# Hostkey review (2026): is it worth €50 a month? > Dedicated, GPU and VPS servers from European and US data centers Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Hostkey rents dedicated servers, GPU servers, VPS and VDS, colocation and S3-compatible object storage from data centers in Europe, the US and Turkey. All its servers are unmanaged, with administration offered as a paid service. Prices on its pages default to euros, and a currency switch offers dollars. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** HOSTKEY - **Website:** https://hostkey.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you only need a website, as dedicated servers start at €50 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Hostkey is a paid product, starting at €50 per month for a ready-to-order dedicated server. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Ready server bm.v1-max | €50 per month | 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, 960 GB SSD and a 1 Gbps port with 50 TB of traffic. | | Ready server bm.ru-big | €60 per month | 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD and a 1 Gbps port with 30 TB of traffic. | | 4th Gen EPYC servers | €259 per month and up | EPYC 9354 with 32 cores, up to 1 TB RAM, NVMe storage, a 10 Gbps port and 100 TB of traffic. | | Object storage | €2 per month and up | S3-compatible cold and standard object storage with no extra charges for PUT, POST, COPY or LIST operations. | Read from https://hostkey.com/dedicated-servers/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hostkey before buying. ## Key features - **Dedicated servers:** Ready-to-order and custom dedicated servers range from single-CPU machines to high-RAM and 10 Gbps models. - **GPU servers:** GPU servers with NVIDIA and AMD cards are sold for AI, HPC and deep learning. - **Many locations:** Data centers are listed in the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, France, the US, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Switzerland. - **Network and add-on services:** L3-L4 DDoS protection, VLANs, BYOIP, monitoring and SLA support packages are listed as services. - **Control panel and API:** A server control panel and API are listed, along with Terraform support. - **Colocation and S3 storage:** Colocation in the Netherlands and S3-compatible object storage are also offered. ## Good for - Teams that need low-cost European dedicated servers - AI and GPU workloads - Buyers who want servers close to a specific country ## Worth knowing - Prices display in euros by default; a USD switch is offered but dollar prices were not read here. - All servers are unmanaged, and administration is a paid add-on. - The VPS page returned an access error, so VPS prices are not recorded. - Hosting-provider and special offers on the site change often and carry their own terms. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Hostkey rents dedicated and GPU servers in many locations, from €50 a month for a ready server. Every server is unmanaged, and administration is a paid add-on. - **Value for money: D.** A ready dedicated server starts at €50 a month, above shared or VPS hosting, and EPYC servers start at €259. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free and no trial on the pages read, so you pay from day one. - **Features: C.** Dedicated and GPU servers, many locations, a control panel and API, colocation and S3 storage. All unmanaged. - **Ease of use: D.** Unmanaged servers you set up and administer yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web panel and API, with one integration listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hostkey'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 - Hostkey'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 about $55.86 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 101 of the 107 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 96 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? **Your call.** Hostkey sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $670.32 a year. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: Readings from inside the operating system. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Terraform among them, and has an API. 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 **Tags:** Public API, System monitor ## Alternatives - [Hetzner](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hetzner): German hosting: web hosting, cloud servers and dedicated servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hetzner-vs-hostkey) - [Contabo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/contabo): Low-priced VPS and dedicated servers from a German host. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/contabo-vs-hostkey) - [Cherry Servers](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cherry-servers): Bare-metal and virtual servers billed hourly or on fixed terms. 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