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 and save up to 80% on your normal server costs. 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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