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Does anyone use Hivelocity?
First time I open a post here.
Is anyone here familiar with Hivelocity's VPS offerings? I've been looking to migrate from Vultr to lower costs, and their vps.md.* tier looks very interesting. I couldn't however find much reviews about them outside of Trustpilot.
So far, the main drawback seems to be their additional HDD storage, which seems rather expensive and limited to 500GB https://developers.hivelocity.net/docs/vps-faq
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I found some individual reviews on various forums. Looks like it's an enterprise-level hoster, thus it's not really cheap. Also did a whois lookup and seems like their domain was registered in 2001
I think you would find better options. Maybe Clouvider?
Hivelocity used to be a good provider (they are not low end by any means though). Colohouse bought them in 2024 and usually that doesn't bode well for customers. I've seen some complaints about them since but I can't personally say how their service is these days since I'm no longer a customer.
Info about buyout: https://hostingjournalist.com/tech-wire/colohouse-rebrands-as-hivelocity-acquisition-successfully-completed
I had them for dedicated servers for many years, and they worked excellently. Hivelocity weathered hurricanes, neighborhood power failures, and such without a single blip. That said, I left them for cheaper. As I told them when I cancelled, it's almost twice as cheap to have two servers somewhere else, but as far as reliability (of multiple dedicated servers I had with them), I have absolutely zero negative things to say. It was darn near perfect (with no "maintenance" upgrades scattered here and there that took the server offline, no "ip address changes", etc.).
It is premium class provider. Suitable for production.
I used them for quiet a few years, but that was long ago. My experience was stellar, but as someone else said above, they are not cheap but their services and support were awesome, better than the current level of the famous German brands of today.
I just blocked their entire ASN from reaching our site because of abuse.
I used to work with much of the Hivelocity crew in the early 2010s. Good people and a few are still there since the Colohouse acquisition. Their head network engineer is one of the smartest people I've ever worked with
From my experience, they're more expensive (in comparison to the offers here - they're right in line for "big tech" offerings) , support is hit and miss but the service itself was solid.
As someone who's used both, I'd stick with Vultr before I'd jump ship to Hivelocity. When it comes to actual features and flexibility, Hivelocity doesn't even come close.
If I were you, I'd stick with Vultr. Grass definitely isn't always greener.
They aren't bad, but they're not the best. Some people say they're enterprise class but they're not, they're just a typical server/colo provider with a pretty face. I used them many many years ago, had a bad experience with the account managers who were cocky and unpleasant to work with. Network was fine.
If they have a location or feature you want then they'll do fine.
We should only really need a 4c/6GB plus some form of pluggable storage (we're using block storage on vultr). VPS backups would be a nice extra but not a requirement if the price is good enough.
I guess the leftover painpoint would be a backup storage which can be accessed remotely.
Can you check your PMs? It's been a few days since I can't manage my domain even when it's paid. I've opened a ticket but no response so far.
Sure, one sec.
Year's ago had servers with them (2018). They were very helpful then. Could not tell you present day though.
Cancelled all my servers with them a few weeks ago. Horrible support that only patronize you but fix nothing. "Packet loss? it seems all better now. Try again." It's like their responses are scripted. Great network but with those people running the show it's just a matter of time.
i have 2 VPS with them, just because i have som credit on the account with them.
their network is good enough
the hardware is regular
the overselling is noticeable. even when they change you from one node to other. a lot of Steal, while you are almost idling lol.
Go for: https://spectraip.net/vps/
If you need storage, then I recommend it @host_c
https://host-c.com/
They are not a great option.
Drama maybe?
@CharityHost_org In my opinion, they have better VPS servers, especially the Xeon Gold version.
https://charityhost.org/vps-nvme-gold/
Try it and let me know
they kicked out @MaxKVM ):
Way way back in the day they used to be a premium provider. Ever since they got bought they've joined the coporate mediocrity.
Did they stop posting ads here? I remember being vaguely surprised when they started but I'd forgotten about them until seeing this post.
Not really related to op, sorry.
It came out, some hoster never came back after patron provider fee got initialised.
Thank you, more food for my almighty excel table
Tested their Tampa, FL VPS (AMD).
It's pointless without yabs.