Honest comparison
Hostd vs Shockbyte
Long-running Minecraft host with a wide global footprint. They were the budget pick once; here's how the maths looks today.
Where Shockbyte is strong
- 10+ years in market with a large user base and lots of community guides.
- Global node footprint across 10+ data centres - useful if you specifically need a region we do not yet cover.
- Ticket response times are famously fast.
Where Hostd wins
Lower price across the range
Compare the table below - we come in cheaper on every comparable RAM tier, with no first-month promo to soften the renewal.
Dedicated IP included
Every Hostd server gets a clean public IP and a free subdomain - on Shockbyte you pay extra for a dedicated IP.
Hard-reserved RAM
Your RAM allocation is kernel-locked and never shared. CPU bursts onto the Ryzen 9700X's 5.5 GHz Zen 5 cores.
Modern control panel
Live console, mod/plugin installer, scheduled tasks - all in-panel, no Multicraft.
Pause without losing anything
Hibernate any server for a flat $1.99 a month. World, mods and address stay safe until you resume. Shockbyte don't offer this.
Pricing at comparable specs
Minecraft Java pricing, monthly billing. Hostd rows show our actual plan tiers; competitor rows show their closest-RAM plan. See /pricing for our other games.
Competitor prices shown in USD as published by them, as of 5 May 2026. Our prices convert to your selected currency at today's rate.
We come in lower across the board, on hardware that's a generation ahead: DDR5 RAM, NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9700X boosting to 5.5 GHz, with hard-reserved RAM on every plan. And there's no add-on cart - a dedicated IP, daily backups, scheduled tasks and the mod installer are baked into the plan, not a tickbox at checkout. Worth knowing too: a lot of Shockbyte's headline prices are first-month promos, so the gap looks bigger again at renewal.
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