay from day one. - **Features: C.** Dedicated and bare-metal servers, cloud, colocation, license sales and backups. Entry hardware is older and several terms are not stated. - **Ease of use: D.** Self-managed servers mean you run the operating system yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web panel for servers, with no apps listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HostDime'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 - HostDime's GPA of 1.2 is higher than 0 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (C, above 1 of 122) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $129 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 104 of the 107 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 98 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 HostDime you would be making an engine that recognises new malware as it appears. 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: 121 of the 122 other web hosts grade higher. It costs $1,548 a year. - You could not: An engine that recognises new malware as it appears. - You could not: Readings from inside the operating system. - You could not: It plugs into other products, cPanel, InterWorx and WHMCS among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with cPanel, InterWorx, WHMCS, Softaculous, Sucuri **Tags:** Malware protection, System monitor ## Alternatives - [Liquid Web](https://toolgpa.com/tools/liquid-web): Managed WordPress, VPS and dedicated server hosting for businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostdime-vs-liquid-web) - [Hivelocity](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hivelocity): Bare-metal dedicated servers, VPS and colocation in 40+ data centers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hivelocity-vs-hostdime) - [Leaseweb](https://toolgpa.com/tools/leaseweb): Dedicated servers, VPS and public cloud infrastructure. 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