Honest comparison
Hostd vs Apex Hosting
Household name in Minecraft hosting. Here's an honest side-by-side - prices, hardware, and what each of us throws in.
Where Apex Hosting is strong
- 10+ years in market - huge library of support articles and YouTube walkthroughs.
- Live-chat support with humans on shift 24/7.
- Very large list of supported games - everything from Factorio to 7 Days to Die.
Where Hostd wins
Provisioning under 60 seconds
Vanilla games start in seconds; modpacks install automatically on first boot with live progress.
Free hostd.it short domain
Higher tiers get the premium short domain included. No upsell.
Dashboard that doesn't nag
No upsell banners between you and your console. No "premium" behind a paywall that our competitors charge for.
Transparent refund
7-day no-questions-asked money back on your first charge - in writing, not a "contact us".
Pause without losing anything
Hibernate any server and save up to 80% on your normal server costs - your world, mods and address stay put until you resume. Most hosts make you cancel and start over.
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.
You'll pay less on every plan, and the hardware behind it is current-generation: DDR5 RAM, NVMe SSDs, AMD Ryzen 9700X boosting to 5.5 GHz, with hard-reserved RAM on every plan. There's nothing to bolt on at checkout either - a dedicated IP, daily backups, sub-users, scheduled tasks and the mod installer are part of the price you see.
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Money-back guarantee on your first plan. No-questions-asked.